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When we first met with the client, they wanted us to design something very simple. When we walked through the house we couldn’t help but notice the beautiful wood detail throughout. We decided to present two designs to them—one that was simple, as they had requested, and one that was classy and elegant, with lots of wood detail. When the client saw the second design they knew right away that it was a perfect fit for their home. ...

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Optimal Media for Optimal Health  

By Daniel Keller

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Picture This: Shades of Gray  

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Delivering the Message  

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In world-class corporate competition, you keep pace or die. Field leaders have been powered by two proven success engines. They effectively communicate what their company has to offer and then they seed and nurture ...

Picture This:
CES 2006 

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I have to confess that I didn’t go to the annual Consumer Electronics Show this year with high expectations for new display technology. After all, how much bigger do plasma and LCD flat panels really need to get? And it’s pretty clear that neither of those technologies is going to eliminate the other anytime soon. ...

Medialon Provides Cando With Show-control System For Belgacom 

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Cross Pointe Church  

By Trevor Boyer

Cross Pointe, the Church at Gwinnett Center in Duluth, Ga., traces its physical origins to a high-school gym. That was about two and a half years ago. Now that the church is situated on a campus that was donated to the church...