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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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Jess and Jeff, the Partners Behind Berlin’s Stoke restaurant, Believe Dining Should be Fun, not Just Fine

Johanna — Thu, 07 May 2026 09:52:01 +0000

For the last few years, ambitious young chefs that traditionally would be following the path to Michelin stars, have been going rogue. They are rejecting the expected four-hour long chef menus, the truffle shavings, the Bordeaux-heavy wine lists and tables set with white tablecloths and silver desert forks. It’s a dynamic moment. Right now, in

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The Servant of the Room: Blitz’s David Muallem

Johanna — Tue, 05 May 2026 18:28:26 +0000

In the landscape of global nightlife, David Muallem is a figure defined by paradox: a craftsman of 110-decibel chaos who retreats into the hushed narration of nature documentaries; a veteran DJ who views himself not as an “alpha” leader, but as a servant to the room; and a visionary who built Munich’s Blitz Club as

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The Beauty of the Glitch: Sam Chermayeff on the Messy Reality of Living Together

Johanna — Tue, 28 Apr 2026 05:30:00 +0000

In the landscape of contemporary design, Sam Chermayeff is a rare voice of radical candor. Known for a practice that challenges the boundaries of privacy and domesticity, he operates at the intersection of high-concept spatial planning and the sticky, uncurated truth of human behavior. A veteran of the legendary Japanese firm SANAA, he has traded

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Maurin Dietrich: The role of art institutions now

Johanna — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:28:38 +0000

From 2019 to 2025, Maurin Dietrich served as the second female director of Kunstverein München, where she rethought the role of the institution from within—shifting focus toward fair labour, sustainable programming, and a more conscious approach to collaboration. In this conversation, she reflects on uncertainty, ambition, and the challenge of creating spaces that don’t just

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Dora Alzamora Good on the Stoic Philosophy of Clay

Ava — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:22:02 +0000

In the sun-drenched quiet of her Mallorca studio, Dora Alzamora Good practices a form of creative resistance. Her work – sculptural, totemic, and deeply rooted in the raw textures of the Mediterranean –occupies a space where ancient craftsmanship meets a modern, minimalist soul. But as Dora reveals in our candid conversation, the “monastic” purity of

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Reclaiming the Heart of Curation with Lukas Feireiss

Ava — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 20:07:48 +0000

To the public, Lukas Feireiss is a master of the “curatorial gaze”—a bridge-builder between architecture, art, and spatial theory who translates complex ideas for the world’s most prestigious stages. But to understand the man behind the lectures at UdK, the high-octane exhibition openings, and his Reiki practice, one must look toward the quieter “ways of

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The Creative’s Inner World and Outer Expression: Matthew Williamson

Ava — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 21:22:46 +0000

In the terraced hills of Deià, overlooking the vast blue of the Mediterranean, we visited British designer Matthew Williamson at home — and in the studio where his world of colour continues to unfold. Long celebrated for his fearless prints and vibrant palettes, Williamson has shifted his focus in recent years from the pace of global fashion

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Patterns of Peace: Ida Johansson’s Mediterranean Metamorphosis

Ava — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:15:42 +0000

In the sun-drenched sanctuary of her home in Mallorca, multidisciplinary artist Ida Johansson has carved out a creative life defined by movement and mindful connection. Ida’s work is less about a single medium and more about a holistic philosophy — one that balances the tactile heritage of Swedish textiles with the Mediterranean’s grounding energy. In

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Architect Gustav Düsing on Comfort, Sound & Imperfection

Caroline Sarah Henne — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 21:39:50 +0000

To step into the world of Gustav Düsing is to enter a space where architecture behaves more like music than masonry. Whether he is freezing fabric into a structural “tent” or designing award-winning university hubs, Gustav’s work is a study in “productive friction” — the delicate point where radical transparency meets the human need for

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