Author: Jean Snow

I’m not a big beer drinker, and I guess I’m kinda slow when it comes to beer trends. But even I can learn to appreciate beer when it is served in a lovely green aluminium bottle. This Heineken bottle, designed by Ora ?to, was released 2002 in a very limited edition and only in France.…

More Milano… Even if i was ill at the time I thought the Designers Block event was one of the most interesting happening. Here I also met the crazy / funny / swedish design group; Defyra consisting of four girls based in Stockholm. They have a close connection to Tokyo being curators for Swedish Style…

This girl is Lisa Sandstr?m, student at HDK (School of Design and Crafts, Gothenburg University). 4 times a year, 4 days at a time, she opens up her temporary fashion boutique called Fashion Deluxe. Here she’s trying to promote and sell young designer fashion, mostly made by design school students. As a part of Tokyo…

I was quite disappointed with this year Mogu exhibition in Milano. Not as fun as last year and you didn’t get a free Mogu. But who can resist these soft Barbapapas from the 2004 collection; to cuddle while listening to Airs Moon Safari. Update (16/08/21): This post was part of a week-long “Next Century Modern…

I saw that Jean had already written about my recent trip to Milano. While eating and drinking my way though the press opening of this years new addition to the furniture fair; Street Dining Design at Triennale di Milano, I found an interesting floor showing student projects from the Interaction Design Institute Ivrea. The title…

It’s been a busy week for me and my friend Ola [pic 12]. Shorly after FutureDesignDays we took a flight [pic 1] to the royal capital of Sweden, the lovely city of Stockholm [pic 5], to celebrate the 25th birthday of a mutual friend, also named Ola [pic 6]. We were suppose to take a…

I had forgotten about the nice online publication Tiger Magazine. Issue 29 out now (I thank Being Hunted for reminding me). Not quite as good as my favourite e-zine; This is a Magazine, but still enjoyable. Update (16/08/13): This post was part of a week-long “Next Century Modern Blog” stint, by guest blogger Jesper Larsson.

Swedish Radio rocks sometimes. This is from a new experimental internet radio channel called SRC (were SR stands for the national Swedish Radio). Make sure you check out the Let them sing it for you by Erik B?nger (and help him out with new soundfiles) Update (16/08/13): This post was part of a week-long “Next…