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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.
Category Archives: Design
Fresh Meat
Each month, we’ll be posting a short profile on our most recent placements. You can find out a bit about them, and see some of their work…
Posted in Advertising, Animation, Art, Awards, Books, Branding, Brands, Design, Digital, Fresh Meat, Graphic Design, Illustration, Just for Fun, The Partners, The Partners Poll
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Linotype – The 8th Wonder of the World
Linotype: The Film is a feature-length documentary centered around the Linotype type casting machine. Called the “Eighth Wonder of the World” by Thomas Edison, it revolutionized printing and society. The film tells the surprisingly emotional story of the people connected to … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Film, Graphic Design, Typography
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Tales of love and hate at Christmas
To some people Christmas is a warm and fuzzy time full of family, gifts and carol singers. To others it’s a cold and loathsome time full of family, gifts and carol singers.
A Big Apple…
Over the coming months I’m going to try and give you a flavo(u)r of what it’s like to live and work as a young designer in New York. I’ve moved here for a year to work in our New York … Continue reading
Posted in Agency, Comment, Design, Exhibition, Just for Fun, The Partners, Uncategorized
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Word Up
In several recent conversations, I have found myself searching for a particular word. It is – take a deep breath – the word that describes a thing that is a part of a wider situation or concept, in which the … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Identity, Brand Strategy, Branding, Brands, Design, Experience Design, Social Media, Strategy, The Partners
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Fresh Meat
Each month, we’ll be posting a short profile on our most recent placements. You can find out a bit about them, and see some of their work…
Posted in Advertising, Art, Branding, Design, Fresh Meat, Graphic Design, Illustration, Just for Fun, The Partners, The Partners Poll
Tagged David Tolmie, Fresh meat, Placements, Tim Sumner
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TP draws itself
Recently we witnessed the national launch of the Princes Foundation for Children & the Arts latest initiative, ‘Face Britain‘.
RIP Steve Jobs
So, as we all sit here, working on our Macs, checking our iPhones and listening to our music on iTunes, we’re reminded of the legacy that Steve Jobs has left us all in his untimely death. As creatives, we owe … Continue reading
Richard Hamilton (1922-2011)
The renowned British artist and ‘father of pop art’ has died at the age of 89.
Posted in Art, Comment, Design, News, The Partners
Tagged artist, Inspiration, Richard Hamilton, Swingeing London
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New’ish year. New inspiration.
I set off before the Christmas break this year with high aspirations of gallery visits, an intellectual reading list and a general full-on immersion into everything cultural. The reality, as so often happens was a heady mixture of family reunions, … Continue reading →