In Sunday's Oregonian D.K. Row interviewed John Jay, who is not only executive creative director at Wieden + Kennedy (more or less the #2 guy to Dan Wieden), but also is playing an increasing role as a developer - particularly...

In Sunday's Oregonian D.K. Row interviewed John Jay, who is not only executive creative director at Wieden + Kennedy (more or less the #2 guy to Dan Wieden), but also is playing an increasing role as a developer - particularly...

"Beats are not created by me. I am beats." Viewed first on idnworld.com, this beautiful vid of Chinese beatboxers, YB Box trailer by Wieden + Kennedy China, made my day. I will never tire of beatboxing (Doug E. Fresh and the Get Fresh Crew changed my life), but what makes ...

A little present for you, a present for the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art. Unwrapped is PICA's annual holiday fundraiser, and evening of performance with chanteuse Meow Meow doing it up with Pink Martini front-man, Thomas Lauderdale. It's at the Wieden + Kennedy atrium (224 NW 13th) Saturday, December ...

This might be the first Portland Halloween Night party that is kid-friendly here at the Pipeline. Thank W+K kids for that. From the Wieden Kennedy Blog (typepad really?) IT'S COMING... 24 OCTOBER 08 With 1 week away from Halloween - Studio is busy preparing for the big day. No, W+K doesn't always need alcohol to have a good time. [...]

Oregon Manifest bike show
Opening Night Blowout at Wieden +Kennedy

Wieden + Kennedy, the global ad agency behind Teams of Portland and some of the finest creative work in the world, is taking the concept of an opening party and blowing it up beyond imagination. In the works is a special multi-media bike builder exhibition featuring their personal rides. Expect beer, music, and blaring spectacle the likes of which you have never seen.

Location:
Wieden + Kennedy
224 NW 13th Avenue
Portland, Oregon

Hours:
7:01 PM to Midnight

Entry Fee:
FREE

Parking:
Bike parking will be provided. Street parking available for cars on nearby streets.

James Bond's Quantum of Solace opened today and I am filled with a need to walk through the waterfalls at Lawrence Halprin's Keller Fountain and see if I can find M's MI6 HQ. Maybe S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is hiding in the geomtric orthagonal halls of the Wieden + Kennedy Building? Or perhaps Bond is renting a flat in Skylab's offices?

Want to know more about Bond architecture—both real and imagined? Read on . . .

These cards were available at a party hosted by Wieden+Kennedy as part of the Oregon Manifest Bike Show. After the opening day of the Oregon Manifest show, Wieden+Kennedy hosted the Blowout Afterparty. (Photo © J. Maus) Attendees were welcomed into W+K's northwest Portland headquarters with free beer, a special screening of Filmed by Bike, and an exhibit of [...]