Work Archives
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Visitphilly.com wins tons of awards and captures eyeballs galore
January 24, 2012
According to the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), the visitphilly.com website, which was designed and developed by Happy Cog and the GPTMC, was the recipient of numerous honors, including two Davey awards, four Communicator awards, two W3 awards, and Travel Weekly’s Magellan award. To boot, visitphilly.com traffic continues to increase. Read more
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Perfect score: Interactive Media Awards honors Happy Cog and Harvard University with Best-In-Class award
November 9, 2011
Happy Cog, along with Harvard University, has won a “Best In Class” Interactive Media Award for the recent redesign of harvard.edu in the “university” category. Harvard.edu scored a perfect 500 out of 500. The site was only the third to achieve a perfect score in 2011 from over 3,000 entries. It is also only the eighth to achieve a perfect score since IMA’s inception in 2005, from nearly 16,500 entries submitted. Read more
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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 wins two more IMA awards
November 8, 2010
Since our announcement that Happy Cog won a “Best In Class” Interactive Media Award in the travel/tourism category for VisitPhilly.com, we won two more IMAs. Both are “Best In Class” awards – the first in the marketing category where VisitPhilly.com took the honors again, and the second in the retail category for our work on Zappos.com. Read more
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Happy Cog wins Interactive Media Award for VisitPhilly.com
October 29, 2010
Happy Cog has won a ‘Best In Class’ Interactive Media Award for the official Philadelphia tourism site, visitphilly.com in the travel/tourism category. Happy Cog beat out 120 other category entries for the honor. Read more
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Happy Cog-designed Kongregate: one of Time magazine’s top 50 for 2010.
August 26, 2010
Way back in 2006, we worked with social gaming company Kongregate, helping them devise a plan for world domination. Kongregate was just recognized in Time Magazine’s annual “50 Best Websites” list. Read more.
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Happy Cog Helps Refresh Zappos.com
July 14, 2010
Back in September of 2009, Happy Cog was invited to begin a project help “reskin” Zappos.com. We have always been big fans (not to mention loyal customers) of Zappos.com, so the opportunity was one we were thrilled to be a part of.
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Pre-order DWWS 3e
August 24, 2009
The 3rd Edition of Designing With Web Standards, founder Jeffrey Zeldman’s magnum opus and the foundational web standards text, is now available for pre-order at savings of 37% off. Written with Ethan Marcotte, this major revision to the book that changed how websites get designed and developed captures the explosion of new ideas and technologies that are shaking up standards-based design. From HTML 5 to web fonts, CSS3 to WCAG2, Designing With Web Standards 3rd Edition captures this moment, makes sense of it, and keeps readers smartly ahead of the pack. Zeldman’s blog describes what’s new in this edition. There is also the first page of a new book mini-site, which makes interesting use of embedded web type that works in all browsers.
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ALA 282: Real Type on the Web
April 21, 2009
In Issue No. 282 of Happy Cog’s A List Apart, For People Who Make Websites: We discuss the licensing and technical hurdles of bringing real type to the web with The Font Bureau’s David Berlow, and explore the usability benefits of beauty in design with Stephen P. Anderson.
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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.