Virtual Tour of Great Room

New QTVR just completed. Click and drag below to explore. (Sorry 64bit users. Still no love from Apple for us.)

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2008 Demo Reel

Looks like it has been quite a while since I posted anything here. I need to catch up! For now, enjoy our 2008 Demo Reel, which we just completed.

Click play below to watch it as posted on YouTube. If you have a decent broadband connection, you can click here to stream from our server for a larger, better quality video.
(You may have to wait a moment before it starts.)

Do we do pools? Sure we do pools!

Looking to add a pool to your house? Maybe you're working on a resort or even a public recreation area. Nothing is as dramatic in selling your concept as a photoreal rendering. Water is dynamic. You can't communicate the full experience of a pool without physically accurate reflections and refraction. Give us a call so we can help show your pool design in its best light!

New pool for Tamarack Lodge

We have been helping Tamarack Lodge to visualize their Northern Michigan resort since early 2005 when it was just a dream.


With the first building now complete and operating since 2006, we were again called upon to create a rendering of the indoor pool planned for building #2.

If you haven't been there, Tamarack Lodge is well worth the visit. A very classy place!

Home Improvement Options

To our regular customers, it's obvious what we can do for a project. However when people we know ask us what we do for a living, it can sometimes be difficult to explain. Once people actually see examples of what we've done for others, they usually can see the implications immediately. And whenever we run into someone who has recently completed a project, they know all too well the time and money spent that could have been avoided just by seeing it ahead of time. Hopefully this slideshow will give you some ideas of ways we can help you.

Church Setup Video

Video showing conversion of church gym into worship space.





You can see it a little bigger at YouTube. Click on "Watch in High Quality". It seems to play a little better that way.


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Big Changes at South Church

Last week I was contacted by South Church of Lansing. They are expanding their services and need additional space, so the decision had been made to convert the gymnasium into a temporary worship facility. This necessitated a remodel that was almost entirely mobile. They had a church meeting scheduled for yesterday evening to present the plans to the membership and vote on the budget increase to cover the equipment. JSSVD was called upon to create visualizations to assist in this presentation.
Those images follow:

Bookstore interior

Just finished a sample image of the interior of a bookstore. The layout and fixtures were based on designs by Design Identity for one of their projects. We made some adjustments and populated the shelves with books and CDs to make a photoreal presentation. Let me know what you think!

Traverse City's coming YMCA!

At JSSVD, we've been working with the YMCA and CWS Architects to help them visualize the new YMCA. They have considered a couple of sites and a variety of design options. We have been involved since 2006. Here is a sampling of the work we have done for them.

COMPARE: Ugly Kitchen

Ok, so the Ugly Kitchen was completed and revealed last week. Very cool!

Click here to see the 'before' pic and the JSSVD rendering.

Here is a photo of the real kitchen by Dave Speckman.

Building a garage

Cleaning off the network today and found this video I did a while back. Besides showing the progression of construction, it's interesting to see how the various options affect the lighting in the room.

Ugly Kitchen rendering complete!

Click here for a 3D tour of the existing kitchen
(You may be prompted to download a plugin in order to view it.)

Photo Composite of Existing Kitchen




Rendering of Proposed Kitchen

2100 chairs!

What if a customer wondered what 2100 model XYZ seats with red fabric would look like in their room?

Why not show them?!
















And if they liked it, we could add their colors, materials, and fixtures to complete the vision!

Sample renderings of multi-use facility

Many churches and schools start out with one large room that serves many purposes. It is used as a central gathering place for services, assemblies, weddings, banquets, spelling bees, sports functions, and more! If you are planning such a facility, it is to your benefit to study every conceivable use to make sure that you have covered all the bases. You may find that the stage steps are in the way of a basketball game. Or that the scoreboard is in a distracting location for a church service. Or the kitchen doors are not in a good spot in relation to the buffet line...

We can make pictures and even video of your facility so you can explore such uses. Take a look at the following examples and let me know how we can help you in your planning.

Scott

Explore lighting options

These are a few of the renderings we did to show various staging and lighting options for an existing church. Easy way to test out some ideas without any unnecessary ladder moves or back strains!

Individual, larger versions follow:

Bay Pointe Community Church

Bay Pointe Community Church is now holding services in their new facility on East Long Lake and Secor in Traverse City, MI. (More info on Bay Pointe here.)

They had quite an adventure dealing with the township which necessitated several redesigns of their campus. At one point there were even plans for the incorporation of a school. We did renderings for them at several points. The ones included below are very similar to the current church, but due to changes in design and phasing they are somewhat different.

This was an interesting and fun project with a very fast turnaround.

Despite all of their roadblocks, the church is now open and quite active. Stop by sometime!

Project architects: Whiteford Associates, Inc. and CWS Architects

JSSVD work sent to leading magazine

Interior designer Shane Inman of The Inman Company hired us to produce renderings of his kitchen concept. They were entered in a competition put on by Interior Design, a leading national magazine. Shane's design had to meet very specific design criteria. We'll be watching to see how Shane does!

Sapphire Shores

We just completed several exterior and interior renderings of Sapphire Shore condominiums. Following are some sample images, as well as a virtual tour of one model.

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