w+k=make

two thursdays ago, the biggest art show i've curated so far, W+K=MAKE opened at the portland headquarters of wieden+kennedy. it's w+k's first global art show and i had artwork from all of the seven offices in the show: portland, new york, london, amsterdam, delhi, shanghai, & tokyo from people of all different job titles -- the mail room to creative directors. over 100 artists participated and all the sales proceeds went to room to read, a nonprofit that builds schools and libraries and provides girls' education in developing countries.

500 people came through opening night and our brand new website that we built for the show had thousands of hits the first weekend. (all purchases are made through the website www.wkmake.com)

i've been working on this show for a few months and it was so wonderful to see all the submissions come in from all over the world. we did it to really celebrate the creativity throughout the entire w+k network.

in addition to artwork, i had screenings of film & animation shorts, two live djs (from the portland office), and wk radio played music exclusively by employees the night of the event. house spirits' matt and his wife were there pouring great drinks and i couldn't be happier with the whole thing. <3

















see more artwork here.

haven't blogged in a few months because...

12 does vday

sorry for waiting until now to post them, but in the spirit of love, hearts, and all things romantic, 12 made these valentines (in the style of the elementary school ones you cut out) and passed them around the agency.

most of these are inside jokes and unfortunately, they probably won't make sense to people who don't know us, but i thought i'd share them anyways.

remember

wieden + kennedy 12

WK12 seeks Year 6 from wktwelve on Vimeo.

happy holidays from 12!

we were going to do this at sears, but we got snowed out of taking the MAX train to the mall. so we got some fake brick and did it ourselves. sooper cheesy. sooper awesome.

...mew mew mew...

i keep on waiting until i have some good pictures on my camera to blog. (-_-) we've been busy in 12 with some new projects and a bunch of little ones that keep popping up. but excuses aside, this is what i did for part of last month:


met some lady elephants...

and an elephant bibi.





made a drawing and plush of my friend brian's robot friend as seen in this video:




had a scavenger hunt with our class and all the 12s before us.

made an outfit out of 1 yard of material in 10 minutes and had a cheeseball photoshoot. other scavenger hunt challenges included: getting a positive pregnancy test, a cup of hair, and running naked through the neighborhood. unfortunately, i was unable to get any of those things... though i was in a good group and my group-mates did. :)

in addition to the silly fun stuff, we also finished wordstock and now i'm working on the case study for it. we also have portland jazz festival coming up and a few other things it's too soon to talk about. work work work. but i'm super excited that it's december now! i'll be home in two weeks! (^_^)

wordstock TV

in 12, i've been working on a campaign for Wordstock - the Pacific Northwest's largest book festival happening this weekend. we've been designing and producing everything for them from print ads, store takeovers, and TV to posters, schedules, buttons, website, viral videos, and special events. here is the TV spot we made and also the longer viral video. these were for a not-for-profit, so it was super low budget, but i'm really proud of what we did with it!

make something

recently 12 imparted on our first big group art project. we made an art installation of the phrase "make something" in taxidermy, marbles, and a few other mediums. each letter was unique and we all worked on each letter together.




even attila helped.


the giantest plush i've made so far (g). his name is gary.


when you squeeze him, he says "i'm not a baby"


after a 19-hour day of work, we decided we would call it quits at 5am and finish it the next day.




(m)tools on pegboard, (a)neon, (k)enamel pins, (e)dart board, (s)fox, (o)wheel of fortune-esque spinner, (m)piece of wall with working outlet, (e)leather glove fingers, (t)cashmoney, (h)polaroids of us working on installation, (i)marbles, (n)hole, (g)plush monster


yay!

adventures

here are some recent capers with 12:
[american veterans' bingo hall in NE portland]



[hiking trip in the columbia gorge with 12]










[watching thousands of swifts at wallace park]