by Olive
To promote a recent party for Olive clients, partners, and friends, our team created this promotional video which was embedded into the RSVP page. Proudly, we can say that all aspects of this production originated from our internal team: concept development, storyboarding, script writing, cinematography, filming, editing, and—of course—acting. Enjoy.
by Tom
Congratulations to the team at the Star Tribune for the successful launch of the redesigned site. It looks great and loads in a jif. We were thrilled to have the opportunity to rethink and redesign the Star Tribune Media Kit that will support advertising sales efforts. Take a look around ... they’ve got a terrific set of publications.
We also gave the auto search page a bit of a makeover .... code implementation by the very busy team at the Strib.
by Erik
We were excited to hear that our friends at Inver Hills Community College launched the new Inverhills.edu earlier today. The marketing staff at IHCC did an outstanding job completing the build of the site based on our original design and template development. Throughout the integration process, their team demonstrated total commitment to maintaining the quality of the design through every page of the site, and the finished product definitely reflects that commitment. Great work, IHCC! We’ve attached a few screen grabs to this post, but make sure you go and visit their new site for yourself.
by Erik
Olive and Company has moved! With just a right turn and a two-minute drive from our old home in Nordeast, you’ll end up at our new pad in historic St. Anthony Main. Our worldwide headquarters now sits comfortably in the heart of the Minneapolis Riverfront District, with a spectacular view of the Minneapolis skyline and, of course, the mighty Mississippi. In fact, if you’re feeling as adventurous as our buddy Olive (in the image above), you could just hop on a homemade raft and float down the river from our old space right up to our new front door!
by Erik
Several months ago, we created our own Olive and Company Facebook Page. This fact probably won’t surprise anyone since A) we are in the creative services industry and more and more of our projects include social media elements, and B) most of us have been actively using Facebook as individuals for quite some time now. With that said, we thought we’d take some time to discuss our reasons for creating a Facebook Page, and invite you to follow us as our Page(1) grows and evolves.
by Erik
As a design firm, the only thing we value as much as creativity is the relationship we form with our clients. We feed off the energy that they bring to their own projects, and, just as we relish the opportunity to help guide a brand as it grows and evolves, we also cherish the opportunity to get to know the people we work with along the way.
by Erik
The following article was originally included in the October 2009 issue of our OliveNotes newsletter, but we feel like the content is worth sharing with non-subscribers as well, so we’re republishing it here in its entirety. We’ve also included a brief postscript to update a few aspects of the article. As always, please share your thoughts in the comments section below.
by Tom
Quite a while back, I shared some insight into a project where we were designing the UI for a soon-to-be-released Web app. Now we’ll take a look at the concepts we presented the client and the feedback they provided. As before, the client and project are held in confidence. Here’s a look at our first round:
by Tom
You can see his design influence in both your current home and that of your parents, probably. Jens Risom is a Danish designer who personified simple, elegant furniture design a half-century ago, and still works today.
by Tom
A couple weeks ago I served as a judge for the 13th Annual Minnesota Publishing Excellence Awards, which are awarded each year by the Minnesota Magazine and Publications Association (MMPA).
by Tom
One of the exciting new projects we are working on is designing the user interface (UI) for a Web app due for launch later this year.
by Tom
When it comes to presenting design, sometimes it’s best to leave the impression-building to the client.
by Tom
We took some time recently to optimize our site for mobile viewing.
by Tom
... another reminder that terrific content can be lost in a sea of unfocused design. I was recently asked to judge entries in the Nebraska Collegiate Media Association Web Competition along with another individual who is part of a Pulitzer Prize-winning team at the LA Times.
by Barb
My dad was a great salesman. His most reliable selling tools were a pocket full of dimes, a well-pressed business suit, and a briefcase stocked with company literature.
by Tom
Normally, the atrium here at the Bottling House looks like an abandoned prison floor. But today they are setting up quite the staging for a dance performance. Kinda makes it look like First Ave. if you stripped away all the gunk on the ceiling.
by Tom
This past weekend I presented a session at the Best of the Midwest conference for the Associated Collegiate Press. The conference attracts advisers and student journalists from the top colleges and universities in the midwest.
by Tom
Last week my family bought a new fish tank. We had been considering it for a few years and now that our boys are a little older we thought it would be a good new project.
by Tom
We don’t enter competitions very often, but when we do it usually results in something good. We were recently awarded a quartet of 2008 W3 Interactive Awards, presented by the International Academy of Visual Arts and Advertising Age magazine.
by Tom
We are thrilled to announce the addition of 2 talented individuals to the Olive team.
by Tom
We’ll kick off our blog with an introduction to our revised branding! Last fall marked the five year anniversary of Olive and Company, and we started to feel a little constrained in our old “clothes” .... ready for a fresh outlook for 2009 … a renewed sense of optimism.
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