by Chris Creed, Director, Client Services
The Library of Congress has officially launched the Silverlight versions of the “Creating the U.S.” and “Bibles Collections” exhibits on myLOC.gov. These Silverlight applications are companion pieces to WPF kiosks that went live in mid-April as part of the Congressional Gala Event.
This is Schematic’s second successful engagement with the Library of Congress. Back in December 2007, we produced a series of interactive exhibits in Silverlight and WPF for the Jay I. Kislak Collection, “Exploring the Early Americas.”
We encourage anyone in the Washington, D.C. area to visit the Library of Congress to view our work. The Silverlight versions can be viewed at the links below:
http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/Bibles/Interactives/index.html
http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/creatingtheus/Pages/Interactives.aspx
http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/Interactives/Maps/index.html
http://myloc.gov/Exhibitions/EarlyAmericas/PreContactWorld/LanguageandContext/ExhibitObjects/ReadingPre-ColumbianArtifacts.aspx
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With more than 100 pieces of furniture from 4 different collections, Target’s new Patio and Garden offers Target Guests an elegant, streamlined and fun way to browse and buy outdoor furnishings. Congratulations to the Schematic team that created this great new boutique experience, which you can check out here.
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- May 5, 2008 at 1:16 pm
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February 4, 2008
Creative
Schematic’s Chief Creative Officer will appear on the panel “Touch Me: Where are interfaces going?” at MIX 08 (March 5-7 in Las Vegas). Here’s the run-down on what the panel, which will also include folks from the Microsoft Surface Team, will discuss:
“The keyboard and mouse are aging input devices. Where are the future of computing and our experiences with technology going? Are touch interfaces the wave of the future? Are they enough? Is touch-screen Surface/iPhone/iPod Touch just a gimmick? How will human and machine interfaces evolve?”
Date, time and location TBA—we’ll keep you updated.
More info at the Mix 08 site.
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January 27, 2008
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Schematic CTO Matthew Rechs will appear at Microsoft’s MIX08 conference, March 5-7 2008 at The Venetian Resort Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Now in its third year, the MIX conference bridges the design, technology and business communities that are driving innovation on the Web and across all interactive media. Matthew is moderating a panel entitled “Digital Done Right,” which will bring together some of the industry’s top digital media executives to discuss the trade-offs and compromises involved in crafting user experiences that are compatible with business realities.
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- January 27, 2008 at 8:36 pm
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November 9, 2007
Creative
Schematic Creative Director David Vegezzi will be speaking today at UIC. He is participating in a series called “Electronic Visuals and The Moving Image,” being held in Chicago.
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- November 9, 2007 at 9:31 am
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November 9, 2007
Creative
Music by Bang Sugar Bang, featuring Schematic’s very own Beau DeSilva on drums, will soon be featured on broadcasts and in advertising materials for NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
The song may even become the program’s new opening theme, an honor previously given to such platinum artists as Pink and Faith Hill.
Congratulations Beau!
Bang Sugar Bang (official site)
Bang Sugar Bang (Myspace)
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October 30, 2007
Creative
By David Vegezzi, Creative Director, Los Angeles
If the transition from 386 to 486 (both of which are long-obsolete PC models) still resonates loudly for you, then you have some idea of how far we’ve come the past 15 years or so. Of course, the seemingly exponential acceleration of tech improvements presents a fair share of problems–problems that extend beyond your feelings of inadequacy that can’t be quelled until you get your hands on the next Big Thing.
Electronic waste, or e-waste, is cause for serious environmental concern. Every time someone makes a device run more quickly, smoothly, or efficiently, a whole line of products becomes obsolete. Once that happens, those items become environmental burdens, and not just for us here in North America.
For example, did you know that, according to some sources, 80% of the e-waste generated in the USA is shipped to India, Pakistan and China? Once there, it is generally “recycled” (read: crudely dismantled) by unskilled workers who suffer enormous health consequences and release toxic substances into the air, the soil and the water.
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October 18, 2007
Creative
Ever wonder what true design is? This is a prime example. Design, in the broadest sense, is a solution to a problem. To be more specific, design is anything that improves peoples’ lives.
Sure, you might not find this compass useful in midtown New York City, where all the streets and avenues are aligned in a nice little grid, but if you’re over on West 4th Street in the West Village (where there’s no semblance of a grid) - these things will be lifesavers.
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- October 18, 2007 at 2:16 pm
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