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Capturing the diversity of an island through flavor in the remote destination of Réunion

root — Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:11:35 +0000

An eleven-and-a-half-hour flight from Paris to the middle of the Indian Ocean, this island to the east of Madagascar, only a stone’s throw away from Mauritius, proves to be a genuine paradise for active tourists and nature lovers. Congestion in Saint-Denis. Traffic is at a standstill on the coast road that winds its way around

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Sampling Japanese culture with the locals in Düsseldorf’s Little Tokyo

root — Thu, 17 May 2018 06:00:42 +0000

The table looks like a chaotic setting from a scene in an anime show: countless small plates and cups, hardly larger than a doll’s, cover almost every millimeter. Squeezing onto similarly tiny stools around the table, there are a handful of full-grown adults—ready and waiting for tea time. Here at ANMO Art/Cha, in a quiet

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Reigniting the dazzle of a roaring era with a tour of West Berlin

root — Mon, 19 Mar 2018 07:14:08 +0000

Reigniting the dazzle of a roaring era with a tour of West Berlin Boris Pofalla and Robert Nippoldt trace the glory of the 1920’s that remains The 1920s was one of the most dazzling decades of the last century in Berlin. Although the myths surrounding the Roaring Twenties really only apply to a few years,

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Discovering an alternative Hamburg with artist Moshtari Hilal

root — Fri, 19 May 2017 03:04:06 +0000

The multicultural and alternative township of old remains vibrant today. In the so-called “Karoviertel,” artists and thinkers live alongside old sea dogs and young families. The heart of the district is Marktstraße, today connected to Sternschanze by a bridge. Here you’ll be tempted to wander around cafes and quirky little shops. Even though she doesn’t

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Berlin-based textile designer Nadine Goepfert skillfully experiments with fashionable conventions

root — Thu, 27 Apr 2017 05:13:07 +0000

A sweet fragrance of oriental spices fills the large, bright Berlin studio and the light sounds of Frank Ocean’s song, Ivy can be faintly heard in the background. Textile designer Nadine Goepfert has temporarily swapped her scissors and fabric for cooking utensils to prepare lunch in the common kitchen of her studio. “We don’t do

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Roman Arnold

root — Mon, 07 Sep 2015 23:00:42 +0000

As a young man, he was an enthusiastic racing cyclist, and it was his passion for bike racing that first brought him to the business. Over his last 30 years with Canyon, Arnold has built a steadily growing, internationally successful bicycle company that specializes in road bikes, used in competitions by professional Tour de France

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Uta Grosenick

root — Thu, 23 Oct 2014 23:33:11 +0000

The smell of printed color on paper, the rustle of pages as they are flipped, the light sensation in the fingers when stroking the cover; and not least the function of the book as an aesthetic object, which harmoniously draws in the reader’s existence of life and things, testifying to the emotional value that emanates

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Katharina Kemmler

root — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 23:32:00 +0000

The courage to experiment is what makes Katharina Kemmler outstanding. The Creative Director of the Kemmler Kemmler agency has been developing concepts at the intersection of art, fashion and pop culture for over ten years. She co-founded the celebrated fashion events “Friday the 13th,” developed campaigns with Oliviero Toscani and Jamie Morgan and recently created an

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Max von Senger

root — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:12:49 +0000

And thus, this is the name of Max von Senger’s bicycle store in Berlin-Mitte. The thing is, it’s anything but standard and with it he’s reinventing the traditional bicycle shop: There aren’t only bicycle frames designed by Max, but also freshly brewed filter coffee and their own homemade popsicles. Max’s Favorite Places in Berlin Berlin

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Thomas Bentz & Oliver Lühr

root — Fri, 10 Jan 2014 06:29:50 +0000

Oliver Lühr and Thomas Bentz like to clothe women – and this with great success. In 2011 both of them founded the label ‘Achtland,’ which is accompanied by the roaring sound of medial euphoria. Their style, which is a colourful and rich in detail ode to the confident, worldly woman, has impacted our contemporary landscape

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