best of michigan buisness

A couple months ago I told you all how Speedshape was listed as one of the ‘Best of Michigan Business’ in the Technology sector by Corp! Magazine. Well…today we got an award for it! Below is the official press release that can be found on our site, Speedshape.com. It details the award, the history of the company, and announces the opening of a East coast stuio is Boston, MA later this year. Congratulations Speedshape!

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READERS OF CORP! MAGAZINE NAME SPEEDSHAPE

BEST MICHIGAN BUSINESS IN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

BIRMINGHAM, MICH. – SPEEDSHAPE, a leader in advanced 3D and CGI animation technology, announced today that the readers of Corp!, Michigan’s largest business magazine, named SPEEDSHAPE as “Best of Michigan Business” in the technology division.

“We are elated to be listed as one of Michigan’s best technology companies by the readers of Corp!,” said Mike Jackson, CEO of SPEEDSHAPE. “It’s our company mission to be a leader in the space we operate in and this acknowledgement only reinforces our goal to keep offering these superior services to our clients.”

The “Best of Michigan Business” winners will be celebrated at an award breakfast on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at the MSU Management Education Center in Troy, Mich. In addition, winning companies will be featured in the Jan/Feb 2008 issue of Corp! Magazine. More than 1,000 readers participated in a poll conducted by Corp! to rate the best Michigan businesses in a variety of categories including health care, banks, law firms, small and family business, real estate, technology, marketing, public relations and many more. For a complete list of winners, go to www.corpmagazine.com.

Debuting less than five years ago, SPEEDSHAPE has rapidly become a leader in advanced 3D and CGI animation and digital imagery. SPEEDSHAPE’S ability to cost-effectively aggregate complex CAD data from multiple sources and produce print, broadcast and interactive content with unprecedented precision captures the attention of engineers and marketers around the world. Images engineered by SPEEDSHAPE’S proprietary technology feature a robust degree of detail and accuracy going far beyond conventional photography, making it a highly coveted technology by automakers looking to securely recreate cars, engines and motion for manufacturing, advertising/marketing and training purposes.

More About SPEEDSHAPE

Launched in 2003, SPEEDSHAPE initially focused on new technologies and creative ways to manage CAD assets then grew as its expertise expanded. Today, SPEEDSHAPE offers design input and helps create rich and flexible content that can be used in a variety of media. The Venice Beach, Calif., and Birmingham, Mich., offices will soon be complimented by a Boston, Mass., office, opening in 2008. For more information, go to www.speedshape.com.

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‘why push?’

So this is what I couldn’t talk about in my last post. Speedshape LA did the commercial below titled ‘Why Push?’. And I think the artists we have out in sunny California did a fantastic job! It marks the first Super Bowl ad we’ve ever had! Did any of you catch it? I had to work all weekend, so I had to watch most of the game on TiVo. But even so, that was an amazing game. Go NY Giants!

It features Oscar Nominated animation by Hungarian animator Marcell Jankovics. And I posted the spot below just in case any of you did miss it.

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Alright, time to go tackle another 60 hour week!

best of michigan 2008

Hot off the old news wire, Speedshape today was named by Corp! Magazine as one of the Best Michigan Businesses. Squint your eyes and you could miss it, and you have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page for the Technology Firms section. But congrats guys!

LINK: Corp! Magazine Announces Companies Named by Readers as ‘Best of Michigan Business’

 

seasons greetings

I just finished the comp of the annual Speedshape Christmas card. Jess and a bunch of the other talented artists here worked on it, and it looks pretty damn sweet. Especially since it was started and finished all within a week AND we finally got to use Vue 6. Which is just as amazing as I remember it to be. Anyways, thought you all would enjoy it!

LINK: Speedshape.com / Seasons Greetings

Jess and I are flying to New Orleans for Christmas with her family tomorrow, so no updates until we get back on Wednesday. But I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and that you get all sorts of sweet ass presents. Because after all…that’s really what Christmas is all about.

Talk to you soon!