April 2000 Nettwork2000.com Launched April 20 marks the first event organized by Nettwork 2000. Mercury Creative designed the print materials, website and logo for this exciting event. To find out more, click here. February 2000 Soomo Entertainment Soomo is a company which is bringing some of the hottest DJs in the world to Vancouver and Seattle. Mercury Creative designed the website for this company. To find out more, click here. January 2000 Mercury Creative loses a friend It is with terrible regret that I have to report that Chris Vermeeren has died due to a shooting on his vacation to Mexico. Chris was a good friend and a talented designer and he will be missed. To find out more, click here. December 1999 Club America Launch Party Mercury Creative teams up with Club America to create North America's first fully-integrated entertainment, music, news, and shopping site - www.club-america.net To find out more, click here. November 15, 1999 Mercury gets a little Flashy DCinema is a new organization dedicated to a new paradigm in in the industry of entertainment and media. Stay tuned for digital films and much more coming in the months ahead. To find out more, click here. November 1999 Mercury starts Supercomputing Taking advantage of the incredible giga-flop speed of Apple's new G4, Mercury Creative flies into the 21st Century of supercomputing. A giga-flop stands for a billion instructions per second. "I remember the good old days when you'd be lucky to do even 10-12 million instructions per second." reminisces Colby Fulton, president of Mercury Creative, "The sad thing is Pentium users still do." To find out more, click here. October 1999 Happy Halloween Halloween is spooky, creepy, filled with ghosts, goblins, freaks and ghouls. And the occasional party. To find out more, click here. June - August 1999 The Start of Colossal Mercury Creative does flyers and posters for Colossal - The Biggest Night of the Week. A Saturday night of progressive music at Victoria's Icehouse bar. To find out more, click here. May 10, 1999 Colby's Spring Vacation While most people clean their homes in Spring, Colby just leaves and finds a clean one. Colby and friends make a high-speed escape onto the water and away from the city. To find out more, click here. May 1, 1999 Eugene makes an Amoeba Graduating from Emily Carr takes hard work and dedication. It also takes a grad project. To see more, click here. March 1, 1999 Mercury Network hits After little more than a year's operation, the Mercury Creative network of websites have reached the major milestone of 100,000 hits each month. A combination of interesting content and excellent search engine presence has created outstanding growth. For advertising inquiries, click here. Thank you to all our visitors. We're hoping to reach a million hits per month by the end of the year, so check out our network. February 1, 1999 Eugene Whang is the Apple of our eye Finally receiving the respect he deserves, Mercury Creative designer Eugene Whang is featured on Apple's website. To see more, click here. January 1, 1999 New Flux Mag, New Mercury Ad A new Flux has hit the shelves, and Mercury Creative has a presence. To see the ad, click here. November 1, 1998 Mercury Creative promotes local hip-hop The Social Deviantz are a great local rap group. Their premier album, Essential Mental Nutrients is one of the best hip hop albums in Canada. Click here for more information. October 13, 1998 Mercury Creative upgrades to ADSL A major leap in speed and performance, BCTel's new ADSL high-speed Internet access gives Mercury Creative a real boost. It leaves Roger's Wave in the dust. To sign up for this highly recommended new service, Click here. October 2, 1998 Colby goes on vacation! In a rare moment of leisure, Colby Fulton, president of Mercury Creative, agrees to take his Doctor's advice and go on vacation. To find out more about his excellent adventure, Click here. September 15, 1998 Mercury Creative in state of Flux Proud to be involved with "Flux", Mercury Creative places a half-page ad in this exciting new magazine. Received with a mix of enthusiasm and confusion - explains Mercury Creative president Colby Fulton, "our ads have a layer of meaning that eludes some people." To see the ad, click here. September 5, 1998 Mercury Creative Website gets new look! Change is good - our personal maxim at Mercury Creative. The new site offers a newly expanded "Recent Work" section, which describes all the wonderful work we're completing on a month-to-month basis. In addition, the site has been "brightened up" in response to client feedback. Keep the comments coming! September 1, 1998 Mercury Creative does advertising! Check out this month's Business in Vancouver - The Top 50 fastest growing companies in BC. One of our clients, NTS Computer Systems was the #10 fastest growing company, and we placed an ad right next to the list. Congratulations, NTS! July 1998 Mercury Creative Website redesigned! Never satisfied with the look of our own site, Mercury Creative puts in the time and effort to improve the look and functionality of www.mercurycreative.com. Incorporating Java scripts and new evaluation programming on the back end, our website is now smart -both in intellect and appearance. June 20, 1998 Mercury Creative gets video editing capability! With the Media 100 Video Editing System, we are now able to provide non-linear digital editing with full broadcast quality. Our system is capable of handling over one hour of digital video, but a few minutes is just perfect. June 11, 1998 Mercury Creative Design Incorporated.

These Arms of Mine An exciting new show from the CBC sounds destined to change public perception about the television network. The show deals with the day to day drama of our everyday lives - dealing with work and relationships, with parents and children. The cast is diverse, of many ages and ethnic backgrounds, perfectly capturing the face of Vancouver. Colossal Colossal was an exciting night of music organized by Progressive Assembly. Mercury Creative had the pleasure of designing promotional materials such as posters, flyers, and the website. HomeWorld CD-ROM HomeWorld is an amazing new PC game with the best aspects of 3-D space battle simulation and real-time strategy. Working closely with Relic Entertainment and Rubber Oven Designs, Mercury Creative helped push the limits of what a promotional CD-ROM can deliver. NTS Computer Systems Ltd. NTS Computer Systems is the largest computer manufacturer in Canada, and the 8th fastest growing company in Canada. NTS produces education-specific computers for students, and they're well on their way to achieving their goal - A Computer for Every Student™. Playdium Entertainment Corp. Playdium Entertainment is Canada's largest arcade and attraction developer. Playdium is sure to win when they open their new Burnaby location. Opening in November in the Eaton Centre Mall in Metrotown, the Playdium will be the largest arcade and entertainment centre in B.C. While under construction, Playdium asked Mercury Creative to produce a short video to play in the kiosk located outside where the Playdium is being built. Johansson Motorsports Website The Johansson Motorsports website was originally designed and maintained by a Internet Service provider in Indianapolis. As driver Guy Smith began winning more and more races, it was clear that the site was attracting attention from fans and the press, and needed a new, more professional look. Avcorp Industries Avcorp Industries is the largest manufacturer of aerospace technology in British Columbia. The work we've completed for Avcorp include the design of print advertising, signage for their new facility, and production of both the print and online versions of their company newsletter. Titan Vending Technologies Titan Vending Technologies is a new company which is quickly becoming a leader in interactive, Internet-connected kiosks. Our work for Titan includes their corporate identity, website, and printed brochures. Mercury Creative also designs the multimedia content for the kiosks which is displayed on the screen. Lions Gate Entertainment Started by ex-Yorkton head Frank Guistra, Lions Gate is one of the most highly publicized Canadian entertainment companies. A merged entity, Lions Gate is the sum total of North Shore Studios, Mandalay Television, Cinepix Distribution, and many others. With dozens of news articles and press releases coming out every week, the company grew in leaps and bounds, becoming the largest fully-integrated entertainment company in Canada. Catamaran Ferries International Catamaran Ferries International, the exciting subsidiary of BC Ferries, wanted people to Take a Closer Look at their exciting new ferry designs. Mercury Creative produced an outstanding CD-ROM which pushed the boundaries of multimedia and digital video. Canadian Pacific Hotels Canadian Pacific Hotels , the largest hotel company in Canada, wanted to fly circles around the competition when they presented their proposal to build a hotel at the Vancouver International Airport. Learn more about how we helped them succeed. Altarex Multimedia Show Altarex is a biotech company with a revolutionary new technology for identifying and delivering medicine to cancer cells. Although their technology is extremely promising, it is also very complex, requiring an elaborate multimedia presentation and 3-D graphics to explain.