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A Berlin Guide for Coffee Addicts

Friday, June 22, 2012

If you are reading this, there are good chances you are a human like us, who works long hours in front of your computer and once in a while you need a good excuse to go outside and get some air and a strong motivation to keep your eyes open. There’s also a big chance [...]

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PRIVATE READINGS

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

There is something utterly beautiful about people reading you a story – after all, it’s not without reason that it’s often one of the favourite things that children like their parents to do, and children know about fun, after all.
So what a great idea to curate a festival that does just that: people reading to [...]

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STUDIO B

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Since the world cup in Germany in 2006, public viewings of the football cups have become a beautiful tradition in Germany, and there’s hardly a café, restaurant or bar that has not large-screen transmission during the euro cup. One of the nicer spaces, however, is the temporary Studio B, off Alexanderplatz, which has just the [...]

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Retrospective: Cat Content

Friday, April 20, 2012

Cat content has become rather popular since the internet became user generated pop. From LOLcats to Kittlers, there’s something catty for anyone. A few days ago Cyriaque Lamar put together a brief history of cat content dating back to the very early days of photography:

Apparently, these cats are made for content, one way or another:

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Ready for Spring

Friday, March 23, 2012

We know most of us don’t own or rent a piece of land, don’t have gardens or spacious balconies and sometimes neither huge, tall windows (yes, we live in a big city), nevertheless let us tell you that you can still  get your hands dirty!
Terrariums and aeriums have never been as fashionable as they became recently. [...]

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PHOTO FACTS

Thursday, March 22, 2012

As all creative fields, photography has changed at a breathtaking pace since the arrival of digital photography. We take four times as many photographs as only ten years ago, but even more surprising: ten percent of all photographs ever taken were taken during the past 12 months. These and more astounding numbers on photography you [...]

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FORM, FUNCTION AND ENNUI

Thursday, December 29, 2011

We are all familiar with the so-called hipster culture. The contemporary hipster hangs around at cafés, talking about art, fashion, organic food and social justice, ideally while chatting about the next big thing to reblog on their tumblr. Well, one should not categorize that harshly, since categorizing stuff is so mainstream…
A very nice and [...]

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Cosy Thursdays presents Kissenkino

Monday, November 21, 2011

Kissenkino (that literally means Pillow Cinema) is a new event happening one evening per month, with the aim of warming up Berlin’s long, sometimes boring and cold winter evenings. Cosy Thursdays propose you to leave the comfort and solitude of your warmed up flat to step into João Cocteau’s space in Neukölln to meet your [...]

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HAVE A LITTLE BREAK …

Saturday, September 24, 2011

… and draw a stickman!

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JUST A THOUGHT

Saturday, September 10, 2011

… winter’s going to be upon us soon enough, is all I’m saying. (image source).

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