Masaki and Marina’s Paris Trip

Fri 27 Nov 2009 in Fallon Life

Out-of-the-blue, from November 4th thru the 8th, Masaki and Marina headed to Paris for a Lancome photo-shoot. Although their stay was short we thought we would give you a little report.
 

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The glass building is Publicis Groupe’s worldwide headquarters,  Publicis is SSF Tokyo’s parent company. The beautiful building is next door to the Arc de Triomphe at the western end of the Champs-Élysées.  
 

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On the left is the original Publicis ashtray, with the lion logo etched into the stone; indoor smoking is even prohibited in France these days! On the right is a cute poster for the Publicis Drugstore on the first floor of their headquarters. What do you think, the French touch?
 

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Dinner with Christine, our Publicis coordinator, on our 1st night in Paris. And on the right is the entrée she recommended, grilled cheese with honey. It was delicious!
 

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Before heading back to Tokyo we did some sightseeing around Paris. The building behind Masaki, on the left, is one of the oldest in Paris. Supposedly built sometime during the late 1500’s to early 1600’s (Azuchi-Monoyama Period in Japan). At the last minute, Marina forced herself into Galleries Lafayette which was wrapped up in Christmas illuminations. We didn’t have time to take any pictures of us working, but, naturally, we did our very best. It was hectic during the shoot!
 

 

 

Congratulations Kato !

Thu 8 Oct 2009 in Fallon Life

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Kazuhiro Kato, Group Account Director, passed the sommelier test. In celebration of the occasion we decided to conduct a test of our own at the SSF Tokyo offices. We went to, nearby, Omotesando Hills and bought two bottles of wine for the in-house test.
 

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Kato-san did well in the blind taste test. He figured out the country of origin for both wines, the grape on one and the price on the other, to within ¥100! All without ever seeing a bottle or being given any information on the wine.

Congratulations Kato-san!

 

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Haru-bou: Welcome to SSF Tokyo

Wed 30 Sep 2009 in Fallon Life

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Hello, my name is Haru-bou and I was born in April. Haru comes from the Japanese word for spring. I’m now six months old.

Every morning I go to work by train. Typically I sleep and stalk my owner at the office.As the owner of Haru I hope that he will make you feel relaxed.

Sometimes he smells bad, but if you can bear it, please play with him during your break. He will make an effort to be loved by everyone, even though he just hangs around on the fourth floor. Your understanding is appreciated.

 

 

 

New arrival from Hyper Island

Wed 1 Apr 2009 in Fallon Life, Interactive, Sweden

We are happy to announce that we have a new addition to our interactive team at Fallon Tokyo.

Adrian from Hyper island in Stockholm, Sweden joined our team as an Interactive Art Director. Hyper island is one of Europe’s top Interactive Design schools. Exciting times!

Fallon Interactive team is now growing : )

 

 

 

SXSW Interactive 2009 in Austin

Fri 20 Mar 2009 in Fallon Life, Interactive, SXSW

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行ってきましたっ!SXSWインタラクティブ in オースティン。5日間の貴重なパネルディスカッションや刺激的な出会いのあった素敵なパーティ!そこで、ファロン ワールドワイドのインタラクティブチームとも偶然出会い、意気投合。
Was great to attend the SXSW Interactive Festival, featuring five days of interesting panel contents and amazing parties. Some people might think it was a geek week in Austin but I really loved it.I also bumped into the Fallon Minneapolis interactive team:

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オースティンからの帰りに、ミネアポリスにある彼らのオフィスにも立ち寄りました。
Visited Fallon Worldwide Minneapolis office to meet up with the interactive team there

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ファロンインタラクティブチーム。
Fallon Interactive Team.

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彼らは、新しいファロンのホームページをリニューアルしている真最中でした。その中でも注目すべき機能が、 “Skimmer“ というソーシャルネットワーキングの新しいツール。是非チェックするべし!
They just finished working on a new Fallon homepage which has an incredibly cool social media amalgamating tool called Skimmer. Check it out. Good job !

 

 

The Best Fallon Year-End BBQ Party Yet!

Thu 11 Dec 2008 in Fallon Life, Party

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Since Fallon began, we’ve become famous among clients, industry partners and friends of the agency for our BBQ parties. For those unfortunates who couldn’t attend our 2008 Year-End Party, here’s what you missed: Not to be outdone by last year’s roasted lamb, our Head Chef & Senior Art Director Kenji Ito spent 5 hours roasting an entire pig; Kato san’s eclectic & excellent selection of wine; the roof top O-Den station manned by our Creative Directors Aizawa & Uemura; a cake in the shape of the latest model Dyson vacuum cleaner brought by our client and MHD provided a professional bar-top Old Parr Scotch dispenser. And, of course, Heineken graciously supplied the beer!

The party also saw the launch of the Fallon Eco-bag and an exhibit from Fallon Shutter, our photography club.
Other crowd pleasers included the PS3 station debuting the 2009 Winning Eleven game and 2 F1 professional race car simulators complete with Race Queen.
How will we be able to out due this next year? Stay tuned…

 

 

 

Fallon timeout at Hakone

Thu 27 Nov 2008 in Fallon Life, Hakone

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It was a day we all forgot about briefs, deadlines and presentations. We shut down our computers, closed the office, and left for 2 days of retreat at Hakone. At 10.30am, we loaded the bus with enough alcohol to last us 2 lifetimes and ventured further and further away from the grays of the city to the soothing autumn reds and browns of Hakone.

Sightseeing, on-sen & “partaking in a glass or two” were the only items on the itinerary. In the evening , Kato-san, Kaneko-san and Sasaki-san drove all the way from Tokyo to join us just for dinner and drinks. It’s typical of Fallon culture – driving a hundred & fifty kilometers just to party together.

We’ll be looking forward to next year’s company trip to Hawaii Nikko(management edit).

 

 

 

 

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