The Museum for Communication has just opened its new exhibition: “Am I Beautiful?” looks at the cultural and biological ideals of beauty. Museum für Kommunikation is one of my favourite exhibition spaces in Mitte. It is located in a gorgeous building from 1898 directly on Leipziger Strasse. They have a well-structured and interactive permanent exhibition (a great place to visit if you have kids) and temporary exhibits dealing with trends, society, information, communication and interaction. Continue reading
Globe-M: “Bin ich schön?” at Museum für Kommunikation – article
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Documentary: “The Human Scale” – urban city planning
This afternoon I watched a screening of The Human Scale, a Danish documentary on city planning. Fascinating topic: Half of the human population lives in cities or urban agglomerations. By 2050 this number will reach 80%. Europe has it comparatively easy: over here cities and towns tend to be low-rise and quite accessible. And even cities like London or Paris are compact and well-administrated when compared to the sprawling, congested, traffic-clogged mega cities of Asia and the Indian Sub-Continent – or South/Latin America, for that matter; I would imagine problems in Rio de Janeiro or São Paulo are much the same. Continue reading
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Exhibition: “Kulturtransfers # 7 – The Space Between Us” at ifa gallery, Berlin
Ifa gallery in Linienstraße has just opened a new exhibition: “The Space Between Us” – part of the Kulturtransfers exhibition series – showcases trans-African art. The exhibition reflects on the different artistic positions and cultural connections between African and African-German art. Continue reading
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Natural Cosmetics Conference 2013: [Show Report] Authenticity, consumer insights and LOR
The Natural Cosmetics Conference took place this Tuesday and Wednesday here in Berlin. It’s the third year that I’ve attended the event and, as always, it was very worthwhile. Interesting people, good keynote speakers and well-chosen discussion topics, not to mention a very nice venue!
This year the Branchenkongress had a strong sociodemographic focus; the first day especially revolved around demographics and market research, trends and consumer behaviour – exactly my areas of interest so I took lots of notes. Here’s a brief review (find out all about LOR!): Continue reading
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Globe-M: “Ostkreuz: Westwärts” at C/O Berlin – article
Tonight is the grand opening of C/O Berlin’s new open-air exhibition: “Ostkreuz: To the West” features the works of thirteen photographers from famous photo agency Ostkreuz. C/O Berlin invited the Ostkreuz photographers to take pictures of today’s Charlottenburg, the neighbourhood where C/O Berlin is now located. Continue reading
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Brand Profile: Kryolan
Kryolan is a professional makeup artist brand from Berlin. It was established in 1945; Kryolan’s core business is film and theater makeup, they make artificial blood, body fluids and scars, camouflage and HD products; they are also very popular with makeup artists. And they have a great range of “regular” makeup. I love their Camouflage Powder; have been buying it for years. Read my Mintel article here.
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ECM article: Online retailer Point Rouge
My first Retail Focus article for cosmeticsbusiness.com is about online retailer Point Rouge. A direct competitor of Planet Prestige!
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ECM market report: Colour Cosmetics
Obviously I can’t post the entire market report. However, here are a couple of the main trends and market drivers that have characterised the German colour cosmetics segments in 2012/2013:
1) limited editions! This is a unique aspect of the German colour cosmetics market. We have four drug store brands here – Palmer’s P2, Coty’s Manhattan and Cosnova’s Catrice and Essence – that have the same target group (the teen and twen market) and a similar entry-level pricing. These three companies are fierce competitors and they battle it out with a product launch pace that has to be seen to be believed. Continue reading
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Exhibition: “Spatial Structures” at The Wye, Kreuzberg
This Friday evening a new exhibition opens at The Wye on Skalitzer Strasse (Kreuzberg): “Spatial Structures” features works by artist Jenny Keuter – check out the exhibition website, it looks great; I think I might write an article for globe-M on this. The vernissage is from 7pm to 10pm on Friday, 20th September at The Wye.
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New project – www.cosmeticsbusiness.com
Starting this month I’ll be writing a regular series of articles and market analyses for www.cosmeticsbusiness.com – market reports for ECM magazine and monthly Retail Focus pieces on interesting German retailers for the website. Looking forward to it!
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TRENDS. TRAVELS. AND BERLIN 