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  • Anthony Taylor posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 8 months, 3 weeks ago

    UK Trade Tour with new W&N Global Brand Director Chris Wooff.

    Martyn Symes and I were delighted to take Chris Wooff, the new W&N Global Brand Director, on a UK Trade Tour last week.

    The Winsor & Newton brand is incredibly important to the UK and we were able to show the strong brand footprint, visibility and impact the UK team have secured with this amazing brand.

    Chris had the opportunity to meet store managers, buyers and managing directors across the store groups of Cass, Waterstones and London Graphic Centre – all of which exuded their strong advocacy of Colart brands, the UK team and the wider organisation.

    We were also able to show Chris the W&N illuminated headers and the recent innovative and bold thinking into action in the UK team to further create impact of the W&N brand with the installation of a large interactive screen integrated into the W&N Art Wall in LGC. This is a fantastic initiative driven by Guy Peeke-Vout in Martyn’s Fine Art Channel team in collaboration with Viktoria Saplaoura in Charlotte’s marketing team. Huge kudos to both of them. 

    We look forward to working closely and collaboratively with Chris and his W&N team, continuing our journey to drive and grow the Winsor & Newton brand. Best, Anthony.

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      Francheska Liberman replied 8 months, 3 weeks ago

      Great to see that you all had a successful day out in the field! A very valuable way to see first hand how our brands come to life for customers in our UK stores. Looking forward to hearing more feedback as more visits happen across our key retailers in the future. PS: Great picture in front of the Cass store/manifesto, Anthony & Chris.

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    • Viktoria Saplaoura replied 8 months, 3 weeks ago

      It’s been incredibly exciting to work on the Digital Screen initiative and see the impact it’s already making at LGC. A huge congratulations to Guy for his idea and for the brilliant collaboration – it’s been a real team effort! We’re looking forward to cascading this concept across more key retailers and continuing to drive bold and engaging ways to bring the W&N brand to life. Can’t wait for what’s next!…

    • Guy Peeke-Vout replied 8 months, 3 weeks ago

      Thank you, Anthony – really appreciate the kind words and recognition. I’m glad Chris had the opportunity to see the illuminated headers and the new digital screen in action at LGC. Although I wasn’t on the visit, it’s fantastic to hear how well the initiative landed with our retail partners. Huge thanks to Viktoria for her invaluable support throughout – a great example of cross-team collaboration to elevate the Winsor & Newton brand in-store.…

  • Jean Brooke Sumner posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 8 months, 4 weeks ago

    Here is the winner of the hand drawn category, using stippling in one-point perspective over six months. Millions of ink dots shape the facade and controlled technique enhances contrast, creating a dynamic play of light and shadow drawing the eye towards the vanishing point.  

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  • Jean Brooke Sumner posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 8 months, 4 weeks ago

    Both Global and UK W&N teams attended the Archisource ‘Drawer of the year’ launch last night at the Truman brewery in East London. We co-sponsored the Hand Drawn award category and the message I took away from Narinder Sagoo MBE, Fosters + Partners judge, was the importance of gathering his collective thoughts in a sketchbook, just simply doesn’t have to be beautiful.  The London Creates exhibition is free and running until the 19th July and highly recommend a visit – https://archisource.org/london-creates

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    Jimmy Leslie posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 9 months ago

    Today I had the pleasure of giving a little  tour of our Piscataway office to recent Winsor & Newton residency artist Marilyn Rose.  Marilyn was really excited to see “where the magic happens”.  If you’ve not yet seen her gorgeous watercolours do check them out on Instagram @marilynroseart 

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  • CYRILLE AMBERT posted an update in the group Group logo of The WallThe Wall 9 months ago

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