Chosen One

We are very proud and pleased to have won a shiny Gold at this year’s Pentawards for our Chosen Bun identity.
Champagne and burgers for dinner tonight.

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You can see the whole project here

The guys from Chosen Bun have recently sent a burger where no burger has gone before. Watch the video here:

Hot off the Press

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Hot off the press at WMH – a poster for Garrick Hamm’s new film ‘Retrospective’, starring Charles Dance.
The film is due to be released mid July and will hopefully be playing the Film Festival Circuit.

The poster was designed here by our very own Craig Kirk.

A Date for the Diary

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A date for the diary; 24 May!

Come and see us talk about our most recent work, the new brand identity and poster campaign for ‘Ella’s Home’.

We will talk about how creativity can help charities like Ella’s Home, and how projects like this keep our minds fresh.

Our gig will be at the amazing Fairground venue in Dalston, 260 Kingsland Road. There will be some nice food and drinks too!

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On Location

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Beside leading the WMH creative team, Garrick Hamm is using his spare time to shoot his latest short film; Retrospective.

Retrospective is an original short story written by the award winning writer Kevin Wignall, his novel ‘For the Dogs’ is being adapted into a feature film with Sam Worthington later this year. www.kevinwignall.com/retrospective

This will be Garrick’s fourth short film after ‘Lucky Numbers’, ‘The Man Who Married Himself’ and ‘Cast Offs’. He has teamed up again with Director of Photography Michael Seresin (famous applying his expert cinematic eye to Harry Potter and Gravity films). ‘Retrospective’ stars Charles Dance as the lead. He plays the role of a war photographer who has a lot to tell. The cast also features Omid Djilil, Vincent Regan and Emilia Fox. Here some images of Garrick on location with Mr Dance.

Photography by Joseph Seresin.

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Opening Doors for Trafficked Women

WMH-ELLAS-HOME-KEY-COFFEE-CUP-WEBElla’s Home is a new charity that will provide aftercare and opportunities for trafficked and sexually exploited women in London.

The charity is named after ‘Ella’ who was trafficked to London and was used in the sex industry. When Ella had to leave the brothel, suffering terribly from ill health, there was a complete lack of practical support available. She had no one to care for her and no home.

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Ella’s Home will offer women, like her, a safe place to recover, skills training and the chance to be involved in small businesses with real job opportunities.

We gave Ella’s Home an identity that features a key, symbolising escape and a safe place and a strapline ‘Opening Doors for Trafficked Women’.

Excitingly, we have also worked on the campaign to highlight this problem of a lack of aftercare in London. Based on the fact that Ella is someone’s daughter, we have created a series of posters that play on the unconditional love that parents have with their children.

Working with student copywriter Sarah Mita, we wrote copy that takes that close relationship and puts a sting in the tail – ‘She was always our little cupcake, now she is sold like one.’

We wanted to avoid the cliché of charity advertising showing depressing imagery. The posters look simple and innocent, but hide a strong punch in the copy-line. The posters were designed and illustrated by Rachel Price, at Williams Murray Hamm and overseen by Garrick Hamm and Guy Lambert. The final set of posters were screen-printed by Tom Camp.

To find out more about this amazing charity, visit their facebook page , or follow them on twitter

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Magic Me

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Not one, but two awards to shout about. After a First Place for Syngenta Flowers at Mobius, we are excited to also receive recognition for our work with Magic Me.

Magic Me is a charity that bridges the gap between young and old – children of 8 to adults 60+ from the most diverse cultures. They are brought together by artists who lead creative activities stimulating conversation and a greater mutual understanding.

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The Magic Me identity is based around a two coloured plasticine ball that offers endless modelling permutations. It reflects how Magic Me harnesses these people’s latent creativity to do extraordinary things. It won a First Place at Mobius for non-profit brand identity.

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