Wieden + Kennedy...

A View you won't see too often - from 91 of 16 Hanbury Street

Today is the first day of our second week... and what a nice place. I'd keep this brief, but why change the habit of a lifetime... Things were a little bit slow off to begin with - in terms of briefs etc, but we found things to do and pushed for the work and it seems to have paid off, lots of things floating around with Lurpak and even a small glimpse into Nike - with a few more bits coming our way this week (we think).

We are currently residing in the new building across the street from the original 16 Hanbury St. Which is a pretty amazing building itself. It's not long been done, so it still has that 'new' smell... it's a huge building at that... which gives the people who are staying in the building across the road a little bit more room to breathe. When we visited earlier in the year people were piled on top of each other so it seems to be a big relief.

Terrace view from 91

It made things a little tough trying to meet people in the first day, hopping between both buildings. With everyone being so scattered about, accounts amongst creatives, and everyone in between it seems to make people more social - having to move around throughout the day means with such a large staff count, you don't get lost in the midst of all the faces.

We put names to faces on the first day though, well... mostly anyway. There's so many people! We still somehow seem to meet new people everyday! We managed to introduce ourselves to both Tony & Kim (on separate occasions) in day one for a brief chat, which always a plus. Tony had some interesting thoughts on where he thought things were going, and since we had just finished a stint at Leagas it was nice to have something to talk about - other than the usual topics you aim for... even Rob Burleigh is working here! The Ad world is a small place.

The new 91 stairwell - fascinating right? ha.

We're sitting a few desks away from Lucy Collier who is heading up the WK Platform as its Creative Director. It's very interesting to see the selection process go through - looks like it's going to be an interesting project. We're due for a review today on something we've been working on, ironically, for a brief that was set to the Platform candidates on Friday... should be fun to see how we compare...

There's a nice feeling about this place, everyone seems to be pretty friendly and there's a nice buzz about the place... hopefully we'll be able to extend the placement, but I guess it's all about the work... so we'll just have see how it goes...

I'll see if can add some more photos this week, it seems the only time I remember to take them is once we've finished!