Category — Advertising

Blackstone Edge Studios creates wraparound brochure cover, photo, digital work

We at Blackstone Edge Studios are proud to announce that not only our photographic and extreme digital work, but  also our wraparound design grace the cover of this recently completed Window Style Guide. Big kudos to Linda and Bob Balta for allowing us to photo their beautiful bank of windows in their home for the occasion!

DOUBLE CLICK IMAGE TO ENLARGE!

BSE's 2nd Portrait Cover for GHID - for Washington State

On occasion, magazines will print more than one cover for their magazines.  Nowadays they’ll even do Facebook page queries to see what readers think about cover ideas before they print. Covers are what sell magazines. See something intriguing and your hand reaches out… Hmmm… What’s this, you think, and suddenly your eyes are feasting on what’s inside that favorite “book.”

A similar thing happened with Portrait Magazine, which chose to feature two of Blackstone Edge Studios’ images to grace its twin covers  for its sister publications: Portrait of Portland and Portrait Magazine. The former is published in Oregon, the latter in other West Coast states, such as Washington.

So, if you’re in line at the checkout counter, or perusing the magazine section in one of the big bookstores in Washington, you’ll see the kitchen cover shot we did  for the spread on our client GHID – Garrison Hullinger Interior Design‘s award-winning house in Battle Ground, Washington. This is the canning area of the large kitchen that was fashioned in part after a film – “Something’s Gotta Give,” starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton – which home deisgner Mike Blondino shared with his clients as a starting point for their home’s design. Hullinger created this charming canning area to counterbalance the larger islands alongside it.

BSE's Portrait of Portland cover - #1

If you’re out and about in Oregon or Portland, you’ll see this shot from the GHID Battle Ground home as its Hampton style cover. Either way, hope you enjoy the 12-page spread inside, replete with an article by yours truly – Donna Pizzi.

One of my earliest films shot in the U.S. has become a YouTube sensation, going viral by picking up 4,000 hits a day, except for the day it got 12,000 hits in Lithuania alone. This film shot on three 16mm cameras on Kodachrome film – all sound added in post – took 8 months to produce.  It depicts the heaviest load ever moved over US highways – namely, 1157 US Tons on 384 tires. Presumably by the end of the year, it will hit over 1,000,000 YouTube hits.

Oddly, the same heavy-duty truckers from far flung places like Siberia and Tunisia also will favorite our 1 minute video for Garrison Hullinger Interior Design.  Not sure what the correlation is, but it’s great to see they love them both.

Charmaine Manley Design HQ in Bend's new CUBE

Blackstone Edge Studios took a trip to Bend this past weekend to create elements for an advertising campaign and European magazine spread for Charmaine Manley Design.  Manley’s new interior design headquarters are located in the innovative CUBE – a series of shipping containers that house the offices of some of Bend’s most creative companies. Charmaine conceived the idea and worked together with other members of the Bend creative design community to see it to its fruition. The grand opening will occur on Saturday, April 28th from 6-9 pm. Located next door to the Sparrow Bakery, it’s a sight not to be missed. Watch here for more info and imagery! You’ll love Charmaine Manley‘s sense of color!

A screen capture from the 1-minute video intro for the GHID presentation at Rejuvenation 4/5/12 ©Blackstone Edge Studios

In honor of Garrison Hullinger’s presentation at Rejuvenation tonight  (4/5/12) @ 6pm, which is co-sponsored by NW Natural The Blue Home, we created a one-minute video using images we’ve shot of GHID’s work over the years, along with some technical wizardry, and original music, as a type of video elevator speech…  We’ve just uploaded it to YouTube for those who are unable to attend tonight’s presentation. It’s sure to get you excited about the team @ GHID and the quality of their work.

Here’s the link!!!

His Seahound Ranch is featured in this month’s Gray Magazine out of Seattle (3rd issue of this new magazine), featuring our images, as well as the upcoming issue of Portrait Magazine due out shortly, for which we did the images, article and cover!

Forgive us for being AWOL from our blog for a while. We’ve been tied up with a number of exciting projects that have kept us working round the clock.

"Weaver of Dreams" special edition will be for the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives 2012

We’ve begun design work on a book cover for client David J. Thompson’s book “Weaver of Dreams” - a special edition for the  2012 United Nations International Year of Cooperatives. The story is a gripping one that concerns the birth of a movement by a group of humble weavers, who became Cooperative revolutionaries who built the world’s eight largest economy on the principle of  “One member; One vote.”  David was recently appointed to the Coop Hall of Fame. in Washington, D.C. Stay tuned for that book cover design and the launch of the book…

Garrison Hullinger speaking at Rejuvenation - Image by Blackstoneedge.com - Come see BSE's video introduction + images!

About a half-hour ago, we completed a one-minute video that features both our images and some innovative video techniques for another client, Garrison Hullinger Interior Design, which will be used to introduce Garrison before he speaks at  Rejuvenation on “Low Impact, High Quality Living”  on Thursday, April 5, 2012 from 6-9 @ 1100 SE Grand Avenue, Portland, OR 97214 – tel: 888-401-1900 Drinks and light refreshments.

Register here – limited seating is filling up fast!

http://www.rejuvenation.com/events/rsvp.html

Blackstone Edge Studios Designs SWI bi-fold sell sheet - overall photos © BSE

Southland Windows, Inc. of Santa Ana, California, for whom we are the agency of record, asked us to create a two-sided sell sheet for their bi-fold doors as a special handout for architects. SWI does extraordinary quality work and we’re proud to have created their recent beauty book for which this sell sheet is an addendum that provides architects with specs for SWI’s bi-fold doors, now featuring Centor hardware (fabulous Australian company).

BSE creates continuity between the SWI brochure & sell sheets - House photo ©BSE

Amidst all this hubbub, I’ve also been at work on several articles for local and national magazines as well, lest my fingers should go idle for a single second! More about those in a subsequent post!

Have a great weekend!

Top Gear Muscle Car Poster ©Blackstoneedge.com

As a Brit who loves the series “Top Gear,” I thought I’d turn the image I did for Montgomery Vintage Car Restorations (MVCR) into a vintage style poster. We’re so jazzed about the outcome that for fun, we’re sending one of the posters to Politically Un-Correct Top Gear host, Jeremy Clarkson.

If you want one, let me know.

We’re always looking for innovative ways @ Blackstone Edge Studios to promote our clients’ work and/or products.  For years, our imagery has been featured on magazine covers – more than 150 to our name – and, as every one knows – Covers are what sell magazines like this one:

BSE's Coastal Living Cover

For the past seven or eight years, we’ve branched out as an ad agency to include a number of other clients, the majority of which are offshoots of the interior design and building community, especially the window and door industry.

We’ve been helping several W&D companies beef up their promotional material, and consequently, their sales in new & excitng ways…  Here’s one project that we turn-keyed from start to finish – Design – Photography – Digital Compositing – Editing – the results of which have proven themselves in the company’s highly improved bottom line.

Brochure Designed, Photo'd & Created by BlackstoneEdge.com

Yet another large national company has featured our work on a number of their latest brochure covers, which proves BSE lives up to its motto: Moving Product Off The Shelf!  Here’s one of the latest ones…

Cover imagery ©BlackstoneEdge.com

Muscle Car by Montgomery Vintage Car Restorations; photo ©Blackstoneedge.com

Blackstone Edge Studios is proud to announce an exciting affiliation with its latest new client, Montgomery Vintage Car Restorations (MVCR). As a Brit, I know plenty about the Jaguar MVCR  is meticulously restoring, piece by piece. But I am no “boffin” when it comes to American MUSCLE CARS like this GS 455 Buick. Got to ride in this “cherried out” car last weekend, as we raced around town, looking for appropriate 70s locations to match its sleek lines and impressive horse power.

Buick GS 455 by MVCR; photo ©Blackstoneedge.com

Muscle Car @ the Alibi; ©Blackstoneedge.com

Muscling up to Ross Island Cement Trucks; ©Blackstoneedge.com

Details are essential when a buyer of classic cars is considering a beauty like this one. MVCR treats every element as essential to the car’s authenticity, beauty and function.

Cruise Control - GS 455; ©Blackstoneedge.com

Climate Control GS 455; ©Blackstoneedge.com

Muscle Car Buick Interior; ©Blackstoneedge.com

The Jaguar is getting the premier treatment at MVCR. Care is all important with a vintage Jag, as we Brits know!!! And no one does it better than MVCR.

MVCR strips down a 1974 Jag;©Blackstoneedge.com

Rebuilt 70s Jag engine by MVCR; ©Blackstoneedge.com

Even the Jag steering wheel's got panache! ©Blackstoneedge.com

MVCR at work on car parts;©Blackstoneedge.com

Watch these pages to see the finished Jaguar – coming soon. If you’d like more information about how to reach Montgomery Vintage Car Restorations, contact us here!

Garrison Hullinger Interior Design team in their newly expanded design HQ

Blackstone Edge Studios has been the agency of record for Garrison Hullinger Interior Design (GHID) for a number of years. This past year Garrison and his talented team – Nicole Copko, Alison Van Delden and Lisa Luchaco – have gone stratospheric.  As a unique marketing approach, I suggested that we illustrate the process of creating great interior design – and in this case – pulling together additional elements for local and national magazine shoots scheduled later that same week as a way to further promote the company. What better way to catch the busy team @ work, I said, than to follow the group with three of  Blackstone Edge Studios’ best shooters…

BSE Shooters - Justin Myers, owner Philip Clayton-Thompson & Marshal Serna @ GHID - Cell Shooter - Donna Pizzi

When we began photographing homes for magazines years ago, the magazines were really the prime way for interior designers to bring credence to their work and clients to their doorstep. Today, the tables have changed. Now it’s social media that often drives the editors of magazine. While both of these entities usually focus solely on room decor, we @ BSE think it’s the people who drive the creativity and wanted to show them in action.

Lisa, Nicole & Alison put together a presentation in the new GHID conference room ©Blackstoneedge.com

Owner Garrison Hullinger at Kravet Fabrics ©Blackstoneedge.com

Nicole Copko also writes the GHID blog ©BlackstoneEdge.com

We’re always searching for unique ways to create business opportunities for our clients.  One way is encourage them to create blogs on their websites, or as standalone social media outlets.

The GHID Team exiting Ferguson's ©Blackstoneedge.com

A day after we took these photos, we began a 2-day shoot at an elegant beach house, featuring Garrison Hullinger’s interior design. Watch for more on that exciting event right here.