Australia won the ashes. Which is brilliant if you’re Australian. But not if you’re English and your name is Shay. Over a year had passed but Aussie gal Frere had not forgotten, following the loss of a bet on last year’s Ashes, having to stand on her desk, recite God Save The Queen and yell out, "England is the Best!". It was now her turn for revenge.

Today is the 26th of January – Australia Day, as it happens. Shay’s first instruction from Frere was to wear the Australian flag for the day. Even in client presentations…

Gwen Yip’s a freelance creative who spent some time here at W+K recently. We linked to her blog before, but she’s now posted lots more stuff about us, so we’re doing it again. You can find lots of Gwen’s charming illustrated adventures in london here.
Here are some of her uncannily accurate and charming portraits of wieden + kennedy folks.

Ben Walker and Michael Russoff:

Louise Arnold:

Matt Gooden:

For reasons not fully explained, Shay Reading is pictured wearing a bear suit.

And here’s a familiar scene. Covering the wall with dozens and dozens of potential Yakult ideas:

Very nice.