VISIT FLORIDA: Viva Sweepstakes Site

Visit Florida is now one of our biggest accounts here at the Miami Sapient offices and though the big stuff is mostly commercials and print and larger web experiences, we still do all of their smaller things too.  I put together this little site for their VIVA Sweepstakes and it just went live.

http://win.visitflorida.com/visitflorida13/viva500/home

We have to build off of template sites for some of these things, but I had so much fun making the cover image!  I got to dig through tons of old black and white photos from our state archive...people waterskiing in pyramids, fishing in creeks, holding out fish for dolphins to grab through hoops, and of course 1950s bathing babes and family beach time.  SO FUN!!!  I eventually got to grab this one, color it in and play with it a bit...then I added a little type treatment inspired by old postcards, while still using their brand font.  So yeah...totally awesome!  Its nice when you get these side pieces that you can play with, so I wanted to share :)

Oh and dont forget to enter to win a Florida Vacation!!!  They are giving one away for our State's 500th Anniversary this year!

UNDER THE SCOPE: the main event!

Here are some pics from my fully interactive, experiential installation for Basel week 2012, Under The Scope.  Being stationed on Washington Avenue was really cool...we had so many passers-by stop to play!  Annnd, since South Beach is my home, it was great to do something on this side of the bridge.  Take a look at these shots from Peter Vahan, and stay tuned for a behind-the-scenes video coming soon!!!

A big huge thank you to everyone who came out and gave the scope a spin!  Also, major props to William Ryan Fritch for his original soundtrack that accompanied the piece, and to my tech genius, Alain Lores.  I am lucky to call them both friends and colleagues, and each of their contributions made my idea come to life in the most amazing way.  But most of all, mega thanks to everyone at Chalk Miami who believed in this idea and made it all possible!!!

FIATUSA.COM: New Website Launch!!!

WOWWWWEEEE!!!  I am SO excited (and relieved) to announce the launch of the brand spankin new Fiat USA brand website! We have been working super on this project, under a really tight deadline, so it feels really good to see it go live.  Keep checking back in as well layer more interactivity and story to the pages!  And go test drive one of these cuties!!!

FIVE TO NINE: Upcoming!

Through my good buddy Gustavo (we painted Fiats together) at 131 Projects, I am happy to announce the opening of Five to Nine...a group show of Sapient artists.

We open this Friday, June 3rd from 7-10pm at the Grand Opening of The Buck House...a new spot by Buck15 at Villa, downtown. Come grab a drink and see what we do when we are off the clock....

SAPIENT NITRO WRITE UP!

check this article from the Miami Herald about my agency, Sapient Nitro...we da besssss :)

JGC: MICROSITE

Check out the big bad mamma jamma website we are rolling out for the 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee! Its been a lot of work and I am super proud (yet again) of my amazing team. It takes you on a 3D journey through the build process with deep dives of JGC features and specs, where even more of the videos we did can be found and enjoyed. There is also a "gallery" with wallpaper downloads, photos, videos (some awesome historical goodies) and more. This is just Phase I, so stay tuned :)

JGC: MSN CUBE

This is a realllly sick buy (I think its a new thing MSN is doing). You go to MSN.com, and what looks like a regular square banner begins to spin and when you click it, is a cube that unfolds full screen. Each side has its own content and, in our case, the videos that we did in-house...you can then navigate throught he content by click the fullscreen to the left or right, spinning the cube, or unfolding it. It is so dope and was a LOT of work, and I am super proud of my whole team for coming together and kicking ASS on it.

Its only up for a day, so be sure to check it out. Eventually, I will have an archival video of it on here, but that may take awhile.

JGC: YOUTUBE HOMEPAGE EXPANDABLE

i just went to youtube to watch some stupid video, and then was stopped by this breathtakingly beautiful banner on the homepage. oh wait, thats MY banner! hahaha go to the youtube homepage (i think its up all day...not sure how that buy works) to check out the interactive, expandable, video banner for the "all new 2011 grand cherokee" woop woop.

JGC LUUUUV!

check out our jeep ads on NOTCOT!!! HOW FUCKING DOPE ARE WE???