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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: 2009
Congratulations Matthew!
Imagine the initial deafening stunned silence, from the envious population of pencil seekers that rocked the room at the D&AD awards last night when previously unknown 26 year old designer Matthew Dent took to the stage to collect a Black … Continue reading
Life, Death, Passion, iPhone
Our friends at the National Gallery just released their first iPhone/iPod touch application aimed at bringing a taster of the eminence, elegance and inclusiveness of the largest collection of Western European paintings straight into the 21st century and right into your … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Digital, Interactive, Toys, User Experience, User Interface
Tagged 2009, 50p, Application, Art, brand, Branding, Flash, Free, Identity, iPhone, iPod, London, Paint, the National Gallery, The Partners, Video, Work
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Little Yellow Book in the Big Yellow Book
Our relationship with Thrislington cubicles goes nearly as far back as The Partners itself. It’s a testament to them that they still commission creative work after all this time. Our latest project – Thrislington Education – is introduced by this … Continue reading
Sign of the times
The Partners New York office has been making a splash with their launch in the US, so much so that we even got a mention in the Media and Advertising section in the New York Times this week. With them … Continue reading
Posted in News, The Partners
Tagged 2009, Advertising, Art, Business, logo, New York, News, The Partners, Work
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Eyes down please
This week saw the return of the now infamous TP Pub Quiz. Celebrating its tenth year, the Pub Quiz is an opportunity for all The Partners staff to team up and get merry in a local drinking establishment whilst battling … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Mashup, The Partners, Video
Tagged 2009, Animation, Application, Art, Booze, Flash, Fun, People, play, Poster, Pub Quiz, PubQuiz, Robert Ball, ted, The Partners, tube, Video
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TP packaging on TheDieline.com
The World famous packaging blog; The Dieline, has featured two of our lovely pieces of work up on their site: the world’s first branded sausage, Mr. Singh’s Bangras, and the slow cooked goodness that is the Klein Caporn range of … Continue reading
plinky-plonky music
So you might have heard of and seen one of these Yamaha TENORI-ON machines (in fact Nathan blogged about Little Boot’s rendition of Hot Chip’s Ready for the floor a while back now) the new instrument that mixes musical beats … Continue reading
Posted in Interactive, Music, Technology, User Experience
Tagged 2009, Art, Blog, Creative, Design, Flash, Global, Interactive, Music, play, ted
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The trust tussle
This week Media & Marketing magazine discussed the issue of trust. Brands need it, but do they have it? With the current economic climate clouding consumers trust in brands, how can this be successfully turned back around? Jim Prior was contacted … Continue reading
Twitterholic
I have to say that there’s a lot of stuff written in the press about Twitter: the micro-blogging service that is a bit like Facebook status on steroids without the nonsense of having to admire baby or pet photos — … Continue reading
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.