Pecha Kucha

Last night I went to a presentation evening called 'Pecha Kucha #17'. It was held in the university library in the city and had a great turn out. People from different backgrounds and various walks of life were invited to speak for 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The idea was that each speaker had their slideshow projected behind them, and their slideshow featured 20 slides. The slide would automatically change to the next one after 20 seconds, thus the 20x20 presentation philosophy and the 6 minutes 40 seconds total presentation time.

As someone who has done a few presentations at University, I found this format really fun and interesting (even though half of the speakers were Danish!). 

The evening began with a funky folk band playing a few numbers:

And at the interval another guy played some electronic music using objects on an interactive tablet. Super tech:

Free marshmallows!

The main reason I was there was to see my colleague Nick do his presentation. (He is lucky enough to share a desk with me in the office.) Alongside Norse Projects PR, he is the editor and co-founder of Bitchslap magazine. His presentation was about what it takes to create a magazine - the highs and lows, the efforts and rewards, and the use of funny cats on the internet to increase popularity on Facebook. Here he is in action:

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In other news, there have been a few exciting projects cropping up at the office. I can't show photos for obvious reasons, but Norse Projects Holiday 2011 collection will drop in the next few weeks, along with a small capsule collection just before Christmas. We also received samples for Streetmachine x Vans shoe collaboration - seriously cool. They are out next Summer though, so quite a wait still.

This morning I woke up to a very misty Copenhagen:

When I got to work, Emil showed me H+M magazine which included a rather funny surprise:

www.norseprojects.com/blog is what I have been writing for the past few months. Pretty cool that it got mentioned here, alongside the famous 'The Satorialist' blog.

I've just realised this has become a very long blog post - sorry. But I have to leave you with this. The guys at FOTT in Moscow sent us their lookbook today. Definitely the most creative, incredible thing I've seen this season. And best of all, the Norse Projects ELKA jacket is the star of the show! Enjoy!

P.S. I got cloned on the Norse Store front page this week. Shameless plug, I know.

Chills and Changes

Lots has been going on this week. My first bit of news is that I have been given another role too add to my duties - I'm now responsible for customer service enquiries on the Norse Projects website. Nothing major, but still interesting and important, as I'm sure I will need to learn how to do this properly for the future. 

We have had a few meetings at the office this week. Over the next few weeks we need to start planning for Christmas - exciting, but no doubt stressful! I got some good feedback for the Norse Store website too. Sales are good and the site is looking great (probably because I'm on the front page every week? Somehow I think not.)

Anyway, this caught my attention as I was walking home from the office on Monday:

An interesting rolling video about climate change and being environmentally friendly. The cool thing is, it's projected onto the town hall. Pretty clever if you ask me. 

Today I was out at the warehouse sorting out stock and helping to organise a new area for webshop packing and returns etc. While I was there I picked up a few goodies to make sure my fingers and toes don't fall off this winter.

Props to Bjorn for hooking me up with the boots a few weeks ago - they have already proved they are going to be a necessity. 

I will leave you with a picture of what I'm currently tucking into:

AW11 Lookbook

Around a month ago I posted about when I helped out at the Norse Projects AW11 Lookbook photoshoot (here). A few weeks ago it was published - here are some of the images we went with.

Everyone was pleased the way it turned out and it got quite a lot of coverage on various fashion / culture / shop blogs, so it was an overall success.

I have also been doing a lot of work on the Norse Store blog recently. Two of the more interesting pieces I've written can be found here:

Firstly, I wrote about this seasons Norse Projects x Oi Polloi collaboration (the knits have been incredibly popular) which features some good stories behind some of the pieces - including a brown knit made from the wool of brown sheep rather than going through a dye process! The post is here.

And secondly, I was walking around the city last weekend and wanted to write about the trend of hiking boots. So I did! It is focused around a family run Italian footwear company who have rocketed to mainstream popularity in the past 18 months. Read about that here.

Yesterday, I booked my plane tickets to come back to the UK for Christmas / New Year which was very exciting. I'm sure it will be here in no time at all. This past week the weather has turned from 'okay I should wear a jacket' to 'i need to buy some gloves and a scarf right now!'. This means that Autumn has landed and Winter is fast approaching.

Wild in the Park

I got my latest fisheye film developed yesterday. I took some photos of the Volcom skate comp last weekend, and here they are.

Here's Volcom's video from the event:

Enjoy!

Bacon Strips

Here's a few things I've been working on recently. 

Firstly, I wrote the latest newsletter for Norse Projects. Check it out here:

http://www.norseprojects.com/blog/aw11-denim

Secondly, I wrote a review about a footwear brand called Common Projects on the Norse Store blog. Check that out here:

http://www.norsestore.com/blog/24

And thirdly, I've been splattered across the Norse Store home page this weekend.

We have been busy moving things around in the apartment this week. We have a new room mate moving in today, and the showroom needed to be sorted out! We went through box after box of sample clothing and footwear and found some interesting goodies. 

In other news, Daniel from Nike SB was here this week doing some final sales meetings in our apartment. I was cheeky enough to snap a picture of 3 shoes from the SS12 line, in stores next summer.

A few weeks ago, Michael and Bjorn cooked a traditional Danish meal for us. 

I don't know what it is called and I certainly can't pronounce it, but basically it was thick cut fried bacon (with a pinch of salt on the top), with new potatoes and a creamy-herby sauce. So good!