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Windmill Window

A
sad good-bye to the socks (which are now on their way to Broadway to be
handed out to the homeless) and happy hello to OUTSIDE / INSIDE. Since
this year’s theme for wieden + kennedy’s window displays is ‘interaction’ we thought it would be a good idea
to approach the department of design interactions at the prestigious Royal
College of Art
and ask the students to submit some ideas. Tom and David knew Brendan Walker (www.aerial.fm), senior tutor
and interactive specialist, who put forward a very simple brief to his
students, ‘engage the passers-by’. As you would expect the entries were
top class but Susanna Hertrich was by far our favourite and walked away
with the prize money that we provided to make it happen. Susannah’s simple and charming
Installation consists of a garden of windmills that magically come to
life when people walk by. Nice. The video clip above shows how it works and stars our very own Louis Philippe.

Outside inside 1 

Outside inside 2 

Outside inside 3

A big thank you to Susanna Hertrich and
to see more of her work visit www.susannahertrich.com

more info on paula campaign

Paula steps  
Posted earlier about the poster element of this. (See below.) Here's some more:

Yesterday, we broke our Nike campaign to support Paula all the way to Olympic gold. To show your support, you can put your name on one of Paula's 22,850 footsteps in Sunday's marathon.

It's oh so simple: check out weruntogether.com to register for free, or text your name + city + date of birth to 67777. (Standard rates apply, etc, etc.)

You can even get your name in Friday's issue of The Sun if you pledge your support before 1pm this Wednesday.

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