Yet another real life story of a graffiti artist making good in the world of commercial art.   Cyril Phan was born in either France or Viet Nam (?), but was evacuated from Saigon at a very young age with his mother in 1975 when South Viet Nam fell to the North Vietnamese.   As a boy growing up, he lived in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo - whence he adopted his professional name 'Cyril Kongo'.       His breakthrough came about while spraypainting graffiti in the streets of Hong Kong.   Two passers-by, the Managing Director of Hermes and his son, stopped to admire his murals.   They struck up a conversation, eventually resulting in a Hermes fashion scarf collection.   And the rest, as they say, is history.       His works have since been contracted by the likes of Chanel, Daum, La Cornue, Richard Mille and others, appearing on aircraft decor, furniture, watches, cigars, etc.    Kongo spoke at a presentation at the Four Seasons Hotel Bangkok in July of this year as part of the Leaders Of Tomorrow conference.

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