Journal
Authored opinions, cultural reviews and industry insights from our team, peers and clients.


Your brand in a digital world
As part of Create Hub's Industry Experts panel, Sam writes about how cultural organisations can take a digital-first approach to...

24hr design challenge
On 4th May we shut the studio to compete in a 24hr design challenge, creating a website for a new...

Cultural highlights of 2015
Michael gives a month by month overview of his favourite cultural events of 2015...

Merry Christmas 2015
We've raided our wardrobes and un-boxed our Christmas decorations. Each member of the team got #Christmassy4Cog in a festive photoshoot...

You and your agency: the perfect team
On 4 November Sam was at the Spektrix Conference talking to arts organisations about how to get the best from...

What’s So Great About SE8? – 2005
In 2005, for the London Design Festival, we designed this hard-back book of responses to the question: What's So Great...

This is a Neighbourhood Watch area
In the mid 1980s an angry teenager stood at a bus stop, transfixed by a sign on a lamppost. Three...

Shakey Monkey Space App – 2011
In 2011 we created an App that allowed hipsters to shake and create almost limitless poster layouts. We did it...

Our AMA Conference 2015 to-do list
We've always thought the most interesting thing about conferences was what happened when we got back to the office. So...

SEO for arts & culture organisations
SEO (or search engine optimisation) can seem daunting, but if your site is well structured, your content well written and...

The Bacc is back. We need to stop it.
The Government has announced its intention to introduce the EBacc, a performance measure for schools that will not include creative...

Email has changed, have you?
The way we read email has changed beyond recognition over the past few years, so what can we do to...

Michael’s Walk to Work
As it was Walk to Work Week, Michael decided to do just that. He set off at 7am for his...

Who would win a branding ballot?
To lighten the mood in this serious election, Design Week asked a handful of designers what they think of the...

Advocating for culture
For the first time in our lifetimes we have a fixed date for the general election – 7th May. Arts...

Merry Xmas 2014
We've made a short video to say Merry Xmas and Happy New Year from all in the Cog studio. It's...

What’s in a name?
In 2013, after the success of our work for Cast, The Stage asked me to write an article about the...

Cog acquires digital agency Red Leader
We are delighted to announce that we have acquired the business of the digital design studio Red Leader.