IconNicholson Pranksters / SML Thank You

Today (2008-01-21) was my first day at work since the SML Appendectomy incident, and it is heart-felt to see the IconNicholson mascot vandalized with my logo.

What a sweet welcoming gift. Whoever you are, much SML Love to you! :)



Related SML Universe
+ SML Dogs

SML Copyright Notice
©2008 See-ming Lee / SML Thank You / SML Universe. All rights reserved.

AdAge 2008 Annual: LBi International = top 25 marketing organizations

The print edition of my Advertising Age arrived in the mail today and I noticed that I have missed out an important fact to report: LBi International (parent company of IconNicholson) is ranked #19 in the top 25 marketing organizations globally according to net revenue.



The rest of the figures are:

1. Omnicom Group
2. WPP Group
3. Interpublic Group of Cos.
4. Publicis Groupe
5. Dentsu
6. Havas
7. Aegis Group
8. Hakuhodo DY Holdings
9. aQuantive (bought by Microsoft in Aug. '07)
10. Asatsu-DK
11. MDC Partners
12. Sapient Corp.
13. Carlson Marketing
14. Epsilon
15. Aspen Marketing services
16. Cheil Communications
17. George P.Johnson Co.
18. HealthStar COmmunications
19. LBi International
20. Media Square
21. inVentiv Communciations
22. Cossette Communication Group
23. Harte-Hanks Direct
24. Clemenger Communications
25. Doner

©2008 See-ming Lee 李思明 SML / SML Pro Blog / SML Universe. All rights reserved.

IconNicholson Halloween 2007 Art Installation by Rivka Schoenfeld

Rivka Schoenfeld (Google / SML Wiki), interior architect of IconNicholson (Google / SML Wiki), once again transformed the historic hallway on the 8th floor of the Puck Building into a magical landscape of horror using a mixture of video projection, black lights, birds sculpture and fortune cookie wisdom on Halloween in 2007.

SML IMEEM: IconNicholson Halloween 2007 by IconNicholson
YouTube: IconNicholson Halloween 2007



Video projection: The Birds (1963) by Alfred Hitchcock

Related SML Universe
+ SML Flickr Tags: IconNichoson Halloween 2007
+ SML Fine Art
+ SML Magic

SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee 李思明 SML / SML Pro Blog / SML Universe. All rights reserved.

IconNicholson Social Retailing = Time Magazine's Best Inventions of the Year 2007

Time Magazine: 2007: The Best Inventions of the Year: Hot or Not? (IconNicholson Social Retailing)

You know the feeling. You try on a shirt at the store and think you look pretty fly, but you need a second opinion. With Social Retailing, developed by IconNicholson and shown at Bloomingdale's in March, you can send a video to your friends' cell phones and instantly get their vote. You can also try on outfits virtually using a mirror that shows how fab they might look—or not.

Available 2008

iconnicholson.com

Related SML Universe
+ SML Del.icio.us: IconNicholson + Social Retailing
+ SML Projects
+ SML Wiki: IconNicholson

SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee 李思明 SML / SML Pro Blog / SML Universe. All rights reserved.

Adam S. Kirschner / SML Thank You

Aspiration / Adam S. Kirscher / Photo: SML

I would like to thank Adam S. Kirschner (blog) for always being there to provide much-appreciated support + everlasting fun for me, and for providing his hyper-indexing power and serve as my auxiliary database + radar for everything in life I require.

I would further like to thank Adam for saving my life in a recent stressful project which I am not allowed to mention because of an NDA in effect.

As a result of Adam's courageous action, I am officially announcing that starting on 2007, August 3rd shall be named I love Adam S. Kirschner Day on the SML Calendar. This annual event, also known as I love ASK Day, shall be celebrated every year so long as SML is living. Related events will be announced as the day approaches.

I would further like to thank Michael Paige — a synergist in the field of everything related to art, music and technology — for providing the inaugural content to iLoveASK.com, a site dedicated to Adam.

I would further like to thank Tree Try Be for providing generous bandwidth and hosting solutions for the site.

Would you like to express your love to Adam? Go Digg I-Love-ASK!

iLoveASK is a non-profit organization established in 2007 dedicated to Adam S. Kirschner for his contributions to the human race. We are currently seeking personal and corporate sponorships for our events in 2008. If you would like to receive our media press kit and receive more information about us, please email seeminglee+pr@gmail.com.

Related SML

• Adam S. Kirschner / SML Thank You

Project Rebirth / 2004 / SML

SML Flickr: Collections: SML Projects: Project Rebirth / 2004 / SML
(Thumbnails / Detail / Comments)

Project Rebirth (www.ProjectRebirth.org)
Chronicling the Rebirth of Ground Zero in New York City

Screens (11 Total)
+ 1. Home
+ 2. Timeline: Camera C: View Cone
+ 3. Timeline: Camera C: Information
+ 4. Timeline: Today: 2004-11-17
+ 5. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Documentary
+ 6. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal
+ 7. Timeline: Project Journal: 2003-11-23: Event: Opening of the PATH Train: Journal Detail
+ 8. The Film: Project Journal
+ 9. The Film: Cameras
+ 10. The Rebuild about Ground Zero
+ 11. About Us: News & Press

Awards
+ Design Interact Site of the Week: 2004-12-20
+ Graphis Interactive Annual 3, 2005
+ One Show Interactive 2005 Merit Award
+ Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2005: Best Non-Profit Website

IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson / LBi International)
+ Claudia Chow (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Katharine English (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Larry Burks (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Leslie Freeman (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Miles Kafka (Google / LinkedIn)
+ Paul Wood (Google)
+ Robert Fisher
+ See-ming Lee (Blog / Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)
+ Tim Murtaugh (Flickr / Google / LinkedIn)

Design Interact: Web Site of the Week (www.designinteract.com/sow/122004/)

Week of December 20: Project Rebirth Web Site

Project Rebirth is an online chronicle of the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site. As immediate and compelling as a physical visit, this project gives people the opportunity to observe and share in the progress of the reconstruction.

Newly released at the time the team was considering technical specifications, this Project Rebirth Web site site uses the FlashMX development environment to full effect. Functioning as a portal to extensive content, the beauty of this Web site lies in its ability to be current and historical. With a visual design that appropriately takes a back seat to the content, it records ideas, images and interviews in their original context while also allowing for their evolution.

Primary content consists of a series of video images (presented in a timeline format) captured by six, 35mm time-lapse cameras positioned by Project Rebirth around the World Trade Center site. They shoot one frame every five minutes—and will continue to do so for ten years. The images enable the viewing of the rebuild as it occurs on any date; in seconds, visitors can see the footage of a single day. There are also interviews with reconstruction overseers, journals by filmmakers and video of major milestones in the redevelopment efforts.

Project Rebirth Web site

The key challenge for the developers was to create an interface that would incorporate what would ultimately be ten years of film footage, that didn’t inundate visitors and yet communicated the passage of substantial amounts of time. Their solution is an interactive, XML-driven timeline that delivers fluid viewing of time-lapse footage. It provides an appropriate time-based metaphor that also does a nice job of integrating video, audio, imagery and text-based content into a single interface. The time-based experience allows access to any moment in time and provides the ability to navigate the Web site by date and/or event. Our one complaint: The link from the home page, to this main feature, looks far too much like header art. We would have liked to see billing more in line with its importance.

This collaborative effort between Project Rebirth and IconNicholson began in the summer of 2003 and the site launched in September 2004. On average, visitors are staying on the site 19 minutes, which is significant in comparison to Internet-wide stays at sites with similar content. Interestingly, international users comprise 30% of all visitors.

Robert Fisher, creative director
Claudia Chow, art director
See-ming Lee, timeline art director/developer
Larry Burks, information architect
Miles Kafka, CGI programmer/engineer
Tim Murtaugh, HTML developer
Leslie Freeman, producer
Katharine English, Project Rebirth, general manager
Paul Wood, Project Rebirth, technical producer
IconNicholson, site design and development

Web site: www.projectrebirth.org
Web site: www.iconnicholson.com

©2004 Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Related SML Universe
SML Awards
SML Collection
SML Collection (Flickr Collection)
SML Information Design
SML Interaction Design
SML Projects

SML Copyright Notice
©2007 See-ming Lee / SML Flickr / SML Universe. All rights reserved.

SML Copyright Notice

Copyright 2007 See-ming Lee 李思明 SML / SML Pro Blog / SML Universe. All rights reserved.

IconNicholson Client Showcase 2005 Soundtrack / 2005 / SML Symphonic Electronica / SML Music

IconNicholson Client Showcase 2005 - SML Symphonic Electronica / SML IMEEM
Copyright 2005-2007 See-ming Lee 李思明 SML / Symphonic Electronica / SML Music / SML Universe. All rights reserved.

Setup

• DAW: Ableton Live 6, Sony Creative Software - ACID Pro 5
• Mastering: Sony Creative Software - Sound Forge 9, iZotope Ozone 3
• Samples: Sony Creative Software - Sound Series Loops and Samples

Additional Formats

• Download MP3 / 160k

Related SML

• SML ACIDplanet: Videos
• SML Domains: SymphonicElectronica.com
• SML Music
• SML Poetry
• SML Pro Blog: SML Remix Music = SML Remix Music = See-ming Lee 李思明 + Remix 混音 + Music 音樂
• SML Pro Blog: Symphonic Electronica
• SML Remix Music
• SML YouTube: IconNicholson Client Showcase 2005
• SML YouTube: IconNicholson Client Showcase 2005 Indian Country Edition

SML Copyright Notice

Copyright 2007 See-ming Lee 李思明 SML / SML Pro Blog / SML Universe. All rights reserved.

BMS Light to Unite for World AIDS Day 2006 = Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2007 Outstanding Website

Light to Unite was awarded Web Marketing Association's WebAwards 2007 Outstanding Website this week.

BMS Light to Unite 2006 Video Demo (320x240) / SML IMEEM

IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson.com)

• Gregg Fisher (LinkedIn)
• Jabe Bloom (LinkedIn)
• Jennifer Crowe
• Hillary Savage (LinkedIn)
• Mark Hopkins
• Scott Friedberg (LinkedIn)
• See-ming Lee (Blog / LinkedIn)
• Stephen Baker aka Steve Baker (LinkedIn)

SML Awards: Additional Awards for Light to Unite 2006

• Step Inside Design: Step Best of Web 2007
• Web Marketing Association (WMA) 2007 WebAward, Outstanding Website
• World Wide Web Health Awards 2007: Silver

Additional WebAwards awarded to IconNicholson

• My Spring Water - Outstanding Website
• Valspar - Outstanding Website

Related SML

• SML Collection
• SML Flickr Collections: SML Collection
• SML Flickr Collections: SML Projects
• Light to Unite 2006 / SML Projects
• SML Flickr Tags: Light to Unite
• SML Flickr Tags: SML Awards
• SML Flickr Tags: SML Projects
• SML Graphic Design
• SML Interaction Design
• SML LinkedIn
• SML Motion Design
• SML Pro Blog: Light to Unite 2006 = Best of Web 2007 / Step Inside Design
• SML Pro Blog: SML Collection
• SML Projects
• SML UI Design

SML Copyright Notice

Copyright 2007 See-ming Lee 李思明 SML / SML Pro Blog / SML Universe. All rights reserved.

Morgan Stanley: Van Kampen Investments: 2005 Concept: Folders

Morgan Stanley Van Kampen Investments 2005 Concept Folders (728x90). If you can't see the entire banner, View it on my site (new window)

Client = Morgan Stanley / Van Kampen Investments
Project = Banner Ads 2005 Concept
Concept = Folders

IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson.com)
Robert Fisher / Sean E. Duffy / See-ming Lee

Copy (provided by Morgan Stanley)
Dig... Deeper... That's our investment philosophy.
Over 400 portfolio managers, research analysts and traders.
Each one commited to leaving no stone unturned.
Van Kampen Investments.
Shine.
See what Van Kampen can do for you.

SML Flickr Tags
MSVK.2005.Folders

SML Flickr Sets
Morgan Stanley Van Kampen Investments / 2005 / SML Projects (Set)

SML Universe
SML Advertising (Set)
SML Collection (Collection)
SML Projects (Collection)

Copyright Notice

Copyright 2005 Morgan Stanley / Van Kampen Investments. All rights reserved.

Light to Unite 2006 = Best of Web 2007 / Step Inside Design

Source: Light to Unite 2006 / Step Inside Design - Best of Web - Article Spread (3/3) / 2007 / SML Awards / SML Flickr

Step Inside Design article (StepInsideDesign.com)

September + October 2007 Print Edition
Step 2007 Best of Web
Winning Sites: LightToUnite.org (LightToUnite.org)

IconNicholson / LBi International

“Light is the metaphor for hope and knowledge,” says Gregg Fisher, vice president of Health and Life Science Practice at IconNicholson.

So it only seems appropriate that the firm developed an interactive candle-lighting experience for the 2006 Light to Unite website. This annual campaign from Bristol-Myers Squibb raises awareness as well as funds for HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention in the U.S.

“When people start to think about AIDS, they often think about Africa,” says See-ming Lee, art director and senior interface engineer. “It’s still a very serious disease in the United States.”

This fact was reinforced as soon as visitors logged onto the site. During the roughly seven-week campaign, which started on World AIDS Day, users found themselves facing an unlit candle against a dark background, with only a lit match to help them navigate the screen. As they moved the flame around, they illuminated startling statistics about HIV’s spread in the U.S., and these facts all became visible once users lit their candles. For every person who completed this simple act, Bristol-Myers Squibb donated $1 (up to $100,000) to the National AIDS Fund. Site visitors could also give additional funds.

Fisher says the project is a great example of what happens when you give power over to community and let it take control. The majority of the site’s traffic came from people who found out about the effort through word-of-mouth online—not paid media. this becomes all the more impressive when you realize that more than 1.8 million candles where lit during this relatively brief effort. And through the first week of January 2007, more than 8000 people signed up for the site’s newsletter—and there were more than 200,000 requests to send the site to a friend. “It's taken on a life of its own,” Fisher says. “Light to Unite is spreading life, spreading awareness, spreading knowledge.”

After lighting a candle, visitors could learn more about the personal impact of HIV/AIDS through the site’s user-generated stories. These short, emotional snippets were submitted through last year’s Light to Unite site, an they’re each represented by a burning candle. “We spent two weeks trying to animate a candle to make it look real,” Lee says. “Every single flame is animated differently.” This attention to detail heightens the experience as you navigate through individual stories or explore them by broad themes ranging from courage and fear to family—and the stories are still accessible now that the campaign as concluded.

IconNicholson | Life Sciences Strategist: Scott Friedberg | Senior Producer: Mark Hopkins | Associate Producer: Jennifer Crowe | Art Director: See-ming Lee | Flash Production: Steve Baker | Technical Director: Jabe Bloom | www.iconnichoslon.com

—Michelle Taute (LinkedIn) / Step Inside Design September + October 2007 Print Edition: Step 2007 Best of Web: Winning Sites: LightToUnite.org. pp.108-109

Copyright 2007 Step Inside Design. All rights reserved.

IconNicholson Team (IconNicholson.com)

• Gregg Fisher (LinkedIn)


• Jabe Bloom (LinkedIn)


• Jennifer Crowe


• Hillary Savage (LinkedIn)


• Mark Hopkins


• Scott Friedberg (LinkedIn)


• See-ming Lee (Blog / LinkedIn)


• Stephen Baker (LinkedIn)

SML Notes + SML Tech Talk

• The inspiration for associating candles with the story came from Hillary Savage (LinkedIn), who suggested that behind every candles is a story worth telling during our brainstorming session.


• The inspiration behind the using highlighted words (aka tags) to get to different collection of stories came from my avid tagging behavior on Del.icio.us. I felt that users ought to be able to tag the stories themselves, as different people will interpret the stories differently. However, due to legal contraints—it is pharma afterall—we compromised to pre-tag the content.


• The candle flash animation are individually generated using Flash 8's BitmapData.perlinNoise method to alter a 5k PNG. Writing this class was the most satisfying accomplishment thus far—most of my friends thought that they are videos.

SML Awards

• Light to Unite 2006 also received Silver at the World Wide Web Health Awards 2007

SML Thank You

• I would like to thank my friends from the gay community who provided much inspiration and support while I worked on this project in 2006.


• I would like to thank Stephen Baker of Red Antenna for collaborating with me on this project. Besides being the best ActionScript 2.0 - compliant Flash developer I have been able to find in New York City, his expertise in visual and interaction design have brought tremendous value to the project.


• I would like to thank Jennifer Crowe who spent days and nights being our tagging engine.


• I would like to thank Hillary Savage who provided me with a lot of courage and support during my stressful times working on this baby.


• I would like to thank Celeste Bryant (LinkedIn) for submitting the project for awards consideration.

SML + HR

• I am looking for ActionScript 2.0 - compliant Flash developers to collaborate with on future projects—because Stephen is very busy these days. If you think that you are more than capable, please send me an email with your portfolio + resume + sample code snippets.

SML Copyright Notice

Copyright 2007 See-ming Lee. All rights reserved.

Adam S. Kirschner / SML Thank You

Aspiration / Adam S. Kirscher / Photo: SML

I would like to thank Adam S. Kirschner (blog) for always being there to provide much-appreciated support + everlasting fun for me, and for providing his hyper-indexing power and serve as my auxiliary database + radar for everything in life I require.

I would further like to thank Adam for saving my life in a recent stressful project which I am not allowed to mention because of an NDA in effect.

As a result of Adam's courageous action, I am officially announcing that starting on 2007, August 3rd shall be named I love Adam S. Kirschner Day on the SML Calendar. This annual event, also known as I love ASK Day, shall be celebrated every year so long as SML is living. Related events will be announced as the day approaches.

I would further like to thank Michael Paige — a synergist in the field of everything related to art, music and technology — for providing the inaugural content to iLoveASK.com, a site dedicated to Adam.

I would further like to thank Tree Try Be for providing generous bandwidth and hosting solutions for the site.

Would you like to express your love to Adam? Go Digg I-Love-ASK!

iLoveASK is a non-profit organization established in 2007 dedicated to Adam S. Kirschner for his contributions to the human race. We are currently seeking personal and corporate sponorships for our events in 2008. If you would like to receive our media press kit and receive more information about us, please email seeminglee+pr@gmail.com.