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FD28 Report Part 2

Thanks to the Universal Record Database guys, the record setting continued into the night. Pedicabs were the means of transportation to get to our venue. We set the record for the most people to take pedicabs to a party. Also the longest time for a team of people to keep up a plastic torch was established just before sunrise.

 Aziz Ansari, from the NBC show Parks and Recreation, delivered a hilarious stand-up routine. Following Aziz, was Har Mar Superstar. Har Mar, lived up to his name, gold underwear and all. The evening ended with karoke on the upper floor. The party was huge success thanks to the creative, committee and the generous funds provided by the partners. Thanks W+K! Here is to another 28 years of being The World's Largest Independent Global Ad Agency.

 
  
 

   
 

 
 
 
 

FD28 Report Part 1

 

Founder's Day kicked off with a visit from these two guys, Dan and Corey. They are from the Universal Record Database. We all got color coded FD28 headbands to identify our team color and broke into groups to brainstorm world records we could create. They have a great post on their blog.

Our first official record on their website is the “longest office chair train pulled by a motorcycle.” Though it came in second place in the agency competition to Team Light Grey. Team Light Grey won with their attempt to make a person say the word mattress 12 times. It was an amazing performance by our head of retouching Frazer. He won over voters by a landslide. Congrats Light Grey Team!
 

 

April Gallery Space

To celebrate Wieden+Kennedy Founders’ Day we have invited Illustrator and former W+Ker Michael Illick to cover our gallery walls with his irreverent style and sense of humor.

Over a period of two days Michael has drawn an epic battle of The Clan of Dan vs. The Clan of David. From the east Dan’s band of mischievous monkeys pelt apple pie slices mercilessly towards Dave's band of Neanderthal oafs in the west. It is an ambitious composition of grand proportions. Michael calls it his Guernica, I call it the Lascaux of the Pearl.  

Stop by and enjoy its overall grandeur, but also take time to look more closely and giggle at the cartoon antics of this remarkable cast of crazies.

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Wondering why Riswold’s head is so big? You will find out in May, when his own WK12 clan takes over the space.

Wedding and Kennedy Strikes Again

Cupid strikes Wedding+Kennedy. What is this number 37*? Studio designer Christin Spagnoli and Joint editor Matthew Hilber met at W+K Founders Day 25. He asked her her thoughts on cockfights, she thought his name was Corky. Two years later, it’s wedding bliss. Congrats to Christin and Matt!

*Please note: Christin thinks there have been around 37 couples that found their soul mates within the halls of WK globally. Plus or minus 30.

 

Founders Day XXVII: THE most Extreme W+K Talent Show Ever

Our 2009 host, Matthew Hilber.

Robin makes deviled eggs while blindfolded.

When we all ran out of talent, the agency boarded busses and we went Rotture – a cool little bar across the river in S.E. Portland.

W+K Founders Day XXVI

Where to even begin. We are 26 now. Offices all over the world, a couple thousand employees, a body of work to be proud of and another year wiser. This year it was about giving back to the community that we live in. With 400 sets of hands we can do a lot to better the world around us.

For the week before, people brought in donations of food, toys, bicycles and other charitable items. These would be delivered by hand to organizations all over the rose city.

Cleaning up and planting trees at Gabriel Park