Flash and CSS Web design, Multimedia and Graphic outsourcing

QB Media is a web design and graphic design boutique based in Uruguay and specialized in branding and interactive solutions. Our services include logo design and corporate ID developement, advertising, web design and multimedia / rich media production

So long our small studio has worked for Ireland, Switzerland, Spain, Italy but especially United States.

Our dedication and love for design and new technologies has allowed us to work with some of the biggest brands and companies around the world, as well as diverse industries, including: Entertainment (in all the possible variations), sports, fashion and apparel, travel, renewable energies and alternative fuels, non profit foundations.

These are some of the websites we have designed. You will find Flash CMS websites or simple CSS web sites.

Akuo Energy is a Europe-based developer, operator and investor of renewable energy plants across Europe, North and South America.

The site (which has been published in 4 languages) is totally controlled by an administration system which allows the user to easily change texts and pictures or add news and links without knowing a bit about Flash technology.

We created for the IDB (Inter-American Developement Bank) a Flash microsite for their "Mobile Citizen" project. This project will support the development of citizen-centric mobile services targeted to low-income groups in urban and rural areas in Latin America and the Caribbean region.

The site allows the user to interact with video and virtual cellphones and at the same time encourages them to participate in a contest to solve social problems via cell phone usage.

Chicago Bulls Star Ben Gordon became the first player in NBA history to win the Sixth Man of the Year award as rookie and at the same time helped leading his NBA team to their first playoff birth in 7 years.

The web site was designed, animated and coded by QB Media for our US partner V. Solutions.

We were contacted by Canal 10 (Channel 10) one of Latin America's first TV channels in order to design their new website. We worked closely with the channel designers and while QB Media took care of the layout and internal page designs the channel focused on the content.

This is QB Media's second time working on a TV channel website as we previously took part of NBC's Channel 22 project.

The Flash website we designed for Siglo works with a simple to use CMS (Content Management System) which allows the owner to add, delete or edit texts and images (very handy for their online portfolios and photo galleries) as well as the content of an interactive magazine.

The parallax effects and the section-changing backgrounds enhance the user experience creating a beautiful atmosphere.

Designed in early 2004 Guatusi's website was the first one out of our creative factory to achieve international recognition. We were approached by Underground/Hard Rock Band Guatusi to design their web site. They didn't have nothing in mind for it, so we came up with the whole concept grabbing inspiration from their own lyrics. Even in 2008 the site was once again mentioned in the Best Flash Websites Directory:

"I came across this site while visiting a chinese Flash reviews site a couple of years ago. Although it's quite an old site (2003 maybe) I was amazed by the atmosphere of the design and music. I must admit I didn't understood much (site is in Spanish) but I was able to figure out it was designed for a uruguayan Hard Rock band. Visit it while still online".

Canal 22, based in Los Angeles - CA, part of the NBC Network, is focused to the latino (mostly mexican) audience.

Together with Pattern we built up this site which featured rich content (Flash, video, animations, rotating banners, Ads) and a robust database which allowed the channel employees themselves to upload, update or delete any information they might need; including: Text (descriptions), videos, new shows, pictures, updating the TV Show grill, etc.

Two page website designed to promote The Raw for Life documentary about the benefits of raw food on our our body and mind.

The DVD combines the expertise of Doctors and Nutritionists with testimonials from Hollywood celebrities (such as Woody Harrelson and Morgan Spurlock), athletes, and chefs who live the Raw Food Lifestyle.

Hilton Armstrong's web site was designed, animated and coded by QB Media for our US partner V. Solutions.

In this special case the client was NBA player Hilton Armstrong. The client wanted to portrait his life in 3 different magazines, one for his sport achievements, another one for his charity activity and the last one to let people know more about his life. For this we had to emulate the design of 3 major magazines such as Sports Illustrated, GQ and Time.

The Flash website we designed for the paradisiacal Estancia El Mangrullo can be easily updated by its owners through a simple administration panel. This panel allows uploading, deleting or editing text and images easily without having any knowledge on Flash software.

The website design adapts to the browser's size creating a nice interface which can be enhanced by pressing the fullscreen button anytime. The pictures for the website background and brochure (distributed throughout Europe) were taken by QB Media.

After the hugh success of the first Flash website we designed for Ekifolsa (2003-2008) we were asked to redesign it once again into a simple but effective CSS based website.

Ekifolsa has been designing and producing first quality leather clothes for more than 35 years now exporting to several countries around the globe.

We were contacted by Pop/Rock band Silicon Fly who were about to publish its second album "Find a Way" (produced by 3 times Grammy Award winner Warren Riker) and needed a facelift for its old web site.

The band was looking for something fresh, but although it had a new pop sound they wanted the site to reflect their punk rock roots. We based the web design on the CD artwork QB Media had designed for their latest album.

100% Flash website designed, programmed and animated for our partners of V. Solutions. The site has a powerful Content Management System which allows the owners to mantain a Flash Blog, change Ebook covers or add, edit and delete several texts and images for numerous sections.

Blowout! Clothing is QB Media's own clothing line. Vintage, retro but at the same time trendy t shirts are the trademark of "Blowout!". Over the edge designs reflect the young and free spirit of the people involved in this company, now going for a share of the urban wear market. Blowout! steps out of the t shirt world for its unique and original designs.

The web site reflects the brand's phillosophy featuring some smooth flash animations and a young oriented urban design.

Photography and design for Verosol-Bandalux, an interior Design company specialized in Vertical blinds, Venetian blinds and blackouts with almost 40 years of experience in the market.

Although designed almost a decade ago the site still looks fresh, contemporary and trendy.

Luxurious accommodations await you at the first class Estancia Tierra Santa guest ranch in Carmelo, Uruguay. Estancia Tierra Santa offers birding tours (more than 50 avian species are viewed on the ranch alone, with many others only minutes away), horseback riding, fishing and nearby golf, tennis, swimming and boating. Cooking classes, winery and cheese-making excursions are also offered.

After designing the corporate ID for Aiko (logo, business cards, brochure, stationary etc) we continued with the website. The HTML website features 2 flash files on the homepage, the first one a news module updated through XML and the second one a dynamic slideshow rotator.

The Marketing Collection is the marketing arm that give solutions and results to the companies seeking to gain market share in the Latinamerican and African markets. With proven results and the support of the tour operators of the region, TMC has proved the effectiveness of its work in the tourism industry.

The site features 90% Flash technology and an easy to update gallery which uses a database to make things easier for the user.

We were contacted by CompuSeguridad, one of Latinamerica´s top leaders in backup and data recovery to fix their old website. Their main concern was the fact that they weren't doing good at all with Google and the rest of search engines, as they hardly appeared in the top 20 result pages.

QB Media redesigned the website with SEO purposes in mind, with an important amount of related text and intelligent keyword stuffing. We ditched the old frame based website and in matter of weeks the site started appearing in the first 2 pages of Google results. In a month time the company's website appeared in the top 5 results for selected keywords and nowadays is in the first position for most of them.

Web design for american Rock / Metal fusion band Fatto.

These are some of the print graphic design we have created. Includes brochures, flyers, and branding.

Four sided sales brochure for famous Bar/Lounge based in Miami and New Orleans. The purpose of the brochure was to get people to rent out the different rooms of the pub for private parties, mostly business men who wanted to entertain their clients.

 

 

For this reason the place had to be presented as an upscale lounge bar for young or mature people with different tastes, they could dance or night or just lie on a couch and drink champagne. It was quite a challenge due to the different age ranges and interests we had to deal with, but the brochure was a hugh success.

We were approached by Bebesit again to design their 2007 baby product brochure.

The brochure was designed using modern and appealing colors so its target audience could identify with its content.

Eight page brochure design for upscale oriented, high quality resort building called "Principessa", built by Campiglia Construcciones.

Mixture of Brochure and Magazine, this project consists of a presentation of a theater play, the author's biography (Louie Crowder, prize winning author) and the complete script of the mentioned play. The brochure/magazine will be distributed all around the world in the different theaters where the play will perform.

Brochure designed for a modern and luxury line of baby bedding. Made of ultra-soft and breathable fabrics, the new line showcases bright colors, modern luxury, an eco-friendly focus and even alternative products for sleep safety.

We were contacted from Switzerland to design the brochure for a revolutionary golf product, the Laser Putter.

The idea behind the product is to teach golf players how to get correctly aligned on their putting approach. According to the product manufacturer 95% of golf players wont do this right, and the laser head placed upon the lasserputter will teach them how to do this correctly.

Book cover design for "I didn't write this book: How to Earn more and Work less by Outsourcing nearly everything you do" by author and Outsourcing expert J. Watts.

The third image shows two more of the six covers which were designed for the project.

We just finished the design of brochure and flyers for an international Farming company.

Foundation for the Protection & Welfare of Women and Children (FPWWC) is a non profit organization dedicated to provide treatment centers and schools to abused children in the US.

FPWWC is committed to fight to eradicate ignorance and discrimination against survivors and to provide a platform for women and children who are survivors to tell their story through literature, art, music, dance and drama.

Forty page brochure for baby products company (Yomani and Bebesit). We designed the brochure using pastel colors to identify the brochure with its target audience and market.

The brochure contained information and pictures about the top-selling toy manufacturers of the world, Tiny Love and Jolly Baby (among others).

We were contacted by Irish company "Python Securities" to design a four sided sales brochure for cctv equipment and cameras.

Tri fold brochure design for vehicle security related company. SNS records a serial number into 26 different parts of your vehicle, making it impossible to be commercialized again by criminals.

The serial number also allows the police, insurance companies and SNS,to quickly check an online database to know who is the owner of a recovered car.

Hardcover multi page brochure project for travel agency specialized in business meeting and event planning.

Way Back Wednesdays were a series of parties which took place every wednesday during 2005 at disco/pub Rasputin. Those days the DJ spinned the first and the latest of hip-hop hits.

The client wanted to trasmit this idea using pictures of different hip-hop icons sorted by a kind of retro timeline. For this design we used hip-hop/graffiti inspired fonts and we added to the main idea a background which would identify the hip-hop culture.

Tri fold brochure design for Blue Cross & Blue Shield Uruguay.

Fusion Wednesdays was a series of parties which took place every wednesday of 2005 at disco/pub Twiropa where the DJs spinned different kinds of music from different cultures (techno, salsa, hip hop...you name it).

The client wanted the flyer to look as a Kaleidoschope which he thought would trasmit the escence of the parties and that is just what we designed for him.

Some of the CD artwork and Packaging design we jave created.

Packaging design for a natural and exotic fruit blend juice brand. These juices are formulated by a medical team of nutritional experts and are designed to be highly beneficial for the human being, yet all natural.

Due to the color and texture of the juice it was decided to have the packaging take on an eccentric and colorful design aesthetic, over the originally conceived minimalist/white look. It was believed that a high contrast between the juice and the packaging could produce a negative effect on the consumer as they were exposed to the contents of the product for the first time.

The brand/logo has been blurred as requested on signed agreement. 

Incense Packaging Design for Uruguayan Incense company. Different views from the final packaging / box design.

CD Artwork Design for Silicon Fly's "Find a Way", produced by 3 times Grammy Award winner Warren Riker. Find a way is Silicon Fly's crossover debut CD which features songs from its first album "Here we Are" and english versions of songs from their Spanish debut Album "Encontrarle la vuelta".

Months after we designed the first incense packages, the company was so happy with both the results and client response that we were asked to design a new, bigger and totally different pack. This pack, placed at selling points, contains the smaller packs we had designed before.

Promotional DVD artwork for Silicon Fly's EPK, featuring videoclips and interviews with the band members.

 

CD cover, label and packaging design for the second album from Pop/Rock band Silicon Fly, produced by 3 times Grammy Award winner Warren Riker.

Some of our logo and corporate ID designs.

ZEMIN is a Property Management company operating in the larger Real Estate industry. Their target audience are rich & wealthy individuals and/or companies that own large number of buildings and properties in both USA (New York) and Turkey.

Foundation for the Protection & Welfare of Women and Children is a non profit organization which will dedicate its work to provide treatment centers and schools to abused children in the US.

The treatments will include psychotherapy, creative arts therapy and will provide a platform for women and children who are survivors to tell their story through literature, art, music, dance and drama.

Logo design for real estate company.

Logo designed for an audiovisual agency.

Logo design for tracking and logistics software Aiko.

Blackburne Capital offers a full range of financial advisory services for middle-market companies which include mergers & acquisitions, corporate divestitures, management buyouts, debt & equity placement and recapitalization and restructuring advisory to mid-market companies.

As their business relies mostly in market strategies they had an old chess-related logotype. QB Media was in charge of the new image having in mind the old branding process.

Corporate Image Developement: Logo and business card design for CASE Inc., a Building Information Modeling (BIM) and integrated practice consultancy based in New York City. Case Inc. helps building design professionals, contractors and owners identify, implement and manage the technologies and business practices that enable more effective coordination, communication and collaboration.

Thaella is a fashion company specialized in handbag design (as a matter of fact, Thaella means handbag in Indian language). The values to trasmit with the logo were: high quality, sophisticated and classy, customer oriented, creative/innovative, with a target audience of women between 25 and 50 years old.

Logo designed for Social Site. WHObyYou is a recommendation system based on reviews from people you know. Ask your friends for recommendations on the services you're looking for and/or recommend your favorite services and local businesses to your Networks and broadcast it to Facebook or Twitter.

Logo for an independent music label.

Logotype for USA holding company, except instead of distinct business entities underneath, it had different revenue lines. The client also wanted the company to stand for entrepreneurship and innovation in a general sense.

Logo designed for eCommerce website which sells and delivers wines from any country, to any country of the world.

Survivor Pride promotes the belief that each survivor should be proud to be part of a group that has inherent within their character, sterling qualities which enables them to fight against adversities, injustice and social disorder to rise in life to be part of a group who, collectively and as individuals, greatly contribute to the pursuit of truth and justice in the World.

The organization wanted to trasmit the idea of a survivor as a strong and willing human and avoid stigmatization so we decided to go with a powerful image of a Phoenix bird.

The Phoenix bird is mentioned in almost every religion of the world. It is a concept of survivance as it dies in order to reborn with all its glory from its own ashes. The bird was also said to regenerate when hurt or wounded by a foe, thus being almost immortal and invincible. In acient Egypt the Phoenix had the gift of having healing tears.

Logotype design for interactive TV educational software. The client picked up the name (Boom(e)lang) and boomerang icon in order to symbolize "other" cultures; speed and efficiency, and the combination of "boom" (for explosive power) with "(e) lang" for e-delivered language.

Boomelang is enhanced specifically to aid foreign language learning via a graphic user interface and analytical tools.

Logo design for USA based model and acting casting agency.

Latest News

We have just updated the Packaging section of our portfolio with label designs for a Juice brand.

We have started 2010 with A LOT of work both in the graphic and interactive fields and we'll be soon adding to our portfolio the latest '09 work and the newest '10 projects.

We finally included the new reel (press the "Play" button within the images at the right) and will soon be updating the site with new work which includes book cover design and bottled juice packaging design.

We just finished editing our 2009 Web Design Reel. The main difference with our 06 reel is that this one showcases web design projects only, no graphic or print work is featured. We haven't added it yet to our website (something we'll do as soon as possible) but it can be watched if you visit our Blog. There you will also find a link to download the reel and watch it in both iPods and iPhones.

We are working on a Flash microsite for the IDB (Inter-American Developement Bank) to be launched on September 10th.

We are making some time to update the site and have recently updated the Brochure + Flyers section with two just finished projects. We will be adding some more work on the following days

WBY, the project we've been working in for about a year will launch on July 1st.

We are now designing T-shirts and Merchandising for the Survivor Pride Foundation.

We have just added a blog to Estancia Tierra Santa's website. In it  you will find postings about what's happening at the ranch, recipies, wines you must try and new pictures.Soon the blog will be accesed from the estancia's main page at www.estanciatierrasanta.com

New Flash site online! After 3 years of having just the reel we decided it was time to add some work and show it out, We hope you like it!