It’s a big week in Charlotte, NCfor race fans. Now home to the NASCAR Hall-of-Fame, which opened it’s doors on May 11th, 2010, thousands of people have come to Charlotte to show their loyalty to the sport and experience what has been a huge event in NASCAR history – the grand opening and inductions into the NASCAR Hall-of-Fame held on May 23rd. Tattoo Projects was was given the opportunity to take part in the grand opening with the Earnhardt family. Rudy Banny and Buffy McCoy Kelly took charge in press handling for Teresa Earnhardt. The first class of inductees into the hall-of-fame included the late Bill France, Sr., the late Bill France, Jr., Richard Petty, Junior Johnson, and the late Dale Earnhardt.
Race week isn’t over yet. And…it’s not just about the races! This weekend, May 27th-29th, Food Lion is sponsoring the annual “Speed Street” event held right here in the heart of Charlotte. Speed Street includes exciting appearances by musicians and race-car drivers, a chance to win prizes, participate in Q&A sessions, and even get autographs. Appearances will be made by country musicians such as Rodney Atkins, Luke Bryan, and Josh Turner. Other appearances will be made by Everclear, Corey Smith and much more. And the best news about this is…it’s free!
With the 2010 World Cup less than a month away, Nike’s Write The Future advertising campaign is in “Full-Effect.” the new video on the website has everything you’d expect to see when watching a blockbuster movie. The 3 minute clip is chock full of love, excitement, drama, action, violence, The Simpson’s and a bunch of great soccer footage. Tattoo applauds Nike and the 32 teams that make up the World Cup and come 6/11 we will be watching the drama unfold. As for our pick, we are going with Germany.
Great branding starts at home. Before you can be a true brand ambassador, you’ve got to really, truly, feel the love. In conjunction with our current work on invigorating the Hoover brand, we went straight to the heart of Hoover HQ with some bigger-than-life brand inspiration. Tattoo replaced the many of the headquarters’ gray and tan walls with floor-to-ceiling brand messages and beauty shots, a la Steve Grubman Photography. Stay tuned for round two — some great surprises are in store.
Summer is a time of fun in the sun. Everyone is excited when summer roles around, especially kids in school who have a 3 month vacation. People and their families love to travel to the beach, mountains, national parks, and other outdoor getaways. As perfect as this sounds, things tend to get a little messy. Kids run in their homes trailing mud on their shoes from playing outside, soaking wet from the pool, and bring messy ice cream desserts that drip anywhere and everywhere. Here are a few suggestions that may solve your problems…
Local art camp in Charlotte, NC: Great place to drop off kids and let them get messy away from home!
The second the iPad was released it has been a must have for all gadget lovers. The iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pound, thinner and lighter than any laptop. Everyone had to see what the buzz was all about and now more people around the world can get their hands on the product that is changing technology. Apple recently announced that the iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on May 28. iPads will also be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore in July. At this rate the iPad will rule the world by the start of the next school year.
It is the moment we’ve all been waiting for… the FINISHED VOLT VAN! Take a look at the amazing finished van. A lot of blood, sweat and tears went into this bad boy. I’d say all the hard work definitely paid off.
In honor of the unofficial Star Wars holiday, we have a video of Darth Vadar recording his voiceover for one of the trip-enhancing voices featured on TomTom GPS systems. May the 4th be with you.
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