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Stairs

Laura writes:
The second Wieden + Kennedy London stairwell exhibition was put on display this morning.

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'Allegories & Macabresques' is the dark, unsettling vision of young Polish photographer and quantum physicist Andrzej Dragan. These portraits, including the one above of director David Lynch holding a hen, were conceived around the Portuguese proverb, ' Those who see faces do not see hearts'. When confronted with these images it is uncertain exactly how they relate to their supposed point of conception. Is Dragan revealing the true essence of his subjects, or creating grotesque caricatures? Are the subjects complicit and in control or ignorant of the way in which they are being presented to the world? Have they designed their personae, masquerading for the purposes of the ‘image’, or are they ‘true’ representations of characters from the darker side of humanity? Dragen doesn’t feel the need to answer these questions and we are left wondering who and what we are looking at.

Hmmm… This exhibition has been touring galleries in Europe and it’s a privilege for us to have Andrzej display his work on our back stairs.

More info on Andrzej Dragan can be found here: http://andrzejdragan.com/

Stairs 3

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moustache day: the results

Moustaches 1 

Moustaches 2

Moustaches 3

Richard writes:
After a very
hairy office last Thursday, both the volume and variety of facial hair
on Friday was quite overwhelming, so thank-you to all those whose top
lips took part.

Moustache cups


The results were officially as follows:

Best Woustache: Lucy Collier who admirably wore her fuzz through all her morning meetings.

Lucy's woustache

Best Tom Selleck: Unanimously went to Tom Seymour who looked uncannily similar to 'the' Tom Selleck (minus the Hawaiian shirt and Ferrari).

Tom (selleck) seymour

Best Moustache: By a curly whisker went to Matt Joiner for his superb handlebars.

Matt's moustache

Other notable entries included Sermad, who received most votes, but by
cruel quirk of fate was thwarted from trophy glory by said votes being
spread over 2 categories. Pat, for being the first entry (by a
considerable 2 weeks!), Perkins for an incredible late developer, and
Jon Tapper (you deserved more votes). Neil Christie, Jim Welch and
Paul Jordan also deserve a heads up for actually looking surprisingly
good.

Thanks go to Ronny and Holly for organising cocktails, Donna for her
judiciary assistance, and to all understanding spouses for not leaving
their partners over the growing or trimming proceedings.

Till next year. Get growing…. 

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