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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: Digital
iPad – the future of publishing?
After years of waiting, Apple and Steve Jobs have finally announced the worst best kept secret in gadget history – the iPad. Ever since Jobs and Co. created the iPhone, there has been intense speculation that Apple were going to … Continue reading
Posted in Digital, Experience Design, Innovation, Interactive, News, Product Design, Technology, User Experience, User Interface
Tagged Digital, experience, Future, Interactive, iPad, iPhone, iPod, News, Newspapers, Publishing
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Thinking beyond the letters
As the Festive Season fast approaches, unfortunately, if things continue on their current trajectory, it would appear that the famous ‘last posting date’ may have already passed. However, fret not, as deliveries of the important stuff – the parcels and … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Strategy, Brands, Business, Innovation, News
Tagged Application, Army, Art, brand, Business, Digital, Fashion, Future, GLA, History, Innovation, logo, Retail, Royal Mail, ted, trust
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London: (anti) social media capital?
I was intrigued to read last week on The Telegraph website how London has been confirmed as being the ‘top city’ when it comes to social media. Twitter, Facebook and Digg have all confirmed that London has the highest level … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Art, Blog, Conversation, Digital, facebook, London, Music, People, play, Social Media, ted, Twitter
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My talk at the recent D&AD pub night
A couple of weeks ago I participated in a D&AD pub night held at the Hoxton Pony, called: An Apple A Day: Technology in design. The D&AD pub nights are informal presentations by designers to designers, based around a particular topic, … Continue reading
Posted in Branding, Design, Digital, Graphic Design, Technology
Tagged 2009, Art, brand, Brief, D&AD, DandAD, Design, Designers, Digital, Education, experience, Lectures, People, pub night, Technology, ted, Video
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Digital gets bigger
We are pleased to announce that our digital strategy team is continuing to grow as we welcome both James and Ben to the team. James is a seasoned Digital Design Director having worked with agencies such as Hyper Happen, Poke … Continue reading
Posted in The Partners
Tagged Art, Design, Digital, London, People, The Partners, Work
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Everyone starts somewhere
Last Thursday saw the final Presidents lecture and, for me, it was a pretty good way to end. The talk was an opportunity to hear the stories from those of various creative sectors and how they got to where they … 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
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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so while we’re talking about music…
I came across the Tenori-On via Ian at Crackunit. What is a Tenori-On you say? ‘Media artist Toshio Iwai and Yamaha have collaborated to design a new digital musical instrument for the 21st century, TENORI-ON. A 16×16 matrix of LED … 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.