If you have a chance to buy new issue (914, Jan 23, 2003) of Rolling Stone magazine, you will find Absolut Queen ad there. The ad is placed on back cover of this magazine.
New ad appeared in Greece in January. Christmas ad called Absolut XXXMAS can be found in Status magazine (January/2003).
This year for the first time the ABSOLUT calendar will exist also in various digital formats and on the Internet. Groundbreaking technical solutions provide completely new features and makes it possible to experience ABSOLUT METAMORPHOSIS in a number of digital channels. Subscribe to the exclusive ABSOLUT METAMORPHOSIS online calendar which will keep you updated monthly with events, drinks and interesting facts based around a particular date in history. Display your ABSOLUT METAMORPHOSIS calendar in your own Microsoft Outlook organizer and on your computer desktop. Download wallpapers, start up pages and screen savers for your computer and PDA. And recieve the ABSOLUT METAMORPHOSIS photos and drinks through a number of different channels. The website will serve as a hub for the other applications as well as feature content like the facts about the creations and making of-material for the project. absolut.com/metamorphosis will be launched 1st of January 2003.
Every year Absolut Vodka presents new fashion calendar. This years calendar for year 2003 will be called Absolut Metamorphosis and will present fashion creations of the artists from all over the world. It should be their interpretation of metamorphosis photographed by three photographers called Blinkk. January - Blaak (Japan), February - Bettina Menditeguy (Argentina), March - Hamish Morrow (South Africa), April - Patrik Söderstam (Sweden), May - Denis Simachev (Russia), June - Rafael Lopez (Spain), July - Richard Nicoll (Australia), August - H. Stern (Brazil), September - Georgina Goodman (Great Britain), October - Katarzyna Szczotarska (Poland), November - Sophia Kokosalaki (Greece), December - Markus Lupfer (Germany). The official website (absolut.com/metamorphosis) will be opened 1st of January 2003.
Some new ads appeared before christmas in France (Absolut 20 000 Lieues) and Mexico (Absolut Guadalajara, Absolut Monterrey). Absolut Broad Band ad appeared in Germany. To find out where to get all these ads, visit Absolut Unknown. Great website dedicated to informations about whereabouts and new ads.
Czech ad from Absolut Album Covers series called Absolut Ecstasy of St. Theresa appeared again in Czech magazines. It can be found in Musiq (12/02) and Report (12/02).
As you can read in new issue of Absolut Society newsletter - new flavoured Absolut Vodka is comming.
Early in 2003 Absolut will launch its new flavour ABSOLUT VANILIA in the US, Canada and Sweden. Vanilla was chosen by The Absolut Company as its new flavour, because it met three criteria; the flavour should have a global appeal and a long life span and it should be a good complement to the rest of the Absolut family. "All ABSOLUT products have added something new to their flavour segment. ABSOLUT VANILIA is no exception. It is a different kind of vanilla, more rich, robust and complex" explains Eva Kempe-Forsberg, marketing vice president at The Absolut Company.
More informations in new issue of Absolut Society Newsletter #298.
Time for some new whereabouts. So here they are: Absolut Naughty, new this years christmas ad (classic bottle focused ad where can be found coal except the bottle) is placed in new Vibe (US 12/02) and Playboy (US 12/02). Both ads are situated on the back cover of magazines. Classic ads are now available in Czech magazines. Absolut Attraction in TELEVIZE magazine (49/02), Absolut Tradition in Playboy (12/02) and Absolut Harmony in Esquire (12/02). If you are able to get Russian Vogue magazine (12/02) you can find Absolut Future (palm version) there.
The ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS collection has gained yet another item ? the cover of the album ?O!? by MAANAM from Poland. This way, MAANAM has become the first band in Central Europe to join the group of artists such as David Bowie, Judas Priest, Miles Davis, The Velvet Underground or John Lennon, to whom ABSOLUT pays a tribute for their contribution to the proliferation of music. ABSOLUT MAANAM ad will not be published in Polish magazines due to the law restrictions of alcohol advertising in Poland. But we can expect special free postcards in Poland first quarter of the next year. Read official press information under this news article.THE ALBUM ‘O!’ BY MAANAM IS PART OF THE ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS COLLECTION
The ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS collection has gained yet another item - the cover of the album ‘O!’ by MAANAM. This way, MAANAM has become the first band in Central Europe to join the group of artists such as David Bowie, Judas Priest, Miles Davis, The Velvet Underground or John Lennon, to whom ABSOLUT pays a tribute for their contribution to the proliferation of music.
MAANAM is one of the top Polish rock bands. The band, headed for 20 years by Kora and Marek Jackowscy continues to surprise millions of fans not only in Poland, but also abroad. Now, ABSOLUT brand has acknowledged the band’s achievements and their impact on the history of Polish music. The cover of the album ‘O!’ has inspired a new piece in the ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS collection.
The album ‘O!’ had been recorded in the Sound Recording Studio of the Stu Teathre in Kraków, in February 1982. The greatest hits of this album included Paranoja jest goła, Nie poganiaj mnie and the title song O, nie rób tyle hałasu!. The album also includes musical jokes such as: Bodek or AN-24 ANTONOW as well as an exceptional solo by Tomasza Stańko in the piece Zwierzę. The album ‘O!’ would have been probably the greatest musical hit in the history of Poland. if only there had been enough vinyl to produce the album. The line of people waiting to buy the album at the Warsaw club Akwarium stretched for over a kilometer. Orders were placed for over 1.5 million copies. Despite the unfavorable circumstances resulting from the martial law, the album sold out in a flash, partially even without covers. Thanks to this success, never repeated by other band, MAANAM has remained one of the most popular bands and continues to be one today. That is why the cover of “O!’ has joined the ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS collection.
We want our ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS collection to include a pantheon of artists who have formed the shape of the contemporary music scene - said The ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS collection has gained yet another item - the cover of the album ‘O!’ by MAANAM. This way, MAANAM has become the first band in Central Europe to join the group of artists such as David Bowie, Judas Priest, Miles Davis, The Velvet Underground or John Lennon, to whom ABSOLUT pays a tribute for their contribution to the proliferation of music.
MAANAM is one of the top Polish rock bands. The band, headed for 20 years by Kora and Marek Jackowscy continues to surprise millions of fans not only in Poland, but also abroad. Now, ABSOLUT brand has acknowledged the band’s achievements and their impact on the history of Polish music. The cover of the album ‘O!’ has inspired a new piece in the ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS collection.
The album ‘O!’ had been recorded in the Sound Recording Studio of the Stu Teathre in Kraków, in February 1982. The greatest hits of this album included Paranoja jest goła, Nie poganiaj mnie and the title song O, nie rób tyle hałasu!. The album also includes musical jokes such as: Bodek or AN-24 ANTONOW as well as an exceptional solo by Tomasza Stańko in the piece Zwierzę. The album ‘O!’ would have been probably the greatest musical hit in the history of Poland. if only there had been enough vinyl to produce the album. The line of people waiting to buy the album at the Warsaw club Akwarium stretched for over a kilometer. Orders were placed for over 1.5 million copies. Despite the unfavorable circumstances resulting from the martial law, the album sold out in a flash, partially even without covers. Thanks to this success, never repeated by other band, MAANAM has remained one of the most popular bands and continues to be one today. That is why the cover of “O!’ has joined the ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS collection.
We want our ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS collection to include a pantheon of artists who have formed the shape of the contemporary music scene - said Jan Eva Kempe-Forsberg, Vice President Marketing, The ABSOLUT Company - and MAANAM fulfills this criterion.
‘At first we thought ABSOLUT’s proposal was a joke, because it had been the album “O!’ that had sold partially without covers, because of supply problems - said Kora Jackowska of MAANAM - now we are happy that this cover that is so dear to us will gain a new life in such an interesting company of other works.
The ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS collection is a tribute to artists whose work has created new paths in international music. It represents various aspects and styles in cover design - it is a unique combination of pop art, photography, realism and abstraction, minimalism and ostentation. Since its inception last year, the collection has gathered the illustrations to some of the most profound events in international music. These include the cover of the ‘The Velvet Underground’ showing Andy Warhol’s bananas, the profile of David Bowie from the ‘Alladin Sane’ album or the album “British Steel’ by Judas Priest.
ABSOLUT ALBUM COVERS is part of The ABSOLUT Company’s deeper cooperation with the world of art & fashion, which has to date included 400 artists from around the world - both celebrities and rising stars. The features of the ABSOLUT brand: clarity, simplicity, and perfection are reflected in the works of the greatest artists, such as Andy Warhol, Gianni Versace or Annie Leibovitz. The works presented by the ABSOLUT brand combine various disciplines of art, gaining more expressive power. Apart from the world of music, ABSOLUT also inspires sculptors, fashion and glass designers, architects and photographers. Their works have appeared in the advertising campaigns and in art shows from the ABSOLUT ART, ABSOLUT FASHION and ABSOLUT CITIES series throughout the world.
Czech Cosmopolitan (12/02) contains Absolut Cozy ad.
