Surprise Me - Cog Design

Journal entries ordered by “Surprise Me”

17^th July 2019

We’ve got our emoji faces on to celebrate World emoji day. more

Speculative pitching

Why won’t we take on unpaid creative pitches? Are we delusional, thinking clients might change their… more

18^th July 2011

Making pasta faces with Felix from Half Moon Young People’s Theatre, for their brochure cover. more

1^st October 2015

Michael’s exercising our right to vote at the AGM of the Design Business Association. Here’s Chief… more

14^th November 2011

Has Harry Hill popped into the studio? No, it’s John with his new glasses. more

Art on the Underground

Over the past 15 years Transport for London’s Art on the Underground has commissioned some of… more

8^th June 2018

Say cheese! As it’s National Cheese week, we’ve brought in samples of our favourite dairy. Rebecca… more

26^th April 2013

Today we went for our monthly Cog lunch at the Royal Observatory’s Astronomy Café. We were… more

10^th December 2018

Lending a helping hand Alex, Anna and Emily R are filming for Spruce up Cog’s Christmas…. more

AMA Conference 2016

Our top-tips and takeaways from the Arts Marketing Association’s 2016 Conference, titled ‘On a Mission to… more

Tony Brook at Wolff Olins

In their reasonably regular ‘Because’ talk series, agency Wolff Olins invite leading figures from design and… more

22^nd August 2011

On its last legs and held up by masking tape, our whole studio is served by… more

2^nd October 2013

Visiting a potential new client, Michael and Ross had to cross a field full of potentially… more

1^st August 2014

Our Cog Night trip was to see the Dennis Hopper, The Lost Album exhibition at Royal… more

15^th July 2013

Ashley from STARS Foundation is here with us and Michael Kent today. We’ve been talking wireframes,… more

10^th April 2018

It’s cake o’clock, Emily is dishing out the yummy treats Michael’s brought in. more

7^th October 2015

To mark the occasion of the Great British Bake Off final, both Anna and Becca have… more

13^th September 2019

It’s a bitter-sweet day as we wish Jack well in his move to Kew Gardens. more

Amnesty International 1995 – 1998

In 1995 we began a series of projects for Amnesty International. Our work included their campaign… more

18^th June 2018

Jack and Michael are visiting our new clients, Rich Mix. They’re in the board room, chatting… more

19^th February 2018

Becca’s been showing us all how to control a drone by using only gestures more

18^th December 2015

Céline and Natalie from Akram Khan company are here so we can handover the new website… more

16^th August 2017

Freya from SLG popped in today to be trained on a temporary site that we’ve built… more

18^th January 2016

Ross and Anna are at a meeting in City Hall (with Alice Gimblett and others). Ross… more

Hamish Muir: More Madness than Manifesto

The Typographic Circle, a volunteer-led organisation that brings together anyone with an interest in design and… more

17^th October 2013

Michael’s popped in to the Royal Ballet School, to see Annalise Cunild (who we used to… more

30^th March 2016

We’ve been doing some DIY in the studio. Here’s Ross, peeking through the hole where a… more

12^th May 2017

Emily’s brought in some Polish fudge for the team to try. more

The art of partnering

Working with King’s College London, we designed the third publication in their series of Cultural Enquiries… more

19^th April 2016

It’s sunny inside and out today, perfect time to spend some quality time in the garden. more

10^th April 2014

Whilst Michael was in Woolwich, talking to a prospective new client, he wandered into this piece… more