“These 3 projects are amongst my favourite that Pixelcarve has ever produced, and it’s immensely rewarding to have them recognized along side the very best in the industry. It’s also humbling, to say the least, as the calibre of interactive working being produced online is remarkable and evolving rapidly. I am incredibly proud of the values, dedication and world-class strategic, creative and development talent we have here at Pixelcarve.” says Curtis Priest, CEO and President of Pixelcarve.

The Communicator Awards are judged and overseen by the International Academy of the Visual Arts (IAVA), a 550+ member organization of leading professionals from various disciplines of the visual arts dedicated to embracing progress and the evolving nature of traditional and interactive media.  Current IAVA membership represents a “Who’s Who” of acclaimed media, advertising, and marketing firms including:  Condè Nast, Coach, Disney, The Ellen Degeneres Show, Estee Lauder, HBO, Keller Crescent, Monster.com, MTV, Polo Ralph Lauren, Sotheby’s Institute of Art, Tribal DDB, Victoria’s Secret, Wired, Yahoo!, and many others.  See www.iavisarts.org for more information.

“The pool of entries we received for this year’s Communicator Awards serves as a true testament to the innovative ideas and capabilities of communications and marketing professionals around the world. Each year our entrants continue to amaze by reinventing the ways we communicate and market in an ever-changing industry” noted Linda Day, executive director of the IAVA.  She added, “On behalf of the entire Academy, we congratulate this year’s Communicator Award Entrants and Winners for their passion and dedication.  We are humbled to be given the opportunity to recognize such amazing work.”

For more information about the Communicator Awards, please visit www.communicatorawards.com, email the Communicator Awards at info@communicatorawards.com or call us at (212) 675-3555.

About The Communicator Awards:

The Communicator Awards is the leading international awards program honoring creative excellence for communications professionals. Founded by communication professionals over a decade ago, The Communicator Awards is an annual competition honoring the best in advertising, corporate communications, public relations and
identity work for print, video, interactive and audio. This  year’s  Communicator Awards received  thousands of entries from companies and
agencies of all sizes, making it one of the largest awards of its kind in the
world. Please visit www.communicatorawards.com for more information.

The Communicator 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. Please visit www.iavisarts.org for a full member list and more information.

The BlackBerry Blade is our dream Superphone. It was created out of our passion for RIM’s products – retaining everything that makes them great, while propelling their design aesthetic and technology into the next era. Our vision was to create a design that’s inspiring, beautiful and will re-ignite the BlackBerry brand.

A fusion of acrylic and aluminum, the Blade feels solid and sturdy, but is a comfortable light weight. In addition to defining its modern style, the Blade’s curved design serves several functional purposes; it’s meant to feel more comfortable while typing, reduce direct glare on the screen, resist a face-first impact, feel invisible when put in a pocket, and of course, bring the microphone closer to your face. It also allows the phone to stand up on its own in the landscape position.

The external LED, a popular feature on BlackBerry’s, has been enhanced with an ultra-modern wrap-around design that glows in different colours, animates, provides visual notifications, displays battery life, game effects, etc.

There are 3 smartphones based on the Blade’s overall visual styling – a full touchscreen, a physical keyboard, and a slider. In each version we felt it important to maintain the trackpad and physical buttons – the BlackBerry is a uniquely productive device and these features are critical for precise movements and more efficient phone functions – after all, a smartphone still has to be a great phone, which is something others seem to have lost.

The BlackBerry Blade continues RIM’s proud tradition of being a world-class enterprise device sought after by business professionals. Its multiple outputs will serve any business need, from its MicroHDMI to MiniVGA – it’s a powerhouse for presentations, e-mail, social media, security, and web browsing with full Adobe® Flash®. It has no compromises with the new QNX based BlackBerry 10 OS – and desktop calibre real-time operating system.

Features like NFC, Wi-Fi hotspot and 4G LTE bring it into the next generation of connectivity. It’s tough, highly resistant to damage and supports breathtaking quality photos and video for both work and play.

The BlackBerry Blade is distinctly BlackBerry, while modernizing the brand and allowing RIM to not only catch-up to the current consumer competition, but leap-frog them entirely.

Short & Sweet brings people and short film together, inspiring and empowering audiences while celebrating the medium.

Curtis Priest, President & CEO of Pixelcarve Inc., will be the Guest Host on Monday, May 2, 2011. Please join him for this fun, inspiring and FREE evening of the best short films from around the world!

A little bit about Short & Sweet – it began as London, England’s only weekly short film festival, running every Monday night since May 8th, 2006. Short & Sweet has recently expanded to Toronto, with plans to launch in Australia and South Africa in the near future. Each and every week, we show a selection of the finest short films, music videos and short animations from around the globe: old films, new films, from established directors to breaking talent. The intent is to inspire all who attend, expose the best talent and ultimately celebrate film. We are dedicated to the exhibition of short film as an art form in its own right.

Doors open at 7:30pm, films start at 8pm!

Location:
No One Writes to the Colonel
460 College St. (Just west of College & Bathurst) +Map It
Toronto, ON

We look forward to seeing you there!

Highlighting their innovative use of technology to merge beauty with function, Chronicle follows Pixelcarve’s growth from a 2 man freelance shop into one of Toronto’s most innovative digital agencies, getting candid, and setting the record straight on the more prevalent myths about Flash.

You may download the full article here.

While preparing a deconstruction article of Wind Mobile’s recent entry into the Canadian mobility marketplace, Strategy Magazine’s Jonathan Paul sought the design and marketing expertise of Pixelcarve CEO and President, Curtis Priest. Utilizing his 11 plus years in the agency world, working with both icon and boutique brands, Priest offered his thoughts on the Wind Mobile stores’ design, the reflection of brand positioning as well as the digital integration.

View the magazine article here.
Or check it out online here.

For interview or publicity inquiries please contact:
Strut Entertainment
Nicola Krishna
416.861.0387
nicola@strutentertainment.com

Maritz Canada, part of the Maritz global network the largest single source of sales and marketing performance services in the world, has partnered with Pixelcarve to bring a new dimension of engagement and interactivity to the Blackberry / AT&T “A Bold Step Ahead” campaign. Pixelcarve, known for their innovative use of new technologies, worked closely with the Maritz creative team to conceptualize, create and produce multiple media banner ads that encouraged user interaction and promoted brand engagement. The ads featured Flash AS3 interactivity as well as direct social media integration through Twitter. Check out some of the ads below:

Client: Maritz Canada
Media Buy: Starcom
Artwork: Pixel Pushers

Here is a sample of the ad on Wired Magazine. Also applied to 600 x 480 page take-over.

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.

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.

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.

Out of more than 4,300 international category entries in the 10 major Remi Award Competitions, The New Job stood out for its creative excellence.

WorldFest-Houston  is the 3rd oldest International film festival in North America, and we would like to thank them for this incredible honour. We are very proud to be recognized alongside legendary filmmakers such as Spielberg, Lucas, David Lynch, Ang Lee, Ridley Scott, The Coen Brothers, Brian De Palma and many more.

Here at Pixelcarve we are very proud of our first foray into filmmaking, and with this validation of our commitment to quality and creative excellence we will boldly continue our passion to tell great stories in a beautiful way.

For more information about this award, please visit the WorldFest-Houston website.