A self-termed "international" agency with a single location in Amsterdam, 180 displays outdoor ads, tv spots and websites for a select number of high-end clients. Very clear and simple site makes us believe their pitch.... More
247 is creative and technical development studio with a rather atypical structure; they are an open company of talented designers and programmers forming a collective, sharing projects and ideas. This in turn leads them to create work for an eclectic group of clients. This freedom to explore what they like leads to some immersive and powerful results for webdesign, multimedia and crossmedia productions. To sum up in a few words? Their Flash sites totally rock.... More
A design and development firm with an affinity for producing sophisticated Flash and multimedia experiences. Animation, Broadcast Quality Flash, Streaming Audio and Video and Shockwave are a few of the new media technologies that this firm succeeds at marketing. Overall, this is a widely capable studio for building high-impact web-based solutions. And a nice Flash site. Showcase site: Pittsburgh Penguins.... More
From Madrid -- hot, sweaty, sexy, slow long looks through a thick fringe of dark eyelashes. The barest hint of smile is offered, till YOU smile -- then --!! The flash of sharp white teeth. That's Acrylick. You can spend hours on their website; it weaves childlike and phallic images without apology. Amazing use of color and iconography. Some annoying typos and English language glitches (fair warning for the NARROW-MINDED), but absolutely nothing is lost in the translation. Very, very cool. And, ah, did we mention hot and sweaty? And sexsexsexy? Go now. Sweat.... More
Across the pond, the influential work of the Addison Group towers like Big Ben over Britain. From establishing campaigns for the leading contenders in travel, retail services and utilities, Addison keeps a steady design eye on the pulse of the English beat. While expunging delightfully detailed goals of each individual client and their respective projects, glaring lack of flash parts and a failure to provide popups or expanding thumbnails provides a few subtractions in Addison’s otherwise check-plus performance.... More
Impressive firm, boasting many of the world’s top corporate clients. Makes us want to be associated with these Big Dogs! Kudos to AKQA’s honesty: “We also outsource when we know that someone else can do something better than us.” Clean, crisp and stream-lined portfolio. We surfed, we saw, we are impressed.... More
Based in Utrecht/Amsterdam (the Netherlands) Anothercompany is a very interesting art, fashion and communications design firm founded by Joachim Baan. We were blown away the polished design work and fascinating range of projects. Each development has multiple layers of meaning and delves deeply into the marriage of form and function. The result is a collection of crisp graphics, professional design and art work that leave us simply... envious. Hurrah for Dutch design!... More
B-Reel is a Swedish full motion and interactive design company that puts the activity in creativity. As implied by their name, they do motion design, commercials and on-air promos, but they also have been in the business of crafting cutting-edge web experiences since 1999. Much of their work is for home-based Swedish clients, but rest assured, even if you don't know the language or the clients, it all shines with top-notch multimedia interactivity.... More
A fantastic minimal little portfolio for a great print, packaging and identity design studio based in Sweden. We love the fast-loading site design, the simple colors and limited type that show this firm understands the online medium too. Birth understands and heralds the importance of good design, and communicates with a modern, yet bold design style. Nice typography and clean print work.... More
A full-service design studio, biz-R has a given us a very fresh approach on their portfolio in this classically motivated, yet very modern design. Their expertise is in identity systems, branding, print communications and clean typography. And obviously their Flash-based portfolio design has a great overall look 'n feel. We're loving the teal and grey colors of the site.... More
