Tradeshow season is upon us once again, and here at Highsnobiety that means a new print issue. Issue 4 of Highsnobiety Magazine features Rick Genest (bka Zombie Boy) on the cover dressed in clothing from Acronym’s Spring/Summer 2012 collection.

Inside the issue you’ll find our usual assortment of brand features, interviews, product previews and editorial shoots spanning a range of topics from fashion, art and music to architecture, interiors and cars. Exclusive content from White Mountaineering, Stussy Deluxe, CASH CA, Vans Vault, adidas Originals are just a few highlights you’ll find within.

The issue is now available exclusively in Berlin as part of Berlin Fashion Week. Look for wider availability through select retailers in the coming weeks.

Take a look inside after the click

Here comes a both interesting and unexpected new collaboration from Berlin brands Uslu Airlines and Acronym. One known for its fashionable nail polish and the other for its incredibly details technical outerwear, what a match.

Two special ops nail polish colors were developed for the project – matte black and matte military green. Acronym contributed a special bag to the project, along with a small nail polish pouch. Look out for a release of the special pack at colette in Paris, November 2011.

The Acronym Fall/Winter 2011 collection for men. Directed, edited, and shot by KEN-TONIO YAMAMOTO and performed by ERROLSON HUGH.

Full credits follow after the click.

This week Acronym released their new Fall/Winter 2011 Collection. Next to the usual hardshell Gore-Tex outerwear, that the brand has become best know for, as well as the excellent luggage collection, they have introduced some new soft goods. The most interesting new piece for us is the SS-CP1 Cloak, an interesting and very old school item being interpreted by Acronym this season.

The new Acronym collection is now in stock at Firmament.

Check out the full range after the jump.

Not long ago we presented the new Stone Island Shadow Fall/Winter 2011 Collection, designed by Acronym designer Errolson Hugh. In the video here above, he introduces us to the new collection.

“He lends himself to be the hero of this video introducing us to the PARSEQ GRID, the performance system at the base of the Shadow Project since its inception and the FW collection pieces, explaining concepts/design/technical features/functionalities, all thought for a perfect symbiosis between item, environment and wearer. Nothing is left to chance, as in the best Shadow tradition. All shown (and worn) in this video.”

Enjoy!

Acronym has become synonymous for innovative high end technical clothing over the years. Errolson Hugh, the founder, has built a strong team of creatives around himself, now not only handling Acronym, but also various other design jobs, including the Stone Island Shadow range. We sat down with Johanna Schneider and talked to her about life, work, Acronym and sewing on buttons.

If you were someone else, who would you be ?

A pro surfer! When I was young I had a deep relationship with nature. I spent hours walking, exploring, feeling, tasting, singing and dancing with the nature.

This gave me total freedom.The first time I caught a wave, I felt so close to nature like I did in those moments. I felt the same naïve euphoria and closeness to the nature, like i was small. If I would have the requirements, I’d be a surfer.

Did you ever think that you moved into the wrong kind of work ?

No. I’m still in the process of realizing that the work I’m doing is exactly what I always wanted to do. And that I finally ended up able to express myself and my ideas of fashion freely. It happens that I drive to my work in the morning and when I enter the acronym studio, I say to myself, “Hey that’s you, being a part of the crew,” still realizing. I have to say that to myself sometimes. and after all the hard work, having the prototypes in your hands makes it all worth it.

Read the rest of the interview after the jump.

One of our favorite new pieces in the Acronym Spring/Summer 2011 Collection is the Laptop Tote Bag. The bag holds up to a 15 inch laptop in the middle of the bag. Next to some functional smaller departments on the inside and pockets on the exterior, the most interesting other feature has to be the cycling strap. The bag is now in stock at The Glade (and Firmament).

Take a further look at the bag after the jump.

For Spring/Summer 2011 Acronym offers for the first time ever an iPad Bag. But just like the name says, it is not a case, but a bag and actually even much more than that.

“Based on BAGJACKs incredibly engineered CIRCDISCOVER system, the 3A-11TS is a variable position handsfree iPad INTEROPSæ case. You can shift freely between horizontal and vertical modes while keeping your device secure and at hand.”

The bag is made of Dimension Polyant® Superlight X-Pac with Cordura® (500 Denier) abrasion reinforcement, ensuring that your beloved device will not get harmed during any circumstances. Of course all that also comes at a price. The Glade has the bag in stock now for 369 Euros.

More images of the bag follow after the jump.

Today Acronym has released the third and last vide of their series to promote the new Spring/Summer 2011 Collection. Entitled “Acronymjutsu”, Acronym head designer Errolson Hugh showcases the functionality of the new sets that they have created for the season. Enjoy!

Full credits of the video follow after the jump.

We continue to preview pieces of the new Acronym Spring/Summer 2011 Collection. After showcasing the first video “Lightest Fastest Deffest Baddest” yesterday, we take a look today at the new Acronym Sets. The first Acronym set was created over 10 years ago and today the brand follows up with 4 new ones, once again fusing functionality and design into uniquely packaged sets.

“Both KIT-001 and SET-1 > 4 are about concentration. Fillerlessness. When we began we had limited resources. There simply wasn’t enough money to finance an entire collection the way we had envisioned it. To get around this roadblock we switched the ratios. Instead of one idea spread over many products, we took many ideas and fused them into a single unit. Years later, it’s kind of the same situation. With the difference that we’ve put everything that we’ve learned in the interim into the new items (the retail prices of the new sets are, for example, all *less* than the wholesale price of the original Kit).

In both cases we are/were also pushing limits. Not simply ‘packaging’ things together, but looking at the format of a set as an enabler to do things that can’t be done with traditional stand alone products. Things as mundane as packing and readiness for travel. Or entirely new ways to construct and ‘operate’ pockets (as with the swing-wing 3A-MF1 in SET-3). We’re always trying to do things that haven’t been done before. Learning and exploring being some of our primary motivators.”

Check out the video for the introduction of the sets here below.

Images of each individual set follow after the jump.