Produced a new video recently. I know it is a little corporate but that is how it needed to roll. When I was writing the script, the main challenge was condensing 18 years of company history in to roughly 3 minutes. Of course, I got lost in Neo Sounds trying to find the right mood. There are folks out there who can appreciate what I am saying.

Recently, my company moved office spaces to accommodate the growth we are experiencing. I’ve had the pleasure of working on improving the interior design of the new space from a somewhat stale corporate environment to one that is more inspiring. I’m still not done but progress has been made.

Here are a few shots from my mobile:

For the lobby, there was the chance to combine steel and vinyl to extend the design across several glass windows. I found an architectural sign company in Miami, Florida that was able to bring the design to reality. It is way more powerful in person.

For some of the larger walls it was important to find a solution that was both cost-effective and creative. Hiring a painter was a consideration, but in the end I went with this murals company.

This is a 20 x 8ft wall making up a total of 5 individual panels made of vinyl with a sticky back. It took 3 people approximately 2+ hours to hang it. I ordered them slightly larger to compensate for uneven ceiling heights, etc and then trimmed it to fit.

This is a 12 x 8ft space where I chose an image that harks back to the early days of publishing. There is another one in orange next to this room. My mobile doesn’t do the image justice, but it really adds depth and interest to the space as you consider how far news and media production have come. I found the images on the Library of Congress website where they were free for usage. Obviously a touch of Photoshopping was added.

This panel resides in the conference room on the other side of the lobby above and is 8 x 6ft. The hexagon treatment connects with the same vinyl exterior on the windows facing the other side. Reference to the past and focus on the future is encapsulated in the “Media Evolution” statement, which I am weaving into other aspects of my marketing initiatives in 2012.

Now to roll this same approach across both our Maryland and Denmark offices. Whew!

You can click here or the above graphic to view this year’s holiday message. The Flash file does not have the supporting CSS and HTML that was originally used, but you’ll get the idea. My goal was to make it global in appeal and feature a broad range of clients that represent several different nationalities.

I can’t believe it has already been a year since I distributed the last holiday message to our database. Notable is the fact that during this time I have worked hard to increase our database by more than 75% with qualified leads, prospect and customers.

This increase has made an impact. Our bookings this year increased by more than 20%. Several of these customers represent some of the larger media brands in North America such as Digital First Media; others constitute niche publications like the American Medical News.

Another one that hits especially close to home is the Evening Post Publishing which owns the Post & Courier, a newspaper I delivered on my bike as a child and have read either in print, online or on my tablet for most of my life. It’s a small world.

My work has taken me numerous places and exposed me to many new things. There is no doubt that 2012 will be an interesting year.