Business Archives
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Happy Cog wins Webby award for Zappos.com work
May 4, 2011
Happy Cog’s work on Zappos.com won the People’s Voice Award in the “Best Navigation/Structure” category for the 15th Annual Webby Awards. That makes 2 IMA awards and a Webby for Zappos.com. We are humbled and proud. Read more
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Happy Cog announces “Cogify” theme for Shopify
January 10, 2011
After a few months of meticulous design and code wizardry, today we’re elated to announce the availability of our “Cogify” theme for Shopify. Brought to you by the all-star team at Happy Cog, the Cogify theme is as elegantly designed as it is powerful under the hood. Expertly coded with HTML5 and only the finest in web standards, Cogify comes with four gloriously unique presets: Concorde, Underground, Gazelle, and Flyer. Read more here,, at Shopify, and on Cognition.
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Biz Journal Profiles Cog
August 21, 2009
“Happy Cog Studios, the New York-based boutique Web design firm that did most of its work for customers out of Center City, has added an office on the West Coast.” So begins The Philadelphia Business Journal’s coverage of the Airbag and Happy Cog merger, and its profile of Happy Cog East business leaders Greg Hoy and Robert Jolly.
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Happy Cog merges with Airbag Industries
August 3, 2009
Happy Cog and Airbag Industries, two leading and influential web design firms, announce that they are merging. The resulting super-agency will be called Happy Cog, and will maintain studios in three cities: New York, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.
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Focus on art: MICA relaunch
March 10, 2009
As one of the top art and design schools in the world, Maryland Institute College of Art demanded bold thinking and exceptional execution in the redesign of its website. In Happy Cog’s site design, MICA’s student artwork isn’t merely the most important element in the visual space; it actually works to define the site experience. Read more.
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Changing the face of American leadership
January 5, 2009
Some programs are about helping students get into college. Some are about helping them stay there. The Posse Foundation is about changing the face of American leadership. This unique nonprofit foundation makes a lifelong commitment to each student taken under its wing—and the members of Posse extend that same spirit of mentoring and giving back when they enter the workforce. We are thrilled to announce the launch of a Posse Foundation website designed by Happy Cog. Read the case study or visit the site.
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Happy Cog and Housing Works showcase
December 11, 2008
In an Expression Engine Showcase Interview, Greg Hoy and the staff of Happy Cog Philadelphia discuss how the agency used Expression Engine to meet the detailed and sophisticated needs of Housing Works.
Housing Works provides homeless and low-income New Yorkers living with HIV/AIDS and their families with housing, meals, medical care, drug treatment, social support, employment opportunities, and other lifesaving services fundamental to health and happiness.
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ALA 273: Agile vs. IA
December 2, 2008
Issue No. 273 of A List Apart, for people who make websites, looks at web design from both sides now. Learn how traditional, research-based IA leads to better site design—and why many are abandoning traditional methods in favor of agile design.
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Krylon redesign, more than a paint job
September 11, 2008
Sixty-one years ago, a Philadelphia businessman revolutionized the paint industry and founded Krylon, Inc., the first and still largest supplier of aerosol paints in the world. Krylon looked to Happy Cog to help it reach new audiences and bring out the excitement inherent in the product.
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The Survey, 2008
July 29, 2008
It’s back, it’s improved, and it’s hungry for your data. Calling all designers, developers, information architects, project managers, writers, editors, marketers, and everyone else who makes websites. It is time once again to pool our information so as to begin sketching a true picture of the way our profession is practiced worldwide. Please take the survey and encourage your friends and colleagues who make websites to do likewise. The world is watching.