Influencer Outreach for the Almeida Theatre’s ‘Figures of Speech’

11.07.17

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...

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The Cogency wins Best in Book at the Creative Review Annual 2017

08.05.17

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...

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Q&A with Cathy and Janice, Directors of The Cogency

07.04.17

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 ...

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The Cogency turns eighteen!

05.04.17

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!

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This year’s Skate at Somerset House

09.01.17

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 ...

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Illuminated River

23.12.16

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&...

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The Cogency are a multi-award winning agency

16.12.16

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...

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The Cogency welcomes new staff

17.11.16

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...

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We’re an award-winning agency

12.10.16

We’re thrilled to announce that The Cogency are award winners! We were nominated for 5 Drum Dream Awards in their Creative and Strategy categories for our work with 14-18 NOW’s 'we’re here because we’re here' – a publ...

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John Ellson

26.09.16

We were saddened to hear of the death of John Ellson last week. John and his company ESIP were The Cogency’s very first client as part of their work on the 40th anniversary celebrations of Ronnie Scott’s jazz club and we continued to w...

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London Design Biennale & Björk Digital

19.09.16

Two of our projects are live and currently taking over Somerset House: London Design Biennale and the Björk Digital.We have created a Facebook 360 video of Björk's Stonemilker VR, which features in Björk Digital, to give people a ...

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The Drum Dream Awards and Digital Impact Awards

Award Nominations

09.09.16

We are delighted that The Cogency has been nominated for 7 marketing awards for our work with 14-18 NOW. The nominations are for 'we’re here because we’re here' - the public artwork by Jeremy Deller with Rufus Norris that made such a p...

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MIF17

19.08.16

It’s that time again. We’re gearing up for the next Manchester International Festival. It’s #6 and the first one with new artistic director, John McGrath. The Cogency has had the very great pleasure of working on every Festival s...

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Björk Digital

11.08.16

We are very excited to be working with Somerset House on the marketing for the European premiere of Björk Digital, an immersive virtual reality exhibition of digital and video works resulting from Björk’s collaborations with some o...

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#wearehere

01.07.16

We’re proud to have been part of we’re here because we’re here a modern memorial to mark the centenary of the Battle of the Somme. The event was commissioned by our client 14-18 NOW and conceived and created by Turner Prize-winn...

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14-18 NOW Poppies Tour - Summer 2016

28.06.16

We continue to work as marketing consultants for the Poppies Tour, working with our client 14-18 NOW. Poppies: Weeping Window received over 40,000 visitors whilst installed at St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney this Spring, the sculpture was part of the ...

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London Design Biennale

07.04.16

We helped launch the first ever London Design Biennale on 22 March. Taking place this September (7-27), it will provide a prestigious, global stage for leading contemporary design and design-led innovation, creativity and research. Over 30 countri...

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Salisbury Cathedral from teh Meadows at Oriel y Parc

Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows on show at Oriel y Parc

23.03.16

The next leg of the Aspire tour has begun with the opening of Oriel y Parc's exhibition of Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows. Set in Wales’ coastal national park the painting will be accompanied by other works by Constab...

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People Show

People Show's 50th year

21.03.16

'Theater without People Show would be like music without rock ‘n roll' Sam Shepard, 2013 Having worked with them on their Hands Off / Fallout double bill at Toynbee Studios in 2014, we are now working with People Show on their communication...

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Nina Forever

The Blaine Brothers' new film Nina Forever screens from Monday

11.02.16

This week we invite you to help support our friends The Blaine Brothers. We’ve worked with Chris and Ben for over 10 years on projects for numerous clients including Somerset House, Without Walls, 14-18 NOW and Norfolk & Norwich Festival...

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Our support of the 14-18 NOW 2016 season launch

05.02.16

Last month, our major project 14-18 NOW announced its 2016 season to a fantastic response. As the marketing consultants, our role for the day of the launch was to develop and play out the digital campaign, this included live streaming the launch v...

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Run Riot Projects – The Art of Mindfulness

15.01.16

We are working with our friends, Run Riot on their project The Art of Mindfulness, a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to inspiring Mindfulness in everyday life through a creative program of courses, workshops, live events and other artistic p...

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Who Are You? (Directed by the Blaine Brothers

Another successful Skate at Somerset House season

11.01.16

After another successful season of Skate at Somerset House, it’s time to put the skates away until November. New for this year’s campaign, we commissioned the award-winning Blaine Brothers (Nina Forever) to make a short film set at Sk...

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The Cogency welcomes two new members of the team

23.12.15

In December, we welcomed Kathryn Winter to the team as our new Head of Digital. Kathryn will lead on strategy development & implementation of digital and social projects. We are also delighted that Selina Ocean will re-join the team in J...

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Le Patin Libre, phot by Alicia Clarke

Our new sting for Le Patin Libre

18.12.15

We are working on the campaign for Canadian ice dance quintet extraordinaire, Le Patin Libre, whose show Vertical will be taking place on Somerset House’s ice rink 12-16 January. We recently finished producing this short sting (with filmmak...

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