Wild nights and smashed trucks at the prominent design hotel Claska in Tokyo, Japan.
It's all our fault!
We are open! Come and visit us at Friesenwall 24 in Cologne. Here are some impressions of the shop and the opening party:
Music by Dead Elvis & His One Man Grave www.onemangrave.com
Photo by tillate www.tillate.com
Staged by Pascal Alexander and supported by FREITAG, the Festival took place in Zurich for the first time. The selection of film, art and party events attracted fans from all over the world.
BFF Opening
At Zurich's Grand Gallery venue, Stash&Futura displayed their art on a strictly limited edition of Colnago bicycle frames, T-shirts and other high-class wares.
BFF Art Show at La Perla
Well-known artists such as Peter Sutherland, WoodWood, Bitnik Media Group and Max Knight delighted visitors with their artistic interpretations of a two-wheeled theme.
BFF Bike Polo
28 teams from Europe and further afield were in top form for this extravaganza of polo stick and handlebar acrobatics. Congratulations to Basel, the winning team!
Photo by Alexander Schindel www.alexanderschindel.com
Photo by Roxy Erickson www.roxyerickson.com
You know we’ve been around for a bit. You may even know that 1993 was when we made our first bag. Do the math: It’s been 15 years. Time flies when you’re truckin’!
15 years, of course, called for a big party with audio, howdy-o and some true trucker chic in our FREITAG-factory in Zurich. Here are some impressions of the hottest truckerladies and the toughest truckers:
DESIGN-A-TRUCK CONTEST 07/08
In 2007 we invited designers, illustrators and anyone with a pen to participate in the first FREITAG Design-A-Truck Contest. The topic: «Transit». Over 3’000 contenders from 70 countries all over the world signed up. But like Christopher Lambert said: «There can be only one!»
Our jury, made up of the renowned designers Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Diebold, Martin Lötscher, Wolfgang Weingart, Martin Woodtli and the Freitag Bros. had the tough job to select the top three, as well as the one design that we’ve put on a PLANZER Truck. The tarp will now circulate on European Highways for five years and then turn into a special edition of FREITAG bags.
Second place: André-Alexander Giesemann (Hamburg, Germany) was awarded for lines which led the jury to speculate about the origins of chaos and the universe and reminisce about the scratches, cuts and dents that are part of every tarp’s life in the streets.
And – TADAA - first place goes to Chris Gray from Manchester, UK! Chris’ vision of a truck going back and forth between destinations like a swing goes back and forth on a school yard, struck a strong chord. Combined with his straightforward minimalist, yet appealing style, he managed to convince the jury.
A big hooray for Chris Gray! At FREITAG, we look forward to thoroughly cutting up the lovely lady in 2013…
Go Truckspotting: If you see the truck somewhere, snap a picture and send it to contest@freitag.ch. The first photo in our inbox wins a FREITAG bag.
Here the Gallery of the 30 best designs.