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The Crossed Cow is The Partners pub, open every Friday night for everyone to get together, share news, have a drink and talk bullocks.
Tag Archives: Fun
The Book of Life & Death
Recently, and tragically, a friend of mine died. I found out through Facebook. I was at college with Joe about twenty years ago. We were on the same course up in Leeds: Joe was fiercely intellectual, a member of the Revolutionary … 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.
Posted in Portfolio, The Partners
Tagged 2008, 2009, Advertising, Advice, Art, Black, Blog, Books, brand, Branding, Campaign, cards, Comment, Creative, D&AD, DandAD, Design, Digital, Education, experience, Flash, Flickr, Free, Fun, Global, Graduate, Graffiti, Grand Tour, ideas, logo, London, New York, Paint, People, Portfolio, Poster, Robert Ball, Sculpture, Student, Students, ted, the National Gallery, The Partners, Thrislington, Work
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Agent J
Last night, with brain cells pumped, we took part in the second McNaughton’s Paper Pub Quiz, held this time at Ball Brothers in the City of London. Twelve design agencies took part to see who had the best nerdy glasses, … Continue reading
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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Down the tube
The other day someone asked me where I’d got an obscure piece of information, about Bhutan, from. “Metro,” I said, “the source of all knowledge.” It was a tongue-in-cheek reply – I remembered later that I’d read it in Monocle … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Strategy, Branding, Brands, Business, Campaign, Innovation, Marketing, Media, News, User Experience
Tagged Advertising, brand, brand consultant, brand proposition, Brief, Campaign, Design, Free, Fun, ideas, littering, LUL, metro, monocle, News, Newspapers, People, philosophy, ted, thinking differently, tube, Work
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It’s all in how you say it
We had Ben Afia (brilliant Tone of Voice specialist) in last night demonstrating how tone of voice in writing can be defined and then applied. Since doing is better than just listening, we all rolled up our sleeves and rewrote … 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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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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Objectified
Hot on the heels of Helvetica the movie, comes a new feature length documentary from Gary Hustwit entitled: Objectified – a film about industrial design. It explores everything from the toothbrush to the latest tech gadgets and generally “cool” objects. The film investigates our relationship … Continue reading
Posted in Experience Design, Hardware, Product Design, Products, Technology, Toys
Tagged 2009, Art, Conversation, Creative, Design, Designers, Film, Fun, industrial, iPhone, iPod, Technology
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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 →