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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: Flash
Come rain or shine
There are somethings that you can guarantee about a British summer; Glastonbury will turn into a mud bath, there will be a hose-pipe band and Wimbledon will run into a third week. So far, none of these have come true. … Continue reading
Posted in Posters
Tagged Application, Art, facebook, Flash, GLA, People, play, Poster, Summer Party, ted, Work
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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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True to its roots
Manhattan is about to get its first-ever J.C. Penney store, and while the splashy ad campaign is decidedly New York in style, the middle-American retailer points out it’s maintaining its ‘we are who we are’ authenticity. Among the attributes it’s … Continue reading
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
Will you be there?
It’s that time of year when thousands of young efferfescent design students leap out of the colleges and universities, eager and hungry to show their off their potential to become the next Aziz Cami’s and Alan Fletcher‘s. What better a … Continue reading
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
Big Book of Self Promotion
This week we were contacted by the publishers of the forthcoming book: the Big Book of Self Promotion to inform us that two pieces of design by The Partners are to be featured within it. They have chosen our Client … Continue reading
Missed opportunity
So I love these new ads for Intel, having worked for them in the past agency side, these ads are certainly a move on from where they were, and I love the human ‘bong’ at the end, but why oh … Continue reading
One day all computers will be like this
Hi from Multitouch Barcelona on Vimeo.
Posted in Digital, Experience Design, User Experience, User Interface
Tagged Application, Flash
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Creativity is not an option
The Partners recently conducted research into how much value UK businesses place on ‘creativity’ as part of their strategy. As a result of this our Managing Partner, Jim Prior, has written an opinion piece for The Times today based on … Continue reading →