What is 1MD and how did it all started?
1MD is a Web agency essentially focused on eMarketing. We are 4 core members with a strong background on Web technologies and Web design. We try to combine these two aspects (technologies and design) to provide great experiences to users. We are only 4 months old (we started on April 1st 2009). Before that, we all worked in Emakina, the biggest (in size) Web agency in Belgium.

Where do you get your inspiration from?
From belgian beers. Seriously, we are very interested in new technologies and trends (HTML 5, mobile Web, Google Wave, augmented reality, Twitter, Facebook, etc.) and try to imagine how we can use them in a pure marketing world.
But generally, inspiration comes from the real life. Life situations give us ideas (hopefully, we don’t execute all weird ideas we have…)

What tools do you use?
Tools that great software editors like Adobe provide to us (it’s ironic). Nothing original here : Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash, TextMate (for pure dev), Xcode (for iPhone dev), 3D and sound sofwares, etc. (on Mac OS X of course)

Tell us something about your latest project “Prototype”?
Certainly the project we are the most proud about (so far). Prototype is a video game in which the main character (Alex Mercer) has the power to steal your identity. So we imagine a scary trailer in which you can see your photos and your personal informations mixed with game cinematics. We created that thanks to Facebook Connect technology. People at Facebook SF congratulates us for that (we are very proud about that fact) and the website has been seen all around the world and reviewed on a lot of big blogs!

Where do you want to be with your company in the next five years?
Our idea is not to become big. We want to continue providing good work and great experiences, even if we grow a little bit. But honestly, we don’t know exactly where we will be in 6 months so 5 years is very very far away for us.

Did you win any awards?
Actually, one. It was a FWA for The Prototype Experience. But contrary to some ad agencies, awards are not our reason to live… (users and customers first!)

Any cool upcoming projects?
Yes but still secret. Follow us on Twitter to be informed of our new projects –> http://twitter.com/1MD