To help Acer launch their Aspire Timeline notebook PC series, Quango developed an email and landing page template for use in North America.

Quake Wars: Injecting Intel imagery into this print ad meant taking existing production artwork and creatively adapting it to produce eye-catching new visuals.

Offering a line of lesser-known products that are essential to data centers and cloud computing, Adaptec needed sales support materials. The goal? Bring their products front and center—even when they’re working away in the back of the server room. Quango worked with Adaptec to develop and present this story across various materials. As a result, these essential, but sometimes underappreciated components, got some valuable attention.

Supercomputing solutions make the worlds of research, finance and entertainment go ‘round—just to name a few. When this provider of specialty computing solutions needed to compellingly, but briefly, present the professional-grade computing capabilities of their latest systems online and at events, they turned to Quango. The resulting demos drove attention to the highly scalable performance of these teraflop-pushing behemoths.

Quango created Brandologie, the concept and identity for the Oregon AMA Chapter annual conference. The name and theme gave rise to vivid, kinetic design for print, digital and event assets. Brandologie explored the question: makes a brand captivate? We created the identity that captured the excitement igniting brand fandom in the media multiverse.

Boys and Girls Club needed to turn up the volume. We met with the organization to strategize how to better communicate the wide range of resources the Club offers their community, and to appeal equally to Club members and Club supporters.

Boys and Girls Club is not only a place to learn, but to have fun. We created a bright, easily navigable Web presence embracing the Club experience and reinforcing its positive impact on young lives.

Supporting Dell’s internal sales force meant developing some forceful assets of our own. Designed for fast consumption and maximum impact, these interactive and print elements allowed Dell’s hard-working sales team to sell at full speed while getting the product information needed to stay effective.

Electronic Arts’ envelope-pushing games offer an ideal showcase for the latest computing technologies. In developing this interactive showcase, Quango presented the benefits of the latest innovations in a way that gamers could appreciate. By linking in-game performance with no-compromise experiences, computing capabilities got the visibility bump they needed.

Elephants Delicatessen is a local institution, a virtual ode to pastrami-we kept that in mind for their brand refresh. Beginning with an evaluation of current marketing practices, we equipped Elephants with new strategy and a careful update of their established identity. Elephants remains true to its history and its loyal customer base. They’re just wondering why it looks so much better, all of a sudden.

Top-of-mind due to a recent aggressive push into lifestyle laptops and desktop PCs, HP enlisted the help of Quango for some online elements of a highly recognizable campaign. Making the PC stylish meant careful alignment with campaign visuals, voice and theme. Seamless integration into broader campaign efforts and detailed results tracking returned a highly calculated impact.

Creating an identity that elevated awareness for this Portland non-profit was truly rewarding. The McCormick Foundation profit needed to communicate their vision, mission and purpose: to reach out to underserved women and children throughout the Portland Metro area. We created an identity and Web presence to amplify that message, and help the Foundation reach a community in need.

To present the benefits of their new IP subsystem, Mentor Graphics turned to Quango for this Flash presentation combining video, voiceover and music.

Nike needed an engaging approach to sales channel education. The Nike.net portal provides a single source for product training, so we collaborated with their internal programming team and developed a series of immersive interactive product presentations with an accompanying email outreach effort.

In 2007, the 4th annual Portland Jazz Festival took aim at the bleachers with a highly ambitious event schedule. It was a daring move, and they needed an identity to match. The Festival’s identity and event materials were rebranded to express the vitality of the genre: we solidified the Portland Jazz festival brand, but stayed true to the improv spirit of jazz.

Intel and Seagate teamed up to create a custom-shot and animated adventure video based on the vibrant Parkour sport culture. The video, delivered online, includes an extensive full-Flash interface that allows users to explore the benefits of Parkour-inspired technology.

Recognizing the amazing cultural opportunity within the sport of Parkour, Quango, Intel and Seagate teamed up to create an animated, custom-shot Parkour adventure video to be delivered at various trade shows and online social networks.

To help one of North America’s longest-lived computing technology distributors showcase their complete ecosystem of capabilities, Quango produced this interactive guide. Featured prominently on Seneca’s Web site, users are encouraged to interact with onscreen elements and explore services that matter to them. The result reinforces the interconnectedness of Seneca’s offerings while offering an engaging introduction.

In a world where the technology refresh cycle is constantly accelerating, Seneca Lifecycle services provide innovative capabilities. We helped Seneca tell and show the story behind their complete technology refurbishments, recycling hardware components. These services allow Seneca to reclaim value that would otherwise be lost.

Introducing one of the first Web-enabled flatscreen televisions to feature Web integration, SHARP needed a compelling design for their visual interface. Quango worked with SHARP engineers in Japan to deliver a memorable demo experience at SHARP’s CES booth. Rigorous testing throughout development on pre-release televisions helped ensure superior results.

In developing the first North America LCD TV to feature Web functionality standard, SHARP needed a visually compelling Web interface. Quango supplied both design and programming. The browser interface can be seen in stores now on SHARP LCD screens 42" and above.

Signacert was a start-up software company seeking to distinguish itself from its competitors. This robust identity, taken across both digital and print platforms, helped them achieve that goal. Within this identity is an intricately conveyed story of their product offering, which Quango related through dynamic animations and demonstrations.

Gathering qualified customers from a corresponding print media campaign; this series of portals briefly educated and then directed interested buyers to retailers offering Sony's latest VAIO notebooks.

MeeGo Conference 2010, in Dublin, Ireland, was the first biannual event to bring together the global developer community around MeeGo. The quirky, candy-colored MeeGo brand gave us lots of creative room to have a load of fun riffing on the characters. We created giant clings, print and wayfinding assets, and a Jumbotron video shown during the showcased soccer game. The assets were displayed throughout Aviva Stadium and charmed conference goers. They were also charmed, no doubt, by the Guinness Storehouse Party Night we planned; attendees partied on 7 floors of the historic brewery, working their way up a giant pint glass. Event planning and print asset creation for the Conference culminated in 3 fun-filled days for the MeeGo community (and, we’ve got to admit, us too) and attendance that far exceeded expectations.

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Tickets Oregon provided a completely local and professional alternative, they just needed to spotlight their presence. We created a versatile visual identity, and accompanying web presence, print assets and social media campaign that helped Tickets Oregon establish credibility and attract a loyal following. Their new brand announced the arrival of a great new option for ticket purchasers and event sponsors.

This interactive CD—featuring video, voiceover and text—conveyed the message that to experience next-generation gaming, you need a PC featuring a next-generation processor.

Doing good is good. That’s why when the United Way needed help developing their annual campaign booklet, Quango provided assistance. Dollars were raised, kids were helped and the world got a little bit shinier and happier. We maintain a commitment to local youth organizations designed to help those youth who might not otherwise get a chance at bettering their lot in life.

As Xantrex and Elgar merged into one company, many branding questions were left open. As a finishing touch to our brand audit and consultation for Xantrex, this catalog cover was created as the first transitionary and collaborative piece between the two organizations.