Broderbund And Visual Applications, Inc. Form Strategic Partnership to Meet Consumer Need in Burgeoning Home Design Software Market.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 1998-- Companies Align align (  līn),v to move the teeth into their proper positions to conform to the line of occlusion. to Produce Power-Packed 3D Home Design Suite Bundle Featuring the no. 1-Rated 3D Home(tm) Series and Imagine Your Landscape(tm) Broderbund Software, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :BROD BROD Big Bike Riders of Dagupan (Motorcycle Club in the Philippines) ) and Visual Applications, Inc. are collaborating to introduce Broderbund's new, all-in-one home design product, 3D Home(tm) Design Suite. The partnership was developed in response to numerous Broderbund customer requests to provide users with the ability to landscape their homes. Broderbund queried owners of its award-winning 3D Home Architect(R) about products they'd like to see the company produce, and many showed an interest in landscaping. "Visual Applications' Imagine Your Landscape is a great fit for our 3D Home Series of products," said Doug Mack, General Manager of Broderbund's Banner Blue Division. "By partnering with Visual Applications we've provided the home enthusiast A person who enjoys using computers and electronic equipment. Enthusiasts like technology and are willing to learn more of the ins and outs of a product than the average consumer, who just wants to use it. An enthusiast is more like a "prosumer." See consumer and prosumer. with everything needed to design a home from the inside out.No one else has a more complete home design software package on the market." "We're extremely proud of our Imagine Your Landscape. It's part of our user-friendly series of Imagine products that truly help the consumer visualize their home improvement projects," said Sarah Breshears, Marketing Communications Marketing communications (or marcom) are messages and related media used to communicate with a market. Those who practice advertising, branding, direct marketing, graphic design, marketing, packaging, promotion, publicity, sponsorship, public relations, sales, sales Director for Visual Applications. "The partnership with Broderbund will bring us added exposure and will further our brand recognition." -0-
3D Home Design Suite combines three easy-to-use software products
into one power-packed bundle:
-- 3D Home Architect Deluxe lets users easily design and visualize
their home or remodel plans
-- 3D Home Interiors(tm) lets users decorate any room in their house
using brand name products
-- Imagine Your Landscape(tm) lets users create a photorealistic
landscape or garden for their own home by importing an image of
their home photo or by using an existing model home from the
software.
3D Home Design Suite is available nationwide at computer retailers for $79.95 (average street price). About Visual Applications, Inc. Visual Applications, Inc. was started in 1990 in Kansas City Kansas City, two adjacent cities of the same name, one (1990 pop. 149,767), seat of Wyandotte co., NE Kansas (inc. 1859), the other (1990 pop. 435,146), Clay, Jackson, and Platte counties, NW Mo. (inc. 1850). , Mo., by company president Bobbie L. Dreis-Ayers. Visual Applications is a leader in Personal Visualization Using the computer to convert data into picture form. The most basic visualization is that of turning transaction data and summary information into charts and graphs. Visualization is used in computer-aided design (CAD) to render screen images into 3D models that can be viewed from all Software, which allows the user to see different products, merchandise and materials as they will appear either in their home or on their property. Visual Applications continues to break ground in the visualization field by basing all of its products on the concept that consumers want to make modifications and design their home using photos of their actual home. Additionally, consumers want to see name brand product photos, not simple illustrations. Visual Applications has pioneered several products including Imagine Your Landscape, Imagine Your Interior Design, Imagine Your Dream Home, Imagine Your Deck, Pool & Hot Tub and Imagine Your Exterior Remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling . Visual Applications products are available over the Internet at www.visapp.com and through major retail locations. About Broderbund Broderbund Software, Inc. develops, publishes and markets a broad line of interactive software for use in homes, schools and small businesses. Since its founding in 1980, Broderbund has repeatedly broken new ground, conceiving Conceiving may refer to:
throws over lover for another. [Fr. Lit.: Carmen; Fr. Opera: Bizet, Carmen, Westerman, 189–190] See : Faithlessness Carmen the cards repeatedly spell her death. [Fr. Sandiego(tm), Living Books(R), Myst and Riven rive v. rived, riv·en also rived, riv·ing, rives v.tr. 1. To rend or tear apart. 2. To break into pieces, as by a blow; cleave or split asunder. 3. . The Company, headquartered in Novato, California Novato is a city located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in northern Marin County. As of a 2000 census, the city population was 47,630. Novato is 30 miles north of San Francisco on US 101. , is committed to providing its customers with engaging products that set quality standards and take advantage of the latest technologies. Broderbund's Internet web site is located at http://www.broderbund.com. -0- Note to Editors: Broderbund, 3D Home Architect, 3D Home Interiors, 3D Home Design Suite, Family Tree Maker, 3D Home, The Print Shop, Living Books, Carmen Sandiego are trademarks or registered trademarks of Broderbund Software, Inc. Myst and Riven are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cyan, Inc. All other product or company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
CONTACT: Broderbund Software, Inc.
Imelda Valenzuela
Ph: 510/494-2757
Fax: 510/794-2754
imelda_valenzuela@broder.com
or
Visual Applications, Inc.
Sarah Breshears
Ph: 800/798-4727
Fax: 816/472-0941
sarah.breshears@visapp.com
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