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The Essential List: Pontus Caresten

20/01/2020
Advertising Agency
Gothenburg, Sweden
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The Forsman & Bodenfors copywriter has forgotten his Sichuan signature dish, but then nothing is permanent, as his headphones constantly remind him
Pontus Caresten started out in the army, became a journalist, then went on to study a variety of subjects as a Bachelor's student at universities in Uppsala and Cambridge. Then, as he puts it, he “stumbled over the ad industry” and fell in love. In his 13-year copywriting career since then he’s worked with clients such as Volvo, Polestar, Västtrafik, Burger King, Yamaha, Liseberg and Willys. He’s won gold and other metals at Cannes Lions, Eurobest, D&AD, Epica, Cresta Awards, Guldägget and 100-wattaren, to name a few. 
 


Lifestyle


 
o Place of birth: Falun, Dalarna county, in the middle of Sweden. 
o Hometown: Gothenburg
o Staycation: The forests of Delsjön 


o Vacation: Buenos Aires 
o Place of work: Forsman & Bodenfors
o Place of workout: The gym just across the street from the office. Sometimes squats in my living room. 
o Side project: Two children, soon to be three. 
o Mode of transport: Public transport. 
o Bonus travel essential: As light as possible, hand luggage for everything under seven days.
 


Culture


 
o Artist: Ronald Raels and Virginia San Fratellos seesaw installation at the border of Mexico was perfect. 


o Musician: Fellow Gothenburgians, and friends, Kårp just released their new single ‘Left Handed’. 



o Commercials / music video director: Romain Gavras, Sheila Johansson, Martin de Thurah, Philippe Tempelman, Gustav Johansson to name a few.
o Film director: Impossible to say one, but among my favourites are Michael Haneke, Susanne Bier, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Ruben Östlund, Miranda July, Kenneth Longeran, Debra Granik, Sofia Coppola and Lars von Trier.
o Film: Amour by Michael Haneke. A lovely little piece about dying. 
o Series: Six Feet Under. Can’t beat that. 
o Commercial: I never get tired of The Wind for Epuron.
o Music video: Vedran Rupic’s – Salvatore Ganacci



And Romain Gavras work for M.I.A is amazing. 



o Video game: Inside, Journey, Zelda. 
o Board game: I play a lot of Kalaha, mostly with my three and five-year-old kids. Usually winning.
o Book: Norwegian writer Karl Ove Knausgard is a favourite. His autobiographical epos ‘My Stuggle’ is brilliant (not Nazi). 
o Newspaper (off or online): The Guardian, The Times, The New York Times, and a couple of Swedish ones. All fake news basically. 
 
 
 

Food and Drink

 
 
o Breakfast: Oatmeal
o Restaurant: Hoze 


o Cheap bite: Falafel 
o Working lunch: Höga Nord, combining great soup and a record store. 
o Favourite dish: Spaghetti Vongole. Or any decent pasta really. 
o Signature dish: Used to do Gong Bao with lots of Sichuan pepper, but have forgotten how to cook because of kids. Pasta? 
o Snack: Fruit and nuts. 
o Guilty pleasure: The Swedish chocolate candy Non Stop is just as addictive as the name implies. 
o Bar: Pustervik
o Booze: Whiskey and/or vodka. 


 

Kit


 
o Phone: Three-year-old iPhone 8. 
o Computer: Five-year-old Air. 
o TV: I had trouble finding a really small one, but I finally found a 32” causing minimal damage in my living room. 
o Headphones: Koss headphones from 2007. Unfortunately, the padding is completely gone. Fortunately, that makes me remember the transience of life.


o Soundsystem: Ikea Eneby
o Where you document an idea: Among my 1351 notes on my phone or my 467 drafts on my email. Someday, that will bite me in the ass. 
o Casual clothing: Black, gray or navy. 
o Smart clothing: Black, gray or navy. 
o Footwear: Chelsea boots
o Watch: A cheap, analogue, golden Casio .
o App: Try to stay away. 
o Favourite social media feed: I enjoy Lee Clow's Beard. 
o Work program: Mail. I do all of my writing there. 
o Digital work tool: Google 
o Analogue work tool: Sadly, I’m slowly losing my ability to write in a readable way.
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