Visual Storytelling Solutions - You

THE SITUATION:

YOU

have developed or discovered something groundbreaking . . .

and it could change absolutely everything!

THE PROBLEM:

THEY

might be new to the entire process or science involved . . . how do we capture their interest and get them onboard?

OUR APPROACH:

20,000 ft. or sea level? It’s a question of altitude

As researchers and developers, we live in the details, and it’s those details that make it all work. But to someone who might be new to your process or science, those details could get overwhelming and might lead to confusion and ultimately, disinterest. We’ve presented new discoveries and unique concepts for more than two decades. We can help you select an altitude that tells your story in the clearest way possible.

Finding the right depth & tone

Whether you’re a company looking for investment or about to go public, an agency building a campaign for your client, a mid to late-stage entity interested in being acquired, or a start-up just figuring out how to talk about yourselves, we’re happy to dive to whatever depth you need. These are very different scenarios with equally different requirements. We have experience in all of them and many more.

If you haven’t yet formulated an approach, we’ll help you to distill the most important points of your concept and present them with the appropriate tone. It’s key to making sure your audience understands your process and resonates with what you’re trying to convey.

If you’ve already created your campaign and just need visual assets built for it, we’re happy to plug in and get going. In the end, the more your audience understands that process and feels the impact of your presentation, the more willing they are to accept it, fund it, work with it, or buy it.

The eyes have it.

For thousands of years, visuals have been the clearest way to get what’s in our head into someone else’s head (it’s kinda why we’ve used a ~15,000 year old pictograph as part of our logo). Humans devote more than half of our total neural processing firepower to interpreting visual information. So, let’s build a visual roadmap of your idea. Images that’ll remain in your audience’s mind long after they’ve seen it. After all, if a picture says a thousand words, moving pictures convey exponentially more than that. They can cut through the noise.

Worlds of complexity

Science, medicine, and technology – within these worlds lie some of the most difficult questions ever posed, as well as some of the most elegant solutions yet developed. The complexity inherent within your work should never be a barrier to wide adoption. No matter what stage of development you’re at, we can help you bring your discovery or invention to light. We look forward to working with you.

How people are using our content

Acquisitions

“I can directly connect Arkitek to Roche’s acquisition of Stratos Genomics. My co-founders had a brilliantly elegant concept of denaturing DNA where the single strands act as templates for incorporating highly engineered bases and polymerases to create a synthetic polymer that increased the base read’s signal 50X for nanopore reading.

After two years of attempting to raise venture capital with PowerPoints and arm waving, this complex proved futile. I finally realized that animation was the only path for conveying our intent.

Arkitek’s animation made the abstract understandable and catalyzed $60 million to demonstrate arguably the most advanced combination of molecular and enzyme engineering in history. I can’t thank Beth and Doug enough!”

Al Stephan,
CEO, co-founder (2007 – 2016),
Stratos Genomics

IPOs and Roadshows

“When we did a successful $100M IPO in 2000, a very creative Arkitek animation of our key concept proved to be a critical element of our roadshow.

We went on to use it at JP Morgan Healthcare conference, with Nobel Prize winners, and even the construction crew building out our lab – everybody got it and everybody loved it.

You can’t overstate the value of a succinct and beautiful statement of purpose. Intellectual eye-candy is hard to come by, and Arkitek has the gift.”

N. Leigh Anderson, PhD.
CEO, co-founder
Large Scale Biology Corporation

Patient and Public Education

‘My project with Arkitek has turned into a great collaboration – it has been a joy to work with them. I needed to explain to multiple audiences with diverse backgrounds, which include patient advocates and clinician researchers, a new statistical method for transforming biomarker levels measured over time into a risk of having cancer.

My hope and expectation is that audiences will gain a new confidence in the method via understanding how it works due to Arkitek’s creative and yet scientifically accurate presentation.”

Steven Skates, PhD.
Massachusetts General Hospital
www.massgeneral.org/cancer/research

Clinical Trials

“We were aware of Arkitek based upon an RNAi animation they had done for Nature several years ago. The Arkitek team worked closely with our clinical and R&D teams to develop an animation that explained our product candidate for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B infection.

Physicians conducting the clinical trial and IRB’s overseeing the trials at various clinical trial sites welcomed this use of computer animation to aid the education of prospective clinical trial participants and ensure participants who enroll in the trial have been consistently and fully informed of technology being evaluated within the clinical trial.”

C. Satishchandran, PhD.
CEO, Executive VP, Nucleonics, Inc.

Medical and Clinical Devices

“They are extraordinary collaborators – easy to work with and produce high quality work. I produced about half a dozen projects over the years with Arkitek. They possess the optimum combination of creative talent, technical savvy, professionalism and affable disposition.

Having worked some of these projects with less time than all of us would like, Arkitek communicates realistic options for what can be done in the available time and budget.

My highest praise is that I am always on the lookout for another project to collaborate.”

Steven Peters, Manager,
Marketing & Brand Communications,
SCIEX www.sciex.com

Publications

“Arkitek has the rare ability to take complex scientific concepts and turn them into accessible and engaging multimedia formats.

Their standards of professionalism and their ingenuity far exceed your expectations. It was real pleasure to work with the Arkitek team, for whom their work is clearly a passion.”

Simon Fenwick, Senior Production Editor
Nature Reviews
www.nature.com

"We collaborated for over 6 months with Arkitek Scientific on an animation called “The 3D Organization of Our Genome” which recapitulates decades of research on chromosome architecture and the recent advances on the subject. It is a highly complex topic and the Arkitek team did an incredible job. They rapidly acquired in-depth knowledge, proposed original technical solutions and set up a stimulating and efficient interaction loop with our team. A wonderful experience!"

Giacomo Cavalli, PhD, Chromatin and Cell Biology lab, Institute of Human Genetics
CNRS and University of Montpellier
www.igh.cnrs.fr

“The team at Arkitek possesses a unique talent for transforming intricate scientific processes into visually stunning videos. They took the time to understand our platform, ensuring they conveyed the essence of our work while maintaining scientific integrity. What truly impressed me was their ability to distill complex information into beautiful and easily digestible content without compromising on accuracy. The process of working with Arkitek was incredibly efficient. […] Feedback has been awesome with people walking away from the video with a deep understanding of our approach and excited by our technology.”

Parag Mallick, PhD, Founder, Chief Scientist
Nautilus Biotechnology
www.nautilus.bio

"Arkitek has the rare ability to take complex scientific concepts and turn them into accessible and engaging multimedia formats. Their standards of professionalism and their ingenuity far exceed your expectations. It was real pleasure to work with the Arkitek team, for whom their work is clearly a passion."

Simon Fenwick, Senior Production Editor
Nature Reviews
www.nature.com

"When I first saw Arkitek's works I was very impressed by the beauty of the art, their distinguished taste and the accuracy of the science displayed. [..]They were not just able to always come up with beautiful flows of visuals to translate our ideas, but also to help us deep diving into Evelo science to throw light on the most complex concepts and to convey them in the most clear and meaningful way. I would love to work with them again and I strongly recommend to create powerful contents in the field of science and technology."

Luciana Anna Longo, Communication Strategy Consultant
Evelo Biosciences
www.evelobiosciences.com

"My project with Arkitek has turned into a great collaboration - it has been a joy to work with them. I needed to explain to multiple audiences with diverse backgrounds, which include patient advocates and clinician researchers, a new statistical method for transforming biomarker levels measure over time into a risk of having cancer.

My hope and expectation is that audiences will gain a new confidence in the method via understanding how it works due to Arkitek's creative and yet scientifically accurate presentation."

Steven Skates, PhD.
Massachusetts General Hospital
www.massgeneral.org/cancer/research

"Beth and Doug are extraordinary collaborators. They are easy to work with and produce high quality work. I produced about half a dozen projects over the years with Arkitek. They possess the optimum combination of creative talent, technical savvy, professionalism and affable disposition. Having worked some of these projects with less time than all of us would like, Arkitek communicates realistic options for what can be done in the available time and budget.

My highest praise is that I am always on the lookout for another project to collaborate."

Steven Peters, Manager, Marketing & Brand Communications
SCIEX
www.sciex.com

“Working with Beth and Doug at Arkitek Scientific was an absolute pleasure. They took time and care to make sure they understood our needs and produced a stunning animation that we were thrilled with. The communication was excellent throughout the project and they delivered the work on time. We couldn’t have been any happier with the outcome and I highly recommend them”

Dave Carter, Professor in Biomedical Science at Oxford Brookes University UK
Adjunct member of the International Society for EVs education committee
www.brookes.ac.uk

"Arkitek created the penultimate piece for our inaugural Party with a Purpose. When we set out to engage 500, 20-and 30-somethings in global health we knew we needed to use a unique studio that would catch our vision for our film and infuse it with creative passion. The film tied the event together beautifully. The Arkitek team approaches projects humbly and listens and constructs thoughtfully. If I were to describe Arkitek, I'd say the company is curious, educated, enlightened, socially conscious and most important, caring."

Kristen Eddings, Board Chair
Party with a Purpose
www.wghalliance.org

"Arkitek Scientific produced a 3D video for one of my product launches and did a fantastic job. They are professional, easy to work with and deliver quality product on-time. Will definitely look to Arkitek for future video needs.”

Edna Betgovargez, Sr. Market Development Manager, SCIEX
Life Sciences Medical Device Industry
www.sciex.com

"Current Conceptions, Inc. has engaged the services of Arkitek Studios during the past four years in the development of highly animated programs describing complex concepts in reproductive science. Their exceptional service has been characterized by the following: a passion for high quality [and] a high degree of output in the face of unforgiving timelines (they have never missed a deadline). The compelling feature of Arkitek Studios' service is their desire to form a TEAM with the client that provides a synergistic relationship. This inevitably results in a superior product."

P.L. Senger, PhD
President, Current Conceptions Inc.
www.currentconceptions.com

“Arkitek are total pros, very responsive, seriously impressive output. We needed a way to help visually describe our method of multiple screening for cancer in-situ, and they came through with a very effective animation. I would highly recommend them.”

Nathan Caffo, CEO
Presage Bio
www.presagebio.com

"Arkitek played a part in helping introduce the Washington Global Health Alliance to the community at the Greater Seattle Chamber's Regional Leadership Conference in 2008. Arkitek skillfully pieced together animation and raw footage, to tell the community why the global health sector is good for Washington's economy. Working with Susan, Doug and Beth meant that great results were guaranteed. We not only like working with Arkitek because of their level of skill, we like working with them because they are great people."

Lisa Cohen, Director
Washington Global Health Alliance
www.wghalliance.org

“The combination of experience, technical expertise, artistic talent, and an overarching wish to bring the wonders of biological science to society through the use of graphical animation, makes the team at Arkitek Studios an obvious choice of partner for the project...[it] has been a wonderful collaboration.”

Scott Tebbutt, PhD
James Hogg iCapture Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research
University of British Columbia
www.hli.ubc.ca

"Working with Arkitek has been a true pleasure. They rendered a complex set of molecular phenomena into a series of animations that is simultaneously easy to understand and visually stunning. The Arkitek team brought an extraordinary combination of scientific knowledge and techical artistry to the project [which] made the entire experience not only professionally satisfying but, just as importantly, fun."

Doug Sipp, Operations Manager
Riken CDB - Kobe, Japan
www.cdb.riken.jp/en/

“Arkitek combines superior creative ability with superior technical talent. The are a pleasure to work with because they truly enjoy what they do. We were thrilled with their contribution to Nature Education.”

Ilona Miko, PhD
Senior Life Sciences Editor
Nature Education-NPG
www.nature.com/scitable

"The video presentation was a big hit! It got an ovation when it concluded. I have never been in a scientific presentation that was interrupted by applause like that. I also think that you secured another customer as a result..."

Dr. Gunnar Valkirs, PhD, Vice President
Biosite Discovery
www.biositediscovery.com

“Working with Beth and Arkitek was a very satisfying experience. My company, Aqueduct, was looking for a clear way through animation to demonstrate a relatively difficult concept. And we were on a very tight start up budget. Beth worked closely with us on the definition, storyline and storyboard, but even more impressive was that she stayed with us as the project got more involved and took longer than expected. I have watched her work over many years, and combined with our own good experience, I highly recommend Arkitek.”

Tom Clement, CEO
Aqueduct
www.aqueductbio.com

"I was launching a new technology to the scientific research market and needed an alternative way for scientists to visualize how it worked. Arkitek designed a video based on my vision which lives on our website and is used frequently in the field to easily relay how xCELLigence technology can help improve cell based assays."

Steven A. Hurwitz, Marketing. Manager
Cell Analysis Systems, Roche Diagnostics
www.roche-diagnostics.com

Parag Mallick, Ph.D., Founder, Chief Scientist, Nautilus Biotechnology
Nature Reviews
www.nautilus.bio

Giacomo Cavalli, Ph.D., Chromatin and Cell Biology lab, Institute of Human Genetics
CNRS and University of Montpellier
www.igh.cnrs.fr