26.05.2006 |
Wieden + Kennedy London celebrated this week winning a pencil in the graphic design category at the D&AD awards for their 2005 Christmas card. <br/><br/>WKside employees Tom Seymour, Paul Wetherall, Orlando Sterling and Sarah Daggar-Nickson created the agency's card that contained bin liners in the shape and design of a Christmas pudding. The copy on the packaging read 'Wishing You A Merry Christmas And A Tidy New Year - Keep Britain Merry'. The final result was a simple, quirky, interactive Christmas card which raised many a smile.<br/><br/>WKside is a training scheme that's designed to bring in<br/>bright, enthusiastic people from outside the ad industry<br/>and teach them about the advertising business. It's also<br/>an opportunity for W+K to learn new ways of thinking<br/>about things from fresh perspectives. <br/>
19.05.2006 |
Wieden + Kennedy Wins The Grand Prix For 3rd Year Running At The 2006 Clio Awards<br/><br/><br/>Wieden + Kennedy London celebrated this month at the 2006 Clios in Miami where its campaigns for Honda won four separate awards. The agency won the Gold for Civic Choir and Silver Award for Impossible Dream in the automotive category. They also took the Bronze for the Yume No Chikara brand ad and were the winner of the overall Grand Prix.<br/><br/>Neil Christie, Managing Director said: 'This win is a<br/>testament to the fantastic relationship we have with our<br/>clients at Honda UK.'
19.05.2006 |
Honda 'Making Noise' Documentary Launches on Cinema. On 19th May, Honda launched a 10 minute film about the making of the Honda Civic 'Choir' ad in Cineworld and Odeon cinemas around the UK. <br/><br/>This will be the longest piece of content any advertiser<br/>has ever run in cinemas. The film, called 'Making Noise',<br/>will run before The Da Vinci Code, Mission Impossible 3<br/>and X-Men 3 on selected screens in key UK<br/>conurbations over a two-week period. <br/><br/>In another media first, to support the short film, foyers<br/>of these cinemas will feature life-sized standees of the<br/>new Honda Civic; in keeping with campaign theme of<br/>'This is What a Honda Feels Like', these posters will<br/>include sound files that give out choir / car sounds<br/>when pressed.
15.05.2006 |
Wieden + Kennedy London have made several new appointments since Christmas, bringing the number of staff in the London office to 70.<br/><br/>The creative department took on two new teams in February: Sam Heath & Frank Ginger joined us from Fallon where they worked on BBC, Sony and Emap. Ida Gronblom and Fabian Berglund, a below-the-line team, left Tequila where they worked on Gala and Morgan Stanley.<br/><br/>Rebecca Tickle left TBWA after 7 years during which time she worked on French Connection, Müller, Transport for London and The Labour Party and joined us in March to work on Honda. <br/><br/>And in May we've had 2 new starters: Lisa Conway has<br/>joined the planning department from DFKW where she<br/>worked on Premier Foods (Ambrosia, Branston Pickle),<br/>COI (DFES) and Unison.<br/><br/>And Bella Lainé, marketing manager, has arrived from<br/>VCCP to work on all new business, PR and marketing.
