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.
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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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The Mermaid’s Tongue

The Mermaid’s Tongue

For January’s Cog Night we played Swamp Motel’s online game The Mermaid’s Tongue. Anna gives her spoiler-free take on a thrilling evening.

It was easy to feel gloomy at the start of 2021, what with the national lockdown and frosty weather. So for our January Cog Night we were looking for something to entertain us and bring the team together.

We’d heard good things about Swamp Motel, who describe themselves as ‘an immersive entertainment company’. Their show (or is game the right word?) Plymouth Point, which saw teams working together over a video call to solve clues in an immersive adventure, had been a lockdown hit enjoyed by the likes of Jonathan Ross.

So their next project, The Mermaid’s Tongue seemed like the perfect high-energy Cog Night to blow off the Christmas cobwebs.

We booked The Mermaid’s Tongue without knowing much about what to expect. Things were pretty mysterious. When we got an email inviting us to a virtual life drawing class, we knew we were in for a unique digital experience.

The Mermaid’s Tongue is exciting because of the mystery you uncover as a team, building up to a thrilling finale. Because of this the less I say about the actual plot the better. Suffice to say, we had a great time.

By now we’re all wearily familiar with working and playing together over video calls (there are only so many Zoom quizzes you can do…). The Mermaid’s Tongue was great because it found a way to make the most of that familiarity, using it to make the adventure feel unnervingly real.

The experience gamified the kind of hum-drum digital literacy we tend to take for granted. We uncovered passwords, put our internet browsing skills to the test, decoded videos, and sifted through Google Drives.

Our adventure was expertly stage managed behind the scenes. We were gently guided through the experience without ever having to suspend our disbelief.

It was real joy to share such a unique collective experience. It reminded us of immersive Cog Nights like our adventures at VAULT festival, or our trip to Dennis Severs’ House.

If you’re sick of online quizzes or awkward catch up calls with friends and relations, The Mermaid’s Tongue is a great way to connect with a group while we’re in lockdown. Just don’t expect to be too comfortable.


Illustration by Emma Jane Donnelly for our Cultural Calendar.