Rat Race

David and I are have been working with the new WK Side team on their idea for the window display at Wieden and Kennedy. Its called the Rat Race. The window display consists of three dimensional tubes which represent a localised area of the tube map. Inside the tubes are eight rats who are running around the tubes. This idea took a while to come off the ground but we're really happy with the result. And by the look of things the rats are enjoying it as well. Here are some snaps of the installation.

This is Sir Alan checking out his new pad.






Here's one of the rats in their little home. We have one big cage attached to the window where they play. If you want to find out what they have been up to visit them on www.ratbook.co.uk.

Guardian F1

I thought I'd post our first TV ad for the Guardian, which was on about three weeks ago. I've been a bit busy hence the lack of posts recently. The TV spot was made with a company called Tandem with an animator called Tobias. Tobias worked on the Tim Burton animated film the Corpse's Bride. The ad was based on the fact that there are four british hopefuls in the tournament this year. All four helmets sing the national anthem through car revs, which is normally played on the podiums. A little nod to our hopes that one of the four brits will win the trophy. No guesses who.

Here is the very first scamp we drew for the ad and the final outcome below.

HONDA Glass

I thought I would share mine and David's first piece of bought work at Wieden and Kennedy. The HONDA puzzle glass for the dealerships. The glass was designed to sit with the new Honda Problem Playground campaign. We also wanted to come up with something that would prevent people from using plastic cups at the dealerships which was interactive and engaging.

So as you can see at one angle the letters look jumbled but....

when you line them up at the right angle HONDA is revealed.

Click here to see more.

Summer stunts 2007 revsited

David from howies phoned me last week to see how I was and ask whether I wanted to work on another stunt for them this summer. I of course said yes, so I was having a look at what I proposed last year. Click here to see more.

Blackboard van press packs

Just spotted on the Howies website that David and Claire have produced 50 Blackboard Van tour books for the press. Hopefully I'll be able to get my hands on one.

Frame feature

I was checking out the Frame website and spotted that they had featured the The Chair that Grows. Click here to see more and go to news.

First post of the Year from Yatzer

Hello and Happy New Year to everyone. Apoligies for the lack of posts recently. No real excuses apart from the new job is going well and time is limited. I got a really nice email from Costas from Yatzer, which is one of my favourite design blogs. He was interested in the Jigsaw Storage and wanted to also feature The Chair That Grows. So here is the article. To see more click here To see how the Jigsaw Storage in action click on the video below.