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www.fordvehicles.com/trucks/2008superduty/teamtough/ “This online experience features real people putting Ford trucks to the test. The site has a documentary feel, streamlined functionality and the flexibility to handle twelve months of updates.” JWT, Detroit, ad agency; Ford Motor Company, client

Nicktoons Network redesign. “We created a network package with multiple images cut-and-pasted to create frenetic energy, or ‘frenergy,’ as the Nicktoons network creative team called the animation style we created for the project.” Brien Holman/Jake Portman/Jayson Whitmore, Bill Sneed/Jason Cook/Dan Meehan/Greg Reynard, animators

“For iPod nano, we co-directed (with Mark Romanek) and produced this commercial, which evolved iPod’s famous 2-D silhouette aesthetic by integrating dramatic light tracers, which added depth and movement.” Jim Fealy, director of photography; Nomad Editing Company, Inc., editorial company; PLAY, audio mixer; Anonymous Content, production company; CO3, post production company; TBWA\Chiat\Day, Los Angeles, ad agency; Apple, client

www.woccatlanta.com “We created an interactive destination built completely in Flash, with dynamic animations complimenting the vibrant design, and the ability to grow with new exhibits.” Humberto Garcia Sjogrim, Coca-Cola, director of marketing & sales; Coca-Cola, client

www.defyallchallenges.com “McCann-Erickson SF (cool kids) wanted to promote Microsoft Visual Studio to developers (nerds) using ‘machinima’ virals and a microsite, so they called Exopolis (sort of cool nerds) to make it happen.” Somatone/Jeff Fuller, Eleven Sound, sound design; McCann-Erickson, San Francisco, ad agency; Microsoft, client

“The Independent Spirit Awards needed to capture a major awards show feel while staying true to its indie roots. Our ocean-themed show package reflected this dichotomy while maintaining gravitas.” Independent Film Channel, client

“For TCM’s ‘Now Showing’ open, we created a moody, 3-D cityscape filled with pensive citizens, all designed with a painterly, Edward Hopper aesthetic.” Turner Classic Movies, client

02.18.08

Interactive

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Duration: Exopolis was founded back in aught-two, six years of joy and pain, sunshine and rain.

Staff: Twenty-five full-time.

Education: We gently pluck from design schools, film and television programs, art academies and music programs the world over. Schools from which we’ve recruited include Art Center College of Design in Pasadena; NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts; Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles; California College of the Arts, in San Francisco and Oakland; Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia; and Hyper Island in Karlskrona and Stockholm, Sweden.
Cultural Influences: Everything, from the artistic to the poptastic.

Environment: We’re a fully multidisciplinary studio, meaning we don’t have separate silos for Web and broadcast. This results in a collaborative environment, with producers, writers, strategists, designers, programmers and designers all working together in an open space, with a minimum of name-calling.

Philosophy: Great design is in our DNA—we’ve won awards for our interactive projects, our broadcast projects and projects that combine both. Aside from this, we are genetically identical to human beings. We believe that one creative vision executed by one studio across both broadcast and interactive means stronger work, more consistent messaging and ultimately a more effective response. We believe that creative diversity is strength. Exopolis concepts, develops and executes many different kinds of projects, with different types of clients, industries, platforms and technologies. It’s all about agility and flexibility in a changing world.

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