We Are Cognitive

We use illustration and animation to help you tell powerful stories.

At Cognitive we help our clients tell their stories more powerfully. This means using our storytelling and animation skills to simplify the complex, make the technical more interesting and memorable, and generally grab more attention.

We have helped the RSA craft unforgettable stories that are changing the world with the RSA Animate series.

We have collaborated with BBC Radio 4 to help them develop and delight new audiences for their online platform.

We worked with the BBC Reith Lectures in 2016 to animate Professor Stephen Hawking's theories about black holes, presenting a complicated scientific concept in an easy to understand way.

We have animated a film for the Gates Foundation to help them inspire advocacy in their Vaccine Saves Lives programme.

We have supported Coca-Cola in helping them make learning easier to communicate a forward-thinking marketing strategy at Cannes.

We have designed a range of visual solutions to help Amnesty International spread the word and change attitudes about the migration crisis.

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What they say about us:

Chris Anderson • Curator of TED

Andrew Park, who, in my humble-but-true opinion is the world’s greatest animator of concepts. His RSA Animate series has notched up millions of views for sometimes difficult topics, and we have worked with him before to animate talks from Denis Dutton and some of our TED-Ed lessons.

Ray Laurence • University of Kent

Cognitive listens, contemplates and then visualises an idea. In so doing, something complicated can be said in fewer words without reducing the content. In fact the level of content is enriched or even transformed to be understood in a new way by new audiences – who may never have encountered the idea otherwise.

Damian Hughes • Author & Speaker

Cognitive are communications geniuses. I have had the sheer good fortune to work with them for many years and whatever their chosen medium - illustration, live scribing or animation - I cannot speak highly enough of their expertise and professionalism and would encourage you to enjoy the experience.

Matthew Taylor • The RSA

The RSA Animate series has redefined how we can digest information in the digital age. I see them as the jewel in the crown of our online content. Cognitive has developed a ground-breaking, transformative medium to help us all share and explore ideas from some of the world's greatest thinkers in an original, accessible and engaging way.

Professor Richard Wiseman

Working with Cognitive is always a pleasure. They combine meticulous research with intelligent storytelling and world-class illustration and animation to produce films that are beyond compare. The In59 Seconds films we created together have achieved over 16 million YouTube views… and counting.

Our products and services

Everyone’s needs are different. That’s why we have a range of packages, each of which can be tailored to your exact requirements. Maybe you simply need some illustrations to put extra power into your PowerPoint presentation? Or perhaps the only thing that can encapsulate your ideas is a 4-minute whiteboard animation filled with rich detail? Take a look at what we offer and see what’s right for you.