Since its launch in late December 2009, the Band Of Outsiders website has garnered dozens of awards and accolades from the design, fashion and tech communities. Dubbed the world's first seamless drag-n-drop eCommerce store, the site continues to be a favorite among critics and fashionistas alike...
Citysearch is now a flagship publisher on the CityGrid® network and has subsequently changed its name to CityGrid Media. The new media company, a property of Barry Diller's IAC, boasts over 15 million business profile listings, 3 million user-generated & editorial reviews, and 1 million local advertisers.
After building the entire brand from the ground up, getting press on the cover of the NY Times, producing a robust social networking website, and driving thousands of users to the site, we were asked by likeZEBRA to produce an integrated digital campaign that would drive millions
to their site.
With sales skyrocketing to $224 million in 1989, LA Gear was the third largest shoe brand alongside Nike and Reebok. Overtime, LA Gear slowly slipped into the memory of fashion runways and playgrounds nationwide. Now more than a decade later, they're back with a new line of fresh styles and retro classics! LA Gear partnered with La Visual to help rebrand the original 1984 logo and...
La Visual is known for being the most nimble, tenacious and accessible agency in Los Angeles. By utilizing the best in digital brand strategy, proprietary technology and integrated identity systems, La Visual is the digital agency of choice for some of the most progressive brands in the world.
"La Visual believes truth is remarkable. It's the building block of movements, the stuff of revolution, and the spark of brand evangelism."
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With roots in architecture and graphic design, Braven is the perfect fit to lead one of the fastest growing branding agencies in Los Angeles. Since becoming CEO his visionary leadership and strong business acumen has helped La Visual grow exponentially. La Visual's growth is being considered for INC.'s 500 list of America's fastest growing companies with 3-year revenue growth rates of 716%.
In addition to being an executive level leader Braven is a published Graphic Artist, award-winning Creative Director, and an industry thought leader. His thought leadership for improving the process of extracting truth at the core of every brand promise and creating brand architecture synergy across all touchpoints has afforded him the privilege to work with some of the most well known brands in the world.
Throughout his career Braven has had the privilege to work with entertainment, technology and lifestyle brands like IAC, Intuit, Sony Pictures, Citysearch, MySpace, ValueClick, Seven Denim, Universal Music, DC Shoes, Von Zipper, and Band of Outsiders.
Brian is a highly talented web architect and technology strategist. With 10 years of professional experience building websites for high-level clients, he's a rare asset to add to a world-class team. In addition to his extensive repertoire of programming abilities such as: XHTML, CSS, PHP, JavaScript, AS2/AS3, XML, Ajax & MySQL database integration, his background in IT, video production, and design drive him to a whole new level of excellence.
Relishing new challenges and remaining on the cutting edge of web technology, Brian spearheaded development for the multi-award-winning Band of Outsiders online store. The Band of Outsiders website has met with overwhelming critical acclaim from both the web design, development and fashion industries as being a thought leader in eCommerce and UX design.
Brian has a keen understanding of user experience and usability, which makes him a crucial part of every branding project with which he's involved. He brings strategic insight and leadership to every project, an unparalleled level of dedication and personal attention, with a bit of sarcastic humor thrown in for good measure. His Betta fish, Drago, keeps him company through long days of coding.
Spencer has spent the last 17 years working in various aspects of secondary and higher education. He has served in both a teaching capacity as well as providing executive level leadership. A true demonstration of his visionary talent and thought leadership can be evidenced through a start-up college he participated in founding. The past 7 years Spencer has turned his passion and gifting for teaching and training towards the global branding space. This has resulted in him teaching and consulting many North Americans teams as they endeavor to become more globally aware and culturally sensitive in order for them to thrive in cross-cultural space.
He is extremely excited to join the La Visual team, bring cross-cultural savvy to an impressive line-up of the industry’s finest creatives.
Adam comes to La Visual with a strong background in broadcast media. After 10 years of producing a variety of Television series for MTV, VH1, BET, FOX, and TruTV to name a few, Adam discovered his passion for working with Creatives.
Known for his creative and hands on approach, Adam has built a reputation within the marketing and sales world. In addition to working with brands that range from Diesel Jeans to Zygo Vodka, Adam leveraged his production background to spearhead numerous web based advertising campaigns.
With a true "love of people" perspective, unique style, and forward thinking approach to account management he has fostered the propensity to establish lasting business relationships.
Ken has participated in the evolution of Information Technology from mainframes through the current emerging technologies. For La Visual, he provides perspective, experience, direction and knowledge across IT technical and management disciplines. He has been a leader in vendor organizations, industry consortia, user architecture and development organizations, consulting organizations, and R&D. Ken has worked for Tech Strategies, LLC (as founder), Bank of America, Countrywide, Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young LLP, Distributed Systems Solutions International (as co-founder and President), Citibank and Honeywell Information Systems. He has served clients ranging from many US Government organizations to financial institutions to health care companies to Entertainment companies and a number of manufacturing firms as systems provider, consultant and/or advisory board participant.
When not working, Ken is an avid cyclist, participating in road, mountain and velodrome disciplines.
Jonas Salk claimed that it wasn't until he left his basement lab to clear his head in a monastery in Assisi that he came up with a solution to cure polio. At La Visual we believe that architecture plays an integral role in the ideation process...
This vignette focuses on transitioning from space design to the buildout. Just a quick peek at the studio being developed.
