Stanley's Globe...

Just before we first moved into our shiny new offices in Covent Garden, I nipped over to Stanley's Post (Post production company, full of lovely people), and they gave me this fine t-shirt.

Disregard the photo pose, naturally I didn't take it.

Then shortly after they sent the crew at Inferno some lovely little welcome gifts soon after. (And my oh my, I LOVE freebies).

...and now I'm getting to my point.

The Jam Jar Snow Globe Competition.

A DIY snow globe kit with lots of little goodies to glue, stick, mould, mix, oh and a little added Glycerin, to thicken the water (I always thought this was something explosive... Nitro Glycerine? Perhaps?) I even added some white-tac as snow ball as seen in the work in progress design above.

Without further adieu, here's mine:

The distortion on the glass ruined my perfectly positioned Santa & Xmas Tree, so naturally I added a Panda from a colleagues desk, and made it a lovely little box, of the same said wrapping paper that I keep banging on about and Voila! It might not win, but it looks good on a desk.

Ooh-La-La...

Inferno had a secret santa this year (like they do every year), although this one was my first Xmas here... So here's a small section of people using the wrapping paper I made the week before last, mainly because it was free and mainly because a lot of people had left it to the last minute. Proof that it works, I suppose.

Oh, and here's the poster I made for it... The theme was burlesque, so I went for a simple graphic piece, rather than the other three more illustrated versions I created. Little bit of inside knowledge for you... Baranis' (the venue) interior architecture honestly did resemble the shape of the suspenders. Coincidence?

Sweden + Kennedy Christmas...

Given the amount of Swedish people the agency has acquired in the last few months, the name Sweden + Kennedy was proposed by a few. A few alcoholic beverages later, a bit of blue and yellow, an ice louge/ sculpture, a chocolate fountain, abba tribute band & a few more shots... here is the end result... A selection, and yes this is only a small selection of the vast amount of photos that came out of the event - to the theme Sweden + Kennedy Christmas Party!

Team Sweden

Emily can't believe what she is hearing!

Ryan puckers up for a shot

Karelle as Bjorn Borg

Rob Burleigh at the end of his shift

It's a papermache swede not a turnip

A pair of very uncanny Swedish Royal Monarchs

Christmas Winter Wonderland.

That's a litre bottle of Absolut Vodka - 1:1 scale

A Volvo. Nice. (Working lights too)

I'll let you make your own mind up about this one... hmmm.

Christmas is fast approaching...

I love this time of year, alright - maybe not quite as much as the Summer but I do enjoy a big warm coat, some green and red festivities and the good old Christmas markets! I just can't quite believe it's December already!

In case you haven't seen it W+K are doing some clever little things in and around Shoreditch to bring a little christmas spirit. It all starts off at the giant advent calendar carefully constructed in the Hanbury St. window. This advent calendar works in the same way as most do, every day you open a window counting down the days up to Christmas. Instead of picking up a little chocolatey treat, a few of the WKers creep out of the office with the hopes of bringing a tiny smile to your face. It will be continuing right up until Christmas so if you're in the area keep your eyes peeled :)

Here's what they've been up to so far...

Don't fall asleep whilst cooking dinner...

What a jam packed week/weekend, we've finally had some time off to sit back and take a view on 2008 as a whole, time to rest and time to prepare ourselves for the forth coming year. Full up with christmas dinners, no doubt there's more to come! It'll be January before long - full of new and exciting possibilities, we'll see where the new year takes us!

The staff christmas party was a great laugh, a few drinks, some mussels, lobster, fine dining, followed up by a sprinkle of Gogol Bordello, champagne and a VIP lounge and the odd drunken stupor (I promised Phil I wouldn't mention any names). Nice.

Whilst the advent calendars are nearly empty, and santa tries to squeeze his way down your chimney, on behalf of both of us...

Merry Christmas 2008!

And remember kids... Don't fall asleep drunk whilst cooking dinner, it could end in tears.

Mike.

I don't even know what day it is...

Busy Busy Busy!!!

Now seemed like a good time to get back to the blog, time just seems to fly on by doesn't it? So much so that the thought of the week has become the thought of the month...

So much has gone on in the last few weeks since the last posted - I genuinely have no idea where to start.

Well after the mix up, Phil and I got back to working with each other. Having both been quite successful with our respective partners, we got back into the swing of things and sunk our teeth into a re-pitch for the whole week with an integrated campaign/ branding idea. Branding is kind of nice every now and again, especially when you have complete freedom to do what you want, it's all advertising though right? The result, it seemed to go down a storm in the agency, most people liked it, in both accounts and creatives depts, which is always a nice :) We'll probably find out how that goes in a little while, perhaps once we're back - and if it doesn't run we'll pop it up on here for some fun.

We've now finished at My Agency for Christmas. After a chat with the ECD, we've been asked to come back after christmas. A total of 4 months in the grand scheme of things, which isn't bad going, our work has been well received and we've made friends with some bloody great people. The days have been long and the nights longer, polishing it off with an hour journey home after work simply finishes me off. It gives us a bit of time to sort things out

Most this week we've been hot stepping it over to NABS this week for a multitude of reasons, lining stuff up for when we get back, getting some free print outs, but mainly hammering out some new strategies to mull over the hols. We even managed to get roped into to hanging the fairy lights in the reception. (compliments are welcome - disprovals too). Didn't take long and it's all for a good cause so we don't mind. We happened to bump into Rory from the Talent Business for a good ole natter, whilst he was overseeing the Lonely Hearts book club - sorry if we took up anyone's time!

Anyhow, we're off to the Work Christmas soirée on Thurs for a spot of Belgium food and then to see Gogol Bordello for a bit of caberet, punk, dub at the Round House. I'll report back on how that one turns out...

M.