July 2020 - Cog Design

Journal entries ordered by “July 2020”

31-Jul-20_Keeping-cool_EB

31^st July 2020

On the hottest day of the year so far we’re keeping cool with our Friday playlist. more

30_Jul_20_Monotype_EB

30^th July 2020

Another webinar: today with Monotype about Variable fonts. more

Creative_coding_3

Generative Art and Creative Coding

Alex recently gave a breakfast briefing on Creative Coding and Generative Art. Here he talks a… more

29_Jul_20_Chris-Unitt

29^th July 2020

Emma’s listening to Chris Unitt talk about Google Analytics this afternoon. more

28_jul_20_the_colour_purple

28^th July 2020

Jen has accidentally co-ordinated her outfit and her curtains today. more

27_jul_20_mice_insta

27^th July 2020

Ed’s updating our Instagram with some of our favourite work. more

24_July_20_Cheers

24^th July 2020

Bear with us, it’s time for Friday gin more

23-Jul-20_Krishna

23^rd July 2020

For our breakfast briefing this week we were joined by visual artist and curator Krishna Balakrishnan. more

22_jul_20_Alex_gets_keys

22^nd July 2020

Alex has been at Cog three months which means he gets his keys to the studio. more

21_Jul_20_weekly_meeting

21^st July 2020

Ed’s making notes on our weekly team meeting this morning. more

20-Jul-20_Nephew_EB

20^th July 2020

Emma had some company from her nephew whilst working this afternoon. He didn’t sit still for… more

17_Jul_20_queue

17^th July 2020

Ed’s booking tickets for our first in-person Cog Night since March. more

16_jul_20_breakfast_briefing

16^th July 2020

Jen Bartle from the ICA gave a great breakfast briefing on their ICA Daily lockdown content. more

15_jul_20_Streaming_performance

15^th July 2020

Jen watched Chris Unitt’s webinar on streaming performances with her lunch. more

14_Jul_20_NottinghamPlayhouse_training

14^th July 2020

Jen has been training the lovely Nottingham Playhouse team on their new site. more

Photo by Tyler Callahan on Unsplash

Government guidance for performances: What it mean for arts marketing teams

Ed’s picked out some key points from the government’s new guidelines for performing arts. more

13-Jul-20_Collecting-postcards_EvB

13^th July 2020

Emma’s starting to collect Cog postcards. This one is illustrated by Eleanor Hardiman. more

10_Jul_20_Friday_gin

10^th July 2020

It’s time for a Friday gin (or beer, or wine) to round off a busy week. more

9_Jul_20_reopenings

9^th July 2020

In today’s press conference the Culture Secretary announced that outdoor live performance can start up again,… more

08_jul_20_la_vida

8^th July 2020

Jen’s plants have certainly embraced her flat’s motto. more

7_July_20_Lonely_studio

7^th July 2020

Anna’s popped into the empty studio to sort out some bits and bobs more

06_Jul_20_clouds

6^th July 2020

We woke to a new week of blue skies and shifting storm clouds. The government has… more

03_Jul_20_weekly_playlist

3^rd July 2020

Jen (and her housemate) are enjoying this week’s playlist inspired by #letthemusicplay. more

Horniman_Walrus_tweet

The Walrus Who Came to Tea

A fundraising virtual tea party. Count us in. Emma’s love for sweet (and savoury) treats, meant… more

02_Jul_20_breakfast_briefing

2^nd July 2020

Alex taught us about creative coding and created a tool for us to play with in… more

1_Jul_20_lunchtime_storm

1^st July 2020

Jen tried to time her daily lunchtime walk in between rainstorms. She wasn’t successful. more