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Matthew Herbert’s edible records at the Science Gallery
For our March Cog Night we watched Matthew Herbert play with his food at King’s College London’s Science Gallery
Hysterical at The Vault Festival
For February’s Cog Night we visited The Vault Festival to see Hysterical, a play about advertising and mental health.
Bob and Roberta Smith at the William Morris Gallery
The William Morris Gallery celebrates the work and life of a great English craftsman and artist. It's the perfect place...
Akram Khan’s Until the Lions at Roundhouse
January's Cog Night was the World Premiere of Akram Khan Company's Until the Lions at Roundhouse.
Cultural highlights of 2015
Michael gives a month by month overview of his favourite cultural events of 2015...
Cog Christmas 2015
Secret Santa speculations, Christmas drinks, pizza and doughnuts, doughnuts, doughnuts, doughnuts!
Bruno Maag at Typo Circle
For his Typographic Circle talk, the outspoken typeface designer, Bruno Maag raced through a history of screen-based type design. Michael...
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...
The Notebook at Battersea Arts Centre
For our November Cog Night we went to Battersea Arts Centre to see The Notebook by Forced Entertainment. Michael can't...
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...
Ghosts, Gaslight and Guinness
The oldest urban walking tour company in the world prides itself upon the seventy world-class guides that lead their tours...
Absent at Shoreditch Town Hall
Constructed in the basements of Shoreditch Town Hall, Absent is an immersive theatre experience by dreamthinkspeak. More installation than performance;...
Bears in Space at Soho Theatre
The best thing about Cog nights is that you get to see or do something which you wouldn’t usually choose...
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...
Books, swearing and imperfections
On a Tuesday evening in July, Ross, Jenny and I hurried from the studio to Shoreditch to see designers Sarah...
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...