The new pictures are of Canary Wharf and the Ogilvy offices. Canary Wharf is in East London. It's a business area rejuvenated about 20 years ago by the Thatcher government with beautiful parks, fantastic restaurants, a subterranean mall and huge business towers. We occupy offices in a faux neo-classical building on the water with stunning views of London. It's all a bit surreal, like working on a movie set from Bonfire of the Vanities or something.
The area is full of bankers in suits. We're a bit of a anomaly in the area, but there's a certain smug satisfaction in arriving in jeans and comfortable shoes amidst the sea of blue, black and grey. Ogilvy's offices are impressive. The lobby is marble and vast. The offices trendy and fun (although crammed with people, paper, advertising and whatnot.) There's a bar which in the day is a subsidised Starbucks and at night a subsidised bar. There are conference rooms the size of small countries. Reprographics, editing suites, an enormous production studio, basically everything one could need to make advertising. I've been there six months and it still overwhelms me. And through it all is the ethos of David Ogilvy writ large.
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