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Studio Mercury Selected as a Finalist in 11 Annual Mohawk Best of Show

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

The Mohawk Best of Show recognizes designers who go beyond the expected to create extraordinary pieces.

Studio Mercury has been selected as a finalist in the 11 Annual Mohawk Best of Show for their work on the RISD Feed Forward Feedback Publication. Studio Mercury will be showcased in the Mohawk Show 11 Exhibit that will travel to 50 different venues around the country between September and May 2011 and be featured in the Mohawk Show 11 Catalog.

Studio Mercury is very proud of this recognition and also extends a warm congratulations to Rhode Island School of Design, RISD Office of Student Life and Universal Millennium.

Winners of the 11 Annual Mohawk Best of Show will be announced later this year so stay tuned.

Studio Mercury Selected for the AIGA 365/31 Year in Design

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

AIGA, the professional association for design, stimulates thinking about design, demonstrates the value of design and empowers the success of designers at each stage of their careers. AIGA’s mission is to advance designing as a professional craft, strategic tool and vital cultural force. Founded in 1914, AIGA remains the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design, and is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) educational institution.

Studio Mercury has been selected to appear in the prestigious AIGA 365/31 Year in Design for its work on the RISD Feed Forward Feedback Publication.

The Feed Forward Feedback Publication will appear public exhibition in September 2010 at the AIGA National Design Center in New York and will travel across the country to AIGA chapters and student groups during 2011. In addition, Feed Forward Feedback will be documented in 365: AIGA Year In Design, and will join the AIGA Design Archives at the Denver Art Museum.

Studio Mercury Selected for the Communication Arts 51 Design Annual

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

Communication Arts magazine is the leading trade journal for visual communications. It’s the largest creative magazine in the world and showcases the top work in graphic design, advertising, illustration, photography and interactive design. Since 1959, more graphic designers, art directors, creative directors, commercial photographers and illustrators have turned to Communication Arts for ideas and inspiration than to any other creative publication.

Studio Mercury has been selected to appear in the Communication Arts 51 Design Annual for its work on the RISD Feed Forward Feedback Publication.

Studio Mercury Selected in the D&AD 2010 Annual

Saturday, July 3rd, 2010

D&AD has celebrated and nurtured outstanding work in design and advertising since 1962. Year on year the D&AD Annual showcases the very best work and continues to provide an unrivaled source of creative inspiration.

Studio Mercury has been selected to appear in the 2010 D&AD Annual for its work on the Free Range Exhibition Catalogue. Featured for its Faux Snakeskin and cattle ear tag binding, The work will be featured in in an online gallery and in the prestigious 2010 D&AD Annual.

Studio Mercury Awarded 2 Graphis Gold Awards in the PosterAnnual2011

Thursday, July 1st, 2010

Graphis PosterAnnual 2011 features over 170 of the most visually compelling posters of the year, selected from international entries.

Studio Mercury has been awarded two Graphis Gold Awards in the international PosterAnnual2011 for the COLAB 11.20.08 Event Poster and the Feed Forward Feedback Publication Launch Campaign Poster.

Woodstock-Inspired Commercial Collective

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Studio Mercury employed a blend of vintage and contemporary design elements to deliberately differentiate Triptent’s mark from that of thousands of other commercial production companies. Triptent uses the website to communicate who they are as a unique group of creators, with emphasis on the philosophy than product, process more than final result.

Triptent is an open-ended commercial collective based in New York City. Its name draws from tents at Woodstock, set up to foster creative exchange during acid trips. The company approached Studio Mercury for Branding and Website Development in the Spring of 2010, shortly after the conception of its playful name. Having collaborated on numerous occasions in the past, Studio Mercury and the creators of Triptent shared design sensibilities and productivity pacing that assured a timely delivery of a new company identity. The company website was launched in June 2010.

Studio Mercury employed a blend of vintage and contemporary design elements to deliberately differentiate Triptent’s mark from that of thousands of other commercial production companies. The website uses a costume-built content management system for the client’s ease of use – while every aspect of the flash site remains modular. With sections such as WHO, WHY, OUR PURPOSE laid out before CLIENT and WORK,

More information on the Triptent project can be found at smny.us, or from its lead SMNY liason, SerenaKuo@smny.us.

Studio Mercury Selected for the 22 International Poster Biennale Warsaw 2010

Wednesday, May 5th, 2010

The 22 International Poster Biennale (22 IPB) presents posters created worldwide between 2009 and 2010. The Warsaw Biennale aims at reviewing and comparing the most significant achievements of that time.

Studio Mercury has been selected to appear in the 22 International Poster Biennale in Warsaw Poland for its COLAB 11.20.08 Poster. Created as an event announcement for the newly formed Syracuse University Multidisciplinary center; COLAB, The poster will be displayed in the IPB exhibition from June 2 to August 31, 2010 at the Poster Museum at Wilanów.

Socially Networked Short Documentary

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

COLAB, a new design warehouse at Syracuse University, hired the talents at Studio Mercury to create a documentary for their recent brain drain event. Targeting the potential of social media, the event involved industry professionals and students across disciplines to re-consider how education, business and the society at large could function more effectively in the [...]

The bulk of the short documentary addresses the collaboration, diversity, and ideas that came out of the event. However, to truly connect the short to the spirit of social networking, Studio Mercury also extracted more in-depth interview segments with the events various participants. Utilizing the annotative function of YouTube, the main short documentary is networked to these interviews. This structure provides the event with multiple layers of backstory.

The main teaser documentary of Social Media Futures can be experienced here.