Maisie Willoughby, Creative Producer at Wieden+Kennedy London, spoke to the lovely folks at It’s Nice That ahead of the latest Makers’ Residency, launching on April 26. Mixed media artist Gutless Wonder will take up residency this week, culminating in an exhibition at our Hanbury Street office on May 4.

Maisie told It’s Nice That: “Gutless wonder felt like a contemporary addition to the curation given her use of modern technique. She is the optima of modern craft, exactly what Wieden+Kennedy hopes to celebrate through Makers’ Residency.”

You can read the full article here.

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Yesterday saw W+K London go back to school as Wieden Academy opened for our annual Founders’ Day celebrations.

Classes were enrolled in traditional subjects with the occasional twist. Art became a life painting relay, chemistry was an excuse for a few drinks and home economics was more bun fight than Bake Off. Following a fiercely contested tug-of-war, with a few suspicious burly ringers putting in an appearance, the class with the most house points was rewarded with a well-deserved day off.

Dinner, drinks and dancing followed, with a surprise performance by Artful Dodger, dragging us back to the heady days of early UK garage. 

We had a brilliant day and night. Thank you Braxted Park for having us and Highjam for helping organise. And Artful Dodger for getting a lot of people pretty sweaty in a tent. 

The triumphant team