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Avatar New York Takes Fight2BFit Website Design Challenge and Launches an Advanced Custom Application Focused on Improving Youth Fitness

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New York, NY (PRWEB) May 23, 2012

Avatar New York announced today the launch of Fight2BFit, a new interactive online educational platform that teaches youth healthy habits. The Fight2BFit platform incorporates a completely custom website design, front-end development, and back-end content management system with many user-friendly program administration tools.

By emphasizing team work, positive role models, and prize incentives, the website promotes improvements in fitness levels and quality of life with prizes for positive behavior. Participants can log in and receive instructions, view their own progress and individual and team standings on a daily basis.

Launching the Fight2BFit website represents a personal achievement for, but, more importantly, what I hope to be, a tool to help kids achieve their own personal goals through improved health and fitness. The Avatar New York team not only brought fantastic information architecture and design skills to this multifaceted project, they also helped us think through and plan for the very real implications of our vision for serving todays youth, says Founder, Sue Wicks.

In addition to tools designed to aid teachers and educators manage and monitor the progress of their youth fitness programs, the website showcases a number of innovative design and technology features, many built specifically for Fight2BFit. Students can log in on a daily basis for

Florida-based Landscape Architecture Firm Knaak Design Group Launches Budget-Friendly Online Landscape Design Services for Homeowners and Investors

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Orlando, FL (PRWEB) June 13, 2012

With PlanWorx, homeowners gain more control over the budget and schedule of their outdoor living project through innovative design and accessibility. Homeowners can receive comparative bidding by presenting the same set of construction plans to various landscape and pool contractors. If a homeowner wishes to implement a DIY (do-it-yourself) strategy, PlanWorx can reduce the labor costs by up to 40% and open scheduling options to phase various parts of the project over time.

Our landscape design services are help homeowners who are trying to maximize their return on one of their largest investments, by lowering costs and offering a friendly alternative to the traditional way of shopping for a landscape contractor. We feel it is important for consumers to know what they are buying and getting apples-to-apples bids from different landscape and pool contractors will help them be more informed and gain more buying power said Robert Knaak, Principal and founder of Knaak Design Group.

PlanWorx is the online division of Knaak Design Group, offering low-cost landscape design services to homeowners, real estate investors, and contractors nationwide and in Canada. Kn

Otis Symposium Draws International Design Stars to Los Angeles

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Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) June 13, 2012

Otis College of Art and Design brings internationally recognized guests and attendees to its bi-annual design symposium. Kali Nikitas, Chair of Otis Graduate Graphic Design, brought together designers, artists, and educators from around the world whose work exemplifies alternative practice and innovative collaboration. One of the great highlights of the MFA Graphic Design Program is hosting incredible talent for workshops and lectures, says Nikitas. There is no better way for our students to start their summer session. The energy generated is infectious when committed designers, artists, educators, and students come together … magic!

SCHEDULED PRESENTERS INCLUDE:

Ludovic Balland (Basel, Switzerland) Award-winning Swiss type specialist known for his innovative typographical investigations and editorial design.

Hugo Puttaert of Vision and Factory (Brussels, Belgium) – Graphic designer, educator, and editor who investigates the crossovers between graphic design, typography, new media, architecture, and art. Teaches at Sint Lucas Antwerp College of Art.

James Goggin of Practise (Chicago/ UK) – Design Director at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, working across various media: from typefaces, visual identities, and stationery, to exhibition design, mobile platforms, video, and textile design.

Hanjse van Halem (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Installation artist, curator, and graphic designer whose books, typography, and drawings make use of geometric patterns and pen illustrations in combination with traditional Dutch graphic design craftsmanship.

Boy Vereecken (Brussels, Belgium) – Editorial designer, researcher, and publisher interested in semiotics of design and editing. Boy runs a studio in Brussels, is a member of the Slavs and Tartars Art Collective, and is Advising Researcher in the design department of Sint Lucas Antwerp College of Art.

Peter Bilak (The Hague, Netherlands) An important figure in Dutch design who focuses on editorial, graphic, and type design, Peter teaches at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague, writes for various magazines, and lectures frequently on design-related topics.

Jan en Randoald (Gent, Belgium) Partner in the collaborative studio of Randoald Sabbe and Jan W. Hespeel that specializes in graphic design, typography, prints, and other artistic explorations.

The symposium was made possible in part by a generous grant from The Consulate General of the Netherlands.

EVENT DETAILS:

DATE & TIME:

Saturday, June 16, 2012

11:00 AM 5 PM

Party and Swap Up Shop Immediately Following at 5 PM.

LOCATION:

Otis College of Art and Design

Goldsmith Campus

9045 Lincoln boulevard

Los Angeles, CA 90045

PARKING:

Free, park in the main parking structure level A and above, or street parking.

RESERVATIONS:

Space is limited to 100 seats, reservations on a first come first serve basis.

To reserve a space, please email Barbara Edison: bedison(at)otis(dot)edu

ABOUT OTIS COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN:

Founded in Los Angeles in 1918, Otis College of Art and Design prepares diverse students of art and design to enrich the world through their creativity, their skill, and their vision. The College offers an interdisciplinary education for 1200 full-time students, awarding BFA degrees in Advertising, Architecture/Landscape/Interiors, Digital Media, Fashion Design, Illustration, Graphic Design, Product Design, Painting, Photography, Sculpture/New Genres, and Toy Design; and MFA degrees in Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Public Practice, and Writing. Continuing Education offers certificate programs as well as personal and professional development courses. Additional information is available at http://www.otis.edu.







Functional and Appealing Websites with Special Catered Design

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Ashburn, VA (PRWEB) June 18, 2012

Ellie Design has official updated their Website design service to provide specially catered design service for each customers business or personal needs. Human beings are visual creatures, and this is why businesses do their best to ensure that they capture the visual attention of their clients. For the business to be able to achieve the best and most eye-catching designs, they need the help of a professional design company.

There are several such companies, which will help the business with designing their website. The company will also help the business to create a beautiful graphic design for posters, logos or brochures. An example of such a company on the internet is Ellie Design, which is a quality web design center. This company is quite unique as it does not base its design on templates. Instead, they consider the needs and goals of their clients before designing a unique and exclusive website, specifically for them.This design company goes a step further and does everything else for any business in order to ensure that their website is a success. They take care of issues such as Search Engine Optimization while doing website design. They design the website in a way that ensures that search engines as well as potential clients smile on it.

After preparing the best website for the particular business or individual, Ellie Design goes ahead to help with advertising. The company may also design a mobile version of the website in order to help the business reach as many people as possible. This is because statistics have shown that more and more people are accessing websites through mobile devices. Therefore, the company ensures that their clients penetrate the market as much as possible and exhaust all resources that will help them succeed.

Website design is a combination of so many skills as the designer has to use technology as well as visual arts and business skills. A great designer ensures that all these aspects are incorporated in the design of the website. This is the only way the website will be able to become a success.Ellie Design works hard to ensure that the business establishes an online presence and that as many people as possible get the chance to access it. The website is designed to meet the specifications of the owner, and the design team plays its part to ensure that the website ranks highly in search engines. However, apart from ensuring the website is visible; the design team also helps to market the particular brand so that the website generates traffic thatis likely to ultimately convert into sales.







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John Kelsey of the Award Winning Boston Interior Design Firm Wilson Kelsey Design Achieved His Designation as a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS)

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Boston, Massachusetts (PRWEB) June 18, 2012

Keeping pace with the desires of a maturing population, John Kelsey, Principal of the award winning interior design firm Wilson Kelsey Design, has achieved the designation of Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPS.) We are committed to beautiful design that supports the active lifestyles of those aging in place, notes Kelsey, we are creating spaces that are safe, easy to maintain, flexible, great for socializing and are environmentally conscious. The CAPS designation was developed by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) in collaboration with the NAHB Research Center, NAHB 50+ Housing Council, and AARP to address the growing number of homeowners that will soon require these modifications. CAPS professionals typically include remodelers, general contractors, designers, architects, and health care consultants.