It’s not often we take the time to step back and look up around here.  Last week, we set off with our Tesco clients on a walking tour of the Street Art around the Brick Lane area.  It was so interesting to find out more about all the local scribbles, splatters and masterpieces that we walk straight past every day.  Unsurprisingly some of the ladies among us, myself included, were particularly vocal in their appreciation for the more glittery pieces.

From the portraits of local heroes, cranes, fighting cats, hidden mini figurines, to what I guess would be described as cartoon panda porn, there’s a heck of a lot to be seen. 

The tour from Alternative London comes highly recommended by us.

Our stroll came to an end at one of the local food hot spots, The Orange Buffalo by Ely Place.  The chicken wings here are insanely good and guaranteed to leave your mouth on fire and your face orange and sticky.  Smiles all round.

Do you consider yourself to be curious? If so, our new Honda idents are sure to intrigue you.
 
This latest campaign marks the fourth year of Honda’s sponsorship of Channel 4 documentaries. (You can see some previous examples here.) And it all started again at 9pm last night. Did you, like us, Sky+ 'Child Genius'…?
 
Honda’s curiosity has always pushed the boundaries of engineering. The same can be said of the documentaries on C4. That's why we think this is such a good partnership.

The new idents focus on the hands of a Honda engineer. We see him deftly manipulate miniature models, morphing between cars, motorcycles and speedboats. Then lawnmowers. And leaf blowers. And the Hondajet. For those of you who have followed our journey with Honda you’ll notice many nods, not only to the rich heritage of products they create, but also to the campaigns with which we have launched them.

Even Asimo (Honda's robot) makes an appearance. Remember him? The Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility who represents years of Honda’s research into the study of motion.
 
Big shout to everyone who worked with us to make this happen. Of course to Honda UK for the sponsorship; to Smith and Foulkes for being brilliant directors; to Nexus for the animation; to Factory for sound design.

Here are the first few short ident films: