U.S. Art Studios Inc.

Professional Commercial Photography

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:15:03 +0000

An artistic approach to capturing images you will forever cherish. We at Studio TWO ensure that images evoke a response in viewers that makes them want to know and see more. It's not just about... Read more

Maadar by Tahereh Salmassi

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:19:41 +0000

Tahereh Salmassi Lyrics: Parvin BaVafa Composed and Arranged: Keyavash Nourai Directed by Hirbod M Toorminaei Produced by Salmassi Persian Cultural Music... Read more

Qafas by Tahereh Salmassi

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:17:14 +0000

Tahereh Salmassi Lyrics: Homa Mir Afshar Composer: Mohammad Heydari Arrangment: Kazem Alami Director: Hirbod... Read more

Mohabbat

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TAHEREH SALMASSI Lyrics: Rumi Composed and arrangment: Mohammad Shams Director: Hirbod... Read more

The Angel

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:32:36 +0000

THE ANGEL A Short by Hirbod M. Toorminaei Director and Writer: Hirbod Toorminaei Staring: Arno B, Bita Masjedi DP: Hirbod Toorminaei AC: J Nehouray Sound Mixer and Boom: Shawn... Read more

Check Out Our Web Design Portfolio

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Welcome to U.S. Art Studios Inc.

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U.S. Art Studios is a full firm advertising agency dedicated to creating, planning and handling advertising and promotion for our clients all around the world provide an outside point of view to the... Read more

indieWIRE: State of the Union Address by Craig Emanuel

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:08:27 +0000

Craig Emanuel at Sundance Summit: “Now is the time to act boldly and wisely” EDITOR’S NOTE: The following speech was given by Craig Emanuel - a film distribution specialist from Los Angeles... Read more

Screen Daily: Myles Nestel’s new Merlina to back projects budgeted at $15m-$30m

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:08:24 +0000

UK film financier Myles Nestel has parted ways with Oceana Media Finance to form the Los Angeles-based financing and production outfit Merlina Entertainment. Nestel plans to make up to three films... Read more

Variety: Hackford named president of DGA

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:08:13 +0000

Helmer succeeds Michael Apted as guild topper Taylor Hackford has been named to a two-year term as president of the Directors Guild of America, succeeding Michael Apted. The DGA's 135 delegates... Read more

Blip.tv Brings Programs to YouTube, Ads to ‘Channel Awesome’

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:54:17 +0000

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- What does the TV network of the future look like? A version of it is coming into focus at New York-based startup blip.tv.... Read more

The Web Is Flat: Why Time Spent Online Is Leveling Off

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:54:07 +0000

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Time spent with the internet, as it turns out, doesn't grow indefinitely, forever. While there are myriad reasons why people's time spent with internet media stayed... Read more

At BlogHer Confab, Marketers Show Moms Some Love

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:53:54 +0000

BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) -- If you were wondering where the media budgets have gone, you might have tried looking around Chicago late last Thursday through Saturday. At the BlogHer '09... Read more

Tepid Tempest

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:53:42 +0000

MINNEAPOLIS (AdAge.com) -- When he came to NBC in 2007 with a cultural and commercial fluency in prime-time programming, Ben Silverman, who announced his impending departure today, hoped to be a hit... Read more

Music Videos for U2 and Coldplay, Durex Condoms as Aphrodisiac and Other New Work

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:53:31 +0000

In this week's episode of Creativity's Top 5, McCann Erickson and Durex see the condom as an aphrodisiac; David O'Reilly expertly animates U2's latest single; Shynola directs a... Read more

GM’s Appointment of Lutz Shows No Respect for Marketing

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:53:19 +0000

General Motors' new advertising and marketing czar is Bob Lutz, who until April of this year headed global product development. According to CEO Fritz Henderson: "Bob's... Read more

MasterCard Launches ‘Priceless’ iPhone App

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:53:08 +0000

YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) -- There's an app for everything -- and now there's even one for everything else. MasterCard, which has built its marketing around the theme, "There are some... Read more

NBC’s Ben Silverman Is Out After Two Years

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:52:57 +0000

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Ben Silverman is out after a two-year stint as co-chairman of NBC Entertainment, where he attempted to revive the fourth-place network with a mix of reality shows and... Read more

In U.K, Testing an Automated Media-Trading System

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:52:46 +0000

LONDON (AdAge.com) -- Automated media-trading is not a new idea. But getting a system that media sellers and buyers can agree to for the most coveted ad space has proven nearly impossible to... Read more

Big Spenders Get the Most Buzz

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:52:33 +0000

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Spend and you will get buzz. That seems to be one takeaway from YouGov's BrandIndex, which compiled daily feedback from thousands of consumers for the first half of the... Read more

Walgreens Hires Outside Help to Fix Its In-Store Problems

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:52:10 +0000

CHICAGO (AdAge.com) -- Walgreens, which has suffered from a disconnect between its national ad messaging and the in-store experience, has for the first time hired an agency to handle in-store and... Read more

Adgregate Markets and Linkstorm Distribute ShopAds

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:42:43 +0000

Website Magazine’s upcoming September issue (which will be distributed exclusively to professional-level members in August) features an article from Pam Horan of the Online Publishers... Read more

Fasthosts Adds API for Reseller Services

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:42:42 +0000

Reseller web hosting provider Fasthosts Internet released an API which allows resellers to automate new customer signups, create admin tools for end-customers, and process customer orders... Read more

PayMeTweets Pays You to Retweet

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:42:39 +0000

Everyone is looking for a way to monetize their “tweets” – but is PayMeTweets the way? The Web-based application essentially pays Twitterers that retweet sponsored tweets. My... Read more

FatCow Goes Green With Wind Energy

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:42:37 +0000

Web hosting and domain registration provider FatCow announced today that its offices and data centers are now 100 percent powered by wind energy. "We're offsetting all of our electricity... Read more

AffMeter and MediaTrust Partner

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:42:36 +0000

Affmeter, a popular reporting and analysis tool for affiliate marketers, and performance marketing provider MediaTrust announced a partnership where Affmeter's users can now access... Read more

Tracking Ad-Generated Phone Calls

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:42:15 +0000

Ifbyphone just announced that internet marketing agency ClickFuel is using its call-tracking services to provide clients with tools for tracking online ads that generate phone calls. SMBs... Read more

This Typeface Drives 55

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:39:18 +0000

Treehugger reports on the Toyota iQ typeface, designed by 2 typographers, a race car driver, and a programmer to promote the new Toyota iQ microcar: The goal was to design a typeface by tracking the... Read more

TED TALKS: Jacek Utko designs to save newspapers

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:39:01 +0000

Worth a watch. With a background in architecture Jacek approaches newspaper design with a fresh perspective and some interesting numbers to back up his theories. As the last line in the summary of... Read more

jQuery Image Gallery/News Slider with Caption Tutorial

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:07:30 +0000

A really cool News Slider that uses two scrollers to create very slick effect. It uses scrollTo to scroll both description and image items and it comes with prev, next, play, stop and mouseover... Read more

15 Essential Wordpress Plugins for Aspiring Designers

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:07:25 +0000

If you want to show off your web design credentials to the world, then WordPress is the perfect blogging platform to use: it's simple, accessible and highly customisable. Permalink:... Read more

Behind the Scenes of the DesignBump Redesign

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:07:20 +0000

John Campbell of DesignBump recently got in touch to ask if I'd be interested in helping out with the redesign. Here's an overview of my design process for the project. Permalink:... Read more

Fonts Used In Popular Band Logos

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:06:58 +0000

Take a look at the fonts behind a selection of famous bands. Permalink: http://www.cssglobe.com/post/5679/fonts-used-in-popular-band-logos Brought to you by Css... Read more

Designed for Summer Reading

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:02:55 +0000

Read any good books lately? Willis recommends three breezy design reads for the long days of summer. Click Here To Read Complete News From Its... Read more

Ad Pricing Increases in 2009: Seasonal Adjustment or Recession Ending?

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:38:00 +0000

Ad revenue optimization technology provider Pubmatic released a report which revealed that ad pricing levels have increased 35% since the start of 2009. Pricing for ad inventory sold through... Read more

Microsoft-Yahoo Search/Ad Pact: Alternative to Google

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:50:00 +0000

Microsoft and Yahoo have finally forged an alliance after months/years of on and off negotiations. Microsoft will power Yahoo’s search tool while Yahoo! will become the exclusive sales force... Read more

How Verizon, Campbell Soup, Scotts Find Value on Air

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:38:00 +0000

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Radio companies, like all media companies, are under more pressure than ever to prove their medium's value to marketers. But when three brands opened up their strategies... Read more

A Mobile Ad Campaign Success: Kmart Basketball Shoes

admin — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 11:35:00 +0000

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Despite the various problems that are inhibiting its growth, mobile advertising is experiencing increasing amounts of success. One of the latest examples of how cellphones can... Read more

Red vs. blue at White House beer blast?