By Anonymous
Los Angeles, CA September 20, 2004 -- Designer Joyce de Brevannes is launching Bark Deco, Inc. - www.barkdeco.com - a Los Angeles-based company that specializes in modern custom-made dog beds.
Bark Deco's debut collection features three sleek styles named after adopted dogs in her life. The elevated platform beds have exotic wood veneers, upholstery grade foam cushions and washable faux suede covers for easy maintenance. The beds are designed and constructed with style, quality and comfort in mind.
Bark Deco is particularly good news for the large dog owner, whose choices for designer beds are surprisingly limited. When searching for a new bed for her chocolate lab, de Brevannes quickly realized she would have to create something herself.
“Like so many dog owners, I want the best for Chou-Chou,” de Brevannes explains. “When I couldn’t find anything on the market, I took my love for modern design and created what I believe to be the ultimate dog bed. I was lucky to find Jerome Brown, a local furniture maker, whose expertise lies in custom designed modern pieces. Together, we fine-tuned the prototypes over many months. I believe these beds provide everything for a dog’s comfort and an owner’s modern aesthetic.”
The debut collection is available in a choice of three wood veneers: wenge, zebrawood and teak. The beds are built with the craftsmanship and attention to detail given to “human-sized” fine furniture. The veneers are applied and finished by hand over the course of several days. Bark Deco beds also feature ventilated platforms and a stain and water-resistant inner lining. And every bed comes with a matching toy bin.
Moreover, de Brevannes explains, in spite of a robust pet product marketplace, the contemporary homeowner has few options when it comes to finding a dog bed that matches the level, quality and modern style of their interior design selections.
“I did a lot of research before starting the business," de Brevannes said. "While there were elevated beds for sale, none of them had the high-end modern look I wanted. Bark Deco beds take into account the needs of both the owner and the dog. Down to the smallest detail, we believe we have created a lasting piece of furniture that will be at home in any upscale interior.”
Bark Deco beds are available by custom order at www.barkdeco.com . The company will happily work with special requests (veneers, fabric choices). Although inspired by big dogs, Bark Deco beds come in sizes small through extra large.
Joyce de Brevannes has a background in Visual Arts and Graphic Design. She established Bark Deco to fill a void in both the large dog and modern dog bed categories. All Bark Deco beds are handmade in America.
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By Anonymous
NEW YORK, June 15, 2003: Today, MadWaves Corporation (London, Nice, Boston) announced that a number of stations within Emmis Communications’ radio group – the 7th largest radio group in the US – have purchased the MadPlayer™ to create music beds for commercials and backgrounds for their DJs. Emmis is the second radio company in the US to go Certifiably Mad™; earlier this year, Radio One bought MadPlayers for all its affiliate groups. Operated by MadWaves’ proprietary Generactive™ Music Technology, the MadPlayer generates unique, unlimited copyright-free music of exceptional sound quality users can play with, change, listen to and share with others.
Great Addition to Stations’ Ability to Produce Top-Quality Music.
“MadPlayer is a great addition to our stations' ability to produce top-quality music beds for the DJs and for client commercials,” said Rick Cummings, President of Emmis Radio. "Many of our stations are using the MadPlayer,” added Jimmy Steal, Emmis’ VP of Programming and Program Director at Power 106 in Los Angeles, the number one hip-hop station in Southern California. “It's an incredible resource at a reasonable price.”
One of the Emmis stations using MadPlayer is the New K-LITE 98.7 in Phoenix, AZ. “When MadWaves demo’d the MadPlayer, all of us were sitting there and saying, ‘Wow! Now we won’t have to buy as many production libraries as in the past, that’s fabulous!’” said Joel Grey, K-LITE’s Program Director, who ordered a unit for his imaging director. Grey said he was drawn to the versatility of the technology. “What I liked about it, if you needed a 7-second music bed for a sweeper, you could program it to do that. I think MadPlayer really has a future.”
“The feedback I’ve gotten from our directors is that they love it,” said R.J. Curtis, KZLA’s Operations Manager in Burbank, CA, who bought the MadPlayer for his station’s imaging and creative directors. “MadPlayer feels and looks like a video game, but it has such practical application. It’s a good tool for creating music beds for the jocks to use and for work for some of the station’s clients. It’s so easy to use and there are multiple possibilities for our team to do creative stuff with it on the air.”
MadPlayer Usage A Trend With Music Professionals.
“We’re excited by the Emmis professionals’ response to the MadPlayer,” said Voislav Damevski, MadWaves’ CEO, who pointed out: “Not only are production staff at radio stations across the US adopting MadPlayer technology, music producers and professional musicians increasingly are turning to MadPlayer as an essential part of their music creativity arsenal. ”MadTechnology™ usage is a growing trend. Rap artists, drummers, composers – even K-12 music and technology educators now use MadPlayer to inspire, create and make it with music.”
About Emmis.
Emmis Communications - Great Media, Great People, Great Servicesm .
Emmis Communications is an Indianapolis based diversified media firm with radio broadcasting, television broadcasting and magazine publishing operations. Emmis' 18 FM and 3 AM domestic radio stations serve the nation's largest markets of New York, Los Angeles and Chicago as well as Phoenix, St. Louis, Indianapolis and Terre Haute, IN. In addition, Emmis owns two radio networks, three international radio stations, 16 television stations, award winning regional and specialty magazines, and ancillary businesses in broadcast sales and publishing. Emmis has announced the acquisition of a majority interest in six radio stations in Austin, Texas. Pending approvals from the Federal Communications Commission and other regulatory agencies, the transaction is expected to close in the company's second fiscal quarter. After the close of the transaction, Emmis will own 27 radio stations in eight markets.
About MadWaves.
MadWaves designs, develops, markets and licenses software and hardware solutions that bring interactivity to digital music. The Company delivers generative and interactive music solutions and interactive products and software, for application to the web, personal computers, consumer/business products and wireless devices. The Company sells and licenses its products to companies that want to add interactivity and generative music features to their consumer digital audio-related products. MadWaves LTD., UK is headquartered in London with its R&D facility in Sophia Antipolis, France; MadWaves USA, Inc. is headquartered in Boston, with offices in New York and San Mateo, CA.
For Further Information.
Contact Laurie Rich, MadWaves Director of Marketing and Communication, in New York at 845.876.6330 or Lrich@madwaves.com. Or visit MadWaves’ web site, www.madwaves.com.
For quotes and reviews from some of the numerous professional music industry members who use the MadPlayer, please visit http://www.madwaves.com/flash/quotes.asp
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Littleton, CO March 25, 2004 -- Thanks to airbrush tanning, you can get a tan in less time than it takes to get a manicure and the beauty about it is that it being touted as safer than exposure to the damaging rays of the sun or traditional tanning beds. This hot new trend in tanning is growing rapidly – across the entire United States.
MOON Tans, a Colorado Corporation is the company responsible for the sunless tanning boom in Colorado. Since April 2003 MOON Tans, Inc. has licensed over 70 locations nationally to-date and "is the fastest growing sunless airbrush tanning company in the country," states Linda Dillon, President and Founder of MOON Tans, Inc. MOON Tans has been gaining National recognition in the sunless tanning industry - featured in several different local and national publications and television segments. In addition to a feature article in the February 2004 Business Style Section of Women’s Edition Magazine, Allure Magazine declares MOON Tans, Inc. one of the "Best Beauty Services and Exceptional Experts across the Country" in the October 2003 Five Star and Superstar Guide. The Denver Post “The Scene” Section featured “You Don’t Have to Broil in Oil for a bronze glow” in June 2003, and WB Channel 2 aired a 4-minute segment demonstrating the Airbrush Tanning Technique of MOON Tans in May 2003.
What has prompted this revolutionary technique to tanning? “The general population is becoming increasingly aware of the damage of any kind of UV Rays – and we all know that exposing our skin to these kind of damaging effects potentially increases the risk of skin cancer” says Dillon.
“The excitement about airbrush tanning has been astounding and contagious because until recently we didn’t have a good alternative to spending time in a tanning bed or under the damaging rays of the sun to obtain that healthy golden glow.” adds Dillon.
“MOON Tans looks great,” says Penny Vesel of Denver. “I was a sun worshiper, tanning bed regular and frequent user of almost every self-tanning cream on the market. I am so excited to have found this alternative –the fact that it is safe is paramount and it is totally natural looking” adds Vesel. Penny’s excitement about MOON Tans prompted her to quit her job to become a sales representative for MOON Tans. “This is too incredible not to share, I want people to know there IS a safe, great looking alternative!” states Vesel.
This revolutionary tan is delivered through an airbrush by a trained technician. The company has spent over a year and a half perfecting their tanning solution before introducing it to the market last spring. It has since proven to bronze over 30,000 clients with unsurpassed quality, consistency and effectiveness. "We have produced a formula that provides the client with the natural glow of spending time in the sun –without any damage or the streaks and orange hue that is often found when using over the counter self tanners” says Dillon.
Women (and more recently men) have been in search for the “perfect tan” since the 1960’s with the introduction of Quick Tan (QT). Although many of the over the counter treatments provide a tan, many are messy, hard to apply, stain clothing and often leave the user with “orange hands, feet and streaks galore”. “I really like looking tan, but I can’t ever get the sunless tanning lotions to look good and I am not willing to subject my skin to the damage of the sun or tanning beds” says Terri Anuszewski of Aspen. “I love how natural I look and how quick and easy getting a MOON Tan is” she says.
Many ingredients are the same in both the over-the-counter self tanning lotions and the airbrush tanning solution; the active ingredient being DHA, a natural derivative of sugar, creates a chemical reaction with the amino acids in the skin providing the pigment of the skin to darken. DHA is safe; it has been tested and approved by the FDA for over 30 years.
MOON Tans has taken this incredible new trend to a new level. How can you possible get a flawless tan? “It’s simple really” says Dillon. The "MOON Mist" tanning solution is applied to the clients' skin with an airbrush. During the application, the MOON Mist Solution dries almost instantly; is odorless and provides a glowing, golden tan. Dillon also states that, "Because we care about the condition of our client's tan, we have developed our MOON Mist solution to rejuvenate the skin, leaving skin feeling smooth, silky and healthy. A growing number of our clients have previously had skin cancer and have been directed by their doctors to stay out of the sun completely. They are thrilled to have this tanning alternative." The client's comfort level with the technician and salon policy usually dictates what to/not to wear while being tanned.
One session takes about 15 minutes for the technician to apply and the solution dries almost instantly and develops over a period of 6-8 hours. Two sessions are recommended to build a base tan, and once established, the tan will last anywhere from 7-10 days. MOON Tans doesn't dye the skin, it creates the same reaction the sun does, without all the harmful UV rays, "leaving the client with a very natural looking tan”.
Linda Dillon is founder and president of MOON Tans, Inc. a Colorado company that offers complete sunless airbrush tanning systems, tanning solutions and related skin care products. For more information, please contact MOON Tans at 303-979-5901 or visit the web site at www.moontans.com.
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