ModelPeople is a market/trend research company with a special focus on global consumer trends/consumer behaviour. Check out their GlobalCultureBlog (love the concept!!) – they have trend researchers/contributors in the cities you see listed on the website. These contributors regularly write about trends that appear in their local market/culture. And I’m the new Berlin city correspondent. Yay! Here is the link to my first Berlin article: Handmade/Remade: Individualization in Berlin.
Globe-M: “The Unanswered Question. İskele 2” at Tanas gallery – article
“The Unanswered Question. İskele 2” is a cooperation between Tanas and the Neue Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.) and presents international artists, musicians and performers from Turkey and the surrounding geopolitical areas. It is also Tanas’ very last exhibition since the arts space is going to close its doors this year. Sniff.
The exhibition is accompanied by a series of performances and other events that will take place at Tanas, HAU (Hebbel am Ufer) theatre and n.b.k. More information here: www.tanasberlin.de/index.php?lang=en&nav=vorschau. The exhibition opens on 8th September 2013 and the vernissage is on Saturday, 7th: from 5-7pm at Tanas and from 7pm onwards there’ll be a concert and party at n.b.k. Yay!
And here is my globe-M article: Ankunft und Abschied.
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Exhibition: “Süden. Villa Romana – Art, Music & Performance” at Deutsche Bank KunstHalle
Today a new exhibition opens at KunstHalle Unter den Linden. “Süden. Villa Romana – Art, Music & Performance” presents the works of artists Shannon Bool, Mariechen Danz, Heide Hinrichs and Daniel Meier-Reimer, the Villa Romana Fellows of 2013. Continue reading
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Store Profile: Harry Lehmann perfumery – a Berlin legend
Harry Lehmann is a true Berlin institution. And my current Mintel Cityscape article. The company was founded in 1926 by the eponymous Berlin perfumer who came up with the following retail concept: sell high quality fragrances by weight, let customers bring their own bottles and combine all of this with affordable prices. Not surprisingly, this strategy proved to be popular with Berliners (and not just because of Berlin and Germany were already stuck in a major economic depression!). Continue reading
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Mintel articles: Niche in Prenzlauer Berg and Belle Rebelle in Charlottenburg
Here are the Mintel Cityscape profiles I wrote about Niche Parfum & Showroom (Perfume in the Frame) and Belle Rebelle – enjoy but please respect the copyright!
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Exhibition: “Meret Oppenheim – Retrospektive” at Gropius-Bau
Tomorrow the Meret Oppenheim retrospective will officially open in the Gropius-Bau art museum near Potsdamer Platz. The museum had the official pre-opening press conference today and the participants were able to view the exhibition in advance. For those who don’t know who Meret Oppenheim was (I didn’t initially): she is – or rather was – one of the most important female Surrealist artists of the 20th Century!
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Off-Topic: RIP Bouvier
Last month one of my favourite book stores closed its doors forever – Bouvier Buchhandlung in Bonn, Germany. Initially founded in 1828, Bouvier is a true legend in Bonn and the entire Rhineland area. A university book store with an amazing selection of just about any genre and well-informed and enthusiastic employees. Bouvier rules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or ruled, rather. Continue reading
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Globe-M: “Tarantel 2”, photography at Künstlerhaus Bethanien – article
“Tarantel 2”, the new exhibition at Künstlerhaus Bethanien, brings together four international photographers – Elin Høyland from Norway, Vadim Gushchin and Lucia Ganieva from Russia and Thomas Sandberg from Germany. Four very different sujets but equally fascinating; highly recommended. The exhibition is running until 4th August 2013 and entry is free. Check out www.bethanien.de/en/exhibitions/tarantel-2. And here is the globe-M article: Der Biss der Spinne.
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Globe-M: “Bourgeoisie, Swing and Molotov Cocktails” exhibition at C/O Berlin – article
A new C/O Berlin exhibition which is starting tomorrow – Globe-M article: Amerika in Berlin. The background: C/O Berlin is one of the most high-profile photography exhibition galleries in Berlin. They’re a non-profit foundation and were established in 2000; for many photography fans they have an almost iconic status. For the last 13 years C/O Berlin was based in the old Postfuhramt on Oranienburger Straße in Mitte, a truly spectacular historical building. However, this March the gallery had to leave its Mitte location; they moved to Charlottenburg instead, into the Amerika Haus on Hardenbergstraße just behind Bahnhof Zoo train station. Continue reading
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Store Profile: Planet Prestige
Planet Prestige is an online store for premium and niche beauty which was founded in December 2012. So far so good. But, and that is the unusual twist, unlike most online retailers the company has also opened a perfumery here in Berlin. Yes, a proper bricks-and-mortar store.
According to current EU legislation you can only sell cosmetics online if you also have at least one real store, so most online retailers have a street address somewhere to satisfy the requirements and that’s it. The Planet Prestige store on Oranienburger Straße 27, however, is a very stylish stand-alone store. It is also my current Mintel article topic. Continue reading
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TRENDS. TRAVELS. AND BERLIN 