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Lokion gives back
While Lokion is proud of the work we do for clients, we also feel it’s important to be a good corporate citizen of Memphis. That’s why we donate some of our time and expertise every year to organizations like The Memphis Symphony Orchestra, The National Ornamental Metal Museum, and The…
Glass Half Empty? :: Half-Time Announcement for 2009
Aren’t things supposed to be better already? Seriously, we’re halfway into 2009. The economy has been stimulated, supposedly saved, but still seems stunned. Or, at the very least, stagnated. From our perspective, the present state of the general economy (including retail and ecommerce) is best summed up in one word:…
Meka Egwuekwe in the news
Meka Egwuekwe, one of Lokion’s Senior Software Architects, was featured in the local news this weekend. A big thanks to Meka and The Commercial Appeal — they arranged for the photo shoot to take place in the Lokion offices (that’s the 10th floor conference room window Meka is looking through).…
Launch of Re-Designed Viking Range site
For this recent undertaking, Lokion provided Viking with a wide range of services including strategy, requirements gathering/documentation, sitemaps, wireframes, design, graphic production, multi-media production, content strategy, development, quality assurance, and deployment. The result is a compelling new site design that’s not only beautiful but functional. A “faceted search” tool allows…
MemphisConnect :: Launch Party News
Yesterday our own Meka Egwuekwe (Senior Architect) and Tish Pinion (Account Executive) attended a launch party for MemphisConnect at the FedEx Institute of Technology on the University of Memphis campus. MemphisConnect is a new online gathering place where a diverse group of Memphians share the opportunities, organizations, and activities that…
Lokion Creatives Go Analog
Earlier this year the design team wanted to create for our clients, partners and friends a unique and handcrafted promotional piece. As an interactive shop, sure we “get” digital media, but our creative roots are steeped in tradition. We thought the best way to express this was through a series…
Tropicana Package Splashback
In a outburst of love for package design and branding, vocal Tropicana orange juice consumers managed to create enough of an uproar to revive Tropicana’s previous package from the dead. In the past two months, the web has been awash with commentary and complaints about the juice container. You can verify…
Good Ecommerce News
We thought we would pass on a couple of articles that have retail/ecommerce news that isn’t bleak. The first, a blog post from the New York Times Bits blog regarding The Gap’s online sales. In 2008, Gap’s ecommerce division passed the billion dollar mark in sales (that’s billion, with a “b”)…