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Helmut Lang

posted on October 11th, 2011 by MH Admin

Working in partnership with parent company Theory and design firm hi-res, the extended team set out to create a unique, yet shop-able experience for this minimalist and iconic brand.

Wanted: Junior UI Developer

posted on October 11th, 2011 by MH Admin

We’re a fast-moving creative + technical firm with an impressive client roster– and we’re looking for applicants with the skills and drive to help us develop simple and elegant interface solutions for a host of new and exciting projects.

charity:water

posted on October 5th, 2011 by MH Admin

charity: water’s latest venture, Dollars to Projects, follows through on their commitment to donors to show exactly how donations are spent. We’re honored to contribute to such a great cause.

Meet Mike Doss

posted on September 30th, 2011 by MH Admin

NARS: Make Up Your Mind

posted on July 19th, 2011 by MH Admin

A social extension of the book created by NARS Founder and Creative Director François Nars, makeupyourmind.com invites everyone to become a “NARSissist”.

Leapfrog US and Canada Stores

posted on January 19th, 2011 by MH Admin

When the decision came to build a multi-store, international experience, Leapfrog and ATG enlisted Media Hive to help bring US and French Canadian stores to the masses.

Introducing: HTML Edit (for iPad)

posted on April 2nd, 2010 by Greg O'Keeffe

Enter HTML Edit. While we’re not looking to reinvent the wheel, we were looking to create a simple app that does one thing well.

Tommy iPhone app takes the Bronze at the RACIE Awards!

posted on April 2nd, 2010 by Greg O'Keeffe

This may be old news to those of you who follow these types of things (the announcement came on March 3rd, 2010), but we’re officially winners!

Tommy Hilfiger iPhone App Nominated for a RACIE Award!

posted on March 1st, 2010 by MH Admin

Tommy Hilfiger, ATG and Media Hive have been nominated for a 2010 RACIE Award!

Automoblox Storefront Launch

posted on October 21st, 2009 by MH Admin

Media-Hive is happy to announce the launch of the new Automoblox.com storefront. Built on Magento, an open source e-commerce solution by Varien, the new Automoblox site provides customers with the ability to purchase the premium toy cars for which Automoblox is known.

Media-Hive Site Refresh

posted on July 2nd, 2009 by MH Admin

Welcome to the refreshed design of the Media-Hive website. We’re not calling it a complete redesign since it retains the visual aesthetic of the previous design. But the layout and architecture of the site has been retooled to provide a more focused and organized site.

Tommy Hilfiger USA Storefront Launch

posted on October 23rd, 2008 by MH Admin

Media-Hive is excited to announce the relaunch of the Tommy Hilfiger USA ecommerce storefront. Tommy Hilfiger- one of the world’s most recognized premium lifestyle brands- and one of the largest designer apparel brands globally, looked to Media-Hive to deliver a fresh look for their storefront and a more efficient and reliable user experience.

Why has online retail failed to embrace RSS?

posted on July 17th, 2008 by MH Admin

RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is a big deal…maybe even a huge deal. In recent years, some would have you believe that RSS would be the next panacea of the internet. As the data exchange format to end all data exchange formats, it would be the future of everything we consume online- neatly wrapped as RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, Atom, etc.

JavaScript Best Practices

posted on June 9th, 2008 by MH Admin

JavaScript is only one actor in a much bigger performance. It plays a role, but is dependent upon it’s support cast (Style Sheets, HTML). The best JavaScript code will be useless when combined with poorly structured HTML and badly written CSS. Likewise, the most logically structured XHTML will perform badly if combined with poorly written JavaScript. All three elements need to pull together to make a well functioning and rich user interface.

Ten indicators of Problem JavaScript

posted on March 25th, 2008 by MH Admin

Inline JavaScript. All JavaScript should be contained within it’s own JavaScript file/files that should be included at the top of the user interface: Bad: <script type=”text/javascript”> /* Lines of JavaScript Code */ </script> Good: <script type=”text/javascript” href=”scripts.js”></script> Inline JavaScript Function Calls: Bad: <a href=”#” onclick=”somefunction(‘value1′)” title=”some”>Link</a> Good: <a href=”something.jsp” id=”object1″ title=”some”>Link</a> The good example has [...]

OLPC XO First Impressions

posted on January 4th, 2008 by MH Admin

After missing out on a Modo many years ago (if anyone has one they want to sell, let me know). I’ve become somewhat of an ‘cool’ electronics obsessive. So when OLPC the people behind the $100 XO laptop started their Give1Get1 program last year, I was there day 1 with Amex in hand.Well it finally arrived and here are my, and others first impressions.

Mustaches. You know, for kids…?

posted on December 24th, 2007 by Greg O'Keeffe

What if we were to tell you that there was a way to grow a mustache, and help kids learn stuff- at the same time!? You’d probably say “I don’t believe that’s possible”, and we’d say “No, it’s is possible…here just look at my face, under my nose. Isn’t it glorious?”, and you’d say “I [...]