May / 8 / 2013
Grant's Interest Rate Observer
by James Heaton
Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, the financial publication best known for blending ancient and modern ideas, today unveils a thoroughly 21st century Website designed by Tronvig Group.read more
April / 16 / 2013
Tronvig Group To Brooklyn Navy Yard
by James Heaton
On April 18, 2013 Tronvig Group moves in to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Taking up new larger offices in Building 280 of a re-envisioned and evolving, eco-friendly industrial park.read more
December / 19 / 2012
Guantánamo Public Memory Project
by James Heaton
The Guantánamo Public Memory Project uses first person accounts, "Stories;" historical context, "Timeline;" and geography, "Place;" to create a rich picture of this unique place. Our final design presents a metaphorical window through which you can now see the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base—as a place, as a history, as a collection of real people's stories—more clearly.read more
November / 14 / 2012
New Tronvig Group Website
by James Heaton
Some of you may have noticed last week that our website was new, easy, simple, blue. Choosing NOT to continue under the persistent and powerful effects of "the cobblers son has no shoes" syndrome, we forced the birth of a new Tronvig Group website.read more
November / 3 / 2012
Hurricane Sandy Beachfront Experience
by Kira Brodskaya
My Monday night—the night Hurricane Sandy came ashore—was spent in my fourth floor apartment on Manhattan Beach. On one side I watched the ocean waves cover the roofs of the homes on the beach. On the other side, I watched the Sheepshead Bay canal waters rush in over cars and through buildings. As I saw all this I was wishing I had packed an inflatable boat in my "to go" bag.read more
November / 2 / 2012
Social Media, Communities, and Disaster
by Tanya Kuznetsova
It's day 4 after Hurricane Sandy hit, and I'm just as anxious as I was waiting for the storm. Fortunately, my home is located in a safe zone. Unfortunately, many of my friends' and loved ones' homes aren't.read more
October / 29 / 2012
Tronvig Group in the Red Zone
by James Heaton
Tronvig Group updates regarding the effect of Hurricane Sandy on operations and our offices.read more
May / 4 / 2012
Why Museums Must Engage: Impressions of AAM2012
by James Heaton
Although I'm not sure it is generally seen in these terms, the call for more effective engagement is a recognition of the reality that museums ARE in heated competition.read more
March / 29 / 2012
Advertising in the Facebook Age: Bronx Museum Free Campaign
by James Heaton
We launched the Free advertising campaign for the Bronx Museum this week as they announce to the world, and particularly to the Bronx, that they are going free to the public. Museum advertising often speaks primarily to the converted. This is an attempt to start up a conversation with museum virgins.read more
December / 30 / 2011
Year End Message from Tronvig Group
by James Heaton
So far this holiday season all that many of you got from us was a warning about upgrading your version of Wordpress to protect it from malware. I thought we should do something else to express our gratitude for your business, conversation, and support this year. The idea we came up with was to pick one of our own non-profit clients, explain a bit about what they do, make a donation to them, show the link to you and tell you about it.read more
October / 17 / 2011
Bill Shannon Biographical Dictionary of New York Sports
by James Heaton
I am not a traditional sports fan. I follow no particular professional sport. I have attended few professional sports events in my life. And yet, I do in fact love sports, all kinds of sports. Perhaps this is why the Bill Shannon Biographical Dictionary of New York Sports that we created for the New-York Historical Society has become so dear to me in the short time we have been working on it. It is not an homage to any one sport, but rather to the idea of sport, and the role that sport plays in the lives of great andread more
August / 6 / 2011
The Two Week Vacation
by James Heaton
In my working career, I have taken many types of vacation. They have ranged in duration from a rather luxurious 6 weeks to nothing at all, and experience has shown that a contiguous period of at least two weeks is the most valuable.read more
July / 18 / 2011
New-York Historical Society Museum Website
by James Heaton
Last summer Tronvig Group answered a proposal request to redesign and rebuild the New-York Historical Society's institutional website. Last week it became a living, breathing entity on the web.read more
June / 26 / 2011
Morris-Jumel Mansion Website
by James Heaton
"From concept through to final website design & development, Tronvig Group displayed a unique capacity to effectively utilize 21st Century technology to interpret the historical significance of this 18th Century treasure." —Ken Moss, Director, Morris-Jumel Mansionread more
May / 19 / 2010
Arakawa + Madeline Gins
by James Heaton
Arakawa Shusaku — July 6, 1936 - May 19, 2010 It was 1991, and I was fresh from Japan, adrift in New York, and uncertain of my destiny. It was Madeline and Arakawa who found me (especially Madeline). They took me in, fed and nourished me with scraps of wisdom—and curry—from the kingdom of intellectual freedom in which they habitually dwelt. They surrounded themselves with young minds. They fed us daily from a seemingly endless supply of insight and compassion...and stories. They respected our thoughts and gave them room to grow.read more
April / 19 / 2010
Walk to work
by James Heaton
We were too busy to go to the botanical gardens this weekend, but I got a little show just on my walk to the office this morning through the park.read more