Pyongyang Central Railway Station

We're leaving by train from Beijing to Pyongyang today. Until August 5th, I'll be in North Korea and can't be reached by phone, e-mail, intertubes etc etc. See you soon.

If we're able to fint "a little internet", we'll try to post one of the first blog posts ever from this country. www.nokojeans.com/process

Taxi Driver Service Supervision Card

ID Card of Beijing Municipal Bureau of Transportation.

Bank of China HQ in Beijing

Service level rating machine (w/ ethernet connector!). Bank of China Headquarters in Beijing.

Yi Han

We had a great day/meeting with Yi Han and Lixin Fan, documentary film makers (New York Times: "Up The Yangze").

Apple Center, Guangzhou

Lan-party & powernap-mode. Office of the Authorized Apple Center in Guangzhou, China.

Night in Guangzhou

Night in Guangzhou

The Guangzhou Factory

Rollup & monument. Guangzhou, China.

The Guangzhou Factory

Discussions in Guangzhou, China.

The Guangzhou Factory

Machines in Guangzhou, China.

First day in Guangzhou, China

We were met up at the airport by Max, customer relations guy of the Guangzhou denim factory.

Yes, we're certified

At Chinese Harry Potter's factory in Guangzhou.

Dinner

Dinner with Lennart Nilsson, Consulate General of Sweden in Guangzhou

We had a very interesting, stimulating and fun dinner with the very friendly Lennart Nilsson, consulate general of Sweden in Guangzhou. We ate and drank japanese. After the dinner, we met up with a guy called Alex and I (Jacob) got the chance to play drums in what can best be described as Governor Andy's drömklubb i Guangzhou - finally. (But that's a completely different story.)

Mr Mail

Lin Lin & Sam

Lin Lin & Mr Mao

Meeting with Lin Lin and Sam of Jellymon today.

Suits are them done

With less than five days left to our arrival in Pyongyang/North Korea. We're now even externally/visually prepared for so called big business.

www.nokojeans.com/process

Retail store entrance – chinese style

Faxgänget 08

Re: Faxgänget 07.

»Times flies«

Meeting with chinese garment provider is hereby officially cancelled.

Apartment entrance – chinese style

iPhone 3.0

Our first hand impressions on the next gen iPhone 3.0.

We're caught on digital film!

Photographing foreigners/lao wai bonanza.

Hello big Shanghai

Hello little Shanghai

Friends on train pt. II

We played some domino on the train back to Shanghai. Jakob teamed up with an expert.

Friends on train

From Changzhou to Shanghai.

Disney Denim

Changzhou, China.

Tor räknar dumplingmakare

Tor räknar dumplingmakare
Originally uploaded by jacobastrom

Tack till Jacob som filmade.

Noko Jeans – Big in Asia!

With loads and loads of hits on Chinese Google, and several articles in Chinese newspapers – despite the fact that our blog is blocked by the Chinese firewall – we're now, officialy, big in Asia.

Disney Denim

Changzhou, China.

Disney Denim

Changzhou, China.

Disney Denim

Changzhou, China.

Disney Denim

We began the day by being picked up by a Honda which took us all the way to a denim factory outside Changzhou. This company deliver fabrics to Disney, Lee and many others of those huge brands.

Morning in Changzhou

All grey/brown city in some kind of wakeup process. View from our hotel friday morning, our second and last day in Changzhou. Now we're back in Shanghai for some days of meetings with advertising agencies and general relaxation.

Lin Yang Textile Factory

Lin Yang Textile Factory

Dagens Nyheter

Oi oi!

Lin Yang Textile Factory

Lunch in Changzhou

When first arrived in Changzhou, where the heat was approximately about 35°, we we're met up by Zhao Meili who told us our first stop was to eat a free lunch (our first pan-asian free lunch!) at some weird Chinese diner.

Weaving at Lin Yang Textile Factory

Visiting Lin Yan Textile Factory

Yesterday we went to Changzhou, a gray industrial city with 4 million citizens, to see the Lin Yan factory.

With over 1000 workers, this was quite an impressive feeling to see this enormous plant, and learn about the process of making denim. Lin Yan delivers denim textiles to CK, Lee and many more.

SIM Card-grrl

She helped me out with a chinese SIM-card. Call/text me at 0086 158 009 786 64.

Qi Pu Lu

We went to a huge market somewhere in the city.

Stephanies new apartment

We'll be living here for some days, when back from Changzhou.

Stephanies new apartment

Our fave kind of fashion

Email fashion!

Life Accessories

Moped with refrigerator and computer.

Shanghai arrival

ARN Terminal 5

Jakob and me at Arlanda, monday morning.

Kö fö fan!

View larger map

Måndag morgon bär det av. Flyg Arlanda till Pudong/Shanghai, sedan ett tiotal dagar av skenbusiness och möten med kineser för att därefter inleda en 25 timmar lång tågresa med destination Pyongyang, huvudstaden i den Demokratiska Folkrepubliken Korea.

Vidare läsning och detaljer runt resan finnes i Noko Jeans Process.

Emma + blur

Taken with The Loreo Lens in a Cap.

Interview SR P4 Eftermiddag

3/3 of Noko Jeans in Swedish National Radio. Hiding under a shirt – always striving for best possible audio quality. Listen to the interview here (mp3)

Friends are walking

First pic with summer camera apparato Panasonic DMC-LX2.

Interview SR P1 Morgon

1/3 (so ronery) of Noko Jeans in Swedish National Radio.

Direct link here (mp3)

Pre interview SR P1 Morgon

Noko Jeans, Swedish National Radio Interview Conference Telephone Rehearsal.

Live tomorrow friday morning @ 06:36!

DN!

Dagens Nyheter, 10/7, "Noko Jeans till Nordkorea"

Arvika 08

Arvika Festival 2008 from Tor Rauden Källstigen on Vimeo.

Film & Web = Up!

nokojeans.com/process from Noko Jeans on Vimeo.

Noko Jeans is an attempt to produce and import jeans from North Korea.

Follow the process at nokojeans.com/process/.

Visa

OMG CHINA! TAKE-OFF: JULY 15TH! Visas are them pwnd!

Festivaldarta

Doin' the data @ Arvika Festival backstage.

Photo by roventskij.

Arvikus

Located at InterCity 637, on my way to Arvika Festival. I'm going to help Dmitry Fyodorov out with visuals at Vice Backstage on saturday night. See you!

Ooops

Tjuv Rauden Källstigen from Jens Eriksson on Vimeo.

I samband med gårdagens Noko Jeans-relaterade kvällsmöte, förlagt på en känd internetdatabyrå i Stockholm, passade jag på att sitta in mig ordentligt i Jens Erikssons cubicle. Oturligt nog kom detta att dokumenteras av dolda kameror.

Afternoon session

Noko Jeans meeting with Jonas Nordin.

Boestro

Boeoes Kaelstigen live at Great Works festival, june 2008.

Flir honk on MPC

Flir honk on MPC1000 from Tor Rauden Källstigen on Vimeo.

Copenhagen

Secret trapdoor to the 90's.

Emma is hjemme