Nothing – Interactive Media from Outer Space

Nothing design gets wireless

30.12.2002

Announcing our first Nothing pixels on wireless devices: Ant Assault will be our first hot title to hit the mobile game market very soon.

Sunrise Express: the art of saving your screen

29.12.2002

The ultimate screensaver brings it all: Breaking news, weather forecast, world time, and - most important - wisdom. Because Nothing is more important than wisdom. Get this great app on the Sunrise download page. (offline)

Nomo: new Nothing member!

28.12.2002

On a brief fuel-up stop on planet Bumar, the Nothing team met a gifted inventor named Nomo. He was all too happy to leave his boorish neighbours behind and join Nothing, bringing our headcount to eight.

The Nothing manifesto on everything

13.12.2002

The Nothing manifesto on functions, aesthetics and a more colourful world was just released on www.everything.ch. Be fresh, be usable. (offline)

American Express trusts Nothing

07.12.2002

Nothing is completely overhauling the website of American Express Switzerland. While bringing the site into line with existing corporate identity guidelines, we develop practical interpretations of the guidelines that will facilitate the production of pages in the future.

Two brand-new postcards

06.12.2002

More extraordinary discoveries of the Nothing research mission: Sighting a Notiloid called Zen and meeting Santa Klauzz on his spacecruiser Jinglebolls. Get the postcards now: Xmas 2002 or Zen's rescue.

Swiss Medical Association orders first Nothing advergame

07.11.2002

Nothing produces advergames - simple games that are entertaining and convey an emotional message of a company or an institution. The Swiss Medical Association FMH, which includes more than 90% of all physicians in Switzerland, bought such an advergame. Which proves: Playing is good for your health.

SDA/ATS styles up intranet browser with Nothing GUI power

02.11.2002

SDA/ATS, the National News Agency of Switzerland, uses the well-known open-source browser Mozilla in their intranet. Nothing skinned this great application completely with a new interface in conformity with SDA's corporate design.

Worlds of fun at Sunrise

01.11.2002

Sunriseopens two new websites to promote SMS-Services specifically for women and for young people. Nothing won a competition among major web design agencies and created concept, identity and illustration of the new sites. Women’s World breathes the disco-design of the seventies. Three tuff youngsters animate the Fun World.

New media for time-honoured business

31.10.2002

The venerable insurance corporation Die Mobiliar is highly satisfied with the multimedia CD-ROM for small and medium-sized companies that Nothing has produced.

Wired illustrations published in Korea

30.10.2002

Did you know that the most broadband-wired city on earth is Seoul? The Wired Magazine published our illustrations Spamkillers and Sex in outer space not only in their US-edition but also in the Land of Morning Freshness.

Los Logos adds the outer space touch

29.10.2002

The illustrious publishing house Die Gestalten just released a new collection book of logos. To add a touch from outer space they included 70 of our most eye-piercing logos.

Fifteen new logo entries in our portfolio

28.10.2002

Dear logo lovers, to add bliss to your pleasure come see these fifteen new logos in our breath-taking identity portfolio.

No politics

27.10.2002

For many years Nothing has been in charge of the Propaganda Ministry of the Nationalist Robodogs Republic. Now we have started to turn the terran politics upside down, too. Our first attack is www.konrad-haedener.ch. Can you discern the hypnotic factors in the design – or are you already completely infiltrated?

Sensational: Four-dimensional screensaver

26.10.2002

What space explorers have been yearning for, is finally unveiled: The new screensaver from Nothing incorporates height, width, depth and time. You deserve more than a flat world. Don't settle for less than four dimensions. Have a look & feel, you will be surprised. (not online anymore.)

Rain or shine tomorrow?

25.10.2002

Nothing and Sunrise jointly present Meteo3D, a revolutionary new view on the weather. Spin Switzerland around, zoom in like you were approaching in a spaceship. You need an up-to-date graphics card to fully enjoy this cutting edge experience. (not online anymore.)

Sunrise newsticker with more features

15.10.2002

Sunrise has just published Nothing's latest newsticker update. This version announces new channels as they become available and shows how many e-mails are waiting for you at the mailserver. It is still not able to display your blood pressure and to predict the future, but we are working on that. Free download from Sunrise. (not online anymore.)

Draw-O-Saver: The art screensaver

25.09.2002

Inspired spirits from all over the planet have been expressing their ideas with Draw-O-Matic. Now Draw-O-Saver enables you to view the most recent Draw-O-Matic productions in the format of a sophisticated screensaver. be part of the creative community, share your talent and enjoy the work of the like-minded! get the installer here.

New edition of Supernova Express

24.09.2002

Breaking news from science, economy and social life, amazing stories, incredible discoveries, poignant points of view - if you belong to the jet rocket set, you read Supernova Express.

Invadoid - the battle starts

08.09.2002

Here is your opportunity to prove yourself in the most death-defying missions. Experience the hitherto unknown world of risks and dangers at Invadoid. Zapblast: change the evil regime in Goknar! Retro: win the war against terrorist from Bugnolds! Slok: take control of the energy supplies in the Cerbloik Circle! Pogger: bring freedom to Zurx!

- Every fight a delight!

Nothing gets wired up!

14.07.2002

Wired - the distinguished magazine and influential promoter of Internet culture - asks Nothing to create a freaky illustration for their print edition. Look out for this picture in our portfolio very soon.

Joink released to the public

03.07.2002

Well, the world championship hype is over, but in outer space there's always a good reason to play Joink, which has just been released on the Facts magazine website. Be brave, play Joink on the game page of Facts. (not online anymore)

Centurion: a fine site for wealthy creditcard holders

21.05.2002

Swisscard AECS AG, the joint venture of American Express and Credit Suisse, based in Horgen near Zurich, has chosen Nothing for their latest web project. Rapidly expanding Swisscard issues more than 20 different card products for American Express, Eurocard/ Mastercard and Visa. Nothing's first product for Swisscard is www.centurioncard.ch.

Nothing moves to a new home base

15.05.2002

Thorough investigation, based on our cutting-edge Comp-O-Analyzer, has unmistakably proven that we need to move into larger quarters in order to advance the global pursuit of our noble aims. Fortunately, we have been able to find premises that fulfil our needs in respect of both aesthetics and functionality. Please come and visit us at Effingerstrasse 4, first floor, right above the Maharaja Palacerestaurant. Rumours, according to which this move is a preparatory step for an imminent IPO on the Swiss stock exchange, are unfounded and should not be spread any further.

Get vaccinated with the new Berna Biotech website

08.05.2002

Developer and producer of vaccines Berna Biotech today launched its new website, coinciding with its annual press conference. Sales increased by over 30%. Nothing was responsible for the entire online presence, including numerous scientific info-graphics. Learn about viruses and how to fight them at Berna Biotech! (Nothing's site not live anymore.)

Sunrise newsticker goes live

10.03.2002

Our Shockwave developers are proud to present their latest offspring: A newsticker that pulls XML-feeds from the Sunrise server and displays news on the client's screen. The Sunrise newsticker will be freely available on the Sunrise website.

Nothing welcomes a whole bunch of new clients

26.02.2002

Nothing is happier than Nothing else: We warmly welcome our latest clients: Tagesschau Germany, Berna Biotech, Swisscard (American Express / Credit Suisse), Mobiliar Insurances, Allenspach.pr and more! You won't have to wait long for more samples appearing in our portfolio.

A news-screensaver for 'Die Tagesschau'

15.02.2002

Nothing is the author of the screensaver for Die Tagesschau, the news programme of the number one German TV-channel. This screensaver features XML-fed news and images displayed in a CI-conforming layout and design. The news screensaver will be presented on a very large screen at the Cebit fair in Hannover.

News Archive - complete 2002