New Neighbors: Just Lucky
Thanks to our new Avenue of the Arts neighbors Just Lucky for designing and coding our new MySpace header. Check out their work at http://yourjustlucky.com.
Our Blog
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3rd Rock for Zimbabwe
March 9th, 2009
New Vid, Studio, MySpace
March 4th, 2009
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www.myspace.com/creoproductions
www.myspace.com/creoproductions
Two Cents: ‘09 Addy’s
February 27th, 2009
Last night, West Michigan celebrated the Addy's.
There's great work emerging from West Michigan. It's inspiring.*
Congrats, winners. The student Addy's we're equally impressive.
(*A special shout out to our friends at People Design. They won a Gold Addy for their "izzy is" video for Izzy Design. We helped in the process with recording + editing Chuck's voiceover. Watch People Design's magic below).
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Our entry was Creo Boggle. No ice was won, but we're still proud of the idea.
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There's great work emerging from West Michigan. It's inspiring.*
Congrats, winners. The student Addy's we're equally impressive.
(*A special shout out to our friends at People Design. They won a Gold Addy for their "izzy is" video for Izzy Design. We helped in the process with recording + editing Chuck's voiceover. Watch People Design's magic below).
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Our entry was Creo Boggle. No ice was won, but we're still proud of the idea.
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Thanks for Crawling
February 25th, 2009
Thanks to everyone who came out for the Ad Club's Creative Crawl. We had a great time talking with new and old friends. Let us know what you think about the space (and the sound of Finnish-American piano rock echoing from the audio studio). See you at the Addy's tomorrow night.
-Aaron, Andrew, Matthew and Derek
-Aaron, Andrew, Matthew and Derek
Message from the Ad Club
February 19th, 2009
Creo note: We'll have our doors open on Tuesday from 4:30 to late. Visit us at 40 S. Division in Grand Rapids, MI 49503.
AD Fair 09': The Mardi Gras Creative Crawl: Tuesday, February 24
AD Fair 09': The Mardi Gras Creative Crawl: Tuesday, February 24
Area ad agencies, design firms, photo and video production studios and other ACWM members meet, greet and treat area business and community leaders, students, clients and other interested publics to a taste of West Michigan's creative side. With it being Fat Tuesday, hosts will bring a little taste of Mardi Gras to the event.
Can't make it to the Monday night presentation of the West Michigan Advertising and Design Hall of Fame but want to see the work?
Visit our Creative Crawl sponsor River House the evening of the Creative Crawl. All of the Hall of Fame inductees work will be on display.
Check out the list of Creative Crawl Participants.
This event is FREE and open to the public.
To see a list of other AD Fair '09 Events visit www.theadfair.com.
The Projection Initiative
February 16th, 2009
In case you missed the short-film premier, here's Rapid Growth's story on Brian Kelly's Projection Initiative. Celebrate Heartside was the first piece projected on the side of a parking ramp in downtown GR. It was a great project to be involved in...
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<object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mBwAg9M02MI&hl=en&fs=1"></object></span>More information is available on mlive here.
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<object width="425" height="264"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mBwAg9M02MI&hl=en&fs=1"></object></span>More information is available on mlive here.
Design West Michigan and KCAD
February 12th, 2009
MBiz has an nice piece on Kendall College of Art and Design, and they're involvement with Design West Michigan, "an organization created to explore the economic impact design has on the region."
We're preparing for an innovative video project with Design West Michigan and Kendall, which we'll begin in the coming months. We're excited with all the positive changes happening in Michigan's economy, from the film incentives to DWM's work in advocating design across disciplines.
It's an exciting time for us, and a hopeful time for the region.
We're preparing for an innovative video project with Design West Michigan and Kendall, which we'll begin in the coming months. We're excited with all the positive changes happening in Michigan's economy, from the film incentives to DWM's work in advocating design across disciplines.
It's an exciting time for us, and a hopeful time for the region.
Much Love for Heartside
There's another very interesting Rapid Growth article on the developments happening in Heartside.
(If you scroll down far enough, you can see a production photo of Andrew and I shooting on the set of Celebrate Heartside).
(If you scroll down far enough, you can see a production photo of Andrew and I shooting on the set of Celebrate Heartside).
Brian Kelly’s Projection Initiative
Rapid Growth and the GR Press ran stories about Brian Kelly's projection initiative downtown, which would have digital media (art, short films, etc.) projected onto buildings. We've had the privilege to co-produce the first short film Celebrate Heartside. We'll watch it unfold tonight at the Pre-Glow party.
February 12, 2009Projection initiative could spotlight art onto downtown buildings
By: Deborah Johnson Wood
An art initiative spearheaded by Grand Rapids photographer Brian Kelly could light up the city nights, literally. The Projection Initiative, an idea to project the work of local and regional artists on the sides of select downtown buildings after dark, began with an idea from Grand Rapids artist Reb Roberts.
Roberts, founder of Sanctuary Folk Art, received city approval months ago to display a painted mural of his work on the multi-story west wall of the parking ramp at Cherry and Commerce. But the logistics created too many obstacles.
“Brian was in here talking about doing a promotion video for Heartside and wanting to project the film on the parking ramp,” Roberts says. “We said wouldn’t it be great to combine our ideas and to project art in the city?”
The proposed initiative would fund the installation of projection systems at some 10 locations to help boost downtown’s vibrancy.
Artists would submit their work—photography, short films, animation, paintings—any artistic media that can be digitized for projection. A proposed computer server system could store the digitized art and control each projection remotely. And none of it would cost the artist a dime.
“If you spend any time walking around downtown at night, it’s already a great experience, and with projected art it could be off-the-charts great,” Kelly says.
He envisions people walking from restaurants to pubs and museums or strolling across the river just to see the projections along the way. He has had encouraging initial discussions with potential funders and will soon have cost estimates for the project.
Locus Development commissioned the first projection art: Celebrate Heartside, a four-minute film Kelly created in partnership with Creo Productions. The projection will take place at 6 p.m. tonight on the west wall of the Cherry/Commerce parking ramp as part of Heartside Pre-Glow, a public celebration of the Heartside neighborhood.
“This initiative could create another type of energy in this community,” says Reb Roberts. “Grand Rapids could become a destination for art buyers and dealers; we just need more public exposure.”