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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.
Tag Archives: 2008
ISTD 2009
Friday night saw The Partners host the ISTD (International Society of Typographic Designers) Student Awards for the third time in as many years. The awards night celebrates the end of a long, tough journey for each of the students involved, … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Design, Graphic Design
Tagged 2008, 2009, Alan Kitching, Art, Awards, Brief, Creative, Design, Designers, Flash, Free, ISTD, People, Student, Student awards, Students, ted, The Partners, Typography, Work
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Canned gold
This week saw the welcome return of our Creative Partner Greg Quinton. Whilst we’ve all been sitting gazing longingly at the sun through the studio window, Greg has been sunning it up in Cannes at the Cannes Design Lion awards … Continue reading
Singh for your Supper
Michael Johnson wrote on his Thought of the Week “One of the ironies of life in design consultancy is that the projects that can take months, sometimes years and push the boundaries of brand identity can remain resolutely ignored by … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Innovation
Tagged 2008, 2009, Art, Awards, Bangras, brand, Branding, Brief, Design, Design Week, Food, Identity, Innovation, Packaging, The Partners, Work
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Design Week Awards – Newsflash!
Newsflash straight from the floor of this years Design Week Awards – we’ve just heard that we’ve bagged three prizes: Office Games won Best Poster, Mr Singh’s Bangras won Best Branded Packaging and Best website for Eagleclean. No doubt there will be … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, The Partners
Tagged 2008, 2009, Awards, Bangras, brand, Design, Design Week, Flash, logo, News, Packaging, Poster
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An experiment in collaboration
Last summer we had the delightful opportunity to join forces with London arts and culture charity, Jerwood Foundation, to produce an innovative catalogue to accompany an exhibition running at the London based venue, Jerwood Space. The event, ‘An Experiment in … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Exhibition
Tagged 2008, Art, Blog, Catalogue, Charity, Collaboration, Culture, Design, exhibitions, Free, Jerwood, London, play, ted, Tools
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MTV EXPONENTIAL
Dave Wood is our latest recruit and we’ve decided to show you why. In this excerpt from his portfolio, he shows his D&AD short listed MTV project, created with fellow students Jack Gilbey and Chris Syrett. Over to you Dave. … Continue reading
Davidoff Black & White
We haven’t shown much of our work (in fact, we haven’t shown any at all yet) on this here blog, so I thought it was time to buck the trend a little bit. The plan is to try and showcase … Continue reading
The albums of 2008
So here we are at the start of 2009: a great time indeed to reflect on the previous year and more importantly what tunes we’ve been listening to. But before I run down our definitive top ten list, I thought … Continue reading
“brands are part of the conversation”
Our friends at We Are Social are attending LeWeb’08 in Paris at the moment: “it is clear that L’Oréal have learned a lot over the past few years and it’s actually quite refreshing to hear brands such as L’Oréal talking … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Agency, Brand Strategy, Branding, Brands, Business, Marketing, Social Media, User Experience
Tagged 2008, Agency, Art, Blog, brand, brand experience, Branding, Brands, Business, Conversation, Digital, experience, Social Media
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Preston Profiles – Robert Ball
Our Design director from t’north Robert Ball has been featured as part of the Preston Profiles feature on design blog The Disciples of Design.