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HOW TO ASK THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

Saturday, July 20, 2013

It was of course only a matter of time until someone invented something like The School of Life – we all might know our history dates and our algebra, but how to sustain a meaningful relationship? How to navigate daily life with all its pitfalls and uncertainties? These and many more questions that we all [...]

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The Gonz Goes Berlin

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Anyone who’s ever been into skateboarding knows Mark Gonzales aka The Gonz, who happens to be a (dyslexic) poet and artist as well, and not even going into details about all the other (skate-related) things happening in Berlin this week, there’s going to be a photo exhibit (see flyer below) dedicated to the man who [...]

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YOU MADE THAT

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

An abstract-expressionist web drawing app for the New York Times Magazine by Christoph Niemann and Jon Huang – try it and enjoy!!!

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LET’S UPCYCLE THE WORLD III

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

My personal Top 5 of the 50 Creative Ways to Repurpose, Reuse and Upcycle Old Things of Twisted Sifter:
Top 1: Turn Old Credit Cards Into Guitar Picks

Top 2: Repurpose a Card Catalogue Into a Mini Bar

Top 3: Upcycle Old Light Bulbs Into Candles

Top 4: Repurpose Old CD Holders Into Bagel Storage Device

Top 5: Use Old [...]

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LET’S UPCYCLE THE WORLD II

Thursday, March 7, 2013

Berlin’s first concept store for upcycling fashion, the Upcycling Fashion Store, has moved and reopened on March 1 at Anklamerstrasse – find out what’s new!
On the photo: rebuilt sink and board with coat pegs of bicycle brakes by El Reinventor and Sag+Sal bags.
Upcycling Fashion Store
Anklamerstrasse 17, 10115 Berlin
Mon-Fri 11 am – 7 pm, Sat noon [...]

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LET’S UPCYCLE THE WORLD

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Like recycling, upcycling is a kind of waste prevention – but in a very creative way.
WE UPCYCLE is a blog by Lisa Schultz and Magdalena Akantisz, two students from the University of applied arts in Vienna, on which they posted 30 things they created out of waste materials for 30 days in a row. For [...]

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FROM A GARDEN TO MARS

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Valentina Karga a.k.a Berlin Farm Lab is sharing her diaries related with two projects about self-sufficiency in the new book 30 Days in the Garden / 15 Days on Mars by Crap is Good Publications. The artist is showing us how to build a bio digester or searching new ways of producing food while living on [...]

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LIGHT OF INDEPENDENCE

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Freedom of press is still an issue in a country like China, where it’s next to impossible to get hold of foreign media, which still have to pass through a special committee for approval. All the more important and noteworthy in these circumstances is a festival like Light of Independence currently taking place at the [...]

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You know Danny Fields.

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

A documentary by filmmaker Brendan Toller is diving into the life, times and resonance of this American music journalist and author. Danny Fields was indeed a pivotal figure in the music business of the 60s, 70s and 80s – and I’d wager through today – as he managed Iggy and The Stooges and The Ramones along [...]

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MADE IN GERMANY: SONIC PIECES

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

This time, ‘Made in Germany’ may be taken quite literally, since Berlin-based label Sonic Pieces has a rather unusual approach to that object called CD (or vinyl): in times where downloads and MP3s have taken over the music industry, Sonic Pieces are heading exactly in the opposite direction of craft and hands-on personal engagement, packaging [...]

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