Brand strategy & identity
Working with our clients, we distil their complex messages and, using stunning visual cues, we remind people how great those clients are.
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We are Cog Design
We are a team.
Working with clients in
the cultural sector, we
create stunning, engaging,
intelligent design that
inspires audiences,
provokes action and
delivers results.
We are passionate about
design but never precious.
We do win awards but
our favourite rewards are
the partnerships with
happy clients.
Areas of work
Campaigns & promotions
Working with our clients, we produce stunning, memorable campaigns that inspire audiences to take action, buy tickets and attend events.
Websites & digital
Working with our clients, we create accessible, integrated digital design that delivers detail, sells tickets, encourages interaction and builds loyalty.
Editorial & publications
Working with our clients, we design and create journals, brochures and reports and we love to keep producing them.
Recent client work
Winning Words
A responsive website and visual identity for this year-long celebration of poetry (using the Olympic Games as a spring-board).
Commonwealth People’s Forum
A bold graphic identity for a gathering of international opinion, in advance of the Commonwealth Heads of Governmnent meeting in Perth, Australia.
Literary Review magazine redesign
Redesigning one of Britain's best loved literary magazines, and providing their team with a template for producing future issues
The Marlowe Branding
Working with many stakeholders to deliver a world class brand for one of the UK’s largest theatres - a challenging, new building in the heart of historic Canterbury.
Recent team news
Dickens and London
December's Cog Night was the opening of Dickens and London, the major new exhibition at Museum of London.
Grayson Perry at The British Museum
Our November Cog Night was a Friday evening opening of Grayson Perry's Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman.
Glamour Factory: Late Shift at National Portrait Gallery
For one night only, the National Portrait Gallery was transformed into a celebration of imagined Hollywood Glamour. We went to witness the fun.
The Marlowe: Royal Gala Opening
After nine years of planning, The Marlowe Theatre opened with a wonderful concert from The Philharmonia; Michael and Ocky were there and so were the Duke and Duchess of Kent.
