Pixelcarve Blog

Legendary Toronto real-estate magnate Brad J. Lamb has moved to a brand new building, featuring 3 interactive displays designed by Pixelcarve. Working with Johnson Chou, who designed the new space and conceptualized the project, the screens present new and resale properties in an innovative and revolutionary way. Users walking by his office on the street can use 1 of the 3 touchpad controllers to navigate through a comprehensive listing of properties, seeing high resolution images, location, description, price, agent, etc. It allows Brad Lamb’s office to showcase their properties in a far more interesting and comprehensive format than the usual clipboard.

Feel free to stop by his new office at 786 King St. W. Toronto to try it out.

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The winners of The 2009 Davey Awards have been announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), and Pixelcarve is honoured to have received two awards. Avenue-Road.com took home a Gold statue in the Retail category, and SinyNY.com took home a Silver statue in the Fashion category.

“Pixelcarve is very honoured to be recognized by such a prestigious organization, and humbled to be included amongst the very best in the industry. Winning not only 1, but 2 awards, is a testament to the exceptional team we have here at Pixelcarve, and to our passion for innovation, relevance and beauty.” says Curtis Priest, CEO and President of Pixelcarve.

About The Davey’s

The Davey Awards is an international creative award focused exclusively on honoring outstanding creative work from the best small firms worldwide. The 2009 Davey Awards received over 4,000 entries from ad agencies, interactive agencies, production firms, in-house creative professionals, graphic designers, design firms, and public relations firms.

The largest and most prestigious awards competition exclusively for the “Davids” of creativity.

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 stratospheric budgets.

Wink Intimates Founder Andrea Clair and her bevy of beauties invaded the Dragons’ Den on Wednesday night. As one of Canada’s hottest shows, the attention to Ms. Clair’s innovative new business bra line certainly had an extremely positive effect on her website traffic and sales. Also interesting to note, almost 100% of the new visitors to the Pixelcarve built website also clicked through to check out who designed it. Pixelcarve’s traffic that night matched Wink’s almost user for user.

So how did Andrea do on the show? Well, although the male dragons had some serious moral objections to a bra that hides cleavage, Arlene, the one female dragon, loved the product and recognized it as a brilliant solution to a very common problem. Arlene Dickinson made Wink Intimates an offer, but as is common for the show, the cost of equity was too high and Andrea respectfully declined.

Check out the whole episode here, and don’t forget to check out the website to buy your very own 9to5, now available in a variety of additional styles.

Yabu Pushelberg, the world renowned interior design firm (and Pixelcarve client), has released their first book; a 220 page luxurious portfolio of their gorgeous work that will be sure to inspire. It features the firm’s most illustrious work in the restaurant, hotel and retail industries, as well as a number of spectacular residential interiors. William Norwich, contributing editor to Vogue and former Style and Entertaining editor of The New York Times Magazine, contributes to the book with 6 vibrant and witty essays. The book is published by Architecture/Interiors Press.

The book has been released with much anticipation, as the legendary design duo is well regarded for their edgy and innovative designs.  They have garnered a significant fan base all around the world and the book is sure to please.

Having produced an award winning website for Yabu Pushelberg, as well as regular newsletters and evites, Pixelcarve is honoured to work with such a prestigious and well regarded company at the top of their industry, and encourage everyone to purchase their stimulating new book.

Los Angeles, CA – (October 19, 2009) – The Winners of The 2009 W3 Awards have been announced by the International Academy of the Visual Arts today. Receiving almost 3,000 entries, The W3 Awards honors outstanding Websites, Web Marketing, and Web Video created by some of the best interactive agencies, designers, and creators worldwide.

Pixelcarve Inc. was selected as a Silver Winner in 2 categories this year for 2 websites: Avenue-Road.com for website Branding, and SineNY.com for Fashion.

“We were amazed at the caliber and quality of work received this year. Our winners continue to push the envelope of internet creativity and web design, and it is gratifying to see such great work from the smallest agencies to the biggest firms” said Linda Day, the director of the IAVA. “On behalf of the The International Academy of the Visual Arts, we are honored to recognize our winners as they continue to set a high standard of excellence for Web development.” 

W³ Awards Info:

The W³ Awards honors creative excellence on the Web, and recognizes the creative and marketing professionals behind award winning Websites, Web Video and Online Marketing programs. Simply put, the W³ is the first major Web competition to be accessible to the biggest agencies, the smallest firms, and everyone in between. Small firms are as likely to win as Fortune 500 companies and international agencies.

The W³ is sanctioned and judged by the International Academy of the Visual Arts, and is sponsored by AdvertisingAge, the Media Partner of the W³ Awards.  The International Academy of the Visual Arts is an invitation-only body consisting of top-tier professionals from a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, interactive, advertising, and marketing firms. IAVA members include executives from organizations such as Alloy, Brandweek, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, Fry Hammond Barr, HBO, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Victoria’s Secret, Wired, and Yahoo!. For more information, and a full member roster, please visit www.iavisarts.org.

If you would like to know how we can help you win an award, talk to us.