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European mobile service provider 3 is not only a smash hit among end consumers. They also offer a very competitive and versatile business service package that allows businesses to switch from landlines to all-mobile telephony. To reach out to procurement decisionmakers in the corporate world, these services needed to be presented in a slightly more serious and educational manner than the previously produced consumer 3Guides (see below). Houdini put on our best three-piece suits and got down to business.
Are mobile phones getting too complicated? The question is not particularly far-fetched. With 3G technology becoming more and more established and most new phones incorporating advanced 3G services, the question is if the product developers are leaving customers behind. European mobile operator 3 (part of international conglomerate Hutchison-Whampoa) realized the problem and asked Houdini to develop a series of educational interactive video-based guides for their new cutting-edge mobile services 3Music and 3MobileTV.
Pirates of the Mediterranean
Arrr matey, it be time to set sail for the Mediterranean! Tech Datas latest sales campaign invites you to join the brethren of the coast and compete for tickets to the sunny Mediterranean, where a true pirate adventure awaits for all those diligent sales people of the IT-product industry who manage to improve on their sales. Shiver me timbers!
TYA Flygteknik
TYA, The Vocational Training and Working Environment Council (Transport Trades), have high-flying plans for the Swedish high school students who have yet to decide on a career. This website makes it easier to choose. Why not go into the aerospace industry?
Destination Dubai
Lucky you if you´re an IT-product retailer and get your goods through
distributor Tech Data. This fall, they´re inviting you to go to
Dubai! Well, OK, first you have to bag the tickets that make up the top
prizes in the Destination Dubai competition of course. So head on over
there and create an account! We´re betting you´ll be tapping
your foot to that bouncy oriental tune as you´re doing it.
Banco Trygg
In times of financial instability, Swedish stockbroker Banco have the
solution: the Banco "Trygg" investment package, consisting of
three comparatively safe investment funds: "Garantifonden",
"Banco Hedge" and "Penningmarknad Plus". These three
help the insecure investor take away the uneasiness of a volatile stock
market. Houdini helped explain this with a clear and convincing little
campaign site where all the unpleasant words investors don´t want
to read were simply crossed out.
Banco BRIC
To some people, taking away the risks of investing on the stock market
takes away all the fun, and all the potential upsides. That´s why
Swedish stockbroker Banco launched the BRIC investment fund package through
this stylish little campaign site. "BRIC" stands for Brazil,
Russia, India and China and those very markets are the ones where investing
is generally regarded to be less safe and secure than anywhere else, but
the potential reward is all the greater. Navigate the Banco BRIC world
map and learn more about why these up-and-coming markets are so exciting!
Brasilienfonden
Ever thought about investing in Brazil? No? What would make you consider
it? Perhaps you´d be swayed by a visit to Copacabana or taking part
in a steamy latin carnival, rhythmically working your way through the
streets of Rio de Janeiro? Hot on the heels of their previous runaway
success with Garantifonden, Banco launched Brasilienfonden and wanted
there to be music, rhythm and excitement!
Garantifonden
Here´s the deal: you´re just about to retire and you´ve
managed to save enough cash to be able to enjoy your old age in comfort,
without financial worries. But how do you know your hard-earned money
is secure? Where to you place it? In the mattress? Swedish stockbroker
Banco have a better suggestion. Invest your cash in their "Guarantee
Fund"! And to tell you how it´s done, we´ve created this
little campaign site where investment advisor Daniel Härdelin comes
to you through the magic of streaming video and explains it all.
DHL Import Express
How do you maximize the effects of a traditional DM-campaign? Why, by
adding a flashy website of course! And it doesn´t hurt if you also
give visitors the chance to compete and win trips to Singapore...
Shortcut
It´s a community and a magazine and a series of events all in
one package! Does this really make sense? Sure, with an interactive tour
it does!
A-Com Christmas card
Christmas is the season to be jolly, whatever that means. Well, we´re
happy to say we helped A-Com be extra jolly towards the rest of the world.
:-)
MMS-animations/3
3G is here! Now, if there were only any cool services that you could
actually use...
SRc
Swedish national radio broadcaster SR are trying out interactive online
radio in their experimental channel SRc. Houdini provided the essential
heavy duty Flash programming.
Kobra/SVT (Swedish Television)
Kobra is a show that deals with the lot - culture, ideas, people, thoughts...you
name it. The site is based around a constantly changing hotel room filled
with fresh content every week. Get in and get tickled!
Årets Julklapp/Spray
Christmas is coming up - as always. In this case we're talking about
the year 2000 and the fact that Spray boosted the Christmas Spirit through
the roof. With the online campaign - Christmas Present of the Year.
Livebanner/Accenture
Is it a banner? Is it an event?? Is it for real??? You bet! It's the
world's largest banner - broadcasted live from the Internet World trade
show. It all took place a cold week in November of '99.
Recruiting Banner/Andersen Consulting/Accenture >
The Naked Chef/Swedish Television >
Digits In Fidgets is a lauded line of children's room accessories produced by American company Pierrot's Alphabet. Houdini, having produced the Digits website, were hired to design and program an educational game teaching little kids to tell the time.
Hole-in-one
How much interactivity and fun can you really cram into a single banner?
Well, we tried our damnedest to maximize the fun factor on just 728x90
pixels and came up with this innovative golf game for a cellphone entertainment
company. Lace up your golf shoes, put on those extra smooth leather gloves
and try your skill with that driver. Just click and release at the right
time and watch the ball go sailing through the sky. Oh, and don´t
forget to call out "FORE!"
Fast Quiz
Tick-tock-tick-tock. The clock is ticking, you feel the sweat on your
forehead and you´ve got 3 measly minutes to answer as many questions
as you possibly can in the brand new TechData quiz game! FastQuiz, the
latest of five Flash-based sales campaigns Houdini have done for IT product
distributor TechData, sets you up against time itself, as you scramble
to answer as many questions as possible about the campaign sponsors and
their products.
Flashback
Do you remember the cheesy eighties? Here´s your chance to gorge
on all the fluffy, airy stuff you´ve been trying hard to forget
since Ronald Reagan, pastel colours, shoulder pads, leggings and Miami
Vice disappeared from our lives. Tune into Flashback, the quiz show that
will reveal just how embarrassingly little of that 80s knowledge you´ve
actually forgotten. Flashback is a lean, mean Flash quiz game and it´s
packs a whopper of an 80s dance tune to go with it!
GrandPrix
We´ve always dreamed of creating a really addictive racing game.
Some of us, no names mentioned (initials:TI) even go so far as to buy
real racing cars and participate in real races but for the rest of us
who don´t have a deathwish, computer games are just the ticket.
So when we were asked by Tech Data to develop another cool sales campaign
with a fun game at the core, we jumped at the opportunity. Soon, we had
zany characters likeTeri Torque, Baron von Burnout, Willie Wrench, Grandma
Gearshift and Larry Leadfoot zooming around simplified versions of actual
racing tracks. We even created our own nifty little track editor so we
could produce new tracks with a minimum of fuss.
DiscGolf
In our ongoing series "Nifty Little Web Games We So Dearly Love",
we´ve arrived at the latest Tech Data installment - DiscGolf. This
game threw the Tech Data small- and medium sized business customers into
the thick of an exciting frisbee golf tournament. A total of six different
courses were to be completed - Dalkullen, Fiskarfänget, Raukrundan,
Skånelängan, Lappkastet and finally Nordpolen. The players
were assigned one of five game characters - Banjo Bill, Greta Garbage,
Nicky Nerd, Surfer Sally and Macho Mike -- ranked according to the total
order value using the Tech Data e-commerce site. Fancy prizes like giant
LCD TV-sets were awarded to the best players.
Kickback
Who´d you rather be - Ronaldo or David Beckham? No matter, with
this kick-ass soccer game you can try being both! And take our word for
it - Beckham will come out on top... but then he is the highest ranking
player in Kickback, our fun and fast-paced soccer game produced for Fortune-500
IT-product distributor Tech Data. Just in time for the European Championships
too! So lace up those soccer shoes, dude - it´s Kickback time!
SNF/Vilda Grannar
SSNC
- The Swedish Society for Nature Conservation - want you to take care
of your wild neighbours. Well, OK, it´s not to do with the Joneses
next door who put the stereo on full blast every friday night and sing
along tunelessly to "Sweet Home Alabama" - it´s about
those little rascals who populate our gardens. The animals that is! And
SSNC wanted them to have their very own web game.
Asteroids/Lunar Lander Redux
Let´s be honest: we love games. So much, in fact, that we had to
remake these two classic arcade games, just to be able to play them again!
Age of Piracy
Ahoy, matey! Pirates are all the rage at the moment. Just ask Johnny
Depp! So where are they on the mobile arena? We´ve tried to provide
the operators with a treasure map.
Code Zero
One week and the whole world to cover. At your service: Some of the world's
finest agents and a goodiebag stuffed with technical gadgets from Ericsson.
Ground Zero
Mobile Internet will change and simplify our everyday life. Houdini reveals
the use and the thrills in the exciting Online Challenge: Ground Zero.
Drömprojektet
Still waiting for that dream project to fall into your lap? Don't just
sit there and dream away! Here's is your chance - get in there - you're
worth it!
Major Swedish gasoline company OKQ8, a chain with over 750 stations, turned to Houdini to teach its gas station/convenience store attendants the noble art of upselling. We hired actors to play out little educational skits, showing how to handle customers and promote extra purchases.
Lovinas Val
As part of mammoth e-learning project "Miljöbussen", developed for The Environment and Health Administration of the city of Stockholm, Houdini scripted, directed, shot and edited the thrilling interactive video "Lovinas Val". The video puts you in charge of all the daily choices a teenager has to make, and lets you follow the environmental consequences.
Temaresor
Video is a natural choice for a travel agency to present exciting destinations. But for major national Swedish travel agency Temaresor, Houdini really wanted to push the envelope. These clips aren´t just moving postcards, they´re miniature travel documentaries. Shot in HD of course - we wouldn´t have it any other way.
TYA Ergonomi
Long-standing client TYA, The Vocational Training and Working Environment Council (Transport Trades), are on a mission to improve ergonomics in the transport trades. So they hired Houdini to fire up an ambitious, all-encompassing, multi-year e-learning project to cover all facets of ergonomics for the professionals working in the transport trades. To really show exactly why and how ergonomics matter, the core of the project is a set of interactive videos where you´re placed in the driving seat and get to change everything that is done wrong.
TYA Flygteknik
Getting teenagers interested in a career in the aerospace industry requires something more than a stodgy old website full of boring text. This was perfectly clear to TYA, The Vocational Training and Working Environment Council (Transport Trades). Which is why they came to Houdini. We delivered an interactive experience packed with moving images, sure to get the attention of even the most discriminating of teenagers.
Garantifonden
Here´s the deal: you´re just about to retire and you´ve managed to save enough cash to be able to enjoy your old age in comfort, without financial worries. But how do you know your hard-earned money is secure? Where to you place it? In the mattress?! Swedish stockbroker Banco have a better suggestion: invest your cash in their "Guarantee Fund"! And to tell you how it´s done, we´ve created this little campaign site where investment advisor Daniel Härdelin comes to you through the magic of streaming video and explains it all.
SKF
Aquiring the trust of your investors is something all major corporations take very seriously. So when international industry giant SKF kicked off their 100 year anniversary investor conference, they wanted to make sure everyone could see for themselves exactly what was going on.
Bad Blumau
Do you know the way to Bad Blumau? Well, you should – it´s
definitely worth visiting. But don´t take our word for it; watch
the video instead!
Want to stay updated on how your favourite soccer team is doing? Can't get to the game or a TV, or perhaps the game isn't even televised? Then check out Goalwire, a nifty online sports coverage tool where you can follow all the games in real-time.
Digits In Fidgets
Are you tired of children´s rooms being decorated the same, boring way? Tired of blues for boys and pinks for girls? Have you been longing to see some interior design sensibility seep into the nursery? Look no further - Digits In Fidgets have what you need. On this stylish website, you can shop for accessories that will transform any child´s room into a stimulating environment where imagination and design go hand in hand.
Öberg Arkitekter
You´re only as good as the last great thing you did. And if you´ve done a lot of great things, we think you should flaunt it. Which is what we told the architects at Öberg Arkitekter. And then proceeded to build a tasteful website that allows them to showcase all of their great architectural achievements.
BBi
If your company is called "Better Business international",
you´d think that your website should say something about just how
you propose to make business better, right? Well, that´s exactly
the purpose of this website. BBi offers premium business language training
to help other companies make better business with the rest of the world.
Centrum För Fotografi
Ever since the JPG image compression format was introduced in 1991 by
the Joint Photographers Expert Group, the presence of photographic art
has been prominent on the web. And now it´s time for Swedish photographers
to show what they´ve got on this nifty website.
Trackster
The time had come for Trackster, Sweden´s friendliest CRM agency,
to update their friendly website with a more serious and professional
tone. They chose Houdini to do the job, a renewed vote of confidence.
The result? A strapping website with a handy little backend admin-system
that allows for quickie updates.
Imagine this: you're part of a huge multinational corporation and you're itching to get your career going. There are tons of opportunities, but how do you know which ones are right for you? well, wouldn't it be cool if there was a tool to help you?
Want to toss back a few beers and gorge yourself on barbecued pork and sweet corn? Come with us to the Pork & Corn Roast in Lake County this summer!
Pete Luongo is something of a legend in the world of American motorsport photography. His archive is a treasure-trove of rare, crisp glimpses into a bygone era. Which is why we said: give this man a website!
Saline
If you haven´t had a taste of the Carribbean before, Saline
is the place to start. Should the site make your tastebuds jump in anticipation,
just head on down to the restaurant and try the real deal!
Radical PR
If you´re an up-and-coming little PR agency, you need to show the
world that you´ve got the chops. And what better way than to get
a new website...?
Formula DDB
Formula DDB, a strategic design agency, wanted a decent facelift on the
Internet. We heard them and went home to think. When we returned we brought
them Sweden's first virtual pit stop.
Trackster
Trackster may well be the nicest CRM-agency on earth and their new website
is most likely one of the friendliest on the Internet. Trackster is expecting
you soon, amigo!
CashGuard
If cash is King then GashGuard is the Noble Knight. Speaking of CashGuard
and Knights - here's a brand new and shining armor in the shape of superfresh
homepage.
Culture News /Swedish Television >
Alkoholkommittén/Socialdepartementet >
Brazilian hardwood flooring manufacturer BR-111, the largest in South America, are launching a retail bonus program called Learn To Earn for its affiliated US retail salespeople. As part of this program, Houdini were hired to produce an educational Flash-based video training module to help retailers maximize their sales. The program was produced in record time and involved both Houdini Sweden and Houdini USA in a tight-knit cross-Atlantic collaboration. The results? Take a look!
Miljöbussen
Almost a full year in the making, we´re proud to announce the arrival of Miljöbussen ("The Environmental Bus"), a supremely engrossing e-learning endeavor initiated by The Environment and Health Administration of the city of Stockholm. The purpose? To educate teenagers about how to make better choices in their everyday lives; choices with less damaging consequences for the environment. Hop on the bus and come along for the ride!
TYA Ergonomi
Long-standing client TYA, The Vocational Training and Working Environment Council (Transport Trades), are on a mission. The transport trades need to learn about ergonomics! So they hired Houdini to initiate an ambitious, all-encompassing, multi-year e-learning project to cover all facets of ergonomics for the professionals working in the transport trades. To really show exactly why and how ergonomics matter, the core of the project is a set of interactive videos where you´re placed in the driving seat and get to change everything that is done wrong.
Nya Moderaterna
Houdini´s first ever political assignment, this is an informative
e-learning solution that allows right-wing party Moderaterna to educate
their campaign workers about their new image and party program.
Koll på det nya EU
Houdini have returned to e-learning with a vengeance! Client Att Veta,
for whom Houdini produced the mammoth online course "Vård och
omsorgsarbete" in 2003, came to us with an interesting challenge:
how to explain to Swedish teenagers what effect the addition of 10 new
member states to the European Union will have on their everyday lives.
Agent 57 / Synsam
Hey, a customer just walked in and all of a sudden the store flower arrangements
have caught on fire!! What would YOU do in a situation like that? Put out
the fire and lose the customer or let the damn plants burn to a cinder
and offer the customer to buy a spiffy new pair of Gucci glasses with
only a part down payment? Well, if you were working for optics retail
chain Synsam, you should perhaps focus more on making the sale... Here,
let us show you how!
Vård- & Omsorgsarbete
Houdinis by far biggest production to date, this massive e-learning project
involved more than 10.000 man-hours and more than 20 skilled professionals
to create an engaging, fun and highly educational healthcare course for
nursing home personnel.
IP Zone/Atomfilms
This is funny, this is scary, this is twisted. It's TCP-IP for you. All
wrapped up in a shortfilm that'll send shivers down your spine. Sit back
and enjoy the ride.
Arbetsliret/HTF
Take the day off! Here's your chance to spend several thrilling hours
with a pig and a duck in the comedy game that never seems to stop suprising
you: "Arbetsliret".
3volution/Ericsson
The third generation mobile systems is a hot topic. Here's the story
about the Game Designer, Nina, and her journey from 2G to 3G. Buckle up!
Digits In Fidgets
Are you tired of children´s rooms being decorated the same, boring way? Tired of blues for boys and pinks for girls? Have you been longing to see some interior design sensibility seep into the nursery? Look no further - Digits In Fidgets have what you need. On this stylish website, you can shop for accessories that will transform any child´s room into a stimulating environment where imagination and design meet.
Fruktbudet
Fruktbudet delivers fresh fruit to thousands of companies on a daily
basis. To us, that spells logistics on a massive scale – and logistics
is something that Fruktbudet knows inside out. But this puts a lot of
importance on well-functioning, integrated e-commerce solutions. Houdini
helped Frutkbudet tie all their loose IT-ends together.
Pilot Pen Refill Shop
If you got yourself a fancy little pen and kinda liked it, wouldn´t
you be annoyed if, when it ran out of ink, you couldn´t get a replacement
cartridge? Yeah, we know, we´ve been in that situation too, hundreds
of times. So what do you do? Throw out the pen? Nope, not with the Pilot
Pen refill shop you don´t. Just keep your cellphone handy and go
to www.pilotpen.se and you can order replacement parts in a jiffy!
Herman Hedning Online
Herman Hedning, the most savagely funny caveman in comics, is now available
on the Internet – at a bargain price! All you have to do is check
out the site and create a password with your cellphone and then login.
All it´ll cost you is a measly 10 Swedish crowns, charged to your
cellphone account. But wait, that´s not all (as they say in home
shopping commercials) – we´ll also throw in original episodes
of Bacon & Egg and Illustrerad Djävulskap, Herman´s comic
colleagues in the Herman Hedning magazine.
MyBlaze
How about a little bling-bling? Some ritzy accessories maybe? Head over
to MyBlaze and check out the goods. And remember: that´s a Houdini
e-commerce back-end solution that powers the site!
Playdo
This is the story about a huge success. It's also a story about about
an online community with 180.000 members - and counting. Well to be honest
it's not so much a story - as the truth about Playdo.
Popwire City/Popwire
Put on your best protection against online experiences - Here's Popwire
City - a whole world of music and communication. Get on down!