August 2020 - Cog Design

Journal entries ordered by “August 2020”

28_Aug_20_Dog_mug

28^th August 2020

It’s been a strange, meta kind of day. more

27_Aug_20_broken_electrics

27^th August 2020

Whilst clearing out all the broken electrical equipment in the studio, Ed’s accidentally created some kind… more

26_Aug_20_update_Everyday_Cog

26^th August 2020

We’re working on a new Cog website (aren’t we always). Michael’s taken on the task of… more

25_Aug_20_Anna_&_Jen_Slack

25^th August 2020

Just when we thought is was safe to be back in the studio, Michael’s locked-down at… more

24_Aug_20_Plants

24^th August 2020

Anna’s pleased with her plant arrival. Thanks Team! more

21_Aug_20_job_folder

21^st August 2020

We’ve cracked out a fresh job folder for a new design project we’re starting. more

20_Aug_20_Donmar

20^th August 2020

We’re at the Donmar for our first socially distanced Cog Night. more

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The Comedy Store website

A new website and a custom-built ticketing pathway for the UK’s iconic comedy venue. more

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Birds and Bees campaign

Working with Theatre Centre on a campaign to entice young people to this new show about… more

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The Crystal Maze LIVE Experience website

Bringing a much loved TV gameshow to life. A new website and smarter ticketing system for… more

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Selling streamed concerts (for BSO) using Spektrix

How can you monetise your digital content, using your ticketing system? Jen explains how we’ve helped… more

The importance of an accessible website

On 23rd September the law around website accessibility is changing. Michael explains what this means for… more

19-Aug-20_Lunch_EvB

19^th August 2020

We’re having lunch together in the studio’s indoor garden today. more

18_Aug_20_Jo_neon

18^th August 2020

Our friend Jo Taylor (from Rambert) popped in to say hello. She couldn’t resist a quick… more

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Lock-down breakfast briefings

We’ve been joined by some fantastic guests for our Thursday morning breakfast briefings. Ed takes a… more

18_Aug_20_distancing_bunnies

17^th August 2020

The studio’s grass bunnies are helping Ed enforce social distancing in the indoor garden. more

14_aug_20_tea

14^th August 2020

Ed’s cracked out the Cog-yellow paper to take arty photos of tea for our Journal. more

13_Aug_20_Kerning_the_gap

13^th August 2020

Listening to Nat Maher talk to us about equality in the design industry was an inspiring… more

12_Aug_20_5_years

12^th August 2020

Anna’s (nearly) been at Cog for 5 years, and is of course celebrating with plenty of… more

11_Aug_20_Ed_unlocking

11^th August 2020

We’re back. Ed shut the studio in the freezing cold of 17th March, and opened it… more

10_Aug_20_Sunflowers

10^th August 2020

Michael’s final mug-shot – 10ft tall sunflowers. more

7_aug_20_gin

7^th August 2020

Ed’s cooling down with an end of week gin. more

6_Aug_20_Social_distancing_Sam

6^th August 2020

We chatted with Sam from Selladoor about plans for social distancing at their venues. more

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My White Best Friend (and Other Letters Left Unsaid)

We went on our first (virtual) Cog Night in a while. Ed gives his account of… more

5_Aug_20_windows

5^th August 2020

Ed’s in the studio where the windows are being cleaned. more

04_Aug_20_Making-Music-Zoom

4^th August 2020

Michael spent the afternoon on a Zoom call with the team from Making Music. He was… more

3_Aug_20_Kristina_Degree_Show

3^rd August 2020

Anna and Michael tuned in to hear Kristina talk about her degree show project ‘Journey to… more