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Breaking The Mould: Dan Leş

root — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 23:30:12 +0000

Dan Leş is a figurative ceramicist, living in the isolated Maramureş valley of Northern Romania. He’s been working with clay for over 40 years; in that time his pieces have won multiple awards and appeared in the Museum of National Ethnography. He learnt his craft from his father, and for several years the pair ran

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Throwback: Juerg Judin’s Urban Oasis in a ’50s Gas Station

root — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 23:31:37 +0000

For decades, he was successful in the movie business. Today, he’s one of the most influential gallerists in Berlin. Here’s a throwback to when Juerg Judin live in what is now the Zeit Café in a converted ‘50s gas station in the middle of Schöneberg. Juerg’s living quarters are connected to a library and private

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Stepping Inside a Geometric Universe: Andreas Jarner

root — Wed, 21 Oct 2015 22:30:48 +0000

His prints feature textured objects contrasted against clean backgrounds. They are aesthetic and somber pauses that draw in the eye and leave the mind at rest. After finishing high school and traveling the world, at age 24, he started his first design company, KBHM. He moved on to study graphic design at the Danish School

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Tomorrow Today: Gallery Festival in Vienna

root — Mon, 19 Oct 2015 22:30:17 +0000

As part of curated by_vienna, the participating galleries turn their attention to a common theme in exhibitions designed by international curators. This year, it offered fuel for a controversial debate along the way. Under the banner “Tomorrow Today,” curated by_vienna was held in September and October, 2015 for the seventh time. Organized since 2009 by the

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FvF Concert: Rooftop Takeover

root — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 22:30:54 +0000

A who’s-who of more than 200 artists – including Florence and the Machine, Aloe Blacc and Incubus – have taken part since the concept was born in 2010, and this time, supergroup No Devotion and Germany’s own Cosby took their turn. The idea was the brainchild of Conrad Fritzsch, CEO and founder of tape.tv – a free to use, social

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Nawab Khan

root — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 23:30:34 +0000

Today, though, Jodhpur has swelled (it’s now a highly-trafficked tourist attraction, as well as Rajasthan’s second-largest metropolis), but it remains home to a wealth of time-honored traditions. So it’s fitting that it was in this city that Nawab Khan entered the world, destined to follow in his family’s own deeply-planted footsteps. Unwritten Sounds of the

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Margot Deerenberg

root — Mon, 09 Feb 2015 00:45:11 +0000

At Packhaus more than 170 people from different fields – including IT, technology, fashion, design, science, crafts and social fields – work, tinker and cooperate in over 2800 sqm over seven floors, thanks to the dedication of Margot Deerenberg and the Paradocks team. The project, housed in a 1970s office building directly across from the Sophiensäle,

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Camille Boyer

root — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:11:14 +0000

For the past 15 years she’s lived in Vienna and her presenceensures that the local scene is a tick more international. Together with Marlene Agreiter she’s founded the AFA, the Austrian Fashion Association, which serves as an important interface between creative and classical economy. The AFA decided on the allocation of fashion subsidies of the

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Christian Awe

root — Sun, 26 Oct 2014 08:36:15 +0000

Today, the former sprayer creates the majority of his paintings in a very different setting – his bright rooftop studio in Berlin. Vivid works on canvas dominate his output, but he’s still occasionally able to return to walls – as seen on the mural he executed on a 500sqm building façade in Berlin’s Lichtenberg neighborhood.

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Dustin Humphrey

root — Mon, 28 Jul 2014 00:57:08 +0000

In surf photography, it’s typically all about the location – a sun setting through the waves or the perfect green room – but sometimes there’s just someone who sees things differently. In the mid-90s Dustin Humphrey made a name for himself with his wholly unique vision for surf photography. One of his most memorable projects,

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