Kevin “Skwerl” Cogill

Client: Enjoy Human
Role: Designer, Developer (Front/Back, Flash)
When: 2009

I am so proud of this project. When the video production company Enjoy Human decided they wanted to radically revamp their site for 2010, we sat down together and planned everything out thoroughly. They knew they wanted something sleek, clean, and designed for widescreen monitors. But beyond that, they didn’t get too hung up on the trivial aesthetics like a lot of clients do (“Can we get the icons in periwinkle blue?”), and instead focused on how to effectively present their impressive body of work. There were no last minute direction changes, no jumping from a horse to an elephant in mid-stride so to speak. The clear focus of all parties resulted in a clean, intuitively usable design, and some of the most beautifully efficient code I’ve ever produced.

January 27th, 2010 | Tags: AS3, CSS, Flash, HTML, Javascript, jQuery, WordPress | Category: Design, Development | Leave a comment

Client: Justin Dettle
Role: Designer / Developer
When: 2009

Justin Dettle reviews extreme heavy metal music for Antiquiet. He’s got so much to say, we decided to give him his own blog dedicated to metal. I threw this together one weekend, after commissioning a badass logo from the very talented Wes DeSoto. Designing this site was so fun. The stone texture is a photograph I took in my backyard.

Visit Heavy Dettle

September 14th, 2009 | Tags: CSS, HTML, Identity Design, Marketing, PHP, SEO, Web Design, WordPress | Category: Design, Development | Leave a comment

Client: Antiquiet
Role: Founder / Designer / Developer
When: 2009

It’s about time I add this one. I created Antiquiet in 2007 with Johnny Firecloud. I designed it (we’re on our fourth version), I built it, I write for it, I shoot video for it, I edit video for it, I record and edit live sound for it, I throw events, design flyers, design ads, sell ads, traffic ads, I manage our SEO- which is great- I do business development, I administer the server, the works. I don’t know why this wasn’t the first thing into my portfolio, but when I say I can do it all, Antiquiet backs it up.

View Antiquiet Live

August 15th, 2009 | Tags: Ad Trafficking, CSS, Final Cut Pro, HTML, Identity Design, Javascript, Marketing, PHP, Pro Tools, SEO, Systems Administration, Web Design, WordPress | Category: Design, Development | Comments (2)

Client: Antiquiet
Role: Graphic Designer
When: 2009

Antiquiet’s a passion project of mine, and there’s not much to these banners. But I’m proud of them, because they all feature classic quotes from one on one conversations we had with headlining artists. They really capture the rock n’ roll attitude and energy that I would like to consider my specialty.

August 15th, 2009 | Tags: Banner Ads, Web Design | Category: Design | Comments (1)

Client: Me
Role: Graphic Designer
When: 2009

(DOT) SQUIRRELS is my LLC. For the corporate image, I wanted somehow to play off the idea of industrious worker squirrels building stuff, without being too literal. In my head, I was picturing the old boxes of screws and nails in my Dad’s basement growing up.

April 19th, 2009 | Tags: Identity Design, Marketing | Category: Design | Leave a comment

Client: Antiquiet (AKA Me)
Role: Graphic Designer
When: 2009

I realize there are two ways to spell the word: flier, and flyer. Both apparently are valid. Since I’m a hockey fan from Philadelphia, I’m most comfortable with the latter.

I designed this flyer for a party Antiquiet threw at Enjoy Human downtown. I also hired the bands (8mm and Pop Levi), helped build the stage, and did live sound with Pro Tools multitrack recording with the help of Alex Schneiderman.

February 16th, 2009 | Tags: Event Planning, Print Design | Category: Design | Comments (1)

Client: WonderHowTo
Role: Graphic Designer
When: 2008

February 11th, 2009 | Tags: Web Design | Category: Design | Leave a comment

Client: Crave Online
Role: Graphic Designer
When: 2007

What a ridiculous project, from start to finish. The concept came from Gorilla Nation CEO Brian Fitzgerald. We thought it was a joke for a second… And then we fell in love with it.

February 11th, 2009 | Tags: Marketing, Print Design | Category: Design | Leave a comment

Client: Ann Maretta
Role: Graphic Designer
When: 2007

Almost forgot about this one… Not everything I do is loud and in your face

February 10th, 2009 | Tags: Identity Design, Marketing, Print Design | Category: Design | Leave a comment