Designing Digitally Inc. Blog

St Louis Arch Project Moving Faster!

designingdigitally — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:43:54 +0000

See the additions to the architecture and design! We will be done in a few weeks once we have the island complete we will open it to the public! Until then keep your eyes out for more pictures of this beautiful landmark!

St. Louis Arch In Second Life

designingdigitally — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:11:42 +0000

Yes I said it! We are building the St. Louis Arch in Second Life for the city of St. Louis. Here are some preview pictures of the island so far. Again we just started this so it is still mostly a blank canvas! Be on the look out for more pictures soon!

Another Top Secret Second Life Island

designingdigitally — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 02:35:49 +0000

We’re at it again! We have another island to build this month. However, this is the first and last post we can make about this project. We are under an NDA with the client, therefore cannot tell you any information other than we started a new island build! This is for a very well known client (throughout the world) and we are excited to be able to brand them within SL. This is what the terrain of the island will consist of… Be on the look out because some day this client will announce that they have entered the 3D realm of Second Life!

American Century University Second Life Island

designingdigitally — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 17:55:02 +0000

American Century University (formerly Century University) and Designing Digitally Inc. are pleased to announce the grand opening of a new Second Life Island and Campus. American Century University (ACU) believes that live discussions, debate and presentation are integral to a quality university education. The real world does not exist in a vacuum of isolation and ACU doesn’t believe the world of education should either. ACU and Second Life have created a learning environment that conforms and enhances the major learning styles of audio, visual and kinesthetic learning. So, online students who want and or need a scheduled time to attend classes with live fellow students and instructors now have a place to call home.Things moved very quickly for ACU starting with the creation of their island by Linden Labs. The fast pace continued once our team started development. With the addition of a new member to the Designing Digitally Inc. team we were able to split the island and assign tasks for different requested items. The ACU online campus boasts classrooms, board rooms, lounges and a library nicely placed in a small island community atmosphere. Students can attend live classes or pick up recorded videos of what they missed. Being able to work together on separate sections the Designing Digitally team was able take a blank island an turn it into a metropolitan city with all the requested buildings in under 3 weeks.

Visit American Century University at: http://slurl.com/secondlife/OnlineVU/136/81/22/?title=OnlineVU

To see screen shots of the design click here.

Preview:

Be On the Lookout!

designingdigitally — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 05:47:29 +0000

Everyone be on the look out for slightly nerdy computer artists and programmers wearing a black shirt with white lettering!

Yes we broke down and bought some shirts for our team!

We are constantly building new brand designs for our clients that often our own stock of marketing items are neglected.

We have focused on bringing that issue to a hault by producing an entire 2008-2009 brand promotion campaign.

Busy Bee’s!?

designingdigitally — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:00:21 +0000

Did I say busy bee’s before? If I really convinced you we were busy before what we have now will bring you to your knees. First, what we have done–Above is a graphic of four snapshots that were taken as we developed an Administration building on our latest fully developed Second Life island. The island is currently in the final stage and will be open next week! We will make a post when it is available so you can see it first hand.

Now here is where we get crazy. We have started two other Second Life islands. Thats right I said TWO! One of them we can’t really give too much info about, but when it is open we will be able to post a link for you to be able to see it. It is a really fun and exciting project for Designing Digitally and when complete is really going to add a great service to the clients company and the community of Second Life. The second island that we will be starting is for a traveling agency in the St. Louis area. I won’t leak to much info about this one quite yet but its St. Louis…so I’m sure you can use our imagination on what will be there (hint: it’s a huge ARCH!).

We are really kicking it into high gear now and will be able to add some great portfolio pieces to our portfolio in the next month. Much more to talk about but you’ll have to wait for the next post!

New Second Life Island - One Week’s Progress

designingdigitally — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:02:49 +0000

Above you can see a picture of our progress on the new island after 5 days of work. With the addition of the new team member that we have brought on for this project we are really able to hammer things out at a much faster pace. In the first couple days we were able to get in and start laying out the island as far as where the roads would be and what buildings would go where. After one week we had the school, courtroom, coffee shop and bookstore all created. It is nice to be able to move faster on these projects. When does the next one start?!?

We finished Another Content Management System

designingdigitally — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:37:14 +0000

We completed the development of the Human Resources Bridge Website for a company in Belgium. This website is a content management system that allows the client to edit, add, and delete pages from the site. To view the site click here.

Anderson Hills Animal Care Hospital

designingdigitally — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:30:05 +0000

Anderson Hills Animal Care Hospital has a new website!

The redevelopment of the clinic’s website is complete, and can be viewed here.

Busy Bee’s!

designingdigitally — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 21:38:55 +0000

Designing Digitally is at it again! Only a couple days after announcing the completion of an island we have started a brand new island! This island will be posted about and we will be posting a few pictures when we get the opportunity to do so. Few details are available now but here is the run down.

The island will be a metropolitan city with a main focus around a University that will be used for teaching classes, conducting meetings and displaying the possibilities at American Century University. The island will also be complete with an office building, coffee shop, bookstore among many other things!

We are also very pleased to add a new member to our Second Life development team! He will be joining us for this project and hopefully for many more to come.