Clients

31 October ’22

The site refresh for Akram Khan Company is live!

The essence of world-class choreography

Akram Khan Company

5 February ’20

The lovely people from Akram Khan Company are here to chat with Anna, Jen and Michael about the plans for their anniversary year.

23 April ’19

Alex had a great catchup with Céline, Nathan and Hannah from Akram Khan Company.

4 October ’17

Céline and Max from the Akram Khan Company came into the studio today to chat about an exciting new project.

Akram Khan’s Giselle at Sadler’s Wells

Akram Khan's influences from Kathak and contemporary offer a striking take on the classic romantic ballet, beautifully performed by the cast of English National Ballet.

20 May ’16

Anna and Sæunn pulling out the moves as part of the Big Dance Pledge, a worldwide co-ordinated performance choreographed by Akram Kahn, and with music composed by Nitin Sawhney.

Akram Khan’s Until the Lions at Roundhouse

January's Cog Night was the World Premiere of Akram Khan Company's Until the Lions at Roundhouse.

13 January ’16

Over lunch we're talking about our favourite websites. Michael's choice was our own design for Akram Khan Company's site which we launched yesterday.

12 January ’16

It's January's Cog Night, we're out at Roundhouse for the World Premiere of Akram Khan's Until the Lions.

21 December ’15

Céline and Natalie from Akram Khan company are here so we can handover the new website which will launch in the new year.

23 November ’15

Anna and Sam are meeting Céline from Akram Khan Company to go over our designs for their new website.

28 October ’15

The kick off meeting with new clients. Lindsey Dear and Céline Gaubert are here to discuss a new digital project for Akram Khan.

Contemporary art on a secure platform

Art on the Underground

12 October ’17

Always lovely to meet with Eleanor Pinfield and Jess Davies-Malloy from the Art on the Underground team. Even better when we get to do it on the swanky roof-terrace of the Transport for London offices.

14 November ’16

Becca's got a bag of merch from Art on the Underground.

23 March ’16

Sam and Polly from Art on the Underground with the new Matt Rogers poster.

28 July ’15

Artist Giles Round is here with Kiera Blakey and Polly Wright from the Art on the Underground team.

21 July ’15

Michael and Becca are at the Art on the Underground Summer Party.

20 July ’15

We've all been using our new Art on the Underground to get to work. Thanks Polly!

26 May ’15

We are really pleased with the new Art on The Underground website. We think it looks great...and it comes in different sizes.

12 May ’15

Becca popped over to Art on the Underground. Here is Polly working on the new website that we built for them.

15 December ’14

Sam and Michael are at the Transport for London HQ, talking websites with the Art on the Underground team... they took the bus there.

8 October ’14

We've just received a lovely new book from Art On The Underground, Sam's the first to check it out.

Defining the meeting point of cultures

Commonwealth Foundation

29 October ’13

We’ve designed a report for the Commonwealth Foundation. File copies have just been delivered so Dave and Annelise are having a little look.

11 June ’13

Michael’s been at the very swanky (see chandelier) Marlborough House. He was presenting to the Commonwealth Foundation, and handing over their new brand guidelines.

4 June ’13

Michael has spent the morning at the Commonwealth Foundation, for a quarterly catch up about their website.

9 May ’13

Ross has been to the Commonwealth Foundation today. He’s been taking some measurements of their reception area, ready for the installation of the new wall graphics we’ve been working on.

17 April ’13

We’ve just received file copies of a folder we designed for the Commonwealth Foundation, it’s great to see the branding rolled out in so many formats.

8 April ’13

Jon’s busy checking proofs for a folder we’ve designed for the Commonwealth Foundation.

11 March ’13

Ross has been to Westiminster Abbey, for the Commonwealth Observance. Unfortunately the Queen couldn’t make it this year, so Ross was a little disappointed.

10 January ’13

Hannah Thomas and Claire Turner from the Commonwealth Foundation are here today meeting with Michael and Mike. A long agenda and plenty of tea has resulted in a productive meeting.

22 November ’12

Mike and Michael are at The Commonwealth Foundation, pouring over the detail of their new brand guidelines, with Claire Turner and Hannah Thomas.

1 October ’12

Michael’s been to the potential venue for the launch of a rebrand we’ve been working on, but we can’t tell you what it’s for, yet.

3 September ’12

Today Michael and John have been for a meeting at the Commonwealth Foundation.

25 July ’12

Today, Michael and John have been holding a branding workshop, this time at the Commonweath Foundation. Another really positive workshop with great participants.

5 July ’12

Michael’s at a planning and development seminar with our clients The Commonwealth Foundation, at the Royal Over-Seas League.

22 May ’12

A lovely sunny day and Claire Turner, from the Commonwealth Foundation, has popped in to the studio, she seems to have brought the t-shirt weather with her, so Mike’s all smiles.

15 March ’12

Michael’s been to the magnificent Guildhall for this year’s Commonwealth Lecture by the author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.

6 March ’12

Michael spent the afternoon at the Commonwealth Foundation. Photography wasn’t encouraged.

9 June ’11

The brand guidelines for Commonwealth People’s Forum have arrived.

18 May ’11

CPF identity launch, in Perth, Australia. Time to clear our pin-board.

Commonwealth Lecture at Royal Institution

The annual Commonwealth Lecture is a keynote address by an internationally renowned public figure. Past lecturers have included Kofi Anan, Mary Robinson and Terry Waite.

20 September ’17

Jackie from Crying Out Loud popped in the studio to talk about their website and their big plans for next year.

22 June ’17

Goldsmith's photography student, Anna, is on a work placement with our friends at Crying Out Loud. She popped in to hear more about how we work and the process behind our websites.

11 December ’15

Sæunn & Becca with Jess at the Crying Out Loud Christmas breakfast.

6 October ’15

Sam's in Brighton to see Shobana Jeyasingh Dance, and also spotted Crying Out Loud on the cover of the Brighton Dome brochure.

20 August ’15

Sam and Becca are having a Google Analytics healthcheck with Jackie and Minnie from Crying Out Loud.

21 October ’21

Great to be joined by the wonderful Sarah Dance for today’s Breakfast Briefing, talking about England's Creative Coast.

Making our mark on the Creative Coast

England’s Creative Coast

3 May ’18

Anna is presenting ideas to the Cultural Coasting team.

19 April ’18

Anna and Michael are in Folkestone, working with the Cultural Coasting / Creative Coast collective of south east arts organisations.

1 December ’22

Spencer and Lottie are visiting the incredible rehearsal studio at English National Ballet.

18 October ’22

Emily has pressed the big red button on our new website for English National Ballet.

ENB’s Reunion at Sadler’s Wells

Our May Cog Night was our first in-person experience in nine months. Ed gives his take on ENB's grand Reunion at Sadler's Wells.

World-class ballet to a global audience

English National Ballet

28 January ’20

Anna, Jen and Michael are at English National Ballet's HQ, talking with Dan and Heather about branding and websites.

21 January ’20

Jen and Kathleen are running a training session with Gabrielle from English National Ballet.

19 October ’18

Dan from ENB is in the studio chatting about changes we're planning for their site.

7 March ’18

Today is all about English National Ballet. Sofie is here to learn more about how to upload content, and Dan is chatting with Jack about Tessitura ticketing.

30 November ’17

It's website training day (again) for the English National Ballet team.

16 May ’17

Mathilde has popped in for training on the new English National Ballet website.

10 April ’17

Croissants, cake and Coke Zero. We're meeting with Dan from English National Ballet, chatting about their newly launched website as part of our post-launch process.

14 February ’17

It's website training day. Becca and Jack are taking the English National Ballet team through their new site.

6 February ’17

We're putting the finishing touches to a new website for English National Ballet. Dan's here to talk with Anna about the details.

Akram Khan’s Giselle at Sadler’s Wells

Akram Khan's influences from Kathak and contemporary offer a striking take on the classic romantic ballet, beautifully performed by the cast of English National Ballet.

15 November ’16

The Cog team at Sadler's Wells, all sparkly excited for English National Ballet's performance of Akram Kahn's Giselle...

20 October ’16

English National Ballet's Daniel and Heather are here to look through their latest website designs.

28 July ’16

Sam and Anna went to talk through design concepts with Dan and Heather from ENB

5 July ’16

We're running a workshop at English National Ballet. The mirrored room is a bit intimidating.

16 June ’16

Heather and Dan from English National Ballet are here for the kick-off meeting about a new project.

9 December ’14

"OK, one last time. This is small… but the one back there is far away. Small… far away…" Michael teaches the Cog team about perspective.

22 August ’14

Choices, choices. Heather Clark Charrington, from English National Ballet, is here to look over the results from a recent photoshoot.

21 July ’14

The looming figure of Ross and his magnifying glass, comparing photos from last week’s shoot for ENB.

11 July ’14

'Alas, poor Yulerick, I knew him well…’ We’ve taken delivery of some glittery baubles this afternoon for a christmas photo shoot project.

19 June ’14

Ross is at the Royal Albert Hall to see a performance by one of our clients. Who is it? Here is a subtle clue, by way of a 10-foot-tall logo (on a luminous pink lorry-trailer).

12 August ’13

Mike and Annelise have been working at a photoshoot today with photographer Eric Richmond, a makeup artist and a ballerina.

Sun & Sea

For our July Cog Night we were excited for a collaboration between three of our clients. Emily gives her verdict.

30 May ’22

We are Lewisham Day One

Launch day for London Borough of Culture, We are Lewisham

28 January ’22

It's Day One of Lewisham Borough of Culture. Here's Sadiq Khan in a branded mask, looking on while Gavin Barlow is interviewed on the telly.

27 January ’22

It was great to hear from Gavin Barlow, about Lewisham Borough of Culture, at this morning's Breakfast Briefing.

25 November ’21

8 November ’21

Bringing a terrifying classic back to the stage

Ghost Stories

Ghost Stories at Lyric

For our April Cog night we headed to Lyric Hammersmith to see the highly anticipated return of Ghost Stories. Emily gives her chilling take on the evening.

28 March ’19

Jack, Anna and Michael are at the RSA, chatting with Dion and Amy, from Lyric Hammersmith.

26 October ’18

Jack and Ehti are catching up with the team at the Lyric about some changes to their site.

15 June ’18

Amy, from Lyric, is here to chat with Jack about their website.

22 January ’18

Jack and Tom are catching up with some of the Spektrix team to talk about a new project for Lyric, Hammersmith.

9 February ’17

We're back in Hammersmith, chatting websites with the lovely team at Lyric.

Shopping and F*cking at Lyric

October's Cog Night was the revival of Mark Ravenhill's shocking debut. Would this production at Lyric Hammersmith still have the power to offend? Matt gives us his opinions.

6 September ’16

Sam, Anna and Michael are in Hammersmith, at Lyric, kicking off their new website project with a staff workshop.

18 August ’16

Michael's in Hammersmith for a first meeting with new clients, Lyric. Catrin John gave him a tour of their amazing new building. And they couldn't resist having a quick walk through the stunning main auditorium.

The highlight of the operatic calendar

Opera Holland Park

4 March ’20

Philippa and Chloe from Opera Holland Park have popped in to talk about print with Anna.

L’arlesiana at Opera Holland Park

For our July’s Cog night we headed off to see the dress rehearsal of L’arlesiana at Opera Holland Park. Emily gives her take on the evening's entertainment.

18 December ’18

The team from Opera Holland Park have popped in to see us and chat about their new website before they head off to their Christmas party.

8 November ’18

It's training day. We're close to launching the new site for Opera Holland Park.

24 October ’18

Felicity, Chloe and Philippa from Opera Holland Park are in the studio to go through designs for their new site.

25 September ’18

Michael, Anna and Jack are meeting with Felicity and Chloe at Opera Holland Park. It's the first presentation of visuals for their new site.

23 August ’18

Jack and Alex are at Opera Holland Park's headquarters planning their brand new site!

15 August ’18

Felicity, Chloe and Philippa from Opera Holland Park are in the studio to kick off their website project with us.

31 January ’22

Michael and Alex are visiting Edward, Doug and the OAE team at their new home in Acland Burghley School.

Questioning convention and reinventing classical

Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

28 May ’20

Our breakfast briefing was with Elle from OAE. A fascinating insight into what it's like to be an orchestral organisation that isn't allowed to perform concerts.

1 November ’19

Michael and Jen have popped in to see John Holmes on his last day at the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

11 April ’19

The team are talking about colour at the OAE.

5 April ’19

Jen and Jack are on a video call with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Tessitura.

6 March ’19

Marina from the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is for our breakfast briefing. She's here to chat with us about fundraising, memberships and philanthropy.

4 March ’19

Anna and Claire visited the OAE and their big instruments.

The Night Shift at CLF Art Cafe

For our February Cog Night, we ventured into Peckham to see members of the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment perform at the CLF Art Cafe. Jack tells us what it was like.

16 January ’19

Jack and Anna are running a communications workshop with our new clients, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.

24 September ’18

Jack’s at an Arts Marketing Association networking event, listening to John from the OAE talk about creative ways of engaging touring venues and local audiences.

18 August ’21

Alex is pressing a virtual big red button to find out about the RSNO's new season on the site we launched for them today.

13 August ’21

The final push. We'll be launching a new site next week. We're working through the finishing touches with our lovely clients in Glasgow.

19 March ’21

Alex and Anna caught up with this lovely lot, including Ben from Spektrix.

Slick online booking for an immersive experience

Crystal Maze

The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience

For January's Cog Night we played The Crystal Maze Live Experience. Anna gives her take on this unique attraction.

29 January ’20

Jen and Anna are enjoying a fantastic mural in Manchester today.

7 December ’21

Kristina, Alex and Anna went to meet Jess and Marie-Sophie at The Sixteen

6 July ’21

Anna and Ed met The Sixteen team for a workshop.

Messaging the messy nature of relationships

Birds and Bees

Theatre with children at the heart

Theatre Hullabaloo

15 November ’17

It's handover day for the Hullabaloo website. Kimberley and Laura are here for a training session with Tom.

25 October ’17

Our studio is full of enthusiastic kids getting photographed for Theatre Hullabaloo's new website.

5 October ’17

Jack was up in Darlington to see Laura and Kimberley at Theatre Hullabaloo about their new website.

9 August ’17

Dan, Jack and Michael are in Darlington for a workshop with the Theatre Hullabaloo team, with special guest Rebecca from the Darlington Hippodrome.

26 July ’17

Jack's with Laura and Kimberley from Theatre Hullabaloo at the Spektrix 'Ginterval' drinks.

21 July ’17

Michael and Jack are in Darlington for the website kick-off Hullabaloo. The new venue is nearly finished.