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05 Feb/04
Job Opportunity
Design Council is seeking great people for the following positions:
One) Experienced creative graphic designer
-- motion graphics, 3D, flash, video production, photography
Three) Entry level / Internships
-- web design, flash, interactive media, php, sql
One) Office manager
-- design studio daily operations director
Please send resume to: staff@designcouncil.us
03 Mar/03
Design Council adopts Mason Creative
Mason Creative has been adopted by the Design Council to service all website related matters. We are very proud to become part of this organization. Taru Lahti and Philip Mason are the co-owners. Announcements will be made via email to all current clients early this week.
27 Dec/02
Update
We got a few spare moments to finally update our site, please see recent projects and revised portfolio.
03 Oct/02
We miss you Laura
Today we found out that one of our great friends has passed, Laura Gavoor. Besides the great contributions she made to the electronic music world through her company –Yin-Sight, she was a genuine person. Kind, thoughtful and caring are words that come to mind when we think of her. Today we mourn.
12 Aug/02
Girl Scouts
Released today: Girl Scouts. We'd like to thank all the nice people over there, great to work with!
21 Jul/02
Impact Auction
Impact at Ford Field Auction, a benefit for the Children's Center offically released on Friday... high end items. Click to visit
17 Jul/02
Chevy motion
24hrs --> 15sec. Motion graphics example available for viewing:: open window (1.7mb quicktime)
27 Jun/02
Lots to show+tell
We have been extremely busy, about ten projects in three months.
>Ford Motor Company – Futurist Cd-Rom
>Rockstar Games – top secret, sorry no viewing
>Wolverine Harley Davidson – website _ ecommerce
>The Children’s Center – ecommerce donation form
>Girls Scouts of Metro Detroit -website
>Bag Lady Beads –ecommerce update
>Abracadabra –Video Cd-Rom
>Epic Productions –broadcast email system
>Ziam.org – website
>…more.
Plus we are about to release our own Cd-Rom, full of our ‘greatest hits’
Stay tuned for examples…
No more Dell
We have built our own systems. After a quick trip to the local ‘nerd store’ for a replacement cd-rw, we found how easy it was to build a computer from scratch.
Here’s what we now use:
Processor:
>Intel P4 2.26 ghz 533mhz
Motherboard:
>Intel D845EBG2 P4/478/533 DDR
RAM:
> 2) DDR 512MB/2700
SCSI card:
> Adaptec 29160N
Raid control:
>Adaptec ATA RAID 1200A
Hard drives:
>2) WD 80GB 8MB CACHE 7200RPM EIDE
>Maxtor 40GB Ultra ATA/100
Video card:
>Nvidia GeForce 4...
Video Capture:
>Pinnacle DV500 Plus
CD-RW:
>PlexWriter 40x12x40 EIDE
DVD-RW:
>Sony DVD+RW
Zip drive:
>Iomega 100mb internal
OS:
>Windows 2000 Professional
Case:
>CoolerMaster ATCs - Aluminum
Monitors:
> 2) 21" Sony GDM-5402
Sound:
>Monsoon MM-700 Flat panel
Scanner:
>HP ScanJet IIc
Cost:
>Not as much as Dell!
15 Mar/02
Flash MX
Released today... we like it and clients will too! External image files, music, video, more... get the new flash plug-in and check it out! Big things coming soon.
09 Mar/02
More monitor space
VirtualDesktop --scroll left or right for more space on your pc (no mac) --nice+small app.
We found this one surfing at Snipe (--she's very cool btw)
06 Mar/02
MCC ver.04 Beta
Well here we go... testing this week live. Please let us know if something doesn't go quite right. email
22 Feb/02
Ok, this week --- really MCC 2002!
We really are ready... adding the final touches and such today... very soon.
We are just waiting for some final info from some clients --hint, hint. We'll launch this week, so hold the email (received nearly 100+ last week & 16k hits
Features include:
--new site each day of week
--database driven flash files
--secure client areas
--much more...
07 Feb/02
Go Dynamic
Nice article supporting data driven sites, (and selling their software). We agree and support this, definately! link
15 Jan/02
RND#
Richard Fenwick's digital video series --great! 7 clips+
02 Jan/02
New releases 2002
We hope everyone had a safe and great New Year's. It's time for some new releases we have planned for the next several days ...stay tuned.
Also, we are planning a major site revision, database driven flash site.
27 Nov/01
New Release :: Ebids4kids.com
The Children's Center / WJR Auction released on Monday. Special thanks to all the staff at TCC, we really enjoyed working with you.
Link to Ebids4kids
23 Nov/01
More nice posters
Art of the Movies... visit
Visit the museum
Coudal has a great collection of on-line museums for your enjoyment... visit
21 Nov/01
The One
...and you thought The Matrix had special effects... check out The One
19 Nov/01
Submit Corner
Website promotion to all the major search engines: Submit Corner
18 Nov/01
WOW ;)
This is super cool, we're not much into gaming, but the flash intro is just fantastic! Check: Starbreeze-Epsilon Conflict ..be sure to click 'hi-res'.
15 Nov/01
Photoshop Tennis
Ok, you've made a few good graphics and you think you're on top. Well, these guys really are! Professionals only
13 Nov/01
511 studio
MCC playground::
511 Studio fun for in-house designer to express their creative abilities. Check it out.
25 Oct/01
V3.0 Masoncreative
Simple, clean and useful. That's the new rule for our internet design development. We've launched version three in an effort to serve our new and perspective clients with the best possible experience. Whatever it takes. Please feel free to send us your comments.
16 Sep/01
USA !
We would like to offer our deepest sympathy for those who have suffered from Tuesday's terrible attack. Stars and Stripes Forever!
17 Aug/01
Press Release
MCC will be providing new 'Client Brief' to all our clients next week. Included in the package: full color brochure, interactive cd-rom and a poster. Please call if you are interested.
06 Jul/01
New Sever
We have moved! Our new hosting company has made an offer we just couldn't refuse; great prices and full service. Thanks guys.
Visit:: (mt) Media Temple for more details.
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