Welcome to germany :) Be sure to visit the more shaggy places like St. Pauli/Reeperbahn and its ... uhm ... touristic features ;) http://www.bilderblog.org/2008/03/07/boxerlokal-zur-ritze-hamburg-reeperbahn-st-pauli/
yes, AXE ftw :) saw that commercial a while ago and was all wtf?! ... Japanese commercials never cease to amaze me ... or creep me out ... or just plain wtf?! ;)
I personally prefer the open office - like at my jobs place. Luckily my employer has nothing against personal stuff on the desk ... so i quite of outsourced some figures there :)
I still prefer the 2D version, but if it has to be 3D then it would be the semi-3D style like in the video. The render looks quite good though, but me not likes :)
Condensed Milk ... allright. I am afraid covering figures with "milk" is more common than one thinks ... at least google says so ... damn you internet!
We got a similar regulation here in germany just recently. Smoking in public buildings like restaurant, bars etc is forbidden nationwide - but the degree of exceptions for that law depends on each state. Made a lot of fuss here and some small bars (w...