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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: Video
Coke’s Happiness Machine
A really lovely experience idea from Coca-cola. Just wish they’d been having ideas like this in the days when I was at university. Coke / Coca-Cola – The Happiness machine – (2010) 2:00 (USA) Via Adland TV
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Tagged adland, Application, brand, Coca-Cola, experience, Flash, Fun, happiness, ideas, play, Tools, Video, Viral
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Intangible value?
This week we were delighted to have Ogilvy supremo Rory Sutherland come in and share his recent TED talk discussing advertising and intangible value. Rather than me spending the next couple of lines wax lyrical about the things he had … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Video
Tagged 2009, Advertising, Application, Creative, Flash, Global, Ogilvy, play, Poster, Rory Sutherland, ted, TED talks, Twitter, Video, Work
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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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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
Life, Death, Passion, iPhone
Our friends at the National Gallery just released their first iPhone/iPod touch application aimed at bringing a taster of the eminence, elegance and inclusiveness of the largest collection of Western European paintings straight into the 21st century and right into your … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Digital, Interactive, Toys, User Experience, User Interface
Tagged 2009, 50p, Application, Art, brand, Branding, Flash, Free, Identity, iPhone, iPod, London, Paint, the National Gallery, The Partners, Video, Work
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Take an opportunity when you see it
The economic downturn is challenging us all to look for new and inventive ways to get more ‘bang for our buck’. It might be daunting – dare I say it frightening, but for those of us willing to take risks … 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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Call to Arms
As The British Army, this week, launches a new interactive marketing campaign designed to allow potential recruits to see what life in the army would be like (whilst getting to play yet another Doom-style computer game), Marketing Magazine debated whether … Continue reading
Posted in Brand Strategy, Campaign, Experience Design, Gaming, Interactive, Marketing
Tagged Army, Art, Campaign, Comment, Design, Doom, Experiential, Flash, Interactive, Jim Prior, Marketing, News, Opinion, People, play, ted, Video
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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
Oh, ok, go!
So I’m going to have a little rant — don’t you just hate it when you see ads that blatantly copy something from Youtube? Fine. Okay, sometimes it’s hard for everyone to come up with good ideas so you inevitably end … Continue reading →