Recently Launched http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php en info@noblestudios.com Copyright 2012 2012-01-31T02:33:01-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/autodesk_ipad_app http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/autodesk_ipad_app/#When:22:48:00Z Noble Studios and Autodesk, Inc. worked together to create a native iPad application, referred to as the Autodesk Company Overview App.  The sales and marketing tool is designed to help Autodesk field and channel partners spark conversations with current and potential customers, and tell the Autodesk Story in a dynamic and interactive way. Very complimentary to the Autodesk website, the app includes three sections: Partnership, Leadership, and Solutions.  Each section features dynamic content salespeople can use to illustrate their voiceover about Autodesk’s Data Driven Design technology in various industries.  Videos, customer stories, and animated presentations are grouped logically and can be navigated elegantly. Google mobile analytics has also been employed to track and rank relevant usage from the app so quarterly content updates are focused and impactful.       Sitting icon-by-icon next to Autodesk customer applications, the app content is useful for one-on-one meetings or larger presentations.  With an iPad 2 and video out cable, interactive presentations can be shown on TVs, monitors, or projectors in HD resolution. A December sneak peek of the Company Overview App at Autodesk University brought great feedback from the sales team. The Noble Studios team was instrumental in the design, development and strategy of the Autodesk Company Overview App. Noble conducted extensive research and usability testing to ensure the user experience (UX) is engaging, consistent and optimal for iPad devices. Recently Launched 2012-01-30T22:48:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/autodesk_simulation http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/autodesk_simulation/#When:20:30:01Z Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, hired Noble Studios to design and develop a landing page for Autodesk® Simulation, a family of products that delivers a comprehensive set of simulation software tools. The Noble team provided strategy, information architecture (IA), design and redlining for Autodesk to execute on its Web Applications Manager (WAM) platform.  With simulation-driven design, designers and engineers understand the implications of their design choices as they make them. Recently Launched 2011-11-30T20:30:01-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/heineken_facebook http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/heineken_facebook/#When:20:20:00Z Noble Studios has become a preferred vendor for Gilt Edge Soccer Marketing, a Chicago-based marketing agency providing expertise to brands seeking to connect with the soccer consumer.Gilt Edge contracted Noble Studios to produce a Facebook landing experience for Heineken, the world’s most international premium beer brand, to highlight businesses holding contests in tandem to the Champions League Soccer Games. This required Noble to setup the “Fan Gate” (plus “Reveal”) as well as build a custom backend database for the client to easily update and add locations participating in the contest. Fan Gate allows pages to display one type of content to fans of the page, and a different type of content to non-fans.Facebook users are asked to share a photo of the event (wherever they may be) and text it to enter to win premier Heineken goods. The contest is expected to run the full length of the Champions League season. Recently Launched 2011-11-30T20:20:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/knpb1 http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/knpb1/#When:20:49:01Z KNPB, the PBS affiliate in northern Nevada, retained Noble Studios to redesign and develop its website. Built on an ExpressionEngine platform, the new website boasts a slick multimedia slideshow, press release manager, events calendar, and Meta data module. Now KNPB can easily manage all of its Web content, press releases, events and advertising using one login. The site also features an ad manager, which will streamline its ad spaces to industry standard sizes. This will allow KNPB to accept and promote advertisers more effectively as well as track impressions and clicks.In addition to its new design and extensive functionality, the site features rich integration with PBS video content, streaming on–demand. The PBS API offers a stream of real-time programming on KNPB and a full programming schedule. Viewers can also “favorite” KNPB, KNPB Create and KNPB V-Me channels.As a public television network, KNPB’s mission is to serve public interest on an educational and cultural level. Recently Launched 2011-11-29T20:49:01-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/autodesk_ipad_reseller http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/autodesk_ipad_reseller/#When:20:44:01Z Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, contracted Noble Studios to design and develop a native iPad application. The enterprise app, referred to as the iPad Reseller App, was built solely for its sales team to share the Autodesk story and sell its award-winning software. The app includes three sections: partnership, leadership, and solutions. Each section features videos, customer stories, and animated presentation materials. The iPad Reseller App will be loaded to 18 iPads and showcased at Autodesk University (AU) November 29 thru December 1 at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.  AU is a 3-day conference and exhibition where designers, engineers, and architects come together with industry and technology leaders to better understand new technologies, exchange best practices, and form new business strategies. Recently Launched 2011-11-29T20:44:01-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/twenty_under_40 http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/twenty_under_40/#When:05:19:00Z With two Twenty under 40 alumni on staff, Jarrod Lopiccolo and Michael Thomas, Noble Studios was happy to sponsor and produce this year’s video for the Reno Gazette Journal’s (RGJ) Twenty under 40 awards reception. Held November 3 at the Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, the annual program is designed to recognize accomplished leaders under the age of 40 in northern Nevada. The awards reception was sponsored by the Reno Tahoe Young Professionals Network, Reno Gazette-Journal, Atlantis Casino Resort Spa, and Noble Studios. On behalf of Noble Studios, we congratulate this year’s class of winners: Tray Abney, Lindsay Anderson, John Begley, John Bocchi, John Brownell, Ryan Costella, Mike Draper, Monica Du Pea, Danra Forshey, Rob Gaedtke, Garrett Gordon, Aaron Hines, Stacy Kendall, Ben Kieckhefer, Colin Loretz, Lesley Miller, Kristen Remington, Michael Richardson, Zeina Randall, and Paul Thomsen. Click here to watch the reception video. Recently Launched 2011-11-05T05:19:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/htc_the_right_hands http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/htc_the_right_hands/#When:17:13:00Z Noble Studios built an interactive memory game on Facebook for HTC Corp, one of the fastest growing companies in the mobile sector, utilizing the Wildfire platform. The game, referred to as The Right Hands, challenges players to match nine hands correctly in 15 seconds for a chance to win one of two brand new phones – the HTC Titan with Windows or the HTC Radar with Windows. Noble Studios created five translated versions of the memory game in English, Spanish, Russian, German, and Irish. A Polish version is currently under development. Recently Launched 2011-10-30T17:13:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/autodesk_seek_video http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/autodesk_seek_video/#When:00:56:00Z Autodesk, a world leader in 3D design, engineering and entertainment software, hired Noble Studios to design and develop an awareness video for Autodesk Seek, a powerful library of accurate and high quality Building Information Models (BIM) exclusively for design professionals. Seek allows the user to create realistic buildings and mechanical structures. Before downloading, professionals can see how the data is going to behave using key product attributes, including dimensions, materials, performance, and manufacturer name using industry-standard classifications. This means users can see exactly how the electrical will hook up, a replica of the lighting fixtures, and all of the detailed information associated with the model. Noble Studios created all aspects of the full HD 1080p video in-house. The project was the first of its kind for Noble Studios – combining several different mediums – to complete the final presentation, including: Research Concept development Script writing Voice and audio recording Storyboarding 2D and 3D animation Video capturing Special FX compositing Video and sound editing and production Optimization exporting Seek is just one more way Autodesk is helping professionals accelerate better design. Recently Launched 2011-10-29T00:56:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/pxp_sf http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/pxp_sf/#When:05:11:00Z Noble Studios collaborated with Dowling Duncan, an international design studio with offices in San Francisco, New York and two in the United Kingdom, on a new eCommerce Web page for Piece x Piece, a high-end fashion retailer in San Francisco. Noble Studios applied Dowling Duncan’s creative work into a Shopify eCommerce platform for Piece x Piece. The online store was created to celebrate the luxury brand’s first anniversary. Piece x Piece offers an ever-changing stock of one-of-a-kind, handmade garments made up of discarded luxury fabrics. Recently Launched 2011-10-27T05:11:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/renophil http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/renophil/#When:04:56:01Z Noble Studios designed and developed a new website for the Reno Philharmonic Association, the region’s largest performing arts organization, on a WordPress CMS platform. With more than 60 professional musicians, Reno Phil performs in various venues throughout Reno, Carson Valley, and Lake Tahoe entertaining more than 70,000 people each year. The new website boasts a beautiful design and extensive functionality. It features a customized events calendar, an area to purchase tickets, an integrated form-builder, SEO pack plug-in and customized page templates for the Meet the Phil section. The website also has a newsroom, discussion forum, Flickr feed, and a place to contribute now. It was built on a Wordpress CMS platform to allow the client to easily update and manage the website content. Noble Studios encourages you to get involved in the northern Nevada community. Learn more about Reno Phil’s education and outreach programs and join the Reno Phil Phan Club today. Recently Launched 2011-10-27T04:56:01-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/colts http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/colts/#When:04:37:00Z Noble Studios collaborated with Wildfire Interactive, Inc., a privately-held technology company in Redwood City, Calif., to design and develop a custom Facebook landing experience for the Indianapolis Colts. Using Wildfire’s page manager application, Noble developed a Colts “CLIP OF THE WEEK” where fans can vote for their favorite football video clip. Wildfire specializes in developing simple tools to enable organizations to engage with millions of users on social networks, including Facebook and Twitter. Recently Launched 2011-10-27T04:37:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/rscva http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/rscva/#When:01:06:00Z The Reno-Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority (RSCVA), Nevada’s second largest visitors’ bureau, hired Noble Studios to refresh and implement its website design. Now VisitRenoTahoe.com boasts a beautiful design and extensive functionality. Bordered by the breathtaking Sierra Mountain range, and within driving distance of pristine Lake Tahoe, it’s no wonder the area attracts more than 5 million visitors each year and more than 300,000 people are proud to call Reno Tahoe home. The RSCVA website brands the area as a premier, year-round destination for leisure and group travel highlighting the area’s rich history, world-class ski and golf resorts, 24-hour gaming and entertainment, mild climate, community spirit and diverse economy. The site also features a public meeting calendar, social media links, a newsroom and translation resources. Recently Launched 2011-10-27T01:06:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/bio_weathermap http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/bio_weathermap/#When:05:27:01Z One of Noble Studios’ projects is now on display at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco. The interactive display showcases an emerging scientific technology called Bio WeatherMap. The project was recently featured on the Forbes blog. The Bio WeatherMap experiment is a global, grassroots effort intended to explain the geographic and progressive distribution patterns of microbial life. Essentially this means you could track the lifespan of bacteria from its origin in Egypt all the way through a grocery store in Manhattan, N.Y. Autodesk, Inc. originally hired Noble Studios to create the interactive display for TEDGlobal 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a fast-paced, invitation-only conference where the world's leading thinkers gather to share ideas. The event is often referred to as “the ultimate brain spa” and is regarded as one of the largest and best tech events in the world. Thousands of exhibitors will now be able to interact with the display inside the Autodesk Gallery to learn how this breakthrough technology could change the way bacterial information is analyzed and ultimately acted upon by researchers. This project was one of the first explanations of the Bio WeatherMap initiative ever displayed at a major conference. View photos from TED. Recently Launched 2011-10-26T05:27:01-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/western_nevada_college http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/western_nevada_college/#When:03:07:00Z Western Nevada College (WNC) contracted Noble Studios to create a Web presence for its Career Pathways. The Web page links students participating in its academic programs from its parent website, www.wnc.edu, to the Career Pathways page. The new page features information on WNC programs and connects students in real-time to the Department of Employment, Training & Rehabilitation (DETR) job bank via API integration. The project is a more efficient way to connect the Associate of Applied Science (AAS) programs to on-demand employment opportunities within the region. Career Pathways is a structured, student-centered program designed to help youth and adults earn college degrees, certificates, and industry credentials. Recently Launched 2011-10-17T03:07:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/kdbc http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/kdbc/#When:03:15:00Z Noble Studios designed and developed a website for the Kawasaki Dealer Benefits Company in Reno, Nev., an approved Kawasaki Business Alliance designed to offer group benefits and human resources services for dealerships. Noble Studios also produced the welcome video featured on the company’s new site. A division of The Applied Companies, the Kawasaki Dealer Benefits Company website is one of several sites to be built on an ExpressionEngine multi-site platform. The other sites include the Applied Staffing Solutions, Applied Blog, and Applied Business Solutions. The Applied Companies can now leverage one platform to log into all of its websites. The streamlined platform is more cost effective and saves the company time. Recently Launched 2011-10-05T03:15:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/avinger http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/avinger/#When:23:04:00Z Noble Studios collaborated with Mortar, a San Francisco advertising agency, to launch a new website for Avinger, a leading manufacturer of next generation catheter-based technologies, headquartered in Redwood City, Calif. Noble Studios applied Mortar’s creative work into an ExpressionEngine2 platform with special integration of Google Maps. The site features an advanced job application and resume uploader, newsroom, and staging environment to allow the end user to preview content before publishing. The Avinger team is dedicated to the fight against vascular disease. Avinger designs, develops and manufactures precision medical devices, including its latest technology the Wildcat Catheter. Recently Launched 2011-10-04T23:04:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/empowering_success http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/empowering_success/#When:04:46:00Z Under the direction of Gov. Brian Sandoval, economic development is a key element of Nevada’s comprehensive plan to improve state’s economy and budget crisis. To further this mission, Noble Studios has joined forces with The Glenn Group to work on a strategic, far-reaching plan for the Nevada Commission on Economic Development to diversify the state’s economy. “We need to do more than focus on bringing businesses from other states to Nevada. We need to diversify our economy and promote our state’s renewable resources,” said Lindsay Anderson, director, business development and research for NCED. “We selected Noble to continue as our agency of record with the support of The Glenn Group because we believe their collaborative expertise will help us achieve our goals. Noble has a deep understanding of economic development and the ability to keep us in the forefront of new digital marketing efforts while Glenn has extensive experience representing renewable resources.” One initiative to promote NCED’s plan is a statewide campaign entitled “Empowering Success.” The campaign showcases Nevada-based businesses in four different industries: Click Bond (manufacturing), Zappos (retail), ElectraTherm (green energy) and Cord Blood (biosciences), highlighting why the companies were empowered to do business in Nevada. The video campaign showcases first-person accounts of how Nevada is “empowering success” for many leading edge companies in the state. The four segments will also be incorporated into an overarching online marketing campaign to increase awareness about the Nevada business climate and speak directly to business decision makers. Noble developed the website landing page and all banner ad creative, and is responsible for the creative direction and strategic management of the campaign. The Glenn Group worked in tandem with Orangetree Productions on the art direction, filming and post production of the final videos, as well as orchestrated the online media buy. Noble Studios has been NCED’s agency of record since 2009. Initially, the agency was hired to rebrand the organization and establish its Web presence. Moving forward, Noble Studios and The Glenn Group will be more involved in the architecture and execution of the governor and NCED’s restructured economic development plan. Recently Launched 2011-08-31T04:46:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/autocad_design_816 http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/autocad_design_816/#When:04:41:00Z Design and shape the world around you with the AutoCAD® 2012 software, one of the world’s leading 2D and 3D CAD design tools. Autodesk, Inc. recently hired Noble Studios to work in tandem with its AutoCAD team to develop an interactive social application to unveil its Design 8.16 campaign. The successful campaign was a teaser leading up to the highly anticipated release of the new AutoCAD on Mac platform. Developed on a WildFire platform, the campaign used a live Twitter feed and custom Facebook canvas page using the “Like” feature. The Design 8.16 campaign focused heavily on social engagement for its August product launch. Contest users were asked why they love AutoCAD , to submit their best work utilizing the software and/or to publish a YouTube video of their project in action. Recently Launched 2011-08-31T04:41:00-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/applied_staffing_solutions http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/applied_staffing_solutions/#When:04:36:01Z Noble Studios designed and developed a new website for Applied Staffing Solutions, a privately held full-service employment agency serving northern Nevada. A division of The Applied Companies, the Applied Staffing Solutions website is one of several sites to be built on an ExpressionEngine multi-site. The other sites include the Kawasaki Dealers Benefits Company, Applied Blog, and Applied Business Solutions. The Applied Companies can now leverage the platform and hosting site to log into all of its websites. The streamlined platform is more cost effective for the company. The next website to launch on the multi-site is the Kawasaki Dealers Benefits Company in September. Recently Launched 2011-08-31T04:36:01-08:00 http://www.noblestudios.com/news/page/tahoe_keepers http://www.noblestudios.com/index.php/site/tahoe_keepers/#When:04:28:00Z Noble Studios recently launched a new website and mobile counterpart for Tahoe Keepers, a waterborne community dedicated to protecting Lake Tahoe’s pristine watershed and non-motorized culture. A Tahoe Keeper is trained to inspect and decontaminate boats and equipment in order to keep the basin free of invasive species. Keepers also accept responsibility to clean, drain, and dry their watercraft and gear every time they move between bodies of water. The website features a 6-minute mobile compatible video built by Noble Studios. Site visitors are encouraged watch the educational video, pass a short quiz, and register to become a Tahoe Keeper. Upon completion of the program, boaters will receive a receipt that confirms the program completion and can use this receipt to show any watercraft inspection officer. Recently Launched 2011-08-31T04:28:00-08:00