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Keith Hensel

Creative Director/Designer

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Beyond the 10-k wrap

Client: Cognizant

In the wrong hands, corporate annual reports can be dry, pale versions of the companies they represent. We helped Cognizant avoid that fate by emphasizing the company’s unique perspective on the future of work and its corporate social responsibility.

Unsurpassed quality

Client: Porsche North America

It can be hard to visualize exactly how a car—even one as breathtaking as a Porsche—can help market other products. So we created a web-based app to help agency and brand people do exactly that. In addition to incredible car shots, stunning scenery and consumer silhouettes, users can upload images of their own products, adjust the composition and share the layout with others to get their engines revved up.

Remote service. Real simple.

Client: Cognizant

One of the building blocks of the company’s Remote Infrastructure Management (RIM) offering is a toolset that monitors and adjusts a range of ITIS services. We helped explain the offering and the value proposition in a way that everyone could understand.

Making an icon accessible

Client: Wenner Media

The cover of Rolling Stone occupies a unique place in pop culture. Which means that any app that allows regular folks to mess with that space needs to be treated carefully, respectfully…and be so cool that people clamor to get it like they would a pair of front-row tickets to the year’s hottest show.

Suze Orman would be proud

Client: CashPath

Many of us can barely balance our checkbooks, never mind plan for the financial future. With Cashpath you can finally get a handle on your money. It's the app we’ve all been waiting for. Our challenge was to make it clear to those of us on the financially impaired spectrum what we’re selling.

It’s electric!

Client: GE Holiday Lighting (Santa's Best Craft)

Ever see Christmas Vacation, when Clark Griswold gets into an obsessive game of one-upsmanship over whose house can suck more energy from the power grid? Well he and others like him drive the folks at GE Holiday Lighting to come up with ever more imaginative products. And that, in turn, drove us to create a site experience that served the needs of their consumer audiences.

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3—Right?

Client: BasicTalk Phone Service

That was the challenge in bringing this how-to-video to life. Find a way to communicate what the product can do while simultaneously instructing the viewer how to do it. We literally went back to basics ourselves and told the story as simply as we could.

What a strategic partner looks like

Client: Eastern Land Management

The new brand needed to do more than simply accommodate the company’s expanded range of services. It also had to sit comfortably alongside client brands and reflect the company’s increasingly significant role as consultant, advisor…partner. We created an identity that looks like it belongs among the area’s largest and most prestigious businesses.

Shaping a next-generation nonprofit

Client: Education Through Music

Good works often go unnoticed, and that’s especially true of most nonprofits. But ETM is special, and we wanted to make sure everyone knew it. So we created a new identity as a way of treating the brand like a brand, and establishing a foundation on which to build future marketing efforts.

What's cookin'

There are times where we get fed up with the "designs" we see out in the wild. It prompts us to take matters into our own hands...literally. Here's a few examples of how we think a little design makes it all better.

MTA Mobile APP

Arizona Cherry Lime Rickey

CT License Plate

5 Guys Bag

Occupy Wall St. Posters

Allergy Labels for Packaged Goods

Rainbow Sandals Website

Location, location...site

Client: Sotheby's International Realty

Perhaps the only thing more important to Sotheby’s than its properties is showcasing them on the company’s home page. We came up with a way to feature the most valuable and exclusive ones while providing one-click access to others in the most sought-after areas.

Following the money trail

Client: Connolly Consulting

That’s what Connolly does—track down missing funds. And although their work speaks for itself (the company recovers about $1 billion for its clients every year), advertising and marketing help. From a new website to this piece that went out to prospects in finance and treasury to explain the value of finding money that’s gone missing. Seems like a no-brainer to us.

Crazy Generous

Client: Vonage

We packed all the things you get with your Vonage service and gave a quick tutorial on how easy it is to set up—in this fun little How-To Video.

Back to basics

Client: BasicTalk Phone Service

BasicTalk makes it easy for just about anyone to save money by dropping the phone company and signing on for VoIP service. It was our job to make it look like your mother-in-law could do it.

How work gets done

Client: Stanley Black & Decker

From breaking boulders to maintaining power grids and everything in between, Stanley Hydraulic Tools, a division of Stanley Black & Decker, makes things happen on job sites all around the world. We made it all come together in this product brochure which showcases their three lines of business.

See your name in lights

Client: Burns Entertainment & Sports Marketing

The folks at Burns make entertainment and sports celebrities shine, even when they’re not in the spotlight. It’s a subtle, sophisticated art; one from which we drew inspiration to create a new identity. It reflects the star power of their clientele and the connections the company makes across industries and brands.

Infinite possibilities

Client: Westport Library

Forget everything you think you know about libraries. Now picture a place where collaboration, critical thinking and community happen all the time, all under one roof. Then throw in a maker bot installation — voila! You've got Westport Library. 

 

Tools to sell by

Client: Interactive Data Corp. (IDC)

IDC needed a better way to communicate the features, benefits and competitive value of its diverse offerings. So we dug deep, exploring the key points of differentiation and coming up with fresh visual ways to connect with prospective customers.

Marsh

Client: Marsh

Sometimes the bigger the company, the harder it is for people to get the information they need. It makes having a world-class intranet all the more of a necessity. We created a dashboard for all things Marsh that keeps their employees in the know.

When is a home page more than just a home page?

Client: Cognizant

The three "R"s (Re-think, Re-invent, Re-Wire) were critical to taking Cognizant from an outsourcing IT company to a thought leader in the very competitive IT space. These newly re-designed home pages work to put Cognizant.com in the consideration set for world-class IT consulting and services. 

Beyond the 10-k wrap

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Unsurpassed quality

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Remote service. Real simple.

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Making an icon accessible

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Suze Orman would be proud

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It’s electric!

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It's as easy as 1, 2, 3—Right?

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What a strategic partner looks like

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Shaping a next-generation nonprofit

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What's cookin'

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Location, location...site

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Following the money trail

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Crazy Generous

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Back to basics

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How work gets done

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See your name in lights

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Infinite possibilities

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Tools to sell by

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Marsh

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When is a home page more than just a home page?

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