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wieden + kennedy inducted into hall of fame for Honda

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We were awarded the prestigious Hall of Fame Award for Honda 'Grrr' at last night’s Clio awards in New York. Well done,team Honda.

W+K NY very kindly picked up our trophy and have promised to ship it over.

Here's that hall of fame ad, one more time. It was inspired by the story that Honda's chief engineer told us. He hated noisy, dirty diesels so, when Honda asked him to build a diesel engine, that hate inspired him to build a better one. 'The power of dreams' in action. Among many other industry awards, this was named 'Best commercial of the decade' by Adweek.

torturers and abusers wanted

No, that headline does not refer to situations vacant for management posts at Wieden + Kennedy, but to a couple of ads in the recruitment section of The Guardian today that caught the eye:
Torturer scan

Abuser

Interesting idea and spot-on media placement. Perhaps printing the reveal in the ad itself lessens the impact and potential debate around the issue. Interesting approach on a small budget, though.

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