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The Crossed Cow is The Partners blog. A collection of views, opinions and inspirations gathered from the team behind the UK's most highly awarded brand consultancy.
Author Archives: Kevin
The wilderness downtown
In what can only be described as “showing off”, the guys and gals at Google have once again brought another technical tour-de-force music video to our attention, this time in collaboration with the hottest band around (and in the studio … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Interactive, Social Media
Tagged Arcade Fire, Chrome, Experiments, Google, HTML5, Interactive
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The forgotten interface
This weekend thousands of people around the world will open up a shiny new iPad, heralded as THE user experience paradigm shift in computing in the last five years. I’m sure it will be awesome. Last night Microsoft UK held … Continue reading
Metrowrap competition
The Metro ran a competition a couple of weeks ago to engage the creative community to come up with ideas for an inspiring cover wrap for the London issue of the paper.
Fine Cell Work launch quilts exhibition
Fine Cell Work is a charity which operates in UK prisons, teaching prisoners needlework skills. As surprising as it seems, hundreds of inmates fill their long prison hours sewing cushions and quilts, creating a sense of pride and community. This … Continue reading
Room with a view
Our friend Christine Donnier-Valentin has her latest project ‘sofa’ featured on Eye Magazine’s blog. “The sofa is an object of comfort in a home, filled with memories of conversations, laughter, tears, play, books, food. And then it is discarded, taken … Continue reading
My WEF diary
At the end of January, I took a little trip from the (relative) warmth and comfort of my studio desk in Albion Courtyard, to the bleak wilderness of Davos, high up a mountain in the Swiss alps. A spot of … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Branding, Comment, Environment, User Experience, Video
Tagged Animation, Branding, Diary
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Oh, ok, go!
So I’m going to have a little rant — don’t you just hate it when you see ads that blatantly copy something from Youtube? Fine. Okay, sometimes it’s hard for everyone to come up with good ideas so you inevitably end … Continue reading →