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WHAT ALI WORE

Thursday, March 28, 2013

This is, of course, what Berlin dreams are made of: Australian photographer Zoe Pawton, based in Berlin and also working in a café in hipster district Neukölln, presumably to make ends meet, noticed Ali passing by every morning, looking impeccably stylish at 83 (and being a father of 18 kids), got friendly with him, asked [...]

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CODY

Thursday, February 7, 2013

A rather disturbing short portrait of California youth by the brilliant AG Rojas – originally part of a portrait project for Dazed Digital, make sure to watch it until the end, when things take a decidedly awkward turn…

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SUMMA SUMMARUM

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Some street sweets by Aakash Nihalani – it’s rare that street art with political ambitions really makes me think, but it’s great when street art with no overt ambitions makes me smile, and potentially look at our world slightly differently.
(thanks)

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THIS WILD IDEA

Thursday, December 20, 2012

This year, as any year, really, there has been lots of coverage of that wild beast called the United States of America, place of our fantasies and projections alike for the last century or so. But our fantasies or projections, or Hollywood movies for that matter, don’t necessarily come anywhere close to reality, which is [...]

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No No Tip

Monday, October 29, 2012

What does a hipster do when he realizes that his hipness won’t take him anywhere in life? He flips. But no tips.

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HUSTLE AND BUSTLE

Sunday, October 14, 2012

1920s… Years of Charleston and Flappers like movie star Louise Brooks; cabarets and Dada! After being overwhelmed by Mike Nelson’s work in the newly discovered abandoned cabaret theater from 1920s in Berlin’s Gartenstrasse, bumping into Thames and Hudson’s new publication Berlin in the 20s was a nice coincidence. The book is starting with a description [...]

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BENCH YEARS

Saturday, September 22, 2012

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The London Design Festival, the stalwarts of modern taste that is Established & Sons have commissioned 20 designers to design a bench to mark each year of the festival, which are all currently on display in the Italianate surroundings of the John Madejski Garden at the centre of the [...]

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RENDEZ-VOUS WITH PARIS

Thursday, September 20, 2012

In Berlin, we take the bus 100 when we want to do a little unofficial sightseeing tour of the city. In Paris, they do that slightly differently, or at least in 1976 they did. (thanks Don Koi)

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ECHOES OF VOICES UPDATE #05

Friday, September 14, 2012

These are some of the Echoes of Voices posted around Berlin at the moment, in the second wave of Billboard Pieces by Robert Montgomery – one more reason to keep our eyes wide open and not stare at our feet all the time…
Photographs by Federico Graciano

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SMELLSCAPE

Thursday, September 6, 2012

As of next week, chances are you will be seeing lots of people lurking around the two cities of Kansas City, Kansas side and Missouri side, with their noses down on the ground and voraciously sniffing, taking notes, exchanging meaningful glances and typing into their iPhones. What could be the meaning of it all?
As it [...]

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