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At Home with Arianna Plevisani: Chef, Mum and Ari’s Diner

Amelie Krone — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 20:08:37 +0000

Often, the best way to find a city’s buzziest restaurant is to find out where its most revered local chefs go to eat. So then, where do they go in Berlin when they want to have a lazy Sunday brunch or a night out? They grab a table at Ari’s, the Peruvian-influenced diner in Kreuzberg,

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Matthias Dietz on Finding Happiness: A Portrait of a Designer

Amelie Krone — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 05:46:15 +0000

Matthias Dietz has lived many lives, at least seven, he tells us. In the 1970s, he traveled to New Mexico as an eco-activist and learned to build geodesic domes and wind turbines. He has made design books for Benedikt Taschen, worked for Marlboro and designed the branding for Daimler. “At some point I had achieved

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Jeewi Lee on the Traces We Leave Behind

Amelie Krone — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 02:28:17 +0000

We meet artist Jeewi Lee in her studio in a Kreuzberg Hinterhof. Beautiful, multicolored stained-glass windows guide the way up the staircase. The building belongs to a glassmaking company, with studios tucked away at the back. Here, Lee, who also lives in the same building with her husband and child, shares a lofty studio space

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The Poetry of Reduction. Inside the Mind of OLDER Studio

Amelie Krone — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:13:29 +0000

What happens when you strip away the frantic cycles of high fashion to focus entirely on the memory, weight, and quiet utility of what we wear? For Letizia Caramia and Morten Thuesen, the two creatives behind the design studio OLDER, the answer lies in the radical simplicity of the uniform. Bridging Milanese heritage with Danish functionalism,

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Carolina Albertini on What the Brain Archives and the Luxury of Boredom

Johanna — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 10:21:04 +0000

When the adrenaline of a major launch fades and the studio lights dim, Carolina Albertini doesn’t go looking for what comes next. Instead, the co-founder of the creative atelier and production house Vesper Milano retreats into the quiet luxury of the mundane — which, on certain summer afternoons, means an unapologetic box of gelato topped

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The Art of Living Well: Daniele Daminelli and His Retro-Futuristic World

Johanna — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:08:37 +0000

For interior designer Daniele Daminelli, creating a space is less about functional layout and more about composing a movie script. As the founder of Studio 2046 – named after the melancholy, retro-futuristic Wong Kar-wai film – Daniele orchestrates high-end, hyper-curated projects defined by visual friction, mixing raw industrial metals with historic textiles. Yet, far from

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Rampa on Keinemusik, TEILE and the Art of Staying Independent

Johanna — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 12:56:43 +0000

His humble style has become something of a trademark. With his long blond hair under his cap, his glasses, and his free-spirited vibe behind the decks, Rampa is one of the most respected and successful DJs and producers in electronic dance music. In 2009 he co-founded Keinemusik alongside &ME, Adam Port and Reznik — a

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How Spaces Tell Stories: Valentina Ciuffi on Staying Calm and Discovering New Things

Johanna — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:36:05 +0000

Ciuffi doesn’t just inhabit spaces; she reads them. The founder of the Milan-based creative agency Studio Vedèt and co-founder of the global design phenomenon Alcova with Joseph Grima has built a career on the “science of signs,” working with graphics and branding or transforming everything from abandoned hospitals to industrial complexes into temporary worlds of

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Workshop Mentality: How Mark Braun Built Foyos on Structural Logic and Intuition

Amelie Krone — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 21:27:37 +0000

An interview with a product designer often runs the risk of getting tangled in the technicalities of ergonomics and manufacturing. Yet, speaking with Berlin-based designer, studio lead, and professor Mark Braun reveals a practice guided far more by intuition, human rhythm, and what he calls “feeling design with my belly.” Ahead of debuting his new

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From Berlin Salons to Bavarian Courtyards: Inside the Munich World of Ossian Fraser and Teresa Steidle

Johanna — Wed, 27 May 2026 20:28:40 +0000

In the slipstream of Berlin’s late-night tango scenes and the structured legacy of modernist architecture, Teresa and Ossian have cultivated a life defined by “Kairos” — the art of the right moment. From founding the legendary Salon am Moritzplatz in a former architectural office to reviving a rural farm in Lower Bavaria, the couple has

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