Journal
Authored opinions, cultural reviews and industry insights from our team, peers and clients.
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![AMA Conference 2023](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/14_Jul_23_AMA_heart_-800x600.jpg)
AMA Conference 2023
Nick, Emma and Spencer reflect on their time at the conference which was all about putting ‘Audiences at the Heart’
![A Playlist for the Revolution at The Bush Theatre](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023_08_Playlist_Tim-Alexander-2-800x600.jpg)
A Playlist for the Revolution at The Bush Theatre
Alex gives his perspective on our recent Cog Night at The Bush Theatre.
![Manchester International Festival 2023](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MIF23_Festival_Square_Evening-800x600.jpg)
Manchester International Festival 2023
MIF took over the city and overtook Nazma's social life for the month, including her fourth stint as a festival...
![RHLSTP (Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre podcast)](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Richard-Herring-by-John-Biggs-800x600.jpg)
RHLSTP (Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre podcast)
Rounding off an eventful discussion day, we took a trip to Leicester Square Theatre for this month’s Cog Night. Laura...
![CAttS at Soho Theatre](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023_06_Catts_Johanna-Walderdorff-800x600.jpg)
CAttS at Soho Theatre
May's Cog Night took us to see Frankie Thompson's CAttS, Justin gives us his thoughts and sings thanks for the meowmories!
![Akram Khan’s Giselle by ENB (again)](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/2023_05_Giselle_Vicky_Scott-800x600.jpg)
Akram Khan’s Giselle by ENB (again)
Our April Cog Night was a hybrid digital broadcast. Akram Khan’s Giselle by ENB provided an opportunity for some to...
![Should we be worried about AI?](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/13_Apr_Alex_Breakfast_Briefing-800x600.jpg)
Should we be worried about AI?
Alex's recent Breakfast Briefing was about the basics of artificial intelligence, we enjoyed it so much we thought we should...
![Up the Arts! Typo Circle at D&AD](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Up-the-Arts-4x3-1-800x600.jpg)
Up the Arts! Typo Circle at D&AD
On 30th March '23 Michael gave a talk, for TypoCircle, at D&AD's headquarters. it was titled 'Up The Arts!'.
![The Joycean Society at Bertha Dochouse](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/The-Joycean-Society_Holly-Farndell-800x600.jpg)
The Joycean Society at Bertha Dochouse
For our March Cog night we visited Bertha Dochouse to see a fascinating duo of documentaries as part of the...
![Alfie Brown: Sensitive Man 2.0 at Soho Theatre](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_03_Alfie_Brown-Tess-Farlow-800x600.jpg)
Alfie Brown: Sensitive Man 2.0 at Soho Theatre
Our February Cog night saw us back at Soho Theatre, for an evening of introspective stand-up comedy. Nick shares his...
![The Horror Show!](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Horror_Show_Carly_A-F-800x600.jpg)
The Horror Show!
Our Cog Night took us to Somerset House for The Horror Show! exhibition. Yomi gives us his take.
![Jamie Ellul at Typo Circle](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Jamie-Ellul-at-Typo-Circle_4x3-800x600.jpg)
Jamie Ellul at Typo Circle
Michael's at St Brides for the latest Typo Circle talk, by the wonderful Jamie Ellul (from Supple Studio).
![Cultural highlights of 2022](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/2022_Cultural_overview-800x600.jpg)
Cultural highlights of 2022
Michael gives a month by month overview of his favourite cultural events of 2022…
![Why we won’t be celebrating the Qatar World Cup](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Visit-Qatar-unsplash_mono-800x600.jpg)
Why we won’t be celebrating the Qatar World Cup
We are as sick as a parrot not to be celebrating the beautiful game this time round but we can't...
![LFF Expanded](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/LFF-Expanded_illustration-Amy-Lauren-800x600.jpg)
LFF Expanded
For our October Cog night we stepped into the BFI London Film Festival’s ‘Expanded’ at Leake St.
![SEO in the cultural sector](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/SEO_map-reader-800x600.jpg)
SEO in the cultural sector
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is important to any cultural sector organisation. In this article Michael gives an overview of the...
![London Film Festival 2022](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/LFF-22_illuminated-1-800x600.jpg)
London Film Festival 2022
The 66th BFI London Film Festival saw it back to full, in-person, red-carpet glory (after two more muted years). Here’s Michael’s...
![Tessitura Learning and Community Conference 2022](https://cogdesign.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Tessitura-Conference-Logo-800x600.png)
Tessitura Learning and Community Conference 2022
We sponsored the Tessitura Learning and Community Conference for its return to the UK in October 2022. Spencer give us...