decade.elegantseagulls.comA Decade in Design with Elegant Seagulls

ten year celebration Decade and still growing The Usual Suspects Legal: Ben Johnson Street Handle: Jack Dusty Status: Enrolled Seagull born and wheat bread Ben actually has small feathers starting to form all over his body. Acting as Owner and Creative Director he enjoys seeing the teams success and growth. "It has been a wild ride but I would not change anything, lucky to have met so many amazing people and learn something from each one" Case ID: Fugitive 0005 Legal: Chris LaRose Street Handle: Mista Chris Status: Enrolled Chris entered the nest as an intern in January 2012 and never stopped learning. Today he works remotely as Director of UI/UX and his favorite memories are the ones where a design problem becomes a Eureka! moment. These moments can transform the way we approach design and are especially important in an industry thats constantly shifting. Chris tries to live his life like that too - so outside of the nest he is always looking for ways to bridge all of his interests and to share what he has learned with others. Case ID: Fugitive 0004 Legal: Tom O’Connell Street Handle: Tommy Lee Swagger Status: Enrolled Tom has been with the agency since September of 2012. As the oldest employee, he does not get special privileges or preferred treatment. When he is not with his fellow Seagulls, he also enjoys bull fighting, yoga, singing with his acapella group and spending time with family and friends. Case ID: Fugitive 0006 Legal: John Spigarelli Street Handle: Spigs Status: Enrolled John has worked with Elegant Seagulls for 3.5 years as the Executive Producer, responsible for guiding projects and building client relationships. As time passes he has learned that every project will bring a unique set of challenges but engaging and moving people to action is always the right answer. Case ID: Fugitive 0002 Legal: Bugsy Sailor Street Handle: Thugsy Status: Enrolled Bugsy has been with Elegant Seagulls for over two years, and when he’s not writing code he can be found on the shores of Lake Superior skipping stones. From children’s books about Yoopers to football legend Earl Campbell, Bugsy is especially grateful having the opportunity to get to know clients on a personal level. Case ID: Fugitive 0007 Legal: Liz Klarecki Street Handle: VandaLiz Status: Enrolled Liz has worked with the gulls for about 2 years. Her skills are top notch in the areas of code, design, and donuts. She thoroughly enjoys problem solving in both the design and development processes of projects and working with clients to produce their vision as an end result. Case ID: Fugitive 0008 Legal: Myles Kedrowski Street Handle: Coco Bison Status: Enrolled Initiated into the flock in 2014, Myles (a.k.a ’coco’ a.k.a ’coco bison’) fronts the Seagull’s pixel trade as their current Art Director. $5 pizzas, video games, and cult classic horror movies are all signs that The Bison is near. Not to be trifled with prior to coffee consumption. Case ID: Fugitive 0001 Legal: Ryan LaBar Street Handle: Ryan Status: Enrolled Ryan joined the Seagulls’ team in 2015 at the tender young age of 30 as a Front-End Developer & Producer. Ryan enjoys cycling, fishing, his family, long walks on the beach, and developing elegant solutions to complex design layouts. While Ryan loves the learning opportunities that each new project brings, he is especially excited taking part in projects that exceed a client’s expectations. Case ID: Fugitive 0009 Legal: Jacob Proffer Street Handle: Jake Status: Enrolled Jacob, who for most of his life had been raised by great black­backed gulls ­ not by ring­billed gulls ­had much to learn as an intern in the fall of 2015. He was feisty, scrappy, and thought of Sass as an attitude rather than a CSS pre-processor. Today, perched near the door of Elegant Seagulls, he can be found writing code and pushing pixels. Case ID: Fugitive 0010 Legal: Eliza Groll Street Handle: Eliza Status: Enrolled Eliza has worked at Elegant Seagulls for three months as the graphic design intern. She enjoys how the team at Elegant is unique, funny, and couldn’t have asked for a better place to learn and grow as a designer. Case ID: Fugitive 0003 Previous suspect Next suspect Legal: Ben Johnson Case ID: Fugitive 0005 Legal: Chris LaRose Case ID: Fugitive 0004 Legal: Tom O’Connell Case ID: Fugitive 0006 Legal: John Spigarelli Case ID: Fugitive 0002 Legal: Bugsy Sailor Case ID: Fugitive 0007 Legal: Liz Klarecki Case ID: Fugitive 0008 Legal: Myles Kedrowski Case ID: Fugitive 0001 Legal: Ryan LaBar Case ID: Fugitive 0009 Legal: Jacob Proffer Case ID: Fugitive 0010 Legal: Eliza Groll Case ID: Fugitive 0003 Persons of Interest / Past Members Gene Ross Chad Casper Nick Ano Allison Cherrette Jim Debrock Joe Cornellia Mike Forester Ask A Seagull Ask a Seagull. Operation: Ask a Seagull Origin: Unknown Objective: Personal Growth / Domination Can I eat 60,000 calories and still function properly? The proof is in the puddin’ Ask Away Has yoga ever killed anyone? According to CoCo Bison... yes How many lives do seagulls have? Infinite Sinking three pointers & free throws since day one. dribbble ’12 Yearly Recap December 2012 1,578 Total likes 265 Project Buckets 13 shots dropped ’13 Yearly Recap December 2013 8,482 Total likes 1,428 Project Buckets 63 shots dropped ’14 Yearly Recap December 2014 15,851 Total likes 2,649 Project Buckets 72 shots dropped ’15 Yearly Recap December 2015 17,357 Total likes 2,986 Project Buckets 67 shots dropped ’16 Yearly Recap December 2016 5,708 Total likes 800 Project Buckets 25 shots dropped MVP shots Honorable Mentions Schematics Where we’ve been. Where we are going. Blueprint archives: Origin: Marquette, MI 2006 01 Ben 02 Ben 03 OG 3 04 VIO 05 Office 06 Award 07 Nest 08 Dribbble 09 Process Elegant Seagulls Snowboard Video Specimen: Ben Johnson Start date: 2005 Expiration: 2006 Ben launches the Elegant Seagulls snowboard video and brand as his senior thesis project. After a winter in Tahoe he moves back to Marquette, MI looking for next adventure. 2005 Elegant Seagulls Specimen: Ben Johnson Start date: 2006 Expiration: 2007 After returning home Ben decides to start his own business and Elegant Seagulls Design is born. The business becomes an official” entity on August 15, 2006 with world headquarters in Ben’s bedroom. 2006 First Employees Specimen: Gene Ross + Chad Casper Start date: 2007 Expiration: 2014/15 The original 3 Seagulls take shape with Gene Glen” Ross and Chad Casper joining the team. This was a huge leap for the company as they began taking on more large clients and pushing their creative/dev. 2007 VIO Client Specimen: VIO Start date: 2008 Expiration: Ongoing V.I.O emerges as Elegant Seagulls first large scale client. The relationship grows from small side projects to the team eventually tackling all things web and creative. 2008 First Office Space Specimen: VIO Office Start date: 2009 Expiration: 2011 With the growing team and relationship with VIO the team moves from separate home offices into a section of VIO’s headquarters. Here a young baby bird Nick left eye” Ano was hatched as the first intern. 2009 First Awwwards Specimen: Elegant Seagulls Start date: 2010 Expiration: 2012 Elegant Seagulls officially becomes Elegant Seagulls, Inc and with the launch of their new website win first Awwwards site of the day. 2010 The Nest Specimen: World Headquarters Start date: 2011 Expiration: —- With a growing team Elegant Seagulls purchases a building in downtown Marquette. The space quickly filled with new team members, projects, and Alanis Morissette. 2011 Team Dribbble Launch Specimen: Dribbble Start date: 2012 Expiration: Ongoing The Seagulls team dribble account emerges with one cohesive voice. Dribbble has been and continues to be a big part of our exposure and growth. Luckily no real basketball skills are needed. 2012 Process Overhaul Specimen: Team Start date: 2014 Expiration: Ongoing As the team continued to evolve we brought in new players, a revised process, and new focus...