Square360 http://www.square360.com the fusion of logic & creativity Wed, 20 May 2009 03:43:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en CommArts features GreenHome as Webpick http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=723 http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=723#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:00:52 +0000 Square360 http://www.square360.com/?p=723 December 15, 2008

Mainstream Greenhome, a website and flash tour created by Square360 was featured as a Communication Arts’ Webpick of the Day. Communication Arts is the premier source of inspiration for graphic designers, art directors, design firms, corporate design departments, advertising agencies, interactive designers, illustrators and photographers—everyone involved in visual communication. Webpicks features outstanding examples of Web design selected based on a combination of superior aesthetics, technical expertise, functionality and overall site experience.

Cherokee Investment Partners wanted to focus their “Go Green” philosophy by designing and building a concept-home. Square360, in partnership with Winning Strategies, designed and developed a new “eco-friendly” web site for the Mainstream Greenhome including a flash-based virtual tour highlighting the home’s renewable energy, water management, and air quality features. The GreenHome has become one of the most high-profile green building projects in the country, featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Home Magazine, Businessweek.com and CNNMoney.com.

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]]> http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=723/feed Slopes or hills? http://www.square360.com/about/nancy?post=714 http://www.square360.com/about/nancy?post=714#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:45:01 +0000 Nancy http://www.square360.com/?p=714 My morning commute consists of a five to 10 minute (traffic dependent) shuttle bus ride to the subway station every day. On this ride I usually sit quietly and mull over the various tasks I need to accomplish each day. On occasion, when I am awake enough to actually pay attention, I’ll listen to the other passengers or chat with them as we start our day.

This morning, having had two cups of coffee instead of one, I was particularly alert and aware of the others around me. Rather than my usual semi-comatose run-through of my “to do” list I noticed two children and their nanny sitting in front of me. The boy/girl twins were about five years old and on their way to school. Each of them was bundled up in knit hats, scarves and mittens - the little girl’s braids poked out from her hat. They sat side by side carrying on a pretty intense, in-depth conversation about slopes. I found it interesting that five-year olds would use the word slopes and not hills and I was immediately drawn in.

The conversation went something like this:

Girl: When you’re going down, you’re going down. And, when you’re going up you’re going up.
Boy: I’ve never driven up slopes, only up hills.
Girl: Slopes are hills and hills are slopes.
Boy: Have you driven up slopes? Slopes can be steep.
Girl: I’ve never driven up slopes. I’ve driven down slopes. Biked down hills. Sledded down hills…

This banter carried on for the entire 7-minute ride to their stop. They continued back and forth about slopes and hills - how they are fun to walk down, but not up. They continued to debate the differences between slopes and hills and whether or not a particular street was a slope or a hill. It ended when they got off at their school a few blocks before the subway.

I looked around at the other passengers and realized we had all been listening in. We were all smiling. With a smile on my face I continued on my way to work, longing for the carefree days of my childhood where the most important thing in my day was the differences of hills and slopes. For the last few minutes of my commute I found myself slowly drifting back into the usual review of tasks ahead. But, before the phone rings and reality sets in I thought I’d take a moment to capture the smile those kids put on my face.

As the holidays draw near and the usual stresses of work, are coupled with gift shopping, card sending, cookie baking, tree trimming, holiday parties, friends, family and anything else that may get thrown your way, I hope you can find five to 10 minutes in your day to sit down and enjoy a good child-like moment.

]]> http://www.square360.com/about/nancy?post=714/feed CBRE wins silver at International Davey Awards http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=666 http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=666#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:48:54 +0000 Square360 http://www.square360.com/?p=666 November 4, 2008

CBRE homepage

The International Davey Awards, today awarded the CBRE website with a Silver in the Real Estate category. The Davey Awards exclusively honor the “Davids” of creativity, the finest small firms, agencies and companies in the world. David defeated the giant Goliath with a big idea and a little rock - the sort of thing small firms do each year. The annual International Davey Awards honors the achievements of the “Creative Davids” who derive their strength from big ideas, rather than big budgets. The Davey Awards is the leading awards competition specifically for smaller firms, where firms compete with their peers to win the recognition they deserve. The Davey’s are sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms.

CB Richard Ellis is the undisputed leader in global real estate services. Square360 worked in partnership with CBRE to reposition the company’s online global presence. We created an easy to navigate, content rich, user experience that supports all the aspects of the CBRE Global brand.

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The Davey Silver Award
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NJ REBEL homepage

The International Davey Awards, today awarded NJ REBEL with a Gold in the Youth category. The Davey Awards exclusively honor the “Davids” of creativity, the finest small firms, agencies and companies in the world. David defeated the giant Goliath with a big idea and a little rock - the sort of thing small firms do each year. The annual International Davey Awards honors the achievements of the “Creative Davids” who derive their strength from big ideas, rather than big budgets. The Davey Awards is the leading awards competition specifically for smaller firms, where firms compete with their peers to win the recognition they deserve. The Davey’s are sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms.

Developed in conjunction with Winning Strategies, NJREBEL.com features cutting-edge techniques in design and technology and leverages everything from video tour guides, a Facebook game, student-led blogs, rankings for smoking facts and video parodies. REBEL, which stands for Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies, is a statewide, youth-led, anti-tobacco movement dedicated to educating peers and the community about the dangers of smoking.

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The Davey Gold Award
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Mainstream Greenhome, a website and flash tour created by Square360 was awarded Adobe’s presigious Site of the Day. Adobe recognizes projects based on strong visual design, technical execution, usability, interesting and/or timely content, as well as overall innovative use of Adobe products.

Cherokee Investment Partners wanted to focus their “Go Green” philosophy by designing and building a concept-home. Square360, in partnership with Winning Strategies, designed and developed a new “eco-friendly” web site for the Mainstream Greenhome including a flash-based virtual tour highlighting the home’s renewable energy, water management, and air quality features. The GreenHome has become one of the most high-profile green building projects in the country, featured in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Home Magazine, Businessweek.com and CNNMoney.com.

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]]> http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=640/feed W3 Silver goes to ComplEAT FITness http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=651 http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=651#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 02:26:37 +0000 Square360 http://www.square360.com/?p=651 October 13, 2008

The W3 Awards, today named the ComplEAT FITness website as the Silver winner in the Health category. The W3 Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, marketing programs, and video work created for the web. The W3 Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms.

Square360 created a full flash experience for ComplEAT FITness, the virtual home for heath counselor and fitness trainer Carla Weier. The website highlights Carla’s history, services and philosophy in an organic and image-rich presentation.

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The W3 Silver Award
]]> http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=651/feed W3 awards gold to Arete Youth http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=498 http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=498#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:26:02 +0000 Square360 http://www.square360.com/?p=498 October 13, 2008

Areté Youth Foundation homepage

The W3 Awards, today named Areté Youth Foundation website as the Gold winner in the Charitable Organizations/Nonprofit category. The W3 Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, marketing programs, and video work created for the web. The W3 Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms.

Square360 created a brand new identity for the Areté Youth Foundation, an organization dedicated to creating the opportunity for disadvantaged Balkan youth, to be uplifting and inspirational. In addition, we put a nostalgic twist on the website, the vehicle by which Areté would educate and solicit donations, making the struggles of the Balkans more appreciable to a primarily American audience.

Areté Youth has successfully raised over 10,000 US dollars in the support of their mission.

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The W3 Gold Award
]]> http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=498/feed Nevada Cancer Institute awarded W3 Silver http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=513 http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=513#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:01:15 +0000 Square360 http://www.square360.com/?p=513 October 13, 2008

Nevada Cancer Institute homepage

The W3 Awards, today named Nevada Cancer Institute website as the Silver winner in the Health Care Services category. The W3 Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, marketing programs, and video work created for the web. The W3 Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms.

Square360 worked with Dowden Health to develop a state-of-the-art website for Nevada Cancer Institute, a nonprofit organization committed to bringing world-class cancer therapy to all cancer patients. Our web design and technology solutions integrated with a broader brand campaign while also being versatile enough to organize an enormous amount of online resources and material.

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The W3 Silver Award
]]> http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=513/feed REBEL takes W3 Gold http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=494 http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=494#comments Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:37:10 +0000 Square360 http://www.square360.com/?p=494 October 13, 2008

NJ REBEL homepage

The W3 Awards, today named NJ REBEL as the Gold winner in the Teen category. The W3 Awards honors creative excellence on the web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning sites, marketing programs, and video work created for the web. The W3 Awards is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms.

Developed in conjunction with Winning Strategies, NJREBEL.com features cutting-edge techniques in design and technology and leverages everything from video tour guides, a Facebook game, student-led blogs, rankings for smoking facts and video parodies. REBEL, which stands for Reaching Everyone By Exposing Lies, is a statewide, youth-led, anti-tobacco movement dedicated to educating peers and the community about the dangers of smoking.

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The W3 Gold Award
]]> http://www.square360.com/about/awards?post=494/feed Blue Beacon Capital logo + website http://www.square360.com/work?post=694 http://www.square360.com/work?post=694#comments Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:52:25 +0000 Square360 http://www.square360.com/?p=694 LAUNCH SITE

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