For Release: May 25 , 2006Media Contact: Chris Kochmanski (734/944-8705, chris@design-hub.com)DesignHub Builds New Website for JPRA ArchitectsSALINE, MI – DesignHub, Inc., a creative services and marketing company headquartered in Saline, MI, has built a new website for JPRA Architects of Farmington Hills, MI, working from the client’s design. The site, www.jpra.com, covers JPRA’s capabilities in planning, architecture, interiors, and environmental graphics, and includes portfolios of the firm’s work in these areas. A brief Flash animation, suggesting how a JPRA project progresses from initial design to completion, greets visitors as they enter each of these sections of the site. The new site also profiles and provides email contact to key members of JPRA’s staff. For 28 years, JPRA has specialized in planning and designing major retail real estate developments in North America, South America, and the United Kingdom. Projects have included “destination places” including restaurants, family entertainment centers, regional shopping centers, neighborhood Main Streets, and mixed-use developments. Graphics by JPRA enliven menus, center courts, city streets, and parking structures. JPRA is registered in 27 states and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and Ontario. The award-winning firm is a member of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). More information on JPRA Architects can be obtained by contacting Jackie Schumacher at the firm’s headquarters, 31000 Northwestern Hwy., Suite 100, Farmington Hills, MI 48334. Phone: (248) 737-0180. Fax: (248) 737-9161. Email: jschumacher@jpra.com. DesignHub’s services to JPRA included refining the design of the website’s graphical user interface, creating the Flash animations, programming the site’s pages, and populating the pages with content provided by the client. DesignHub works with clients on branding, websites, brochures, annual reports, newsletters, advertising, direct mail, packaging designs, and exhibit signage, as well as marketing strategies and plans. Principals of DesignHub include: Karen Ragland, business manager and account executive; Ted Chesky, creative director and graphic designer; and Chris Kochmanski, marketing strategist and copywriter. The company was founded in 1999. In addition to JPRA Architects, DesignHub’s clients include the A&H Lawn Service, API/Picometrix, Ann Arbor IT Zone, Ann Arbor SPARK, Architectural Media Systems, Berry & Associates, Berry Moorman PC, Carr Engineering, the Center for Automotive Research, Chelsea Community Hospital, Chizek Custom Builders, Conlin Consulting, DaimlerChrysler, Electrocon International, Hardwood Solutions, HelpSource, Homeowner Services of America, MapInfo, McCreadie Group, Motawi Tileworks, NanoBio, Packaging and Shipping Specialists, Peters Building Co., Phoenix Contractors, Qualigence, Saline Business Development Association, Saline Celtic Festival, Samson Senior Properties, The Shipman Company, SignGraphix, Simons-White & Associates, Survey Sciences Group, Thomas B. McMullen Co., Tisch Investment Advisory, Underwriters Agency, the University of Michigan’s Congenital Heart Center, and others. Further information is available from DesignHub, 600 West Michigan Avenue, Saline, Mich. 48176. Phone: 734/944-8705. Fax: 734/944-8735. E-mail: . Online: www.design-hub.com. |
