Uncategorized Archives - COS - a design agency in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire

Aegis Energy is a UK-based startup developing a national network of clean energy hubs to help decarbonise commercial transport.

Aegis is building multi-energy refuelling sites offering electric charging, hydrogen, HVO, and bio-CNG for trucks and vans. The first five stations are set to open by 2027, with plans for 30 hubs by 2030. After submitting our proposal, Aegis selected us to create their brand and be their creative partner.

Working with the team at COS Design has been a delight. They’ve developed the brand and website with a clear process and sense of collaboration which has made the project rewarding and fun.

Kasia

Aegis Energy

Building a brand through process and refinement

Positioning a new brand is always an exciting challenge. Our process ensures we fully understand the business’s operations, ambitions, and values. This, plus working closely with key stakeholders, enables us to create proposals that stand out from competitors and reflect the true essence of the business.

A trusted design partner

We continue to work with Aegis Energy as an in-house resource to support them with all the brand assets, advice and creative development they require as they continue to grow.

Lucanet is a Berlin-based financial software company

It provides Corporate Performance Management solutions for CFOs, covering consolidation, planning, reporting, ESG, and tax. Lucanet serves over 5,000 clients globally. We were asked initially to deploy their new brand, transition existing marketing assets and help develop it across various channels. The relationship has turned into a close and ongoing design support service.

COS Design are such an amazing creative team. It’s always a pleasure and most importantly a healthy and trusted GTM decision. Thanks for the partnership to date!

Monica

Lucanet

Rebranding a library of creative assets

We rebranded a huge range of marketing collateral, from business cards and stationery to presentations and report templates, enabling the company to transition to its new brand and continue business as usual on day one of the launch.

We assist the British Vehicle Rental & Leasing Association with creative solutions for many of the ways they communicate.

Our scope of work includes corporate publications that help advise government policy to the creation of design and marketing materials for campaigns and events such as their annual dinner. To keep projects running smoothly we not only collaborate with the internal communications team but also with their partners – ensuring input from all involved in complex projects is dealt with accurately and efficiently.

We have worked with COS for a number of years on various different design projects — always very happy with the output, they understand our brand really well and how to portray an event or research document in a way that is fitting for our industry. The turnaround time is always exemplary.

Fran

BVRLA

Reports, infographics and white papers

We have been responsible for much of the way the BVRLA presents important industry data and statistics – typically via infographics that enable important points to be illustrated and visualised more simply.

We’ve also designed and themed many of the key publications and campaigns the organisation has put out, driving the change of decarbonisation in the UK automotive industry.

From the HS2 rail project to Sizewell nuclear power plant, Blackwell have been involved in some of the largest national construction projects.

We began working with Blackwell by creating a series of successful regional recruitment campaigns for them. We now support Blackwell and its parent company, Hargreaves Services plc with a wide range of creative services – from exhibition stand design to videography and video content.

The response from this campaign has been amazing and continues to be, which is excellent news. Thank you for all your support with this.

Lisa

Hargreaves Services PLC

Creative services for a specialist in the construction industry

We help Blackwell and Hargreaves Services generate a range of business materials from brochures and presentations to exhibition stands and event materials. We also filmed Blackwell’s team in action on-site, pulling together photographers and drone videographers to give a dynamic insight in the form of a short film that shows how this business leads the way within its industry.

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AVEVA’s software powers industries across the world, from water and energy to food and infrastructure.

We’ve assisted them through brand transition and growth since 2016. We began working with AVEVA at the beginning of significant change and rapid expansion for the business. In 2017 new branding was deployed, revitalising the look and feel of all its marketing collateral. We worked directly alongside the marketing teams to assist the rollout throughout 30 countries and various industries — helping develop and apply the branding across all channels and areas of contact with its customers.

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Exhibitions & office environments.

We helped AVEVA rollout some amazing exhibitions stands for international events in the USA, Germany, Russia and the UAE. We also developed a branding theme for international offices with the same style.

A massive thank you for all the support over the past year. There were many occasions where we would have struggled without the calm, efficient responses and the consistently high quality of work was valued by the whole team.

Steve

AVEVA Solutions Limited

Infographics, reports, case studies and white papers.

We developed a huge range of functional business materials for AVEVA in various formats — much of the content required data visualisation that enhanced the message and added clarity for the reader.

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We brought a year of data and achievements to life through a series of vibrant animated videos presented to investors and stakeholders during an Annual Investors Meeting.

Each video takes a journey through the year, summarising the growth of their funds and portfolio companies, aquisitions and overall performance highlights. We regret that due to the sensitive nature of the content featured, we are unable to share the full video at this time.

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Our event was a great success and the animated video went down very well — thanks for all your support, as always, it was great working with you.

Sian

GHO Capital

Dynamic. Impactful.

To add some visual impact, the videos we created for GHO transition from clear and crisp 2D graphics into 3D scenes with depth to highlight key information throughout the animation.

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Storyboarding

In-depth storyboarding helps all parties visualise everything from the look and feel, movement and transitions prior to our animator starting work.

Laxton Properties constructs high quality homes in choice locations throughout the home counties.

Consistently high-quality design and enticing marketing collateral has proved to be a highly effective selling tool.

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We have used COS Design for a number of years for all of our marketing, from the website to brochures, logos to newsletters. Not only do they always come up with a design that we are pleased with, but they do so with a responsive and helpful attitude which we really appreciate.

Laxton Properties

A sense of place

Each property development is uniquely named and provided with a distinct logo to differentiate it as a standalone location. These design elements are developed in accordance with the Laxton Properties brand style, ensuring a cohesive and consistent appearance across all projects.

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Selling the dream

High-end print collateral is a necessity when selling quality homes. Use of textured and embossed papers, foiling and spacious, elegant layout designs all ensure the right feel is conveyed.

As with many of our clients, we support Proofpoint in a number of ways — creating marketing collateral for customer facing design and print to the development of microsites and branding for internal campaigns.

We have helped create a number of annual, internal sales themes to promote their international sales and marketing activities and recently we have assisted in the launch of a new magazine to drive engagement with existing EMEA customers.

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The COS team’s thoughtful and impactful design continues to astound us. They help to bring cybersecurity to life through ingenious design. It’s a pleasure to work with them and they always turn around projects quickly with superior attention to detail. We truly consider them an extension of our team, which is the best relationship to have when working with an agency.

Sophie

Proofpoint

Full-service design partner

We work alongside Proofpoint’s Demand Generation & Marketing Operations Team to produce design that quickly and positively engages — as is the need in this fast-paced industry.

On-brand creative assets for social media campaigns to exhibitions

From exhibitions stand design, animated adverts and videos to infographics and presentations — we serve a huge range of collateral for their different marketing requirements around the globe.

We designed and launched Proofpoint’s first physical and digital customer magazine, ‘New Perimeters’.

Each edition brings together expert analysis of the current cyber security landscape, plus educational articles and customer stories.

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A HUGE thank you to COS Design for the superb, innovative, creative design and making the magazine look incredible!

Sophie

Proofpoint

Beautifully illustrated

We typically utilise our own in-house skills and talent for illustration, but to mark the first edition of the magazine, we commissioned the renowned illustrator Peter Greenwood, who perfectly captured the topic of the publication.

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The perfect finish

A high-end print finish with foil blocking ensures the magazine has a sense of presence and longevity making Proofpoint’s investment in the piece worthwhile.

Aquaholic has found a niche market on YouTube, creating first person video tours that explore private yachts which are usually off-limits to the public.

The brief was primarily the creation of a logo that would work within the confines of a social media avatar but could also be used to brand merchandise. The emblem needed to be distinct amongst other YouTube avatars, feature the channel name whilst also capturing a feel for the content it was serving. A tall order, but one we fulfilled successfully.

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COS Design developed concepts precisely in line with my requirements. Having chosen my favourite, they produced a range of styles for different applications creating a cohesive, recognisable and professional look across all media. I couldn’t be more pleased with their efforts.

Nick

Professional Marine Media

Registering the trademark

COS Design worked with intellectual property specialists, Cole Francis, in the application and protection of registering the name and logo as a trademark along with the necessary classifications for applying it to branded goods.

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