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We got this really cool new USB Key at the Absolut Event in Stockholm that we just reported about. It is actually the size of a key and to date the least disturbing one we came across.

While in Stockholm we got to hang out with Jean from Notcot, a great site that you should definitely have a look at if you did not do that already. Alison from Ketchum invited us and took really well care of us throughout the entire trip. Thank again for that!

Lots of other great people were in place too, unfortunately I had no camera with me at all time. A quick shout out to Sven from KMB, the Tokion Magazine crew, and the rest of the PR people.

This past weekend we were invited by Absolut Vodka to attend the celebration of the Absolut Art Collection in Stockholm, Sweden. Having been an active fan (!) of the brand for some years now, we could of course not decline the invitation.

Friday started with a presentation by Absolut. We were given a brief history of the brand. Absolut is 30 years old and was until very recently state owned, which made their approach to design and advertising only more impressive. It was also nice to see the comparison of the bottle with competitors 30 years ago and today, which made you realize how timeless that design really is, or maybe how progressive it was at the time.

Then a nice gathering and lunch followed. The whole event took place at the Lydmar Hotel in Stockholm, a super nice design hotel. We can only suggest it for your next stay in the city.

After the lunch we came to the actual topics of the trip – The Absolut Art Collection. In the last 30 years Absolut amassed over 800 artworks done by artists from all around the globe for them. They started with Warhol and continued with Haring and the list only continues as impressive. For the event in Stockholm they invited some of their artist collaborators, including David Shrigley, Silvie Fleury and others. A panel discussion about Commissioned Art – Career Boost or Sell Out took place. It was great hearing some actual artists address the topic. Funnily it does not seem to be a problem for most of them, as long as they can keep their artistic freedom.

In the afternoon we had the opportunity to have longer conversations with David Shrigley and Silvie Fleury. More on that soon!

After checking out the IAA in Frankfurt last week, we made it over to London this morning. A really relaxed 7 am flight and then an even more pleasant 2 hour cab ride to the hotel. Staying at the Sanderson, which so far seems like a really nice place. More on the reason for this short trip (leaving tomorrow again) later this week….

While we are on our small trip last week invited by Mercedes to check out the IAA car show in Frankfurt and of course primarily to see what the German brand has to offer in the near future we came across Hiroshi Fujiwara. The Japanese style guru was busy checking out the new Mercedes SLS AMG, probably the car that stole every other brand the show, at least in our mind.

Another highlight from the show, aside from the Mercedes SLS AMG, was the new Maybach Zeppelin. The car was inspired by the original Zeppelin from the beginning of the century, also displayed behind the new version of it, which of course gives you a royal aura when sitting in it. Something like the Maybach only shows you what is actually possible with a car in terms of comfort.

Beginning of last week we were given the SL63 AMG by Mercedes to make our way from Berlin fro Frankfurt to check out the latest and greatest at the IAA car show, the biggest in the world. That the car was a beast is an understatement. Something you really have to get used to. The car came in white pearl effect with red interior and pretty much any option one can wish for. German highways of course also allow to make use of such a beast and we did! Here some impressions from our trip…

Jon send us an email, pointing out the ABC’s of Street Culture. Thanks for including us in there as the H!

For their 10th anniversary Google has launched a website in the same look and feel of back then. The search engine also spits out results as if it was 2001. Really cool and strange at the same time…

check it out ere – http://www.google.com/search2001.html