Diss ‘n’ Gauges

Because sometimes the best response is an app!

Diss ‘n’ Gauges: Multi-Pack combines all our individual meters into one great application. Are you looking for best and funniest way to start or end (disengage from) a conversation?

The Multi-Pack includes:

1. BS Detector: Is your friend talking out of their butt? Inform them (and the rest of your party) that you’re not buying it.
2. Dial Down the B!tch: Is your friend acting nasty or spiteful and it’s exceeding your tolerance level? Inform them (and the rest of your party) that they need to dial it down a bit.
3. Give-a-Crap Meter: Is your friend droning on and on about something that you couldn’t care less about (say, Crossfit, for instance)? Inform them (and the rest of your party) of your disinterest in a fun way.
4. Hottie Finder: Looking for a great way to strike up a conversation with that beautiful girl or guy across the bar? Let our Hottie Finder act as a divining rod to direct you to them!
5. Gaydar: Often find yourself in a dance club, at a karaoke hall, or on a cruise ship with no way to hone-in on the guys around you?
6. Fuel Gauge: Need some help deciding if you need one more or had one too many? Here’s a quick, clever way to reply to friends when they ask if you’re ready for another round.

All meters react to tapping on the screen. Tap once to trigger, tap a second time to reset. Diss ‘n’ Gauges is now available for iOS (iPhone, iPad) and Android phones and tablets.

Gurjot New York

Gurjot Sidhu hired ERA404 to design and develop the online storefront for her New York City boutique. The site features her entire line of ready-to-wear products, sortable by size, color family and collection and is built on the Shopify cart and inventory system. Users may browse through extensive product imagery, size charts and design notes, get recommendations on building ensembles, and “Shop the Look.”

“ERA404 totally understands that the ecommerce site has to represent and support our business needs—that we cannot just fit into a cookie-cutter package.  They really worked with us and were very flexible in adjusting to suit our needs.”

Gurjot Sidhu
Gurjot New York

“They did a fantastic job managing our expectations, which to me is a huge part of getting a project done successfully.  We couldn’t be happier with the end product. ”

Alex Laas
Gurjot New York

Beth Kobliner

Pentagram partner Emily Oberman approached ERA404 to develop the site her team designed for Beth Kobliner. The site features a fully responsive layout for desktop, tablet and mobile devices, interactive money calculators and videos, and is integrated into the WordPress content management system.

“Working with ERA404 was a delight. The whole process was extremely smooth. They were very collaborative and had great instincts for how to bring our design to life.”

Emily Oberman
Pentagram

“ERA404 is a pleasure to work with! Always eager to find creative solutions, prompt with meeting deadlines, and up-to-date on the latest technology. ”

Marisa Bardach
The Beth Kobliner Company

Matter

Rich content, a sleek interface, and progressive usability all combine in Matter’s new website and portfolio. Dana Deskiewicz of MediaFury reached out to ERA404 with a unique concept for the forthcoming website’s design, and all the creative gears started turning. Matter, a creative agency and production company in Washington DC, boasts a very impressive canon of past work. The new site showcases these projects all from a single page that “transforms” as a user navigates the sections. The encode takes advantage of the versatility of the jQuery framework, bringing MediaFury’s design alive in a fully responsive interface across all modern environments.

Australian Designers Collections Lookbook

Prashanti Kanagasabai, Business Development Manager for The Australian Trade Commission (AusTrade) in New York City hired ERA404 to design the booklet to accompany their event, The Australian Designers Collection. The fashion show in January will unveil Australian fashion designers to the United States and is part of the Ford SuperModels of the World event. The wiro-bound booklet features 16 designers with bios and samples of their work and was printed at Hudson Printing in Long Island City.

Pantone Moods

ERA404 contacted Pantone about an idea to promote the new Pantone Goe System on Facebook. Within a month, over 1,000 Facebook users subscribed to “Pantone Moods”, and hundreds of thousands of status updates were published with Pantone color chips.

MoMA Staff Intranet

In an effort to empower the staff of MoMA and PS1, IT Procurement Manager Monica Antonie approached SwissMiss and ERA404 to produce an intranet. The site features the clean, utilitarian design of Tina Roth Eisenberg coupled with ERA404 Content Management System (CMS).

Hyperion Social

Hyperion Voice, an imprint of Buena Vista Books (Disney), hired ERA404 to create their social media presence on Facebook. The project became three separate applications: Hyperion Social, a portal for readers and advocates on Facebook, Hyperion Extras, an online contest to win free merchandise, and the Featured Book application, launching with Jacqueline Kennedy: Historic Conversations with John F. Kennedy.

The project has gained momentum on Facebook stemming from Hyperion’s burgeoning fan base and the publisher plans to launch a number of successive Featured Book applications within the coming years.

PCCS

Chris Christian hired ERA404 for the strategy/organization, design and encode the prototype for PCCS, an application that enables system administrators to manage networks of computers. The prototype (built in HTML5, CSS3 and JQuery) contains sample application screens, marketing and configuration pages.

Yahoo GSC 2012

Event Producers David Steinberg and Laurie DeJong approached artists at ERA404 to translate the creative concepting for Yahoo’s 2012 Global Sales Convention set design into a video animatic. These renderings were used to communicate the versatility of a set design that featured video and lighting panels at various levels deep, producing a multitude of impactful “looks”, all fully choreographed to a full production of presentations and theatrical cues.

The Hunting

Greg Fellows, director and creative visionary behind “The Hunting,” hired ERA404 to design the main title sequence and all branded material for his feature production. The film will debut at film festivals in 2011.

NBC Universal/Comcast Book

To commemorate the merger of NBC Universal and Comcast, William Bartlett, SVP of Executive Communications for NBC hired ERA404 to design a 54-page book showcasing the companies’ history and milestones leading to the merger.

Global Investment Research Illustrations

era404 worked with a prominent NYC-based Investment Company and Creative Director, William Imboden, to create a 60-page, leather-bound book to document the culmination of a year’s worth of global investment research. The book featured 35 charts, 12 original illustrations (including a three-spread, full-color rendering of Tom Sawyer on the Mississippi), laser-etched cherry wood medallions and tons of research information and photography.

As the book has not yet been produced, an NDA prohibits us from including information about the investment company (you’ll notice the portfolio images have the identity blurred out), however we’ve added this piece to our portfolio and Creative Director, Don Citarella, has included large, high-resolution images in his blog. Our client is excited to move forward with this project in 2008.

Persystent Software

Orlando-based Software developers, Utopic Software, hired ERA404 to concept, design and encode the user interface for their enterprise suite of applications, Persystent Software. The interface features intuitive navigation, context-sensitive help, a proprietary/original set of 24 icons and implementation of various Infragistics .NET widgets in a clean, comprehensive Web 2.0 design.

Hello Kitty 30th Anniversary Invitation

Rand Burrus, of RANDM, hired ERA404 to design and production manage an invitation for Hello Kitty’s 30th Anniversary Kickoff Party at the Rockefeller Center, in New York.

The resulting pop-up card and accessories won the AGC‘s Showcase Award in 2003.

ROOM

Little Brown and Company hired era404 to create the web site, book trailer and concept giveaways for the much-anticipated release of Emma Donoghue’s ROOM. The story is told from the viewpoint of a 5-year-old boy who has spent his life in a captivity with his mother. What better way to illustrate the childlike fantasy world and creativity of ROOM than by creating a paper, crayon and tape representation of the room itself.

The site features 3D animation, a child’s narration, videos, audio clips and a wealth of information for fans of the author and the book. ERA404 also created a one-minute viral video and crayons as hand-outs to unify the campaign and enhance reader recognition of the book cover.

Little Brown and Company and Reagan Arthur Books worked with era404 in the past on the site for Jonathan Safran Foer’s Eating Animals and Joshua Ferris’s The Unnamed.

“I couldn’t have asked for a smoother and more enjoyable process in having a site conceptualized, planned, and executed. In our first project with era404, the website received praise from all corners, and embodied everything we set out to do. I look forward to more sites with the studio!”

Amanda Tobier, Marketing Manager
Little, Brown at Hachette Book Group USA

Brooklyn Wine Company Label Collection

Brooklyner Adam Goldstein, of the Brooklyn Wine Company, hired ERA404 to design the labels for three of his new wines, Feliz Red, Feliz White and Grand Army Meritage. Illustration for the pieces was provided by Brooklyn’s own, Ryan Seslow. The labels have been applied to the first bottling available now exclusively at RedWhiteAndBubbly.com, also designed by era404, as well as T-shirts currently being sold at Brooklyn Industries (www.brooklynindustries.com).

Phoenix Identity System

Rand Burrus is known throughout NYC for his unique and creative vision in designing and producing events. So when he approached ERA404 about an identity for his new company, Phoenix Event Productions, we knew that this image needed to be as impactive as his work.

The final identity was derived from a gothic representation of a phoenix being reborn.

“I am always amazed at what ERA404 creates! The quality of work is excellent. The turnaround on each and every project was amazing.”

Rand Burrus, President
Phoenix Event Productions

Lyrek CEMS

ERA404 developed Lyrek Contact and Events Management System for NYC PR, Fashion Promoters and Events Producers. The application fuses a powerful CRM solution for managing an online database of contacts with a mass-mailing tool for organizing events. Lyrek events management empowers users to send invitations for RSVPs, seating assignments, follow-ups and mailblasts to their contacts.

Linda Kessler

Florida wedding and events planner, Linda Kessler, hired ERA404 to showcase her portfolio, press and provide information for clients and prospects. lindakessler.com features full implementation of ERA404 CMS, MediaPASS, Flash animation, an online boutique and dozens of images and press.

Yahoo! Conceptual 3D

3D Artists worked with event designers at LDJ to build a conceptual animatic of how the Global Sales Convention, using the theme PLAY TO WIN. The concept involved a scale replica football stadium, complete with jumbotron for sales presentation materials, IMAG display of presenters, and logos projected onto fog curtains within the exhibition hall.

The Herb Ritts Foundation

ERA404 members, along with the rest of the world, are big fans of Mr. Ritts’ work. So when we had the opportunity to collaborate with Erik Asla, his former photo assistant, and Mark McKenna, CEO of The Herb Ritts Foundation, we couldn’t pass it up.

The site features full implementation of ERA404 CMS, streaming video and a comprehensive portal of information for Ritts enthusiasts.

“ERA404 proved to be the best one-stop design studio. They take the time to understand their client’s needs, insure a strong web presence and provide unparalleled technical support.”

Mark McKenna, CEO
The Herb Ritts Foundation

Broadway Video Corporate Site

Creative Director, Katherine Burke, hired era404 to redevelop the corporate site for Broadway Video, the post production facility of Saturday Night Live creator, Lorne Michaels. The site features dozens of video, audio and photographic portfolio pieces for Broadway Sound, Edit and Design, a complete news/press site with RSS, and informational resources.

era404 developed the previous Broadway Video site in 2004.

John Hodgman

ERA404 was hired to redesign the blog site for John Hodgman, author of Areas of My Expertise and More Information Than You Require. The site features over 500 original blog postings, 12,000 comments, information about his books and appearances, images, cartoons, and quotes from the books.

The blog was designed to have dynamic themes based on the author’s book covers.

Arthur Ashe Learning Center

ERA404 designed the site for The Arthur Ashe Foundation (www.arthurashe.org) and the web site for AALC president, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe‘s photography site (www.jeannemoutoussamy-ashe.com), so with the foundation of the new learning center, Mrs. Moutoussamy-Ashe again turned to ERA404 to design the logo for the new charity.