Do It Yourself

We spent a large part of the first quarter creating 30 custom illustrations for one of our long-standing clients. Peter Bauer, Executive Director of the Fund for Lake George approached us with concept that would literally show property owners how to manage their land.

What followed was months of pencils, photos and pagination. The Lake George Waterkeeper and the Fund's Board of Trustees compiled data and supplied it to be recreated visually. The process for each illustration was different, but included meetings to establish goals, reference material gathering, creation of a draft to make certain the concept was clear, pencil sketching, scanning, colorization, and captioning. Reference material was obtained on the water, and from above Lake George. 

The Fund will distribute these books to lake front homeowners, and give them out at several water quality seminars held around the lake this summer. Want to see more? You can find illustrations here.

Merrimack College

Trampoline proudly announces a new partnership with Merrimack College in North Andover, MA.

Merrimack, recently named a 2011 Best College in the Northeast by the Princeton Review, offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts,  business, science & engineering, and education, among others.

They're especially proud of their Division I Men's Hockey Team.

Derek and Sean toured the campus recently, just 25 minutes north of Boston, and loved the bridge in the center of campus. Trampoline is making a habit of doing business near reflecting pools. 

Merrimack is a Catholic College based on the Augustinian Tradition of scholarship and service to others. 2,000 students from 25 states and 16 countries will decend on the 220 acre campus this September.

The Trampoline Team is excited to begin positioning Merrimack College, as it begins a new chapter with Chris Hopey as President. 

Waiting for a Sign

Success is never a given.

Even when your client is as, ah, as connected, as Christ Church United Methodist of Glens Falls.

You hope, fervently even, that you will succeed, but you don't truly know until you get a sign. 

It took a few weeks, but the sign finally came. It was thanks to the friendly and very wry Casper at the First Baptist Church of Glens Falls just around the corner.

Amen.

Northeastern Shoot

Northeastern University's College of Professional studies has been working on an updated approach to social media, and Trampoline has been providing web updates and communication support. Recently, two Tramps headed east to capture some video interviews of the CPS staff. Sean enjoyed visiting his old stomping grounds, even hopping the Red Line with Derek to share a pitcher at John Harvard's in Cambridge.

The NU campus sprawled across Huntington Ave. Our location was in the shadow of the Prudential Building. It was great to get to know the faculty and staff members at CPS. We were able to ask the right questions with the help of the marketing team, who had some nice things to say about working with Trampoline.

At the end of a long day, we were fortunate to catch up with our old pals Andy Riley from Digitas, Vance Kiviranna from MarketingDrive and Ali Riley from Thompson Safaris. The ride back to NY was dominated by a Red Sox / Yankees game on the radio. We rooted and argued, but agreed that Brett Gardner is sporting some serious cab doors.

Tramp Stamp on Turf

There is the client experience and then there's the *client* experience. Ken Reynolds is the latter, pushing us harder, cracking us up and generally reminding us that we have really cool jobs. Ken knows cool jobs, he is in the golf simulator business.

We're working on a number of the things for him, but our favorite is the logo.

Why?

Because Ken calls it his "Tramp Stamp."

Go Big

Amy is known around these parts for her delicate and refined touch, some might even call it girlie. Underneath the pinks and paisleys, Amy had a fine trick up her sleeve, 74' of trick to be exact.

Long a hardworking yet unadorned part of our community, the Finch Paper Mill needed a sign. A very big sign. Amy worked with Beth Povie to get it just right and the folks at Sign Perfect hung it exactly to spec.

A big job, well done.