Popping-in?

Our studio is filled with light and music.
There are multiple meeting rooms, a well stocked kitchen, and an indoor garden (with fishpond). Talk to us about access needs, environmental factors and any accommodations we might make to enhance your visit. Pop-in for tea and stay to use a spare desk for as long as you need.

11 Greenwich Centre Business Park,
53 Norman Road, Greenwich
London SE10 9QF

Cog is a Certified B Corporation

Public transport

We’re next to Greenwich train and DLR station. We have a door right on the concourse but it’s different to our postal address. Find us via: what3words.com/hungry.means.author

From Greenwich rail platform

This video shows the route to take from the train that will arrive at Greenwich rail station from London Bridge. There's a gentle slope next to the staircase.

From Greenwich DLR station

This video shows the route to take from the DLR that will arrive at Greenwich DLR station from Bank. There's a lift at the platform level if that's useful.

By car

If you have to come by car, we have a couple of parking spaces. We have a charging point that you are welcome to use if you have an electric car. Call ahead and we'll make sure the spaces are free. Use our postcode (SE10 9QF) to guide you in.

Get in touch

We’d love to hear from you. Use whichever medium works best for you.

11 Greenwich Centre Business Park,
53 Norman Road, Greenwich
London SE10 9QF

Cog is a Certified B Corporation

New project enquiry

It's exciting to chat about potential new projects. We don't have a ‘sales’ team or a form to fill in. Call us or give us a little detail via email and we'll get straight back to you.

enquiry@cogdesign.com

Website support

If you're a client then you'll be best served by calling us or contacting us via ClickUp, otherwise you can use this dedicated email that reaches all of the digital team.

digital@cogdesign.com

Finance questions

This email hits the inboxes of the people who deal with our bookkeeping and finances.

accounts@cogdesign.com

Just want a chat?

Sometimes enquiries don't fall neatly under a heading, do they?

hello@cogdesign.com

Cultural Calendar

A round-up of recommendations and reviews, sent on the first Friday of each month, topped-off with a commissioned image from a talented new illustrator. Sign-up and tell your friends.

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Cog News

An irregular update of activity from our studio. Showing off about great new projects, announcements, job opportunities, that sort of thing. Sign-up and tell your friends.

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Dennis Severs’ House: Silent Night

Dennis Severs’ House: Silent Night

Described by it’s American creator as a ‘still-life drama’, each of the 10 rooms in this four-storey Georgian terrace act as a time capsule in the life of a fictional family. A recreation of a incidental moments throughout the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.

A short introduction at the front door set the scene for our experience. We were encouraged to immerse ourselves in the candle-lit surroundings – above all, taking the tour in complete silence. Folgate Street isn’t somewhere for a casual browse – after all, the motto of the house ‘Aut Visum Aut Non!’ translates as ‘You either see it or you don’t!’, and it really is up to the visitor to make the leap from 21st-century London on the outside, back through the ages.

An alternative take on the museum experience, it really stands-out in a city where so much is already on offer.
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All the signs are there, if you are willing to look, listen (and smell). In each room, the focal point of a meal in progress – complete with crumbs, discarded apple-cores and half-empty wine glasses – is supported by crackling fires, subtle sound effects, and a multitude of props and nick-knacks that add a distinct sense of character. A different scent in each part of the house completes the experience.

You actually don’t learn a great deal of facts about the ‘inhabitants’ but it’s surprising how clear a picture you get of them simply from a glimpse in to the room where they spend most of their time. My favorite room was probably the one styled as the most recent, full of late Victorian clutter. Close enough to my lifetime to feel familiar, but still very much from a different time.

The, slightly creepy, plain clothed staff were a little distracting at times – it wasn’t clear that their intense staring was part of their job at all until a loud ‘SHHH!’ gave them way. This did seem to keep visitors who insisted on talking (there are always some) more or less in-line though, so their presence was justified.

I really enjoyed the hour or so that I was in the house, it would’ve been longer if it weren’t for the flooding that had unfortunately forced the basement kitchen to close. I was surprised that (albeit with a little imagination) I could find a building that offered such little context so fascinating. An alternative take on the museum experience, it really stands-out in a city where so much is already on offer.