Hallo...ween!

This time of year encourages a certain level of creativity, and whilst I'm laid up on the sofa with a lemsip feeling a little under the weather... I thought I'd pay tribute to some of the more creative pumpkin carvers out there!

More news later this week....

Big Mugs...

After a few days off we're back in at Wieden + Kennedy to continue working on our Nike project. It's not quite there yet, but fingers crossed we'll find out soon enough! All up in the air at the moment. We'll let you know, when we find out.

Meanwhile... here's a little something we did for Fairtrade... as part of a bigger idea that we've been on. I didn't notice but it popped on the WK Blog a few days ago. Nice to finally see it as a physical thing.

"These irresistibly pick-upable big mugs will be sent out to businesses all over the country to sit on peoples' desks and let them know about Fairtrade Fortnight 2010. On the back, the mugs explain our campaign for next year, The Big Swap (swap your usual stuff for Fairtrade stuff), and act as a cheeky reminder to any lazy tea-making co-workers: that it is their turn to get the kettle on, and make a Fairtrade brew. "

Pitchy goodness...

Well... you know that COI pitch we've been working on for pretty much the whole first half of our time here, the results are in and Wieden + Kennedy has a new client! Amazing.

Snipped straight out of Brand Republic.

Smiley faces all round.

Um... Hello, Hello WK.

Ok, so our previous post was a little premature.

We had some great news towards the end of the week. As it turns out another one of our ideas was liked by one of WK's biggest clients, so we're still hanging in there - of course we were happy to accept.

So we're not leaving, well not just yet anyway.

Still, it gave us good reason to go for drinks after work on Friday - not that you need one of course. Unfortunately we can't go into the nitty gritty of the concept, we'd love to - but the usual office ettiquette suggests we'll have to wait before we can share anything.

We'll be leaving our current desks (possibly the smallest desks in the world) and adopting the new 'hot-desking' policy; a chance to move about a bit and settle in with some new neighbours!

Bye bye to WK...

Well, tomorrow is our final day at Wieden + Kennedy after nearly three months and what a blast it has been. We’ve had the chance to work with some of the most truly creative and inspiring people. We’ve worked on all sorts of projects, from big clients such as Nike & Fairtrade to the all consuming pitch work. They really want you to get stuck in and produce good ideas.

The nice thing about W+K is that everyone is approachable and will always give you the time of day –  the top dogs, right down to our little chin-wags with the cleaners in the morning, There’s always something going on, mini exhibits, tea & cake, numerous celebrations and finding out the next big thing out of WK... we’ll certainly miss it.

For now though, we'll take some time out to re-collect, get the book up to scratch and get back on the rounds. We have learnt so much in our time at WK, we'll take what we've learnt and put it into practice. Some new work for the 'folio and a whole host of people we need to get in touch with. We're still awaiting some news on the COI pitch (expected in the next week) and an update on our project for the Nike account. There's still plenty going on and a possibility of some freelance work, who knows what lies around the corner...

Some of the Fairtrade work has finally broken, bit of a new handcrafted look and feel to the brand. It's only the beginning, but jump here to WK news for some work in progress stuff or check out some of the interactive bits over at fairtrade.org.uk

As for the rest of the stuff we'll get it up shortly.