We're delighted to announce the full programme for WOVEN 2023 in Kirklees, featuring over 100 exciting events celebrating textiles, popping up all across the region between 3 June - 9 July. Launching with a vibrant community catwalk, STRUT...
Working with Music Cities Events, Kirklees Year of Music hosted Platform - a music industry event giving Kirklees artists a career-changing opportunity. Artists, selected from an open call, took part in a live performance on 27 April,...
Brantwood boasts magnificent views over Coniston Water and the Old Man of Coniston. It’s the former home of artist, environmentalist and critic, John Ruskin (1819-1900), teeming with history, surrounded by ancient woodlands and magical ga...
We are very pleased to be appointed as the Marketing & Communications consultancy for Kirklees Year of Music 2023 and Woven in Kirklees and looking forward to working on these exciting projects!
We’re delighted to be working on this year’s Fly The Flag for Human Rights Day on 10th December. In 2021, Fly The Flag highlights Article 19 – the right to freedom of opinion and expression – in an ambitious new project ...
We were thrilled to be at the launch of We are Lewisham, announcing programme highlights for Lewisham’s year as London Borough of Culture in 2022 at the beautiful Rivoli Ballrom. The 2022 programme celebrates the borough's rich history of...
We were in Southampton on 27th May - at the City Art Gallery - supporting the city's bid to be UK City of Culture 2025. Southampton is a city proud of its culture, music, sport, dance, food, heritage, art and theatre. A maritime city and a meet...
After 12 happy years at our office in Bermondsey, we started 2020 with a move to a new space. We are now the newest tenants at MARKET Peckham. We have great views of St Paul’s and Tate Modern from our studio plus a rooftop bar abov...
We’re delighted to be working again with the team at London’s Royal Docks. This summer, we have been working on Join the Docks, a brand new festival featuring music, theatre, art, performance and more around this historic part of Londo...
In July, Cathy headed to Manchester International Festival, here's her highlights from its seventh year: "It’s an odd year. It was July. No better place to visit than Manchester International Festival for the 7th edition of the festival of ...
We were delighted to win Best in Book, for the second time, at the Creative Review Annual 2019 for our work on Danny Boyle’s Pages Of The Sea. Commissioned by 14-18 NOW, the events saw tens of thousands gather on 32 beaches across the UK to ...
1 April 2019 remarkably marks 20 years for the company. We’ve seen a lot of changes in the world of marketing during that time but our passion for connecting the arts with audiences hasn’t changed. During that time, we’ve reside...
This year, we’re delighted to be working with arts organisations and human rights charities across the UK on Fly The Flag. Artist and activist Ai Weiwei has designed a flag as a symbol for universal human rights and from 24 - 30 June, organi...
On 11 November 2018, tens of thousands of people joined Danny Boyle for Pages of the Sea to say thank you and goodbye to the millions who left their shores during the First World War, many never to return. Across the UK and Ireland communities gat...
On 10 June 2018, we were at PROCESSIONS, as part of our work for 14-18 NOW. This UK-wide, mass participatory artwork celebrating 100 years of votes for women saw tens of thousands of women take to the streets in Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh and Lon...
On 22 January 2018, we were at BAFTA launching 14-18 NOW’s 2018 season of extraordinary arts events. Marking the centenary of Armistice, their final season features brand new artworks by some of the world’s leading artists. Key Result...
In September, we launched a global campaign for 14-18 NOW to digitally reunite the 888,246 ceramic poppies from the installation Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red by artist Paul Cummins and designer Tom Piper, staged at the Tower of London in 2014...
We recently worked with the Almeida Theatre on an exciting new digital project, Figures of Speech. The project explores some of history’s most important speeches through a series of films read by actors and young leaders. We were tasked wi...
We're thrilled to announce that The Cogency has won Best in Book at the Creative Review Annual 2017, in the 'experiential' category. The award recognises our work on We're here because we're here, created and conceived by Jeremy Deller and commiss...
Cathy and Janice, our two Directors, share their memories of the past eighteen years, plus their inspirations and highlights, in this Q&A. What inspired you to found The Cogency? Cathy: The idea to start The Cogency was sparked by a ...
The Cogency was founded in April 1999, so we are now officially eighteen. We celebrated with cake, candles, and more cake! We also sent a little surprise to a few of our favourite people... it was great to see you all #celebratewithTheCogency!
We are nearing the end of our 2016 campaign for Skate at Somerset House, which has become a key feature of our annual calendar. In 2015, we worked with the Blaine Brothers to produce a short film to promote the full Skate experience. This season ...
In 2016, The Cogency were delighted to be part of the Illuminated River project. This design commission will light London’s bridges along the River Thames in a unified scheme. It will be a permanent public artwork, designed to enrich people&...
We’re award winners! Again! In addition to the five Drum Dream Awards we won back in October for our work with client 14-18 NOW for we’re here because we’re here, we have subsequently won two awards at the Digital Impact Awards a...
We welcome two new members of staff to The Cogency team this month. Lauren Brown, our new Marketing Assistant joins us in December from her role at a marketing agency in Newbury. Lauren has also worked at the National Portrait Gallery, the V&A...
