W+K London

November 7, 2014

360° Design Magazine Likes Our Space

Culture

When Chinese design magazine 360 Design got in touch about featuring the W+K London HQ in their Designer at Work issue earlier this year, they took a particular shine to our Real Life at Work window from last year. Thanks to the talent of photographer Paul Barbera, who captured our office on camera earlier this year, our real-life office also manages to scrub up pretty well.

A beautifully bound tome landed on our desks this week. Good to see Blender Man made it in there too.

October 24, 2014

A Spore Fund collaboration: Khurangbin’s Music Video ‘The Infamous Bill’

Launched earlier this year, W+K’s monthly Spore Fund invites the whole agency to submit an idea or creative project that has nothing to do with work, in the form of a one-page proposal and budget plan. The winner is announced at our monthly agency meeting.

When talent assistant/PA and bassist Laura McGrath won Spore Fund last month, she put the grant towards a music video for her band Khruangbin’s song ‘Infamous Bill’, enlisting her friends and W+K creatives Jason Scott and Joris Philippart to direct the film.

Shot in the style of an abstract, slow-motion Western, the film tells the story of Bill, a mysterious outlaw with a bullwhip. Speaking of their inspiration behind the film, Jason and Joris said, “We wanted to capture the darkness of the character and use this to create intrigue and mystique that complements the band’s Texas roots and their Tarantino-esque sound.

Intrigued? Listen further at soundcloud.com/khruangbin‎.