We at Going Interactive are pleased to announce that we received another great award for best Web & Interactive Marketing – Web campaign/microsite and our work on the Printies Website and Design Studio!

The AMYs are the annual marketing award of the American Marketing Association Atlanta chapter. The AMYs celebrate more than just great creative — they reward companies that craft innovative strategies, unforgettable creative and produce outstanding results.

It was a pleasure to celebrate all the work everyone created and to see all the marketing campaigns, ideas and talent under one roof.

Going Interactive - Agency Conference Room turned to Printies War Room

We’d especially like to thank all of the Going Interactive teammates who gave blood, sweat, and tears for what seemed like 24 hours for 7 days a week. We could not have done any of this without such a dedicated and hardworking group who worked together on finding creative solutions to very difficult obstacles.

Special thanks goes out to Lead Developer Randall for his all of his hard work and for breaking new ground on the Adobe AIR front for GI.

Jason for design, usability, and direction – and – Doug for overall project management, testing and strategy.

Brad for all his efforts in the Flex world.

Zach for all his Flash support and work on the front-end.

Phil, Matt & Sherry for video work and tons of testing.

Thank you to our families and friends for all their support, as it kept us all going knowing they were cheering for us every step of the way.

Going Interactive Team enjoys a pizza lunch from our client Printies

More About the Award Winning Project:

Printies Design Studio is a new Hi-Tech Arts & Crafts toy that allows your child to turn their designs into stuffed toys using your home computer, inket printer, and patent pending Printies fabric sheets. Each child becomes their very own toy artist by using the amazing online design tools and created their own custom plush stuffed friend.

Going Interactive used a unique combination of Adobe Flash, Flex, and AIR to develop one of the first RIA style kids toys of it’s kind. After only being live for only a months, there are thousands upon thousands of users and has been growing steadily throughout 2010. Click to find out where you can buy the Printies Design Studio.

To learn more, contact us at Going Interactive.

Web: www.goinginteractive.com.

Phone: 770-643-3014

Email: info(at)goinginteractive(dot)com

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Well, we at Going Interactive are pleased with the beginning of a new year. The cool thing is that in 2010, we turn eleven! So we’re moving into the second decade of our Going Interactive lives.

Sure, a lot of things have changed, but overall, we’re still the same crew we were years ago – eager, interested, and excited about every project. We still want to produce great interactive work that stands the test of time. That being said, it was nice to see one of our videos still up on a clients home page the other day (www.internap.com). that we actually made in late 2006. That goes for some other clients and websites too! But we’ll stop dropping names now. ; )

Last year brought us a lot of big adventures…

It’s true, we were up to our ears with the Printies Design Studio software development. That year long project ended up being a bit more than everyone expected. It had it all really… technical challenges, visual challenges, strategy challenges, usability challenges, and especially timing challenges! We’re happy to say it ended with a success, and one of the great things about the RIA (Rich Internet Application) we created is that we were able to break some new ground in Adobe AIR, Flex and Flash. We even got some props on the official Adobe AIR Blog! Adobe is letting us get a sneak peek at AIR 2 in Beta (that’s technical for COOL).

Working with Ron Clark and Kim Bearden and the Ron Clark Academy was also a big honor. They do amazing work with education and we were pleased to help Ron and Kim create The Great American Teachers Club website. The website was full of great features for teachers like forums, lesson plans, custom videos, live webcasts, and a great interactive game that teachers could use on their own classes.

There were so many great things that we worked on in 2009 including motion graphics, videos, websites, back-end features, email campaigns, rich media ads, social media networking, SEO, strategy, design, presentations, Flash, etc.) that this list would get entirely too long to type out. So thanks to everyone we worked with!

(Including but not limited too… Future Foundation, Cisco, Edelman, BRG, K-C, WeedPro, HSC, Digital Blue, Boxercraft, Panasonic, Rubik’s TouchCube, Printies, RCA, MSL, Best Buy, ResourceATL, AFC, OAC, Willow Glynn, GP, Oden, TechnoSource, and anyone else who we crossed paths with.)

We at Going Interactive hope that 2010 brings everyone great success.

Sure we’re another year older, but we’re also another year more experienced and wiser.

As always, we are truly excited about all the opportunities that are ahead of us (and you). We look forward to creating great customer experiences, making unique strategic projects, and creating new and innovative content.

If you’re reading this and feeling even a little optimistic and maybe slightly enthused… then give us a shout, and let’s see what we can get going!

Sincerely,

The Going Interactive Team

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]]> http://www.goinginteractive.com/blog/2010/01/830/feed/ 0 http://www.goinginteractive.com/blog/2009/12/adobe-air-team-blog/ http://www.goinginteractive.com/blog/2009/12/adobe-air-team-blog/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:38:17 +0000 Jason http://www.goinginteractive.com/blog/?p=818 Going Interactive has been recognized by the Adobe AIR Team because of their work on the Printies Design Studio.

Going Interactive is very excited to be included on the Adobe AIR Team Blog. It’s an honor for Adobe to recognize our work on the RIA (Rich Interactive Application) on the Printies Design Studio. Check out the full post from the Adobe AIR Team Blog.

Going Interactive used a unique combination of Adobe Flash, Flex, and AIR to develop one of the first RIA style kids toys of it’s kind. After only being live for 2 months, there are thousands upon thousands of users and has been growing steadily throughout the 2009 holiday season. Click to find out where you can buy the Printies Design Studio.

Learn more about Printies here.

Randall had an overwhelming feeling of joy after seeing the actual Printies Design Studio at his local Target store. The GI team spent over 10 months strategizing, designing, and developing the RIA (Rich Internet Application) known as “Printies Design Studio”. The app was created using Adobe Flash, Flex and AIR. The end result gives kids the ability to completely create their very own stuffed toy using the interactive design studio, the fabric paper, and your home printer.

Ruby & Wilder Davenport play with Printies at home

You can find it at your local Target, Toys R Us, Amazon and other great stores. Check out the website to find out where you can purchase one for your children - http://myprinties.com/#shop. Printes is another great product brought to your family by TechnoSource.

To see more GI team photos – check out our GI Flickr photo album.

Printies Design Studio is a new Hi-Tech Arts & Crafts toy that allows your child to turn their designs into stuffed toys using your home computer, inket printer, and patent pending Printies fabric sheets. Each child becomes their very own toy artist by using the amazing online design tools and created their own custom plush stuffed friend.

Going Interactive is pleased to announce that the Printies Design Studio has recently been named one of Dr. Toy’s “Best Picks New Products 2009,” and it also has been selected as one of FunFare magazines’s “Hot Dozen,” Time to Play’s “Most Wanted”, and The Toy Insider’s “Hot 20” holiday toys of 2009.

You can also help make Printies an even bigger success, vote for the Printies Design Studio on the People’s Play Awards website now!

Going Interactive, a creative agency, worked from ground up with Techno Source in the concept, strategy, creative, and full execution of the new RIA (rich internet application) using the latest in interactive technologies like Flash, Flex, and Adobe AIR.

It was great to work on a project that is targeting the exact ages of my own kids. They really enjoyed being guinea pigs in our early initial usability testing!”

- Going Interactive – Creative Director & Designer,  Jason Davenport

More About the Printies Application:

Printies Cat Design Stage - RIA (Rich Internet Application) created by Going Interactive

The Printies Design Studio offers kids an online experience that is simple, intuitive and entertaining.  MyPrinties.com has thousands of professional art assets and design tools like coloring, painting, and resizing effects.  There, children can start with a blank canvas or select from quick start templates that allow them to modify professional designs.  Kids can customize everything and can even add photos and other scanned images for truly limitless customization.

The Printies line makes its debut with three themed activity kits: Printies™ Pet Design Studio, Printies™ Ocean Design Studio, and Printies™ Jungle Design Studio.  Each Printies Design Studio kit retails for just $19.99 and includes everything needed to make six complete Printies using a home computer and inkjet printer.  Refill packs, which offer more of the original templates for the child, retail for $9.99 and are available for each of the themed Printies Design Studio kits.  Refill packs require the corresponding Printies Design Studio kit, which is sold separately.

Printies Design Studio kits and refill packs are appropriate for children ages 6 and up and are available for purchase now at BJ’s Wholesale Club, Target, Toys “R” Us, and Walgreens stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com, Target.com, and Toysrus.com. For additional information, videos and more visit www.myprinties.com.

Design using the Printies Design Studio, print out, and stuff

Check it out on the GI Flickr Photo Album.

The Printies app will allow kids to design with easy to use tools and print out their very own fabric plush toy. GI has been working on the custom application for months focusing on design for the target tween girl audience, ease of use & extreme usability, and some serious (serious) coding and development. There’s been a whole lot of ink being used during beta testing and getting all the happy Printies to align perfectly on the fabric sheets.

Once the Printies toy hits Target and Toys R Us… there will be millions of art and tool combinations and there’s no limit to what you can create!

Going Interactive just finished the online Demo version of the Printies application for the American International Toy Fair in New York City (February 15-18 2009).

The Printies online design studio at MyPrinties.com will offer kids an online experience that is simple, intuitive and entertaining. MyPrinties.com will offer children thousands of professional art assets and design tools like coloring, painting, and resizing effects. There, children will be able to start with a blank canvas or select from quick start templates that allow them to customize professional designs. Kids can customize everything from a Printies’ hair to its toes and can even add scanned photos and other images for truly limitless customization.

The Printies line will make its debut this Fall with three themed activity kits: Printies™ Pet Design Studio, Printies™ Ocean Design Studio, and Printies™ Jungle Design Studio.

Check out this New York TV coverage of Toy Fair