Archive for June, 2006

Nokia sues Chinese companies on phone design

Mobile phone supplier Nokia has filed suit in Beijing, China against two companies for allegedly manufacturing and selling phones copying Nokia’s proprietary design of its 7260 model.
The defendants, both based in Shenzhen, are Shenzhen Telsda Mobile Communication Industry Developing Co. Ltd. and Song Xun Da Zhong Ke Electronic (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. Nokia also named the [...]

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Acquity Group Named Number Two Web Design and Development Firm by Kansas City Business Journal

Acquity Group, a leading provider of business and technology solutions that optimize business performance, today announced that it was named one of the top web firms on the Kansas City Business Journal’s list of “Top Area Web Design and Development Firms”.
Acquity Group came in second on the list with $3M in web-related revenue, all based [...]

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NY Museum Features Wallcoverings by KnollTextiles

New York’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum thinks Pause and Merge wallcoverings, manufactured by KnollTextiles, are two museum-worthy lines. Designed by design firm 2×4 and Abbott Miller of design firm Pentagram respectively, the wallcoverings are now in the museum’s permanent collection.
Pause, composed of oversized commas and periods, is inspired by the digital stream of electronic [...]

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Graphic artist uses talents for nonprofit

As a graphic artist, Carole Ohl of Kettering volunteers at We Care Arts, creating their newsletter, brochures, posters and everything that needs to be done in promotion.
We Care Arts is a nonprofit group in Kettering for people with mental, emotional or physical disabilities.
“About a year ago, she came in to observe our clients doing all [...]

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Exhibition of renowned artist comes to the MOA

As a passenger in a taxi cab driving along the busy streets of New York, graphic artist Milton Glaser created a new and final draft of his simple but well-known logo, “I love NY.”
Hired by the Assistant Commissioner of Commerce for the state of New York, Glaser was asked to create a visual representation [...]

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Campus Announces AIDS Walk T-Shirt Design Winner

Judith Liao, an analyst who works in the Compass Care Pediatric Palliative Care Program at UCSF Children’s Hospital, has been named the winner of the UCSF AIDS Walk T-shirt design contest.
With the slogan “UCSF Walks to Cure AIDS,” Liao’s design was selected among six images submitted to the UCSF AIDS Walk Committee.

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Fort Lauderdale Graphic Design Firm Gains Architectural Firm as Client

S.MARK Graphics Florida Inc. has been awarded the graphic design account of Saltz Michelson Architects in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The work includes various brochures for the architectural firm’s areas of specialization, including educational and retail initially.
Saltz Michelson Architects, founded in 1976, attributes its growth to its philosophy of providing exceptional design, dedication to detail, and [...]

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Architect Unveils Details of Freedom Tower

Glass prisms, landscaped plazas and a lighted spire meant to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s torch are all included in the latest design of the skyscraper being built to replace the World Trade Center.
Architect David Childs unveiled the new design details of the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower Wednesday at an American Institute of Architects ceremony [...]

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Founder of Connecticut Web Design and E-Marketing firm explains the importance of fair pricing and good morals in business.

www.Movement Online.com began as a website design and development firm serving primarily, Connecticut clients. Our goal was to gain as much experience in the shortest amount of time, so that we could provide advanced web design, with a low overall cost to our clients. So far so good! With over 8 years experience, and a [...]

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W3C sets best practices for mobile Web design

The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), backed by a group of online leaders, released a document on Tuesday describing best practices for developing Web pages that can be displayed properly on small, mobile devices.
Companies including Nokia, Google, Microsoft, AT&T, Vodafone Group and France Telecom SA helped create the document which is now available for developers [...]

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Suburban teens snare top Web design honors

Dmitry Barsky revamped and updated Notre Dame High School’s Web site, staying on the cutting edge of computer design and attracting more than 14 million hits for the Niles school’s hub for students, family members, prospective students and grads.
And Andrew Cichowski from Main South High School in Park Ridge built a Web site for a [...]

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Design of new CVS will be different

Plans call for a larger store with drive-through pharmacy
A longtime downtown building could get a major makeover, and an architect working on plans for a new CVS last night shared renderings that included sloped roofs, brick, gables and residential-style windows.
Plans were filed with the town last month to raze the downtown building that includes the [...]

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