A small Minneapolis design firm has been named winner of a big industry award.
Sevnthsin was selected last week as an
honoree of the 15th annual Webby awards in the Mobile category of "Shopping--Tablets & All Other Devices" for the digital creative agency's iPhone, iPad, Android, and mobile internet applications for JCPenney.
Now 12 people strong, Sevnthsin began as a moonlighting freelance effort for owner and creative director Jamey Erickson, who in June of 2006 quit his day job to form the firm as "literally just me and an intern," he says.
In 2007, Sevnthsin moved to its current Northeast Minneapolis location with six people and has experienced slow growth in the years since.
Among the firm's larger and national clients like JCPenney, Target, and Pabst BlueRibbon, some local favorites can be found, including hip-hop outfits Rhymesayers and Doomtree and local fashion designers.
"We still love to work with all of our small, hometown things that we care about," says Erickson.
Sevnthsin worked with The Nerdery Interactive Labs to develop JCPenney's Weekly Deals mobile applications.
Source: Jamey Erickson, Sevnthsin
Writer: Jeremy Stratton