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  What the Loon has been up to lately:
  Miga Solutions is a start-up venture specializing in the used medical equipment industry. Their goal is to become the premier marketplace for healthcare professionals looking to buy and sell high quality used medical equipment, a $6 Billion industry. Miga is constantly developing and refining their approach, identity and user interfaces to create a best-in-class experience for their clientele.
  Norse Technologies builds documentation automation software that helps businesses develop efficient processes for their document handling. I'll be perfectly honest and admit that beyond that, it's pretty darn hard to come up with much interesting stuff to say. Document automation for business processes. Say that five times fast.
  La Reserva is a vacation home development in Costa Rica. Their website gives potential buyers lots of detail about the available properties, as well as a general overview of the region. In our opinion, buying one of their properties ain't a bad way to spend a spare half million dollars...
  The Reeher Group builds software which enables colleges and universities track and manage their alumni relationships. Superloon Design Co recently re-launched their public informational site with an updated look and feel. Superloon also desigend the user interfaces for their various software products--if you're interested in interface design, please contact us and we'll give you a tour of their systems.
  Amy Lindquist knows fashion. Most of us do not. Knowing this, Amy offers her services to individuals and companies looking for a contemporary fashion makeover. In the spirit of "What Not To Wear", Amy can take you from zero to hero with just a quick pass through your wardrobe. Her website is updated every quarter with the latest recommendations for staying up-to-date with seasonal trends.
  The Nautilus School Rewards Program was a program sponsored by Nautilus Inc to help schools purchase exercise equipment. Parents and students would have earned points for their schools when buying Nautilus products, and the schools could redeem the points for Nautilus commercial equipment. Unfortunately, the program was terminated due to budgetary constraints.
  France International is an importer and wholesaler of artisan housewares. This is the third version of their website, now featuring a new line of high-end Spisani acrylic products.
  Beehive PR is fast becoming one of the major PR powerhouses in the Twin Cities. The folks at Beehive are whip smart, and some of the most dedicated folks we've had the pleasure of working with. Their website highlights their talent and clientele, and also showcases their newly remodeled office. There is also quite a bit of activity on the site thanks to the Blog, which is updated almost daily.
  One11 is a superb advertising and design agency with the coolest location in the world for our industry: Las Vegas. The site was recently updated to add a section featuring their incredibly cool new office, updates to their portfolio, and a call for new talent (if you're in the market, run don't walk!)
  Way North Films is an independent film company. Don't know much about them? Neither do we, but while they're cooking things up in the film production business, we created this cool little temporary site so they could lay claim to their home on the internet.
  Heidis Minneapolis recently opened, and to nobody's great surprise, is already receiving rave reviews. The website highlights the intimacy of the attractive dining rooms, and reflects the simplicity and purity of the restaurant.
  The Beard Group works with communities in the greater Twin Cities, developing housing, retail and commercial properties, often creating vibrant communities seemingly out of thin air. A recent update to their website added hundreds of photographs and pages of detailed information to their informative project portfolio.
  Crumb Gourmet Deli is bringing quality sandwiches to the poor huddled masses in Eden Prairie, and soon to the entire metro, and heck, maybe even the entire world!
  Sussner Design Company is one of Minneapolis' premier design firms, and by happy coincidence, was Superloon's very first client way back in 2001. The newest version of their site is built around snapshots taken around their cool warehouse-district office by the designers at Sussner, images which perfectly describe the essence of their design ethos.
  Rosenthal Contemporary Furniture in downtown Minneapolis has been filling Minnesotan households with furniture since 1895. Recently, they've refocused their collection on contemporary design, and wanted to redesign their website to reflect this specialty. Site design by Superloon, catalog and hosting by Furniture Fan LLC.
  Specialty Financial is a real estate investment company in Las Vegas, managing over $300 million worth of property in the silver state.
  Murphy Pohlad Asset Management LLC is one of those companies that does complicated things with your money, and magically makes it grow into...more money. At least it seems like magic to most of us lay people, so rather than add to the confusion by obfuscating things with scintillating bombast and obtuse financial jargon, the folks at Murphy Pohlad wanted to emphasize simplicity and competence.
  Paxton Walk is a new residential development in Las Vegas. The developers hired the brilliant folks at One11 to help promote the new property. A teaser website was put in place in early spring 2006, while work continued on the development of a flash-based site that would feature detailed information about the units for sale, and the area where they are located. The website launched in October 2006.
  Golden Hour Technology is a brand developed by Minnesota Thermal Science, offering very specialized temperature-controlled shipping devices designed to be used by the military and health organizations in the transport of blood and other temperature-sensitive materials. Whooh, whatta mouthful.
  Tazin Lake Lodge, located clear up in the upper northwest corner of Saskatchewan, Canada, is a virtual mecca for lake fisherman chasing the elusive 3-digit trophy. This website, designed by Canteen Creative, features lots of pictures of fish. Really big fish. Lots of pictures of really big fish. If you're into that sort of thing, there's no way you won't love it.
  Twin Fin Wine is the fastest growing new label in the world of affordable wines, promoting an image of sun-splashed decadence, tossed back with a glassful of delicately chilled Sauvignon Blanc.
  Omni Workspace Company is in the business of furniture, remanufactured high-end office furniture to be exact. Sussner Design Company is the agency responsible for their brand and identity, called on the Loon to design and develop an appealing flash-based website that would reflect the company's low-key but dynamic approach to their business.
  Lifespace is a landscape development company in beautiful lush tropical...er, Las Vegas? Perhaps overcoming adversity truly is the mark of greatness. Whatever the case, Lifespace specializes in creating beautiful outdoor environments for those poor desert-dwelling souls in Nevada.
  Michael Hendrickson’s website is now comin’ at ya in sleek new version 2.0. The li’l snake dude is still hanging about, but the interface and pictures are all new. Have a look at www.michaelhendrickson.com
  HEI Incorporated makes stuff. Little tiny electronic stuff with chips and circuits and such, and they stick them into all manner of other stuff, most of it quite small and complicated. Our job was simple in comparison, all we had to do was build a 100+ page site in one week.
  Photographer Jacki Vaughan recently moved to the Great White North from the city where I hail, San Francisco. She’s brought her considerable photographic skills as well, and this website features several galleries of her wedding photographs.
  NARI stands for the National Association of the Remodeling Industry. This is the Minnesota chapter’s website, designed by Red Leaf Design and built/maintained by Superloon. Exciting stuff, eh?
  Yet another odd acronym, ESCO is the Ear Service Corporation, whose purpose on this earth is to provide hearing-aid wearers with insurance to protect that fiddly device that's not-so-well hidden in their ears. Paul Terrizi of Bridge Response Marketing did the bang-up design, we built and programmed it.