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No Bull
Last Sunday was the annual WPP 5-a-side Charity tournament, held at the hallowed ground of Wembley (well, Wembley Goals). It was our opportunity for Logomotive-Crossedcow, AKA the Bulls, AKA the Partners, to flex our leg muscles against the finest teams … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, brand, Charity, Flash, football, GLA, Jim Prior, logo, Marketing, People, ted, The Partners, WPP
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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
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
The Best Job In the World?
To encourage young designers from schools and colleges, our Creative Partner Greg Quinton was recently asked by D&AD to provide some pearls of wisdom in a personal take on having a career in design: You may have seen all the … Continue reading
Posted in Agency, Architecture, Branding, Design, Graphic Design, Portfolio, The Partners
Tagged 2009, Advice, Art, Business, careers, Creative, D&AD, DandAD, Design, Designers, Education, experience, Free, Graduate, Greg Quinton, People, play, Quinton, Shops, ted, The Partners, Work
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Super8
After weeks of chasing fit people along the Southbank, it’s finally time for our BIG RACE! The Partners running team – Super8 – are running in the Asic’s British 10k Run this Sunday for Kidney Research UK. It’s a fabulous charity … Continue reading
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Tagged 10k, Art, Charity, Charity. Running, Google, London, maps, People, ted, The Partners, White
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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
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
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Tagged Art, Design, Digital, London, People, The Partners, Work
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St. Aziz’s day
On Friday we paid homage to the creative lifeblood of The Partners (TP). For the second year running we have recognised the feast of St. Aziz‘s Day with an internal awards ceremony to celebrate the wonderful efforts people within The … Continue reading
Posted in Agency, Awards, The Partners
Tagged Agency, Art, Awards, Creative, Design, People, saving, St. Aziz, ted, The Partners, Work
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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 →