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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: Design Week
One thanks one
In 2004 Design Week published its annual league table of companies ranked according to the number of design awards they had won worldwide in the previous three years. The Partners was 21st. For some of us here, that was a … Continue reading
Posted in News, The Partners
Tagged 2009, Art, Awards, Blog, Creative, Design, Design Week, Number 1, The Partners
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Do it to see it to do it
I’m sure that all the Norwich students, past and present, here at The Partners, share Gareth Robert’s view (below) from this week’s Design Week periodical. I’ll never forget the deadly silences when Ray would lean back on his chair, put … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic Design
Tagged Art, Design, Design Week, Norwich School, Ray Gregory, Retirement, Student, Students, Teaching of Art and Design, The Partners
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The learning curve
This week’s Design Week Magazine, includes a insightful article about ex-TP designer Dana Robertson and about his new start up design business Neon. After graduating from Norwich School of Art and Design (now known as Norwich University College of the … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Graphic Design
Tagged Agency, Art, Brief, Business, Creative, Dana, Design, Design Week, Friends, Identity, Neon, Norwich School, Start up, ted, The Partners
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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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The Tuesday triple
Now that the dust is settling (and the energy drinks are kicking in finally) after last nights celebrations, we are delighted to announce that Design Week awarded The Partners with a triple win at their annual awards ceremony last night, … Continue reading
Posted in Awards
Tagged 2009, Art, Awards, Bangras, brand, Catalogue, Collaboration, Design, Design Week, Digital, Flash, Fun, Identity, Jerwood, logo, London, News, Packaging, Poster, ted, the National Gallery, The Partners
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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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Design Week Benchmarks
Last week saw the annual Design Week Benchmark awards take place at the Grosvenor Hotel in London. As well as sore heads the next morning we also managed to come away with a category win, 3 commendations and a category … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, The Partners
Tagged Awards, Bangras, Design, Design Week, Food, London, ted, The Partners, Thrislington
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Laboratory
After the success of our make-it-yourself catalogue for last year’s Jerwood show ‘an experiment in collaboration’ (featured in the Creative Review annual, Design Week Awards runner up and winner of a Platinum award at Graphis) we were asked to make a … Continue reading →