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Anuschka Hoevener
(30 January 2007) - Thanks to the connection to Berlin that Project No. 8 co-owner Elizabeth Beer has (she's a partner at Arratia, Beer gallery there), the shop has a selection of some of the best Berlin lines. In addition to Schiesser, Kwik Shop and Bless, they carry Anuschka Hoevener, a designer who often incorporates sculptural volume into her work, though not in the usual puffed sleeve kind...
(30 January 2007) - Thanks to the connection to Berlin that Project No. 8 co-owner Elizabeth Beer has (she's a partner at Arratia, Beer gallery there), the shop has a selection of some of the best Berlin lines. In addition to Schiesser, Kwik Shop and Bless, they carry Anuschka Hoevener, a designer who often incorporates sculptural volume into her work, though not in the usual puffed sleeve kind...
WoodWood, Berlin
(12 December 2006) - Despite the recent influx of mega-stores, Berlin's indie shopping scene is still flourishing and continuing to attract an innovative international crowd of artists, designers, and other visionaries hoping to preserve Berlin's progressive rep. The newest addition to the city's prosperous center is none other than WoodWood, a Copenhagen export with an eponymous sportswear line, a selection of electric T-shirts and sneakers and a sampling...
(12 December 2006) - Despite the recent influx of mega-stores, Berlin's indie shopping scene is still flourishing and continuing to attract an innovative international crowd of artists, designers, and other visionaries hoping to preserve Berlin's progressive rep. The newest addition to the city's prosperous center is none other than WoodWood, a Copenhagen export with an eponymous sportswear line, a selection of electric T-shirts and sneakers and a sampling...
Hut Up Flowerpot
(11 October 2006) - Hut Up Berlin creates one of a kind raw wool creations using traditional felting and blocking methods. The Hut Up Flowerpot is wool container created to fit around a flowerpot, lending a soft feel with an organic stone-like shape. Perfect for creating an ethereal Science of Sleep-influenced cuddly rock garden, the Hut Up Flowerpot is available in three color combinations: chartreuse outside with olive...
(11 October 2006) - Hut Up Berlin creates one of a kind raw wool creations using traditional felting and blocking methods. The Hut Up Flowerpot is wool container created to fit around a flowerpot, lending a soft feel with an organic stone-like shape. Perfect for creating an ethereal Science of Sleep-influenced cuddly rock garden, the Hut Up Flowerpot is available in three color combinations: chartreuse outside with olive...
Yack Fou Tees
(06 October 2006) - Perhaps a play on the French Connection's "fcuk" line, Yack Fou is a playful Berlin label making tees and hoodies imprinted with their deceptive-looking name. Printed on 100% cotton, they're definitely eye-catching. Some of the designs even stand on their own without the gimmicky name, like the lego design (pictured), which also happens to look a lot like the album art on Beck's latest...
(06 October 2006) - Perhaps a play on the French Connection's "fcuk" line, Yack Fou is a playful Berlin label making tees and hoodies imprinted with their deceptive-looking name. Printed on 100% cotton, they're definitely eye-catching. Some of the designs even stand on their own without the gimmicky name, like the lego design (pictured), which also happens to look a lot like the album art on Beck's latest...
Shin Tanaka: Kami Zoo
(16 August 2006) - Known for his spot-on paper sneaker replicas, Japanese artist and designer Shin Tanaka has recently been applying his brand of nouveau origami to make animé-like creatures, which will be the subjects of his show Kami Zoo that opens tomorrow 17 August 2006 at Berlin's Less Rain gallery. Like his mock Air Force 1s and Bapestas, characters such as T-Boy (which was inspired by the...
(16 August 2006) - Known for his spot-on paper sneaker replicas, Japanese artist and designer Shin Tanaka has recently been applying his brand of nouveau origami to make animé-like creatures, which will be the subjects of his show Kami Zoo that opens tomorrow 17 August 2006 at Berlin's Less Rain gallery. Like his mock Air Force 1s and Bapestas, characters such as T-Boy (which was inspired by the...
Gerhard Stochl: Skateboarders 1996-2006
(27 June 2006) - If you are in Berlin for the World Cup excitement and have some downtime between matches (or if you just want to flee the excitement), you should check out New York-based photographer Gerhard Stochl's show at CircleCulture Gallery that opens this Thursday, 29 June 2006 and runs through 31 July 2006. For the last 10 years Stochl has been photographing professional as well as...
(27 June 2006) - If you are in Berlin for the World Cup excitement and have some downtime between matches (or if you just want to flee the excitement), you should check out New York-based photographer Gerhard Stochl's show at CircleCulture Gallery that opens this Thursday, 29 June 2006 and runs through 31 July 2006. For the last 10 years Stochl has been photographing professional as well as...
Eileen Wunderlich and Raf Veulemans
(15 June 2006) - Sharing a fondness for taxidermy, Berlin-based artist Eileen Wunderlich (self-portrait, right) and Belgian Raf Veulemans both have solo shows opening tomorrow, 16 June 2006, at Strychnin gallery in Berlin's central Friedrichshain district. Where Wunderlich often offsets her macabre subjects by posing the dead animals in humorous and even subversive tableaus (picture a hedgehog doing lines off a mirror), Veulemans will add an interactive element...
(15 June 2006) - Sharing a fondness for taxidermy, Berlin-based artist Eileen Wunderlich (self-portrait, right) and Belgian Raf Veulemans both have solo shows opening tomorrow, 16 June 2006, at Strychnin gallery in Berlin's central Friedrichshain district. Where Wunderlich often offsets her macabre subjects by posing the dead animals in humorous and even subversive tableaus (picture a hedgehog doing lines off a mirror), Veulemans will add an interactive element...
Superette: Nike Air 180 Billboard
(23 February 2006) - One of many events taking place worldwide to celebrate nearly 30 years of Nike Air technology, Swiss-based artist Peter Kienzle (aka Superette) was one of four artists tasked to create billboards celebrating watershed moments in Nike design history for the launch of Berlin's Air Max 360 lab on 26 January 2006. Kienzle, having previously worked in Germany, represented the home country (the other artists...
(23 February 2006) - One of many events taking place worldwide to celebrate nearly 30 years of Nike Air technology, Swiss-based artist Peter Kienzle (aka Superette) was one of four artists tasked to create billboards celebrating watershed moments in Nike design history for the launch of Berlin's Air Max 360 lab on 26 January 2006. Kienzle, having previously worked in Germany, represented the home country (the other artists...
adicolor Berlin
(27 January 2006) - Artists Cey Adams, Raymond Choy (Toy2R), Fafi, and Dark Horse Comics will be in Berlin this weekend as part of the adicolor studio opening tomorrow, 28 January from 9pm-1am at Tucholskystrasse 6 in the Mitte district. Timed to coincide with Bread and Butter, the event will introduce the pictured Qee and runs through the next day, 29 January. Image via I Love My adidas....
(27 January 2006) - Artists Cey Adams, Raymond Choy (Toy2R), Fafi, and Dark Horse Comics will be in Berlin this weekend as part of the adicolor studio opening tomorrow, 28 January from 9pm-1am at Tucholskystrasse 6 in the Mitte district. Timed to coincide with Bread and Butter, the event will introduce the pictured Qee and runs through the next day, 29 January. Image via I Love My adidas....
Neubau Welt
(07 December 2005) - Tired of the same old vector graphics everyone uses? Neubau Welt is a new book filled with 1000+ editable illustrations by Berlin-based designer Stefan Gandl (he also penned the collectable DSOS1) and his crew, Neubau. From silhouetted trees to lear jets, the encyclopedic collection features a wide variety of everyday objects. A useful alternative to ClipArt, purchasers get exclusive rights to the highly detailed,...
(07 December 2005) - Tired of the same old vector graphics everyone uses? Neubau Welt is a new book filled with 1000+ editable illustrations by Berlin-based designer Stefan Gandl (he also penned the collectable DSOS1) and his crew, Neubau. From silhouetted trees to lear jets, the encyclopedic collection features a wide variety of everyday objects. A useful alternative to ClipArt, purchasers get exclusive rights to the highly detailed,...
S-Wert Designs
(09 November 2005) - Berlin-based S-Wert Design is a "critical homage" to the city, calling attention to gems of Berlin architecture and the way it's evolved - or hasn't evolved - in recent decades. Their wrapping paper series is an assortment of four designs, each one devoted to a different decade of Berlin's architecture from the fifties through the eighties. (See "Seventies," above.) Other standouts include the D.O.G....
(09 November 2005) - Berlin-based S-Wert Design is a "critical homage" to the city, calling attention to gems of Berlin architecture and the way it's evolved - or hasn't evolved - in recent decades. Their wrapping paper series is an assortment of four designs, each one devoted to a different decade of Berlin's architecture from the fifties through the eighties. (See "Seventies," above.) Other standouts include the D.O.G....
Smart Travelling
(04 November 2005) - Based in a travel boutique down an alleyway in Berlin's Mitte district, Smart Travelling is a web-based service that provides members with info about 24 European cities. Following a "less is more approach," listings must be unusual and meet criteria for originality. Users can search for entries by what type of vacation (e.g. "Stylish/Stage" or "Authentic/Local") they want and whether they're travelling for business,...
(04 November 2005) - Based in a travel boutique down an alleyway in Berlin's Mitte district, Smart Travelling is a web-based service that provides members with info about 24 European cities. Following a "less is more approach," listings must be unusual and meet criteria for originality. Users can search for entries by what type of vacation (e.g. "Stylish/Stage" or "Authentic/Local") they want and whether they're travelling for business,...
Interfilm Short Film Festival
(01 November 2005) - Interfilm, Berlin's 21st annual international short film festival opens today and runs through November 5th, screening some of the best off-the-radar films from around the world. Highlights include the international competition with nearly 100 shorts competing for prizes and music videos by Anton Corbijn, Jonathan Glazer, Stéphane Sednaoui, Mark Romanek, (all from the new Director's Label series of DVDs). New this year, the BlueNews...
(01 November 2005) - Interfilm, Berlin's 21st annual international short film festival opens today and runs through November 5th, screening some of the best off-the-radar films from around the world. Highlights include the international competition with nearly 100 shorts competing for prizes and music videos by Anton Corbijn, Jonathan Glazer, Stéphane Sednaoui, Mark Romanek, (all from the new Director's Label series of DVDs). New this year, the BlueNews...
Lux 11
(25 October 2005) - Lux 11, a new hotel that opened in Berlin's hip Mitte district in July, wins points for a location central to many of the city's best boutiques and restaurants and, with the addition of an Italian-Asian fusion restaurant (slated to open mid-November), Tietgen und Kahlcke's Aveda spa, Ulf Haines' (buyer of the the famed Quartier 206) store, and café, does its own part in...
(25 October 2005) - Lux 11, a new hotel that opened in Berlin's hip Mitte district in July, wins points for a location central to many of the city's best boutiques and restaurants and, with the addition of an Italian-Asian fusion restaurant (slated to open mid-November), Tietgen und Kahlcke's Aveda spa, Ulf Haines' (buyer of the the famed Quartier 206) store, and café, does its own part in...
Andreas and Kostas Murkudis Meet Schiesser
(21 October 2005) - Andreas Murkudis is yet another can't miss Berlin standby tucked in a courtyard in the Mitte district. It carries high-design objects and clothes and is one of the few places in the world to carry former Helmut Lang designer Kostas Murkudis' clothes (the two Murkudises are brothers). The shirt pictured here is a standout in the Fall men's line, a long-sleeved cotton piece lined...
(21 October 2005) - Andreas Murkudis is yet another can't miss Berlin standby tucked in a courtyard in the Mitte district. It carries high-design objects and clothes and is one of the few places in the world to carry former Helmut Lang designer Kostas Murkudis' clothes (the two Murkudises are brothers). The shirt pictured here is a standout in the Fall men's line, a long-sleeved cotton piece lined...
Belleville
(20 October 2005) - Belleville, like many of Berlin's stores, is a multi-use space that provides more than just innovative fashion for men and women. Look closely at the bird in their logo (a large-scale replica graces the wall of the store) and you'll notice it's composed of mini-icons of death, war, and commerce. Since opening last December they've been hosting events featuring DJs and live music. Stocked...
(20 October 2005) - Belleville, like many of Berlin's stores, is a multi-use space that provides more than just innovative fashion for men and women. Look closely at the bird in their logo (a large-scale replica graces the wall of the store) and you'll notice it's composed of mini-icons of death, war, and commerce. Since opening last December they've been hosting events featuring DJs and live music. Stocked...
95 Gallery
(19 October 2005) - Head down the alley next to Nort Berlin and you'll find a courtyard that's home to 95 Gallery, a shop and exhibition space that opened just two and a half months ago. Named for the year Nort was first established, the new venue is a collaboration between Nort's owners and Marok, artist and the founding editor of Lodown, who's long wanted a gallery space....
(19 October 2005) - Head down the alley next to Nort Berlin and you'll find a courtyard that's home to 95 Gallery, a shop and exhibition space that opened just two and a half months ago. Named for the year Nort was first established, the new venue is a collaboration between Nort's owners and Marok, artist and the founding editor of Lodown, who's long wanted a gallery space....
Supalife
(18 October 2005) - Located on a Berlin street that borders Helmholtz Platz in bustling Prenzlauer, Supalife is a store, gallery, and design firm that opened its doors just under a year ago. Featuring an array of original silkscreened prints, tees, cards, books, and other objects, "everything from 2-D to 3-D," as co-owner and founder Jens Krisinger explains, the space is a platform for mostly handmade and limited...
(18 October 2005) - Located on a Berlin street that borders Helmholtz Platz in bustling Prenzlauer, Supalife is a store, gallery, and design firm that opened its doors just under a year ago. Featuring an array of original silkscreened prints, tees, cards, books, and other objects, "everything from 2-D to 3-D," as co-owner and founder Jens Krisinger explains, the space is a platform for mostly handmade and limited...
Berlin Bound
(17 October 2005) - I'm off to Berlin, well-prepped with Very Style Guides (pictured), suggestions from a German expat, and friends to visit. Nearly 10 years have passed since I was last in Berlin and at the time there was a palpable sense of a city reeling from one of the century's historic events; every other building seemed to be under construction, the art was amazing, and, by...
(17 October 2005) - I'm off to Berlin, well-prepped with Very Style Guides (pictured), suggestions from a German expat, and friends to visit. Nearly 10 years have passed since I was last in Berlin and at the time there was a palpable sense of a city reeling from one of the century's historic events; every other building seemed to be under construction, the art was amazing, and, by...
Terence Koh at Peres Projects Berlin
(29 September 2005) - Whether you hate him or don't care, Terence Koh (formerly asianpunkboy) has a knack for reinvention and hype. His first solo German show, opening tonight at Peres Project's Berlin space, features a full-size white coffin cake placed under a hole in the ceiling and, according to the inscription, signals the death of Koh. At 9pm a ceremony complete with priests and choir boys will...
(29 September 2005) - Whether you hate him or don't care, Terence Koh (formerly asianpunkboy) has a knack for reinvention and hype. His first solo German show, opening tonight at Peres Project's Berlin space, features a full-size white coffin cake placed under a hole in the ceiling and, according to the inscription, signals the death of Koh. At 9pm a ceremony complete with priests and choir boys will...
Bread & Butter Berlin
(12 July 2005) - More than your average ADD-inducing tradeshow, Bread & Butter, is an event bringing together denim makers, sports and street wear, intersections of art and fashion, and other cutting-edge fashion designers for three days in Berlin. On the heels of the successful Barcelona installment, the show runs July 22nd-24th and promises a full agenda of exhibits, music, artists, magazines, stores, and websites under the roof...
(12 July 2005) - More than your average ADD-inducing tradeshow, Bread & Butter, is an event bringing together denim makers, sports and street wear, intersections of art and fashion, and other cutting-edge fashion designers for three days in Berlin. On the heels of the successful Barcelona installment, the show runs July 22nd-24th and promises a full agenda of exhibits, music, artists, magazines, stores, and websites under the roof...
ic! berlin
(07 June 2005) - Even though ic! berlin has been making innovative glasses for several years now, they're still post-worthy. Made from ultra-light, super-thin stainless steel they feature an innovative screwless spring hinge-clasp-system. The 0.5mm thick frames are flexible so they can be adjusted to the perfect fit. With over 30 new models being added to the already broad collection and easily swapped lenses, there's a diverse range...
(07 June 2005) - Even though ic! berlin has been making innovative glasses for several years now, they're still post-worthy. Made from ultra-light, super-thin stainless steel they feature an innovative screwless spring hinge-clasp-system. The 0.5mm thick frames are flexible so they can be adjusted to the perfect fit. With over 30 new models being added to the already broad collection and easily swapped lenses, there's a diverse range...
The Nike Berliner
(31 January 2005) - A small run of these phunk x SBTG Nike trainers were produced for the Yut Chi Mah Show in Berlin. I haven't a clue where to get them-- I'm sure they've all been gobbled up by sneaker collectors by now, but they sure are sweet. ...
(31 January 2005) - A small run of these phunk x SBTG Nike trainers were produced for the Yut Chi Mah Show in Berlin. I haven't a clue where to get them-- I'm sure they've all been gobbled up by sneaker collectors by now, but they sure are sweet. ...
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