Team scratchdisk welcomes Marco De Groen, the latest addition to the scratchdisk family. 24-year old Marco hails from Holland and is as versatile as they come. Currently a student at HBO Communication and Multimedia Design in Holland, Marco also has work experience as a graphic, multimedia and web designer. He joins us as a trainee and is expected to add new dimension to the team! Check out his website.

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Development progress of Menara Binjai, the 35-storey green building at Jalan Binjai is looking great and positive and now at Level 25. Congrats, KJS!

View some WIP shots below. For more updates, do visit the official website and also on Facebook.

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Team scratchdisk worked really hard in between client work and crazy deadlines to handcraft our internal Xmas project, in the spirit of Xmas of course! The project took over 48 hours from concept to visual, to handcrafting and photography. Another 8 hours was spent in video editing & special effects.

The behind-the-scenes footage here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9Pg-QurejA

Check out also the final video and also the zany version!

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The backdrop and elements were handcrafted by Team scratchdisk, using waste paper courtesy of Five Star Press. Photography by Andrew Lee of Art Dynamics. Special effects & typography done in Motion and final video assembled in Final Cut Pro. Merry Xmas everyone!

Due to copyright issues with the soundtrack, we had to change it on Youtube, but catch the original on Vimeo below:

What’s Xmas To You? from vernieman on Vimeo.

Watch this space for behind-the-scenes footage and images, and don’t forget to check out our Zany Xmas!

At scratchdisk, we do crazy little things. Christmas got us all fired up and we pulled along photographer extraordinaire, Andrew Lee of Art Dynamics to capture the very essence of scratchdisk, albeit in a self-defecating, wholly uncensored sort of way. The backdrop and elements were designed, handcut and handcrafted from unwanted waste paper, generously contributed by Five Stars Press. Watch this space for behind the scenes images and videos!

Have a Merry Little Christmas from Team scratchdisk!

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