The video created for Airforce One Performance Industries, Inc and displayed in their SEMA Show booth last October has been recut to a crisp 3-minute length and placed on YouTube.

ABDesign had about 40 seconds of actual video footage to work with, plus a selection of product images, from which a 5-minute showing was produced that highlighted their newest products, their unique features and wholesale programs. The new YouTube hosted version is directed toward the retail customer instead.

For SEMA, the video also acted as the main signage for the display. Although 2007 was the first year for AF1 being an exhibitor, the company is no stranger to the SEMA Show as this picture of the custom Hummer H2 intake shows, which was fitted to the Overhaulin’ showcase vehicle for that year.

The AF1 exhibit structure was formed from mandrel-bent polished stainless-steel tubing, the same materials used in the AF1 intake systems. The walls were alternately covered with their pleated, 8-ply blue filter material with short-pile black carpet used in the display areas to showcase the jewel-like qualities of the polished metal and blue filter baskets. For a small 10 x 20 foot exhibit, there was room to display fifteen complete intake systems, have a secure cabinet for the video player and literature as well as provide enough room to accommodate customers and work the booth.

ABDesign is proud to have been the designer of AF1’s SEMA exhibit and for being given the opportunity to create their promotional videos. Arthur Baker is also no stranger to designing for past SEMA shows, which will be showcased in future posts.

As an alumni of the transportation design program at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, Arthur Baker is partial to automotive imagery, and many of the ABDesign clients are affiliated with the automotive aftermarket; however, with the current emphasis on blogs and other industries, it’s time for ABDesign to showcase some of its other facets.

Stay tuned — we’re trying hard to get the cobbler’s children some shoes around here.

Article6blog.com was relaunched today, in a brand new format that uses the WordPress engine as a content management system as well as functioning as a traditional blog. Full audio and video podcasting is being implemented as the site will feature timely interviews with the movers and shakers in both the religious and political theaters.

Your obedient designer was the point guy on both the design and the extensive coding modifications of an available WordPress template. Definitely not just a style sheet overhaul, the main theme php files were severely worked over, with the famous WordPress loop redefined to allow multiple loops on a single page, each showing information from specific categories in different manners. Much appreciation goes out to the author at Perishable Press and his definitive tutorials on how to make multiple loops play nice inside WordPress.

Congrats to the bloggers, John Schroeder and Lowell Brown over at A6B for creating such an exciting blog premise, and thanks for trusting in ABDesign to rework your very special blog.

ABDesign has just launched the all new TeamXenon website for American Best Car Parts Inc. Just in time for the 2006 SEMA show, this site features the urethane body kits and acrylic lighting accessories for their Xenon and GT Styling product lines. Incorporated into the site is a WordPress powered blog, which ABCP will use to keep their dealers and customers upsated on all their newest product applications.

Future plans include a forum for end users to showcase their customized rides, and a fully interactive online catalog of their SKUs for their authorized dealers convenience. A ZIP-code based Dealer Locator lets anyone find the nearest stocking dealer for either or both product lines.

Thanks Team Xenon for having ABDesign be the point guys on this project!

Check out Article 6 Blog which just launched today.

ABDesign set up the site and the WordPress blog for two talented bloggers, John Schroeder (Blogotional) and Lowell Brown (Hedgehog Blog) and wishes them much success.

[The following is an announcement about a new section added to one of our clients websites and store.]

All of us at BTGMotoring.com are super excited to be able to offer this beautiful line of automotive themed home, office & garage accessories. Now you can express your love of performance and racing cars with unique expressions of your personal enthusiasm.

High-style items made from stainless-steel, machined alloys and carbon fiber showcase masterful design.

Just in time for Christmas & Holiday giving, what better gift could you find for that automotive enthusiast on your list?

See the entire line of AUTOart™ Design here, at BTGMotoring.com.

Hey folks — Welcome to my company blog/website. The most current projects are highlighted here on the blog, but you can also access the original ABDesign portfolio site via this link. There is a lot to see, and I hope that you enjoy your visit to ABDesign.

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BTG Motoring

BTG Motoring, more than just another dot-com automotive aftermarket company. So, I’ll let them tell their story in their own words:

An affiliate of the Bauhaus Tuning Group, BTG Motoring was established in 2000 to serve the enthusiasts’ market, selling world-wide via the Internet at BTGMotoring.com and PT-Tuning.com.

Our “Brick & Mortar” location is in Hawthorne, California near Los Angeles Airport (LAX), where we have our warehouse, showroom and installation facilities. We also have installation affiliates in close proxemity to our offices which allows us to be a one-stop customizing solution for those customers within driving range.

Bauhaus Corporation’s owners and chief participants have over 100 years of automotive aftermarket design, manufacturing and sales experience, including ownership of a premiere alloy wheel manufacturing / sales / distribution company. Our company focus is an expression of the original Bauhaus movement’s philosophy, which dictates that truly useful FORM can not exist without an intimate knowledge of FUNCTION.

We are convinced that customizing on a budget should not necessitate a sacrifice in quality or in performance and our close vendor alliances and discriminating taste have helped to make our vision a reality.

All of us here at Bauhaus are automotive enthusiasts! Our personal vehicles include the BMW X5 4.6i, Chevy Silverado 1500 “Supercharged”, Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel, Acura NSX “Supercharged”, Audi Avant RS4, Ferrari 355 F1 Spider, Acura Integra, Jaguar XJ8 Sport, Lexus GS400, Plymouth Prowler, a few PT Cruisers, Pontiac Bonneville SSEI & VW Corrado “Supercharged”.

We love to drive, and drive hard! Our other passion is our business, and we approach it in the same manner as we do in the care and accessorizing of our own rides. We use the products that we sell, and we let you know what we think about them.

ABDesign has taken BTGMotoring.com through several versions, and continues to add product lines to their online store on a weekly basis.

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PT-Tuning

One of our main clients is PT-Tuning, which is not just a website, and not just an online store, but more of a community for enthusiasts of the little retro-mobile that took the world by storm in the Summer of 2000.

The founders of PT-Tuning made a commitment at the very beginning to concentrate on the highest level of performance and dress-up accessories for what at the time was a market of highly-motivated, baby-boomers in love with their new cultural icon, the Chrysler PT Cruiser.

Anthony Debellonia — Pennsylvania

PT-Tuning was one of the first to go online with their wares, and many a dream PT Cruiser has been assembled from their extensive aftermarket inventory.

Owner Czibók Attila — Hungary

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Hot Wheels Blog

Hot Wheels Blog was a project for the Bauhaus Corporation to satisfy their need for self-expression about all things automotive, and also as a means of rapid dissemination of information via the Blogosphere. It is not wasted on them that search engines pick up info from blog posts in very short order, much quicker than via the general spidering of websites by their data robots. If you’re trying to be the most current, most topical in your industry, you really need a blog!

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Airforce One® Intakes

Airforce One high-performance intakes are the premiere stainless steel intake systems available on the automotive aftermarket. Designed and engineered for precise fit and maximum performance, AF1 Intakes take full advantage of the thermal properties of stainless steel alloys to flow as much cold air as possible into your car, truck or SUV engine — giving you max performance and mileage.

ABDesign reworked the AF1 website for the SEMA show in 2002, and added their protective apparel section in time for SEMA in ‘04. We are currently updating and expanding their product offerings and planning has begun for their online store.

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If you would like to see the current work on blogs and client websites, there are links to those in the right-hand sidebar.

If you are interested in Industrial & Graphic design and would like more information, please visit the following sections:

Drawing/Illustration,

Product Design,

Logos,

Packaging,

Literature.

This front section is a working/testing blog. However, you can access the original ABDesign portfolio site via this link.

And, if you’re curious as to why there is a car drawing at the top of this page, find out why here.

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We are starting on a new blog design for the DadsWWIILetters.com, which will feature over 400 love letters, telegrams and post cards from an Oklahoma sailor to his finance between June 1942 and the end of the war. An announcement page will go up this weekend and hopefully the site/blog will launch later this month, with periodic additions of letters, diary style. Stay tuned, as this one should turn out very sweet.

We recently did a freshening on the Blogger template for the SoCal Blogger’s Alliance group blog. This template was originally put together by former alliance member Jeff Smith, the author of the defunct blog, Proverbs Daily. We created the banner art and formatted everything a bit to help the blog titles stand out, and provide a bit easier navigation experience.

Here’s wishing much good luck and fortune to the SCBA. (adb)

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We just completed a visual freshening of Charette Designs‘ Web site. It was asked of us to make their site conform to the new look of their company visual identity as per their cards and letterhead.

ABDesign was able to accomplish this at minimal cost, and also to begin the transformation to more of a style sheet driven design, although they would actually need a complete redo of the site code to enable full CSS capability and compliance. Check it out. (adb)

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LCMCPA.com provides information for current and prospective clients of the C.P.A. firm LaRue, Corrigan & McCormick LLP, which is located in southern California’s San Fernando Valley community of Woodland Hills.

BTW —

You will notice from time to time that we post test items here, and then later delete them. That is because this is a working design blog and we are working out problems with other sites and blogs.