Redoctober Industrie

Red October does not opt for your standard online showcase of wares... no, nor would that suit them. They are true originals, with retro-gothic nature. Featuring an all new website, we we really impressed with the "smart" Flash navigation... It took about 10 seconds to get used to, but then made browsing extremely easy and rewarding. Nice touch. Their illustration and print style—especially including their theater posters which are often surrealist, blood-and-gore line drawings—feature an unique and particular style.... More

Redoctober Industrie

Sarkissian Mason

Sarkissian Mason is an accomplished full service media agency with three offices across USA. Establised in 1998, SM's big clients (at the moment of this posting) are Mazda and Boeing, for whom they've conceived video-rich, innovative online promotions—featuring some pretty slick technological additions. Additionally their new full-screen video portfolio works pretty well; it's clean and easy to use above all else. In the end, this is a well-awarded and respected firm whose work is constantly pushing technological barriers, so we look forward to featuring some of their sites in our Webgallery in the years to come.... More

Also posted under best of breed, motion design, tv & branding.

Sarkissian Mason

Second Story Interactive Studios

Over the last decade the Portland-based Second Story team of creatives has developed over 80 award-winning interactive projects for the world's outstanding museums, media and cultural institutions. The designers and architects of such wonders as the AIGA Design Archives — their hallmark style is seeped in graphically rich, yet highly-detailed information architecture (IA), where they excel in providing clear and intuitive access to archives and artifacts as well as staging compelling storytelling features for the Web, kiosks and other digital media displays.... More

Also posted under best of breed, multimedia.

Second Story Interactive Studios

Sisu Media

Sisu is a small boutique-style firm, but wields a mighty stick when it comes to technology solutions for the web and mobile markets. Sisu serves a variety of industries including entertainment, media and emerging technologies such as mobile and social networking; one large project being the creation of the MySpace Mobile application. Nice site, and some impressive clients (did we forget to mention... Sony.com?) and work from this small, but efficient team.... More

Sisu Media

Tank Design

Is there anything this small studio-style firm cannot do? Tank is an interdisciplinary design group that integrates strategy, design and technology to create memorable and meaningful branding and communications programs. From annual reports to print ads, packaging and web sites, Tank bristles with accomplishments in a wide swath of projects for a number of respected clients.... More

Also posted under multimedia, branding & advertising.

Tank Design