MoMA asked us to create a website for their annual after party for the Armory Show. In addition to selling tickets, they decided to introduce a micro donation campaign this year; for those that want to contribute but cannot attend the event. We were delighted when they liked our pitch for creating digital bobble heads as a gift for donating. There will also be a live stream of the event.

The website is a pretty straight forward e-commerce site, but we got to use Stripe as a payment processor for the first time. I love them and so should you. We created a simple admin interface that allows MoMA to manage orders.

As for the bobble heads, we implemented it with a little JavaScript + Canvas magic. Unfortunately, in order to support InternetShitExplorer version < 9; we had to create an additional Flash version. Thankfully converting most of the JS into ActionScript was trivial.

We got Luis to do all the illustrations for the bobble heads. It was great working with Luis. It felt like being back at the lab, PLW style. This may turn into a new startup

Anyway, check me out! And see you at the party on March 7, 2012! I’ll be there. Will you?

Our friends at Faile usually create a microsite for their projects. This task is time consuming and they asked us to make them something that will minimize the task. We created Faile Sites which allow Faile to do just that. Currently, the app hosts two of their current exhibitions, check them out: Houston & Bowery mural and Fragments of Faile.

It’s been a while since the last blog post, but it doesn’t mean we haven’t done anything! Summer was pretty crazy, including a trip to Sydney for work. We have more stuff coming and the fall/winter is looking busy.

We just launched a redesigned website for Society Creative. They were great clients, Matt let us do what we wanted and we thank him for that. The website uses asynchronous calls and supports History. It also enables iOS users to swipe for moving between gallery images — which was implemented by using JSGestureRecognizer. I think this was the first time I actually used it for a commercial project. Anyway, I think the site allows users to get a great look at SC’s work without burdening them with too much branding.

I’m a horrible blogger and it takes me forever to write an entry. But I really wanted to tell you about a new project we created for Knoll called myGeneration.

Thankfully there’s already a Cool Hunting article which fills in for my blog-o-phobia. Read about it there!

Finally, to the Knoll team. Hope you have a great time at NeoCon 2011!

We have some exciting news today. After months of work, we are finally launching a project for our friends at Faile. We created a digital representation of Faile Puzzle Boxes, available as an app for the iPhone/iPad and a Web App. Best of all, both are free!

The webapp allows Faile to upload new puzzles for both webapp and iOS app. When new iOS puzzles are uploaded, it becomes available to the iOS app users for download. In the coming months, Faile will be adding new puzzles periodically, so make sure you download the app now!

The iTunes AppStore has lots of games and utilities. Why I’m excited about this app is because it’s an art object — a digital recreation of the physical puzzle box; not slick or pretentious, just simple and honest. It will be interesting to see how art can be distributed through the AppStore.

Finally, big thanks to Faile for hiring us for this project. The hardest part of creating an app is to have a client that is willing to fund the project.

Following the preview website we made last summer, we just launched the full site for Knoll Antenna™ Workspaces.

A few days late, but I just helped Tracy at Village launch Super Rural. I’m starting to become a Shopify expert For Like Ever poster now come in many colors!

With the introduction of their new product MultiGeneration by Knoll to their Generation family, we designed and developed a brand new sithowyouwant.com for Knoll. Unlike the previous site, this site does not use Flash, and all components including the “Build your own Generation” feature works on all browsers including mobile Safari.

With my buddy Jeff, we worked on our friend Mamiko Otsubo’s new website. A nice collection of Mamiko’s work, go see her work now!

We worked all summer on Antenna’s new website, and it finally launched! We used a pragmatic approach to the site design and focused on maintaining good, consistent experience whether you are interacting the website with a mouse or a touch device.

The site is built with Rails 3, and includes a CMS section that allows Antenna to manage the website content. All pages are cached and expired as necessary for quick page serving. For screen captures, see the project page on BuzaMoto.