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  What the Loon has been up to lately:
  Metroframe turns the business of making frames into an art form. They offer custom museum-quality frames in a huge variety of sizes and styles, built to exacting specifications. Their website features samples from their artist and museum customers, as provides every last bit of information you might need when purchasing or assembling custom wood and metal frames.
  The Bloom Room takes focus groups out of the suburban office park, and drops it right into the middle of Minneapolis' funky Uptown neighborhood.
  Building Assets is a construction company specializing in high-end residential remodeling and construction, as well as boutique restaurant/retail design and build. The focus of their website is on their project portfolio, highlighting several residential and commercial projects that have won numerous awards.
  Cafe Levain has been widely recognized as a premier dining spot in Southwest Minneapolis since its opening in 2007. The Cafe Levain website is built on WordPress, allowing their staff to easily update the menu and homepage news items, as well as update the Special Events whenever necessary.
  Turtle Bread Company has been a Minneapolis institution since the mid 90s. Offering the best artisan bread in the Twin Cities, as well as a full breakfast and lunch menu, the Turtle's got a lot going on, and they wanted their website to showcase their incredible array of delectables, as well as provide frequently updated content to keep their customers up-to-date on the latest happenings at the 3 Turtle Bread locations in Minneapolis.
  Initio Advertising wanted a dynamic portfolio-based site to highlight their deep experience providing advertising and branding services to well-known brands such as Ucare and Bailey Nurseries. The site was designed by Initio designer Alex Dubrovsky, and built by Superloon using Adobe Flash and Actionscript 3.
  Collision and Color is a premier auto body shop in Excelsior, MN. They specialize in repair and resoration of high-end late model cars, as well as full body-off restoration of classic muscle cars.
  Handcast Media Labs is delving deep into the world of iPhone apps. Their current app, SparkRadio, has enjoyed significant success, following on the heels of their incredible first-generation app, Pixi.
  Robbin Larsen is a talented designer based out of California. This Flash gallery site uses subtle animation combined with a layout designed by Robbin which highlights her portfolio of graphic design work.
  Ancom Communications provides sales and service for Motorola wireless communications. Design by Tenth Planet.
  MMAD Scientists are a group of director and executive level marketing professionals collaborating on marketing and advertising ventures for all things Medical. As creative types go, they're still a pretty zany bunch. I mean, a spinning brain? Makes you want to dig right in, don't it?
  Reflections Printing takes a pretty creative approach to their advertising and marketing. They are, after all, going after the designers and clients who produce the stuff they print. This website, designed by the fine folks at Sussner Design Co. Our job was to create all the pretty moving stuff and make it all work.
  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.
  Meet Las Vegas has been working to open a new boutique convention center in Las Vegas. This site is designed by One11. We built a site that lets users navigate dozens of pages of information and dozens more floorplans and specifications for the entire building within a relatively confined space.
  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.
  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.
  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!)
  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 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!
  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.
  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.
  Twin Fin Wine was 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.
  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
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