http://www.milocreative.com/ en simon@milocreative.com Copyright 2010 2010-03-01T15:56:24+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/looking-for-the-gap-in-the-app-store/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/looking-for-the-gap-in-the-app-store/#When:15:56:24Z What is missing from the app store? So the discussion goes... 'What do you need at the moment for your iPhone that can can't get in the App Store?' The answer is invariably, 'Nothing, it's all in there!'. But we asked each other the question again and when we thought carefully we realised that we should be thinking a little closer to home. Over the past few years Milo has been hit by a little baby boom. Between us we have four delightful Mini Milos of varying ages, so the common theme we took into our first self commissioned iPhone App is that of early parenthood and how we can make things simpler. We've spent the last few weeks working on a prototype app that we can all take home and share with those who might use this kind of app. The WAGs! This helps us to make sure that we are making something that is helpful, simple and useful. Once we have completed our testing and made some more tweaks, we will then make a further announcement about our first App. Whoever said giving birth was easy! 2010-03-01T15:56:24+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/welcome-to-the-new-milo-website/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/welcome-to-the-new-milo-website/#When:16:06:02Z As the new year brings plans for the future, hope and some decidedly dodgy new years resolutions, we proudly present the new and substantially improved milo creative website. One of our better resolutions is to keep you up to date with our latest projects, development and news from milo towers. Whether you would like to engage our services in making something utterly cool, or just to say hello, you can drop us an email. Don't forget you can follow us on Twitter, friend us on Facebook, add us as a contact on Flickr or invite us for a pint in person! 2010-01-11T16:06:02+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/dr-who-dreamlands-launches-on-iphone-android/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/dr-who-dreamlands-launches-on-iphone-android/#When:11:29:30Z Our first iPhone app goes live! We were recently comissioned to create and publish a webapp to show an animated Doctor Who series called Dreamlands. Dreamlands airs from Saturday 21st November behind the red button across the BBC TV network. The app is available via the Doctor Who mobile website and will show a ‘comic’ version of Dreamlands in daily episodes across the week. The Dreamlands web application is aimed at an audience of young adults. The TV show will also be aired on BBC HD channel and on CBBC. The webapp is being made available on iPhone and iPod touch as well as Android phones. The Dreamlands mobile experience couples the feel of a traditional comic with the polish of iPhone to deliver a smooth journey through The Doctor’s latest adventure. The webapp is driven by a powerful publishing tool that allows the producer to generate episode packages using pre-designed background images. The publishing tool also allows the producer to create flexible speech bubbles, thought bubbles and text blocks as well as applying simple animation and transitions to add that comic feel to their stories. The whole product is easy to reskin for new projects. Events, iPhone, News 2009-11-24T11:29:30+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/save-our-sounds-wins-uk-radio-academy-award/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/save-our-sounds-wins-uk-radio-academy-award/#When:11:31:12Z BBC Save Our Sounds has just been awarded a UK Radio Academy award for Best Cross-Media Promotion or Campaign. To co-incide with the BBC World Service radio programme, Save our Sounds, Milo Creative were commissioned to produce City Soundscape, a 3D environment in which users could explore a selection of virtual soundscapes. Events, News 2009-10-26T11:31:12+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/the-friend-magazine-goes-live/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/the-friend-magazine-goes-live/#When:13:27:14Z We’ve just completed designing and developing the Friend’s online magazine. The Friend is a subscription based weekly magazine that has been in publication every week for the past 168 years! Expression Engine 2009-10-23T13:27:14+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/y-vote-students-participate-in-mock-elections/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/y-vote-students-participate-in-mock-elections/#When:13:32:06Z The Mock Elections website enables schools to recreate the excitement and drama of a real election in their school! The website actively engages students with the political, social and moral issues that concern them by giving them the opportunity to stand as party candidates, speech writers and canvassers in a mock election. Students voice their opinions by engaging in a fun active citizenship exercise that provides an excellent introduction to the mechanics and issues involved in an election. We designed and built the website - a Web 2.0 platform that facilitates the Hansard Society's Citizenship Education Programme across the four nations. The Y-Vote Mock Elections website provides a perfect opportunity for schools to explore issues surrounding democracy and justice. Teachers can get hold of everything they need to run a mock election and participate online with other schools. The website is built on the Expression Engine CMS and includes moderation and multilingual capabilities. The website adheres to WC3 guidelines and is AA compliant. 2009-10-21T13:32:06+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/world-explores-our-city-soundscape/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/world-explores-our-city-soundscape/#When:13:37:29Z To co-incide with the BBC World Service radio programme, Save our Sounds, Milo Creative were commissioned to produce City Soundscape, a 3D environment in which users could explore a selection of virtual soundscapes. This project was one of the first interactive flash activities commissioned by BBC World Service and is currently available to their global audience. Utilising Papervision, we built a immersive 3D space mixing visual and audio elements that enable the user to navigate their way through five virtual locations experiencing sights and sounds. Milo delivered this project from concept to launch in a little over four weeks. 2009-07-20T13:37:29+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/milo-showreel/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/milo-showreel/#When:13:38:04Z A glimpse at the video and motion graphics work Milo has undertaken over the past few years. Music kindly provided by International Model Aircraft. 2009-04-30T13:38:04+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/avatar-m-brand-design-across-web-print-film/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/avatar-m-brand-design-across-web-print-film/#When:13:49:38Z Milo has developed a brand style across web, print and film for this digital AV storage research project. Working with partners from BBC R&D, The Universities of Edinburgh and Southampton, Ovation Data Services and Xyratex, we designed print materials and a website to accompany a promotional film that publicises the project to the broadcast industry at events such as NAB 2009 in Las Vegas and IBC in Amsterdam. 2009-04-29T13:49:38+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/creative-spaces/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/creative-spaces/#When:13:51:06Z Creative Spaces, a social network that, for the first time, brings together the online collections of nine leading UK museums. The National Museums Online Learning Project (NMOLP) led by the Victoria and Albert Museum launch Creative Spaces. Members are able to share their cultural passions through a variety of creative tools. A collection of inspirational films showcase how people, including Vivienne Westwood and Ian Hislop, are inspired by these museums collections. Milo Creative have been involved for the past year in this ambitious cross-media project; we were asked to design and implement the innovative social online platform that allows people to research and to share their passion around museums’ collections. Museums and galleries involved are The British Museum, The Imperial War Museum,  National Portrait Gallery, The Natural History Museum, Royal Armouries, Sir John Soane’s Museum, Tate, Victoria and Albert Museum,  and The Wallace Collection. Users will be able to fuel their cultural passions, searching and collecting items and adding them to their own notebooks. These digital notebooks are hosted at the site, and designed to be tools to support long life learners, designers, researchers and museum lovers of all ages. Notebooks can be published, eliciting a wealth of feedback and collaboration. Users can also gather and create groups to discuss their interests, share ideas and open their research to a wider forum. Milo also lead the production of 28 short documentaries featuring people who have been inspired by the museums and their collections. Vivienne Westwood, Gerald Scarfe, Ian Hislop and Robert Winston to name but a few, lead by example, showing us how they work, and how these museums collections are a constant point of reference in their careers. Creative Spaces is due to launch at the end of February 2009. Be sure not to miss it. Get creative! 2009-02-25T13:51:06+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/globe-plotters/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/globe-plotters/#When:13:56:57Z We have been working with the Science Council to launch Globe Plotter, an interactive 3D map that enables young people to explore science related stories around the globe, express their opinions and figure out what floats their boat. This is important stuff – a recent Science Council study found that just one third (35%) of students aged 16 – 18 believe that qualifications in science subjects will help them later on in life and only one quarter (28%) of students see the sciences as relevant. Globe Plotter was developed with Papervision 3D. 2009-02-24T13:56:57+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/big-ambition-your-digital-career-starts-here/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/big-ambition-your-digital-career-starts-here/#When:13:53:40Z e-skills UK has launched BigAmbition, a campaign that gives teenagers an insider view of technology careers. Milo worked with e-skills and their target users to create BigAmbition - a campaign that is designed to inspire 14-19 year olds by demonstrating the wide range of IT career options, and how to get into them. ‘Working with Milo has made the whole site a reality, from the initial concept creation through to the site design and testing their understanding of the target audience has meant that they have always delivered outstanding creativity and quality.’ Greg Welch, project lead from e-skills. The campaign is fronted by a website featuring interactive tools including a “dream job finder” and a “did you know?” quiz. Video profiles of IT professionals working in companies such as British Airways, BT, Transport for london, Tate and MySpace are also featured, to illustrate the diversity of the sector and show how rewarding a career in IT can be. The site also makes it easier for young people to understand the variety of degree courses on offer. With hundreds of different courses ranging from computer science to games design, the choice can be confusing. BigAmbition segments the multitude of courses into four ‘families’ to help students better understand the options and focus on the choices most likely to suit them. Karen Price, CEO of e-skills UK, is excited by BigAmbition and its role in showing how varied and interesting careers in the IT industry are. “The next generation of IT professionals has a huge role to play in terms of UK competitiveness. The sector is large and growing – we need 141,000 new IT professionals every year. Young people really enjoy using technology in their every day lives and BigAmbition is full of information about how they can build on that interest with a variety of exciting, well paid careers in the IT sector. BigAmbition will help us achieve our goal of turning the UK into a world-leading IT nation.” As part of the campaign e-skills are running a series of BigAmbition events that aim to promote careers in IT to young women aged between 13 and 19. The events have received some interesting feedback which you can read about on Lost Consciousness and Ganbaru. 2009-01-09T13:53:40+00:00 http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/milo-film-my-space-last-fm-moo-itv-and-tate-for-big-ambition/ http://www.milocreative.com/blog/view/milo-film-my-space-last-fm-moo-itv-and-tate-for-big-ambition/#When:13:59:58Z We're currently creating a series of compelling, short, documentary films for BigAmbition. The films take a look at how leading companies in the UK are innovating with technology. The films inform young people about careers with technology and illustrate the breadth of opportunities available. We have worked with e-skills UK to select a wide range of companies to illustrate the diversity of the IT sector and show how rewarding a career in IT can be. The making of BigAmbition video includes interviews with the milo team who talk about the design process and the challenges that we encountered along the way. All together we are creating 15 films about organisations that include MySpace, Tate, moo, Last FM, Plain Lazy, BBC Backstage, Roundhouse, ITV, British Airways, BT, Transport for London, Cisco, Red2 and Microsoft. 2009-01-08T13:59:58+00:00