www.era404.com Site Relaunch

NEW YORK CITY—ERA404 Creative Group, Inc., the New York design, development and strategy studio, is pleased to announce the launch of its newly revamped website, portfolio and client portal.

The new www.era404.com showcases selected work from the past decade of business and is part of a strategy to reposition themselves as leaders in multi-disciplinary creative and forward-thinking development. The site features an online portfolio, creative reel and dozens of other HD videos that make use of HTML5 and browser-native players, eluding the requirement of plugins for Adobe^® Flash and Apple^® Quicktime videos. Each page of the site is saturated with social media options (Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Google Plus) and the site has been re-engineered to be optimized for search engines, RSS feeds, Facebook OpenGraph, mobile (and tablet) devices and responsiveness to multiple browsers/platforms/resolutions.Read More

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ERA404 Creative Group Rebranding

Commemorating Their 10-Year Anniversary, ERA404 Gets a New Identity

ERA404 Creative Group, a long-standing creative studio based in New York City, is unveiling the company’s new corporate identity this quarter. ERA404 (formerly era//404) has made the choice to update their 10-year-old mark, its supplemental iconography and palette, even the company name.Read More

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John Hodgman Mentions ERA404 on Twit.TV Podcast

The author attributes his new site to ERA404 Creative Director, Don Citarella

Upon completion and launch of John Hodgman‘s new web site, Areas of My Expertise, the author recently mentioned ERA404 on a Twit.tv interview and pays tribute to the colors and theme-switching functionality.Read More

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Beautiful Children Susceptible to Viral Marketing

ERA404 Viral Video Gets Rave Reviews on Gawker, Adrants

“In this competitive publishing environment, you need book promotions that are really HOT…This is truly forward-thinking strategic marketing.”

Hamilton Nolan, Gawker

“We’ve seen a lot of videos used to promote all sorts of things…This is one of the best.”

Steve Hall, AdRants

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Behind the Design: Brooklyn Style

HOW International Design Annual

“Many wine drinkers select wines in part because of the label,” says Creative Director, Don Citarella about his recent designs for the Brooklyn Wine Co.’s Feliz White and Red. “Our main goal was to entice customers to take that first sip. Afterward, the wines speak for themselves.”

To appeal to both Brooklynites and wine connoisseurs, the labels for two of the eight varieties, which will be released over the next two years, feature an image of Brooklyn’s iconic bridge.Read More

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ERA404 Hired to Design Site for Tennis Legend, Arthur Ashe

NEW YORK—On the 14th anniversary of the death of tennis legend, Arthur Ashe, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and ERA404 Creative Group, Inc., launched the official site devoted to his life, lessons and legacy—ArthurAshe.org.

In early July, ERA404 was approached by former client, Jeffrey Ernstoff(www.ernstoffcreative.com), with an interesting project in mind—to work with Arthur Ashe’s widow, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe and design a site devoted to her late husband’s work.Read More

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