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'Tis the season to be jolly Thomas Pamminger

2008December 20

Whether the month of December has to you a religious significance or merely a cultural one, chances are you too are battling against the gloom of winter and early nights with light arrangements, decorations and the usual assortment of seasonal foodstuffs. The wollzelle team is, of course, no exception.

This year, we are proud to introduce the wollzelle Santa, who, unlike his more traditional colleagues, opts for orange dress and winters in Vienna. It started innocently enough with an idea to spruce up our office for the holidays, which gradually turned into an ambitious wall decor project requiring the confection of special stencils and the consumption of many a delicious croissant, as evidenced by our Flickr photo-stream.

As the project grew, so did Santa, and he now adorns a full wall of the office, from top to bottom, casting a gleeful eye over our busy operations. Acute viewers will notice we introduced an element of the third dimension in the mural, in the form of magic tokens springing out of his hat — and out of the wall, onto the tree.

Of course, this is only the first of many outings for our Santa. He has already made an appearance on our holiday cards (front and back) and reliable sources have let it be said he may be back among us with renewed energy in 2009.

In the meantime, we at wollzelle would like to grasp this occasion to thank you all for your continued interest in our work. Your energy and enthusiasm keep us energized, and we are very much looking forwards to spending another year in your company. To you and to yours, a very good month and a great many cheers!

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revisiting an old favorite Thomas Pamminger

2008December 12

wollzelle is a photo buff’s haven. Over the years, we have had the honour of devising identities for some of the biggest names in photography, design and fashion. fluxiom, our asset manager, is used by countless professionals to build books and portfolios.

Today, we’re revisiting an old favorite, the web site of Peter Rigaud, a Vienna-based photographer with clients around the world and across all major industries.

Whether working on one of his artistic projects, snapping shots for advertisements or framing portraits for personal or editorial use, Peter’s work always marries a strong, precise structure with fluid and unexpected movement.

Peter’s home page originally went live in 2001. Its current design has evolved little since its inception in 2003. As his projects have grown and evolved, however, the time was ripe to add a new Publications section, presenting the many magazines into which his work is featured as well as the books dedicated to his work and career.

If you aren’t familiar with Peter’s art, we encourage it to give it a look. As always, your comments and feedback are very much welcome!

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featured in: Nuova Comunicazione Thomas Pamminger

2008December 09

Does the name Chiodo mean something to you? Our faithful readers will remember wollzelle had the honor of being commissioned by Gucci earlier this year to lay out and deliver a comprehensive communication campaign around this season’s most remarkable watch.

Today, we are thrilled to report that Italian design magazine Il Giornale della Nuova Comunicazione is running a feature on our work in its latest issue (October 2008).

The project encompassed a dedicated overlay on Gucci.com, widgets for Mac and PC doubling as organizers, digital tokens and more.

Most thrilling of all, however, was the design and development of a specially crafted touch-screen based interactive totem, that some of you have seen in stores around the globe over the season. It was fun and exciting to dip our fingers in so many pies and see our vision for Chiodo unfold smoothly on so many supports.

Find out more in our previous blog posts about the Gucci Chiodo project and the about the Gucci Chiodo widgets. Of course, and as usual, we hope you enjoyed the widgets and displays, too.

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introducing fluxiom's free plan Thomas Pamminger

2008December 01

As a regular typestorming reader, you probably know us best for our design adventures. Indeed, you may have read about how we support fashion, seek out great music and craft interactive interfaces.

Did you know, however, about our darker side? At night, wollzelle engineers come out of their orange coats and roam neon-lit data centres to manage heavy-duty storage gear, high-speed network links and redundant power supplies.

Of course, we’re not quite the mad rocket scientists! We do, however, have a genuine passion for technology. Why, might you ask? Simply because aesthetics make design attractive, but method makes it work. We at wollzelle aim to excel in both.

From this layered approach was born fluxiom, a novel online file manager that aims to annihilate all clutter through the effective use of the latest technologies in storage, search and sharing. Its technical core is wrapped in pure wollzelle design, making it a snap — and, we hope, a joy — to use.

To celebrate fluxiom’s latest accomplishments, we have recently introduced our first free plan.

If you too feel encumbered by files and dragged down by the demands of asset management, you can give fluxiom a spin, and try its most popular features for as long as you wish, without any financial commitment. Once you feel ready, heavier-duty plans are only a click away.

Of course, we couldn’t let the occasion go by without putting together a little video for you. It presents fluxiom and its unique approach to data management better than words ever could. It also introduces a series of features designed to help you manage your own data more effectively.

A high resolution version can be viewed over at fluxiom.com.

We hope you enjoy the video and take fluxiom out for a spin. As always, we very much welcome your comments, questions and suggestions!

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