P&Wig Day

Things got a little spooky today in our Los Angeles studio. Halloween is such a big holiday here in the US - costumes aren't just for kids! So we thought we'd give our UK studio a good scare by wearing ridiculous wigs during the morning Skype call. Pretty terrifying right?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM TEAM P&W

A-Z | Creative Exercise 01 Self Portraits

With offices in London and LA, our studio relies on a solid creative process to keep us connected as one big happy design family. We decided to strengthen that process with little "exercises". Using pens, paper, film, books, tasty food, music, whatever we can get our hands on. 

The first exercise was so ridiculous and funny, we had to share the results. So here it is, the very first of an on-going series of P&W challenges, designed to keep our creativity flowing!

A-Z | Quentin Blake

A new exhibition at the Foundling Museum showcases recent work of one of Britain’s most successful and best loved illustrators, Quentin Blake.

The Exhibition showcases over 60 works commissioned by 4 hospitals. Blake’s aim was to create work that would make being in or visiting hospital a “less alien” and more of a normal experience. “What I have tried to include is a certain amount of detail, some interesting activities, and some suggestions of the little drama of relationships, so that the viewers - especially any who have to wait - may feel the desire to go on looking and perhaps even 

to speculate about the stories happening in front of them."

The illustrations are in 4 separate hospitals and took 5 years to complete. The first was Planet Zog for The Alexandra Avenue Health and Social Care Centre in South Harrow. This hospital cares for young children so Blake wanted to create an alien planet to fit the alien feel of going to the hospital. Blake cheekily reversed the roles of doctors and aliens to make the patients and visitors feel more at ease with going to the hospital and maybe seeing the doctors in a different more fun light.