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HONDA AND W+K LONDON LAUNCH ‘HOT AND COLD’ FILM

Hot on the heels of the recently released Other Side of Honda campaign introducing the Civic Type R Concept, Honda Motor Europe and Wieden+Kennedy London are back with a new pan-European, multi-channel campaign celebrating the Civic range and Honda’s unparalleled dedication to thorough testing.

The campaign is based on the idea that ‘there’s testing, then there’s Honda testing’, showcasing the dramatic lengths the manufacturer will go to when testing their vehicles, specifically the Civic model. At Honda’s European manufacturing plant in Swindon UK, cars are tested to the extreme in a specially controlled climate chamber from -30’c to +80’c conditions.

The campaign launches with a 30” film directed by Johnny Hardstaff, supported by print executions and rich media ad, which will feature an interactive version of the film, allowing the user to change the temperature of the ad and watch the environment change in response.

poetry and pencil puns

Last week, a young man came in for a portfolio crit with the gatekeepers of our placement scheme, power duo Jason and Joris. 
 
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He's called Seong Wonseo and he came all the way from Korea to show them his stuff. Being the gentlemen they are, Jason and Joris made him a cuppa and had a look through his book.
 
At the end, he wrote  a poem in Korean. Whilst wearing a GoPro. And a backwards cap.
 
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Then he gave them a pencil which said '2B or not 2B'. And took a selfie with a selfie stick.
 
He's super enthusiastic and seemed made up with the feedback. We've invited him back next year.
 
Now that we think of it… he was so smiley that the boys may have been filmed for a Korean undercover comedy series about a dude trying to crack London.
 
Fingers crossed, we say. 

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