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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: Bad
A big cheer
It’s not often that I blog about someone having done something well (I am comfortable in my cranky, critical skin thank you) however I, uncomfortably, find myself in a position where I genuinely wish to offer praise and ‘props’ to … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Strategy, Branding, Brands, Business
Tagged Art, Bad, Blog, brand, experience, Flash, Fun, London, National Express, ted, trains, vouchers, Work
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Is this the worst film ever made?
We all love great films; Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Toy Story and of course the Star Wars trilogy to name just a few. There are also terrible films, you know, the ones that scrape the barrel for plot, like Catwoman and … Continue reading
50 penny for your thoughts
The reverse side of the UK’s new 50p piece, to commemorate the coming of the 2012 Olympics to London, features a crudely drawn high-jumper in mid-flight. By the standards to which we are generally accustomed, it’s a terrible piece of … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Strategy, Branding, Brands, Business, Design, Logos, Marketing, Strategy
Tagged 2009, 50 pence, 50p, Art, Bad, brand, Brands, Business, Coins, Conversation, Design, Designers, experience, Free, Fun, Google, haecceity, History, hypokeimenon, logo, Logos, London, Marketing, News, Olympic 50p piece, Olympics 2012, Paint, People, quiddity, ted, the National Gallery, Work
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Travelling to the future
At 8.30am this morning I was in the studio. In itself unremarkable, but at 7am I was having breakfast on the beach, 85 miles away, in East Sussex. Nope, I haven’t learned to fly, but I think I’ve discovered the … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Bad, brand, brand experience, Business, experience, Future, high speed rail, ideas, London, St. Pancras, trains, tube
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Student/Graduate Q&A
Following on from Greg’s post about how he got into design we decided to ask our two designers currently in charge of our placement scheme; Paul and Leon, about how students should go about applying for placements at design studios. … Continue reading
WTF for the iPhone
A cool app just appeared on the iPhone App store: WTF – or to give its full name – What The Font – is a free app that replicates the functionality of the website (of the same name) that can work out … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Tools, Toys, Typography
Tagged Bad, Free, Fun, iPhone, Poster, Typography, Work
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Tiger, tiger
Mostly I argue that people are not brands. But in Tiger Woods’ case I make an exception. Because he has gone out of his way to make himself one, and he’s been taking everyone for a fool. When Tiger Woods … Continue reading →