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KBB is coming

Friday, April 16th, 2010

W+K Studio Presents a Lunchtime Talk with Kate Bingaman-Burt

Kate Bingaman-Burt was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1977. She founded Obsessive Consumption in 2002 and has documented her personal consumption in many different mediums. Her first book, Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today?, will be published by Princeton Architectural Press in April 2010.

Bingaman-Burt is active in the indie craft and craftivism movements. She provided all of the illustrations for the book Handmade Nation: The Rise of DIY, Art, Craft and Design as well as the promotional materials for the documentary of the same name. She lives in Portland, Oregon where, along with being an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University, she also makes piles of work about consumerism (zines! pillows! dresses! drawings! paper chains! photos!). She happily draws for other good people too (IDEO, Madewell,ReadyMade Magazine, The New York Times, Wieden + Kennedy). Kate also conducts zine workshops and spreads the craftivism word. Her Obsessive Consumption work is represented by Jen Bekman in NYC and she has produced several editions with Jen and 20×200.

She’ll be here at Wieden+Kennedy on April 23rd at 12pm

Wieden+Kennedy
224 NW 13th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209

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Doing a talk and selling her wares. Check back here for more details.

And we just screen printed a limited run of posters for this event. Will be on sale at the Lunchtime talk for $15 bucks a pop. Bring stacks of cash.

Tags: Fun Stuff, Goodness Presents, sale
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What makes things better? A Zinebook Party!

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Cari recently finished her latest book project. It’s got a bunch of her friends and admired creatives smooshed into the pages. Pick up an advanced copy at the opening party.

Tatum, Neevel, Erik Blad, and Matthew Carey and a bunch of famous and unfamous contributors too awesome to list. Don’t sleep on this.

Tags: Fun Stuff, outside projects
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It’s the year 2010

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

When some people think of 2010, they may think of Arther C. Clarke’s book. We took it as an opportunity to celebrate the New Year by designing a calendar. Brad Simon put together this project.

The calendar project was started as a way to try and take advantage of our great new screen printing room as well as take advantage of some of the diverse talent in the studio. The calendar format seemed perfect.

Each designer was given a page size (8 x 10), paper stock (French Kraft) and two colors (black and white) to design, leaving it open on how they would interpret their chosen month. The only other limitation was that it had to somehow incorporate the days of that month. How they did that was up to them. What we got was a great range of designs and styles that make each month of the calendar unique and surprising.

“Silks” (a.k.a. Walker Cahall) has been spending time printing these bad boys and now they’re for sale. They’re pretty limited, so put your order in.

Feb: Erik Blad
Mar: Sam Tudyk
Apr: Paul Levy
May: Curtis Pachunka
Jun: Brad Simon
Jul: Sarah Hollowood
Aug: Steve Denekas
Sep: Chris Lael Larson
Oct: Dani Guralnick
Nov: Cari Vander Yacht
Dec: Peter Yue
Jan 2011: Mike Weihs

Also we got some other little treats that might tickle your fancy. And we got it on the Flickr.

Tags: art, Fun Stuff, projects, Studio
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Rumor mill is going full steam

Tuesday, January 12th, 2010

Found this a while back and finally got to posting it. Dave used to work in the studio and was nice enough to check in with a few cohorts about his managers. Trickery ensues…

Tags: dumb, Fun Stuff, trickery
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Studio Art Show

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Get ready. It’s coming for First Thursday in Portland, OR.

Tags: art, Fun Stuff, love, Studio
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Dirty Dim Sum

Friday, November 6th, 2009

Who:
The lovely people who like Chinese food.

What:
Dim Sum (uglier cousin of sophisticated sushi).

Once in a blue moon we venture out to dim sum on the other side of the river. Thanks Cathy and Sarah for encapsulating the dim sum experience. Check out the panning views. Eat your heart out, Martin Scorsese.

: Got you.

: Red riding hood.

: Rolling the whip.

: Roger that. Dim Sum connection.

: Amy wins spin the egg tart.

: Lovely ladies of dim sum.

: Getting down.

: Chicken Feet.

: Paul steady as ever.

: Perfect technique.

: Making the executive decision.

: Dim Sum Lady working hard.

: Before.

: At the ready.

: Not sure.

: Dumplings arrive.

: Sweet and Savory.

: After.

Kelly has the fair and balanced version from the point of view of the lazy susan. We’ll do it again. Bigger tables, bigger group, and bigger appetites.

Tags: celebration, Fun Stuff, lunch
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Studio Retreat 2009 at the Starr Compound

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Shortly after the Swiss Miss talk we all packed out cars with fun things and headed to Sarah Starr’s house in Oregon City. We drank spirits, ate great food, and for some reason did some line dancing (but when you switch the music, it becomes the electric slide).

Here are few pictures. Good times.

: Set the paper targets

: Ken giving Ademar lessons on safety.

: Secret door.

: Getting Ready on the range.

: Getting ready.

: Other firearms ready.

: Mike is psyched.

: Taking a few shots…

: Weeman going authentic

: Checking the handiwork.

: Greg sharpening his skills.

: Tram taking it all in.

: Uncle Mumford.

: Sarah working her magic.

: Erin keeping everybody happy.

: Super grubs!

: CVY looking lovely.

: Taking in the scenery.

: Aubrey Dean showing flair.

: Hard work on the farm for a game of horseshoes.

: Matt Carroll getting the bocce ball set ready

: Cowgirl

: Chinese cowboy

: Potluck studio style

: Dapper

: Rock and Roll

: Trying to figure sleeping arrangements.

: Erin and Ken

: Saloon

: Alice is prepared

: Gracious hostess

: Lovely ladies.

: Invoking nature

: A welcomed party crasher.

: Lawn mower technique.

: Show…

: time…

: sister!!!

: Still skanking!

: Electric slide.

: I.T. came to party.

: Three of the toughest guys you’ll ever meet.

: Toast.

: Dancefloor under the moonlight.

: Saloon ready and waiting…

: Steve brought the pain.

: Keeping warm.

: Last call then fire out.

: Nice typography

: Clean up and go home.

Photos courtesy of everybody.

Aaron Lee working on his technique.

Tags: Fun Stuff, happy, retreat, Studio
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SwissMiss, Tina Roth Eisenberg

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

W+K Studio presents swissmiss (Tina Roth Eisenberg) on October 9th, 2009 | 11:30am – 1pm

Bring your lunch and listen to Tina talk about what brought her from the Swiss Alps to the Big Apple and how her blog turned her into a “networked designer”. Oh, and she’ll talk about her eccentric aunt. Really. Tina also hosts Creative Mornings in NYC. This little chat is open to all.

Wieden+Kennedy
224 NW 13th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209

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poster by Jen Cogliantry

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Come to W+K to find true love.

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009

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Cupid stikes Wedding+Kennedy. What is this number 37*? Studio designer Christin Spagnoli and Joint editor Matthew Hilber met at W+K Founders Day 25. He asked her her thoughts on cockfights, she thought his name was Corky. Two years later, it’s wedding bliss. Congrats to Christin and Matt!

*Please note: Christin thinks there have been around 37 couples that found their soul mates within the halls of WK globally. Plus or minus 30.