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PRINT'S Regional Design Annual, the most comprehensive survey of graphic design in the United States, selected two projects by Wall-to-Wall Studios for inclusion in the December 2010 issue of Print. The first winning entry was for the 2009/2010 Season marketing communications for the School of Drama at Carnegie Mellon University, which included direct mail, print collateral and environmental elements. The second winning entry was for the logo and identity system designed by Wall-to-Wall Studios for the community of Oakland. Working in collaboration with the Oakland Community Council, Oakland Task Force, City of Pittsburgh Planning & Public Art and other key stakeholders, Wall-to-Wall Studios designed the branding for Oakland, the third largest commerce center in Pennsylvania and is often considered the cultural hub of the region.
View the Carnegie Mellon School of Drama case study.
 

Wall-to-Wall Studios designed and developed the website for the Children's Museum of South Dakota, which is located in Brookings, SD and opens in mid-September. The museum promotes learning for children of all ages and abilities through interactive, informal, hands-on exhibits and demonstrations, and is funded through the generosity of the Larson Family Foundation which seeks to improve the quality of life for all South Dakotans. The website is powered by W|W CMS, a custom content management system and includes the news and calendar modules.  Special website features include a dynamic background that automatically changes due to time-of-day and weather conditions, "Create Your KIDOODLE", where site visitors can create their own version of the museum's iconic character which then appears throughout the site, and the "Tilt the Prairie" game. Wall-to-Wall Studios also developed an integrated marketing campaign and brand strategy for the museum to help guide its successful launch.

Visit the Children's Museum of South Dakota website.

This season of Mad Men is proudly sponsored by Wall-to-Wall Studios.  The 5th TV ad in the series beckons one to consider such hotly debated phrases as "9 to 5", "cradle to grave" and "eye to eye".   Another manhattan-filled Sunday night, another ad in our ongoing series.
Click here to see last week's WW Mad Men spot.

Wall-to-Wall Studios is pleased to announce the addition of Celeste Chikamori as Director of Account Operations and Charles (Ka'a) Kihe as Interactive Developer to the firm's Honolulu, HI office. Celeste received a BS in Business Administration/Marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her prior professional experience includes working as Account Operations Director for Goodby, Silverstein & Partners in San Francisco, CA, and as Account Executive at Milici Valenti Ng Pack and Matsumoto & Clapperton Advertising, both located in Honolulu, HI.  Prior to joining Wall-to-Wall Studios, Ka'a was a senior programmer at Digital Medium / HiRez in Honolulu, a web developer/architect at Bigger Bird Creative and a website and database specialist at Kamehameha Schools, all located in Honolulu, HI.

This season of Mad Men is proudly sponsored by Wall-to-Wall Studios. (Because The Sopranos and LOST are apparently over already.) Another bourbon-filled Sunday night, another ad in our ongoing series.

Quote of the week: "My boss hates nudes."

Click here to see last week's WW Mad Men spot.

Hawaii Energy's new website (HawaiiEnergy.com) is an online resource for the Conservation and Efficiency Program to help reduce Hawaii's dependence on foreign oil. It is ratepayer-funded by direct payments via electricity bills and offers cash rebates to residents and businesses to help offset the cost of installing energy efficient equipment. The program's purpose is to help the state achieve its Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative (HCEI) goal of reducing total electric energy use by 4,300,000,000 kWh by 2030. The website was developed with the W|W Content Management System (CMS) with News, Calendar and Form-Builder Plug-Ins .

Visit the Hawaii Energy website.

View the Hawaii Energy branding case study.

Another 30 seconds of your Sunday night spent staring at your TV. Unless of course you DVR'd this episode and skipped right over this: Wall-to-Wall Studios launches the 3rd in series of promotional ads as official sponsors of AMC's critically acclaimed drama series about advertising set in the 1960s, Mad Men. Tick, tock, tick, tock.

"Gentlemen, shall we begin 1965?"

Check out our previous WW Mad Men spot here.

Fast Company's Co.Design, where business and design collide, previewed a new book by Yang Kim and Kevin Budelmann titled,  Brand Identity Essentials (publishing Fall 2010) that will celebrate well-executed brand programs as well as really great marks. Included in the publication is the logo created by Wall-to-Wall Studios for the Mob Museum in Las Vegas. Says Co.Design, "By using humor and wit, the (Mob Museum) identity program puts the customer in the know. And making the visitor feel in on a joke heightens the experience for them."  Everyday, the Co.Design website showcases the people, products and projects that are roiling the design world.

Visit the Mob Museum case study.

Read the Co.Design article.

Learn more about the Brand Identity Essentials book.

The Wall-to-Wall Studios ad campaign and sponsorship of Mad Men continues in week two of the AMC series where we (hopefully) made you look, again.

Quote of the week: "Nobody wants to think they're a type."

In designing the 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report, "It Starts with One..." Wall-to-Wall Studios continued its long-standing branding collaboration with Koppers Inc.  A publicly traded company (NYSE: KOP) with annual sales exceeding $1.1 billion, Koppers is a leading integrated global provider of carbon compounds and commercial treated wood products used in a range of specialty applications. The Corporate Responsibility Report is the company's annual publication that highlights its commitment to the world, one employee at a time.

View the Koppers case study.

Wall-to-Wall Studios launches our first ever promotional TV campaign and sponsorship of the critically acclaimed TV series, Mad Men, for the entire Season 4 on AMC (Hawaii market). Premiering Sunday night, July 25th. Made you look?

This episode's client pitch: "So well built, we can't show you the second floor."

3rc (Three Rivers Connect), in collaboration with APOST (Allegheny Partners of Out-of-School Time), The Greater Pittsburgh Afterschool Peer Network and SPARC (Southwestern Pennsylvania Afterschool Resource Collaboration) hired Wall-to-Wall Studios to design and develop a new on-line tool and interactive resource that helps create a sustainable afterschool system and disseminate resources to the target audiences. The website utilizes the W|W CMS and News, Calendar and Form-Builder Plug-Ins and has a custom integration with the Information Commons, a 3rd party information database of programs.  Wall-to-Wall Studios also assisted the organization in developing the naming and brand for the initiative, AfterSchoolPgh.

Visit the AfterSchoolPgh.org website.  

Creative Interactive Developer (Pittsburgh, PA 15233 / Honolulu, HI 96817)

Wall-to-Wall Studios (W|W) is looking for a lead developer to fill an immediate position.

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Responsibilities Include:

• Develop high-quality Web applications while improving and maintaining an existing MVC code base in PHP
• Make Photoshop mockups come alive in a web browser with master-level HTML, CSS,and Javascript skills and an eye for detail
• Develop high-quality Web software in a collaborative environment with a team of talented designers

The ideal candidate will:

• Be well-versed in object-oriented programming and have intermediate to expert level skills in a language like PHP, Python or Ruby
• Not be afraid to write SQL queries
• Care about building well-designed, user-centric software
• Excel in an open, fast-paced work environment
• Have 3+ years of solid professional experience

Our technology stack includes PHP, CakePHP, Zend Framework, MySQL, Git, jQuery, OS X, Linux, Ruby, Rails, automated testing, continuous integration and more. This is a position in which self-starters and people passionate about the Web will thrive.

Experience in the following a plus:

• A PHP framework such as CakePHP, symfony or Zend Framework
• Django
• Ruby on Rails
• NoSQL
• Acceptance testing and behavior-driven development
• Continuous deployment
• Linux system administration

Perks include:

• A top-of-the-line development setup
• Great learning environment
• Benefits including medical, dental and vision
• Guinness on tap

Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.

Wall-to-Wall Studios is pleased to announce the addition of self-proclaimed craft beer connoisseur, Mr. Jim Hargreaves to the firm's Pittsburgh, PA office.  Prior to joining Wall-to-Wall, Jim worked as a designer at Barnhart Communications and Ellen Bruss Design, both located in Denver, CO. Jim received a BFA in Art Studio from Gettysburg College in PA, followed by a MA in Graphic Design from Savannah College of Art and Design.

The logo and identity system designed by Wall-to-Wall Studios for the community of Oakland was selected by Graphis, The International Journal of Visual Communication, as a Gold Award winner in the Design Annual 2011.  Working in collaboration with the Oakland Community Council, Oakland Task Force, City of Pittsburgh Planning & Public Art and other key stakeholders, Wall-to-Wall Studios designed the branding for Oakland, the third largest commerce center in Pennsylvania and often considered the cultural hub of the region.
 

What better way to start your Independence Day holiday long weekend (and First Friday people watching) than to participate, observe or heckle at the 2nd Annual J.J. Dolan's Pizza Eating Contest?  If you're in Honolulu this First Friday, the Wall-to-Wall gang will meet you there. Friday July 2nd, 2010 at 5:15pm. (To sign up to be a contestant inquire with the bartender at J.J. Dolans or call 808-537-4992.) How many slices of pizza will the winner eat in 10 minutes? Be there to see it all go down. And possibly come back up.

View the J.J. Dolans case study here.