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Berlin might not be the number one city in re- and inviting place for small-scale offices special- gard to counterculture anymore, with most of its ising in architecture & design, fashion & pho- DJs, squatters, graffitists, piercers and tattoo boys tography, performance & fine arts, advertising & girls closing their boutiques and settling down & consulting, and television, press & publishing. with their kids in spacious apartments close to Besides all that, it is a centre for the many playful Kollwitzplatz or Victoriapark, working their way initiatives that all sprouted from this very place, through the creative industries as graphic design- whether it be chess boxing or tomato farming ers, fashion photographers and advertising con- at Tempelhof airport. In the meantime, at an sultants. The euphoria following the tearing down advanced level, Berlin has become a haven for of the Wall is already old-hat: the city of endless international events such as the Berlinale Film possibilities became a city of congestion – and of Festival, Berlin Fashion Week, DMY Design Fes- new economic realities. Like many places, Berlin tival, the Popkomm International Music Business has not been saved from gentrification. In less Market, and even the Venus International Erotic than 10 years, Mitte's little shops and creative Trade Fair, ranking this as one of the world’s studios have moved further away to Wedding most frenetic cities for fairs, congresses and con- or Friedrichshain, making way for international ventions. And now there’s Qubique, a next gen- brands and groups of tourists and shoppers. eration trade show… The show is very much going on. / But Berlin is a survivor. Although a lot may have

changed, it still remains a creative, open-minded photo: walter bettens 4 IHRE IDEEN HABEN ZUKUNFT. BERLIN HAT DEN PLATZ DAFÜR.

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EDITO //////////////////// berlin, found and lost and found and 4 Exciting times. Berlin sizzles, boils over, becomes tepid and then bubbles away again. This tendency is surely a strength, but of course it makes for some confusion. Which way will things go – which way should they go - ask the decision-makers. Still, one cannot help but notice the sheer bounce in the way Berlin moves and shakes. Just when everything looks grim, everything becomes possible once again. //////////////////PHOTo: walter bettens Space for change Creative utopia 14 West Berlin - East Berlin, how things have changed during recent years. However, the considerable physical transformation and the plethora of creative activity in today's Berlin lack financial back up or solid infrastructure, as if 'real' change – the sort that brings credibility and stature – has yet to come. But right now, and for a while already, a great deal of creative energy is accommodated and many a happy artistic

Palast der Republik, photo © GERRIT ENGEL soul facilitated.

Just how significant is Berlin as a location for Design? Caught between a rock and a hard place 22 When it comes to a discussion on the appropriateness of Berlin being a centre for design, it's complicated. With so many active designers located here and much good energy being spent producing respectable output, it is hard to wonder why not. Still, as the guys doing all the organising of the fairs and events are quick to point out, the viability of this well-deserved status is riddled with question marks.

left to right: Ulrich Fiedler, Gallery for Design, Berlin; Tido von Oppeln, Zurich University of the Arts; Matthias Dietz, Realgestalt GmbH, Berlin; Hermann August Weizenegger, Designer,Berlin and Martin Heller, Heller Enterprises, Zürich. PHOTO © Markus JAns

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Taking Off Terminal rejigging 30 Qubique aims to be a design fair with a difference. And not just because it has cleverly appropriated the stunning venue that is the former Tempelhof airport, but also because its three initiators have carefully con- cocted the ideal ingredients. Having considered all the angles, from assembling the best design companies, to

providing the most pleasing environment, to preventing photo © Buchstabenmuseum the visitor from struggling to find a taxi, it would seem that it should indeed go down a treat. Those were the days Lost for words 38 There's a zone in which time has not proceeded past //////////////////the destruction of the Wall. A shopping centre at Alex- anderplatz. Within this odd milieu is situated the Mu- seum of Letters, and within this very special museum can be found preserved and documented typographic objects, letterforms and signage extracted from public spaces in Berlin and around the world. Most likely the only such assemblage anywhere, items span from significant single letters to whole words... !

the qubique event simulation inside THE FORMER BERLIN TEMPELHOF AIRPORT, image © OFFSHOW STYLISH DIY Hartz IV MÖBEL: Le van bo 44 Inspired by the Bauhaus concept that good design should be available to a broad public as well as being of fine form and aesthetically pleasing, Berlin designer Le van Bo has created a range of furniture items that anyone can possess simply by downloading via internet the instructions for making it oneself, at

no charge. For merely the cost of the Iepe Rubingh at the chess boxing apartment, photo: walter bettens materials and a small number of working hours, it is possible to construct fits like a glove oneself a well-designed object! Berlin and Chess boxing 50 An ambiguous sport, literally and intentionally, chess boxing is really catching on. Actively involving both the cerebral game of chess and honest-to-goodness boxing, this is a sport decidedly unlike others. Berlin remains at the top of the champions list, with ever-growing interest worldwide. It could be thought that the chess aspect is the one that garners all the fascination, but the 24 Euro Chair - INSPIRED BY TIMELESS MODERN CLASSICS - TAKES about 24 MINUTES to make somehow we're pretty sure that it's the bodily fluids. 8 easy pieces Design Kati Meyer-Brühl

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URBAN GARDENING Agriculture comes to town 56 It augurs well that a former Nazi-style airport site, once described by Norman Foster as 'the mother of all airports', should be reinterpreted to accommodate garden allotments in which city dwellers can plant and grow their own vegetables. Situated near Kreuzberg and Neukölln, this DIY hobby is catching on fast, with modern, motivated citizens joining in at an enthusiastic

pace. Clearly an initiative whose time has come. PHOTO © bessaam el-asmar Built in Berlin Improving upon the past 62 //////////////////Many a juicy opportunity has been missed in regard to matters of urban planning in Berlin over the years, including the time since the fall of the Wall. Riddled with issues from before and after partition, the city's track record qua architectural endeavours of note, for the most part, has little to commend it. But times are finally changing, as existing buildings begin to receive authentic

Gallery and studio building by Arno Brandlhuber in contemporary touches, properly reflecting the present. collaboration with Markus Emde / ERA, photo © walter bettens

PRODUCTIVITY 72 agenda 92 It's always fun to dip into the pool of stuff coming onto Kicking off the with the festival of lights, Berlin hunkers the market and see what appears. There are plenty of down for a wintery warm array of activities to fondly chairs and lights, as is the norm, but innovation or the amuse all hearts and souls... there's music, architecture, attempt thereof certainly never ceases. This time the fairytales, tattoos, short film, design, photos and art of products range from a flat-packed bed to luxurious every ilk, oh my! And all of these events are there on fabrics to elegant, adaptable lighting, to shelving sys- the doorstep, ready for consumption by culture hungry tems, and, by way of a sinuously configured coat rack, creatures, like you and us. to carpet tiles, for goodness sake!

Ein wahres Märchen a fairytale by martin heller 104 Martin Heller, former director of the Zurich Design Museum, amongst many other prominent roles, has his hand in several Berlin pies these days, lending experi- ence and insight into things like think tank discussions on IBA 2020 and the planning of the Humboldt-Forum in the new Berlin City Castle. Appropriately enough, he has written a present-day fairytale. Fauteuil de Salon SPECIAL EDITION CHAIR FROM THE PROUVÉ/ RAW SERIES, DESIGN: Jean Prouvé, Photo: Goodbye-Limits

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The passage of time is inherent to life and leaves its mark on all of human civilisation, but in terms of pace there are waves that rise in certain places at certain times. Berlin is most definitely a city in which the curve of change over the recent past can be readily seen and felt.

Creative options: Artists and theatre groups took over the remains of the former department store 'Passage'. The building, located in the historical Jewish quarter in Berlin Mitte, was originally built at the beginning of the last century. After the fall of the Wall, it was renamed 'Tacheles' and became a creative platform for alternative art

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text / Sandra Hofmeister the German Parliament decided to rebuild this former Royal palace of the German Democratic Republic in the very void that it left in the middle of the city centre It is clearly an ebullient time here, most especially in the creative arenas, as a vast amount of space and reasonable rents invite a wide array of residents and for many West Germans, Berlin was a place that engender artistic endeavours. But where existed only in their memory, a blind spot on the is the 'real' change, the one that gives map – in the middle of a no man’s land. weight to this new, singular metropolis? That was when I moved to West Berlin and ex- There was a time when West Berlin was an is- perienced the first weeks of my studies at the land, surrounded by 'the enemy'. Nobody really Technical University. Life was easy then. In addi- wanted to live on this island even though to the tion to the earnings from our student jobs, we whole world it was considered a symbolic place. received 15% extra-pay on top for living in Berlin, A lot of companies had left their buildings and plus: phone calls weren't calculated in minute- moved to other cities in Western Germany. And units, it was easy to find a flat-sharing commu-

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16 nity, and the city was full of male students who forgotten architectural highlights and looked up wanted to avoid army conscription in the Fed- to the monumental pastry chef’s sugar baker's eral Republic of Germany. When the Wall fell, style of socialist architecture. And of course we this daily routine went haywire and there was no spent a lot of time dancing and discussing things way to continue as before. I remember spend- in illegal bars, establishing our first ties with stu- ing the cold nights of November 1989 standing dents from beyond the Wall. Even when all this on the Wall, shouting angry noises at the per- became daily routine and politics found a way to plexed East Berlin policemen and menacing wa- arrange things, Berlin was still a ruin, for the most ter guns deployed in the 'death strip' next to the part – the Tacheles Art House remains unforget- Brandenburg Gate. One night we entered the table, the derelict New Museum… Everybody German Democratic Republic and had a quick thought Berlin would become an industrial cen- promenade at Unter den Linden, full of fear that tre like many West German cities. But up until we mightn’t be able to make our way back home now this has not happened. Nor has the shifting to the West. When the first DDR families came of the German government from Bonn to Berlin to West Berlin, we warmly welcomed them at much affected the situation. Checkpoint Charlie and made our first acquaint- ance with East Berliners. Our nighttime excur- Berlin is still waiting for a change. The city is more sions to the East became daytime activities. We a capital of the mind than of reality – there re- explored working-class quarters, zeroed in on mains this sensation of a void. When the Pots- 17 DAMN° guide BERLIN 2011 / CREATIVE UTOPIA

damer Platz was built, we were all disappointed In the same streets explored long before – in at the missed opportunity for a thrilling new Mitte, Friedrichshain and Prenzlauer Berg, more zone. The former DDR architecture had mostly new shops have opened every time I pass, while been demolished, as if one could delete an era others have disappeared. Some sell hand-mould- by deleting its buildings. Instead of our dreams, ed soaps, while other ones offer tailored clothes only huge loopholes appeared, and Western for kids and babies. It seems that everybody has mainstream ideology slowly settled in. The era of discovered his/her creative vein and everybody is the island was over, our studies completed, and, an artist. The cafés are full of young people get- as there were no jobs at all in the new capital, ting things done on laptops, involved in the crea- many of us moved to other places. tive industries – film and fashion, design and art – having adopted the city as their reservoir. Rents Room for all are still affordable and make people from other Coming back to Berlin nowadays, I am aston- cities envious. There is enough space for every- ished by the creative potential of the urban one in Berlin, for families and students, Turks and space to reinvent itself over short time periods. Russians, politicians and the unemployed. The 18 The former DDR architecture had mostly been demolished, as if one could delete an era by deleting its buildings.

Ruins of the German Democratic Republic: Berlin based photographer Gerrit Engel documented the demolition of the Palace of the Republic and its ultimate disappearance. Today, only its memory is perceivable.

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main characteristic of the city today is the kind of free space where different initiatives can grow. Hartz IV furniture, Chess Boxing and urban gar- dening, all find their admirers, their public, and their way to survive in Berlin, as do the many artists who are unknown at an international lev- el. They would never find these attributes else- where. But still, Berlin misses financially strong clients and it seems that the city is still waiting for its economic future. As long as this lasts, Berlin is a good place for creative people from all over Europe. It is the imaginative scope of ideas that Berlin stories: Department sore Jonass was inaugurated in 1929. After expropriation of the Jewish owners by the Nazis, the makes the city poor but sexy, as the mayor of building was used by the Hitler Youth organisation, and later became the headquarters of the Socialist Unity Party of the Berlin once stated. / GDR (top)

Socialist classicism: Karl-Marx-Allee was a propagandistic example of a 'workers palace'. During construction in 1953, the workers revolted against the Central Committee of the Social Unity Party(above)

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Design à la Berlin. So much potential; so many questions. Active at all levels, there is no paucity of creativity in this multifaceted metropolis. It's more that the infrastructure is rather feeble – what to do with all that output when there is no industry to support it.

left to right: Ulrich Fiedler, Gallery for Design, Berlin; Tido von Oppeln, Zurich University of the Arts; Matthias Dietz, Realgestalt GmbH, Berlin;Hermann August Weizenegger, Designer,Berlin and Martin Heller, Heller Enterprises, Zürich

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////////////////////////////////// Just how significant is Berlin as a location for Design? Caught between a rock and a hard place text / tido von oppeln

Having now amassed a number of re- spectable fairs highlighting all that Berlin designers have to offer, and attracting international participation alongside, Wilhelminian era can still be seen here. In 1978, Berlin's potential as some kind of design the DAAD: Deutscher Akademischer Austausch- hub is certainly a prospect to be taken dienst (German Academic Exchange Office) gal- seriously. The chaps initiating all the lery moved into a former private premises on the action and serving as ambassadors of first floor of one of these townhouses.A cultural progress all have valid points to make workplace was thus created in the immediate about the viability of this evolution. neighbourhood of Berlin 's International Design Centre, whose construction, architecture and de- It’s a Sunday afternoon in October. We are meet- sign were supervised by luminaries such as Ettore ing up in the Lebensstern Bar on Kurfürsten- Sottsass and Fritz Bornemann. During that time strasse. Only a few townhouses dating from the Berlin became an important centre for German

Martin Heller, Heller Enterprises, Zürich

24 design. Exhibitions and media attention highlighted space of time, internationally recognised artists designers such as Stiletto and Volker Albus, and and galleries established themselves. Kunstwerke, also design and architectural historians like Chris- the exhibition venue in the Auguststrasse, and tian Borngräber. Jasper Morrison even had one of Hamburger Bahnhof, exemplify two museums the first important installations here with S' ome that brought contemporary art into mainstream new items for the home, Part I' in 1987. Today the consciousness in Berlin. The city turned into what DAAD gallery is in the Zimmerstrasse, where you Klaus Wowereit described as “poor but sexy”, will also find an active bar culture. though sadly lacking the design. That did not ap- pear to be of interest. Why has there been such a lack of interest in Berlin, while Weil am Rhein and London both MAKING PROGRESS founded design museums in 1989? Why has the In 2000, the Vitra furniture manufacturer from interest in the design scene not prompted an in- Baden Würtenberg opened the Vitra Design stitution? Did the years of upheaval – when the Museum in Prenzlauer Berg. Over the course of Wall collapsed – and the wonder of a peace- four years, this provided an important contribu- ful revolution lead to a disinterest in design? tion to the rich array of museums in Berlin and Just when change was headed toward a spe- played a part in the debate on design. Aside from cific cultural climate and the unexplained own- the Kunstgewerbemuseum, the Werkbundarchiv ership structures of much inner-city real estate and the Sammlung Industrielle Formgestaltung, turned the town into a magnet for international this was a contemporary version of a museum culture, music and club scenes. Within a short for Applied Arts. When Vitra moved the mu- 25 DAMN° guide BERLIN 2011 / DESIGN

seum out of Berlin, it was replaced with a festi- cisely because there is no large employer in that val that recurs every spring. For nearly 10 years industry? These topics are discussed by: Matthias now, Designmai and its unconventional partner Dietz, Designer and member of the board of DMY have together been drawing the attention directors at Realgestalt GmbH; Ulrich Fiedler, of Berliners interested in design, as well as trade design gallery owner; Martin Heller, curator and experts. Promoted by the senate and established former director of the Museum für Gestaltung in to a large extent as a festival for design culture, Zürich; and Hermann August Weizenegger, de- DMY has grown to become a major event. De- signer and curator of the Black Box that will be sign exhibitions from Berlin and Germany are presented as part of Qubique. globally coordinated by DMY, which, as a result of its commitment, has become the ambassador UP FOR DISCUSSION of German and Berlin design culture. A discussion on the role of design in Berlin was prompted at the start of the year. The council for The Qubique exhibition, which includes a design is discussing the necessity and justification number of international furniture manufacturers for a German Museum of Design based in Ber- in its profile, raises the fundamental question – is lin. Qubique, the new furniture/design trade fair design actually a matter of culture? Should we is hosted here for the first time this year.T hese be promoting design? Would a trade fair perhaps events give the attentive observer reason to spec- be more appropriate? What role does design ulate. Martin Heller: "As far as urban development play in Berlin? How can this city position itself is concerned, it would be far better if Berlin were attractively without strong industrial support? Is not just a place for discussion. Economically, the there a market in Berlin, can it become a venue cards have been dealt, so how can the situation be in which to discuss design? Is it even qualified made to change for the better? Without produc- to lead a culture-minded debate on design, pre- tion sites there is no friction in the market in the

Matthias Dietz, Realgestalt GmbH, Berlin Hermann August Weizenegger, Designer,Berlin

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'As far as urban development is concerned, it would be far better if Berlin were not just a place for discussion...'

left to right: Tido von Oppeln, Zurich University of the Arts; Matthias Dietz, Realgestalt GmbH, Berlin; Hermann August Weizenegger, Designer,Berlin; Martin Heller, Heller Enterprises, Zürich and Ulrich Fiedler, Gallery for Design, Berlin

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Tido von Oppeln, Zurich University of the Arts; Matthias Dietz, Realgestalt GmbH, Berlin

What are the needs of a design culture? Her- mann August Weizenegger: "When we created Designmai there was the pretence of cost ef- fectiveness to consider. However, we did not have any form of dialogue with industry. We basically only had creative output. That is why I proposed the Black Box project for the Qubique trade fair. It has a format whereby manufactur- ers can express their interest in individual design items, and contacts can be established." Matthias

Ulrich Fiedler, Gallery for Design, Berlin Dietz: "And regarding the discussion on muse- ums, design is multifaceted. You have interactive long term." If a market for goods is to give incen- design, fashion design, product design and author tive for production, the question is clearly whether design – considering this variety we would re- design changes sides and the DMY, as a festival, quire a forum in which the discourse stretches is replaced with a commercial trade fair. Is design beyond design into the theory of design. That then not simply seen as an economic commodity? would require new and different dimensions for Ulrich Fiedler: "It’s not as simple as that when you a museum." / consider that a lot of designers have moved to Berlin specifically because of its creative environ- ment – things are produced here but there is no production. I believe that it is not even necessary, when considering globalisation." 28 - 26 – 29 OCT. 2011 - QUBIQUE FLUGHAFEN BERLIN TEMPELHOF H: 10.00 FOSCARINI EVOLUTION – 19.00 A STANDARD COLLECTION GIVES BIRTH TO LARGE- SCALE LUMINOUS SCENERY MORE THAN LAMPS, PURE EMOTION - foscarini.com 29 /////////////////////////// BERLIN QUBIQUE

Tempelhof was one of the most amazing airports in Europe to fly into and out of. That it makes a tremendous setting for a design fair is not surprising in the least; however, it comes as a delight that it is being utilised for this purpose, especially given that the event we refer-to is the first-ever launch of Qubique...

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... Qubique, a fair that promises to be all-inclusive in regard to top design and several cuts above the rest in regard to quality of experience. Having pulled out all the stops, the three initiators are set- tling for nothing less than full marks.

The potential was striking, looking at the old THE FORMER BERLIN TEMPELHOF AIRPORT, photo © OFFSHOW fire station at Berlin'sT empelhof Airport. De- spite the fact that the building, designed in the Rune decided to incorporate the building’s 1930s, has only ceased to operate in its origi- original use into their new project for British nal function in 2008, the authentic features of manufacturer Established & Sons, designing this iconic complex are still very much alive. a furniture display the size and colour of five Inspired by the architecture, famous for its Na- fire engines.T he installation will be unveiled at tional Socialist style, featuring columns, arcades Qubique, a new furniture fair that takes place and a scale so large it could only serve to in- for the first time from 26 to 29O ctober in the timidate, Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto disused airport.

the qubique event simulation inside THE FORMER BERLIN TEMPELHOF AIRPORT, image © OFFSHOW

32 the qubique initiators: Matthias Schmidt (left), Ulrich Weingärtner (middle) and Ruben Hutschemaekers (right) We want to create the complete antithesis of the typical experience – overpriced hotel rooms, lousy food, overfilled venues and the permanent struggle to find a taxi.

For Qubique Schmidt, Weingärtner and Hutschemaekers interfered with the exhibition structure, creating a comprehensive environment with an open stand assembly.

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'To Make a Tree', an installation by designer/architect Fabio Novembre

The unveiling is a highlight of this inaugural trade show, demonstrating the location as an organic element within the overall presentation – stand- ing, as it does, in contrast to traditional fair sur- roundings. Right from the beginning, the initia- tors Matthias Schmidt, Ulrich Weingärtner and Ruben Hutschemaekers decided that Qubique was to be more than just a trade fair. “We want to create the complete antithesis of the typi-

cal experience – overpriced hotel rooms, lousy Foscarini's Metamorphosis installation at Qubique food, overfilled venues and the permanent strug- gle to find a taxi”, says Schmidt. And he knows hensive environment with an assembly of open what he is talking about. For the past few years, stands, high quality catering, lighting and music, he and Ulrich Weingärtner worked for Berlin’s alongside a series of integrated fringe events. Bread & Butter, a prime example of a fashion fair transformed into a lively event, proving that Sights set high a fair can be both professional and entertaining. “We want to gather the best international design For Qubique, the threesome interfered with and interior concepts here at the former Tem- the structure; namely, the entrance hall, former pelhof airport”, explains Schmidt. “That means hangars and canopied airfield, creating a compre- that everything that's currently scattered all 34 over the globe in a dozen different events will be concentrated here in Berlin.” In the hangars, approximately 90 international furniture com- panies, selected for their innovative design and good craftsmanship, are presenting products that are – in contrast to most objects shown at DMY, Berlin’s design festival in June – beyond proto- type stage. A special section, Qubique Factory, devoted to process, finds German manufacturer Hermann August Weizenegger and Qubique present a prototype platform - For manufacturers only (top) Thonet, for instance, lending insight into the mak- The British band 'Noisettes' scheduled to play at the Opening ing of its famous ‘214’ bentwood chair, thanks to (left) a mobile steam oven and a chair-seat weaver. The MAARTEN BAAS' EMPTY CHAIR FOR AMENESTY (above) 35 DAMN° guide BERLIN 2011 / qUBIqUE

Premium furniture and design objects - production process revealed, featuring Thonet

fringe event, Ventura Berlin, an interpretation of Ventura Lambrate, a side show at Milan’s furni- ture fair renowned for its curated selection of emerging and established creatives, is a nice ac- companiment to the commercial fair. A highlight is ‘The Empty Chair’ by Dutch designer Maarten Baas for Amnesty, presented for the first time outside The Netherlands.

Underlining the uniqueness of the venue, both the airfield and check-in hall will house Qubique's key components. Outside on the airfield, big tents serve asVIP areas and places for special events – from the opening reception and designers talks to the closing party, and in the impressive check-in hall, eight former travel agents booths are occupied by independent de- sign galleries, breathing life back into the main entrance zone. /

Swedish architects Claesson Koivisto Rune decided to incorporate the building’s original use into their new project for British manufacturer Established & Sons, designing a furniture display in the 26-29 october 2011 size and colour of five fire engines. www.qubique.com

36 Qubique Qubique October 26 – 29, 2011 26.– 29. Oktober 2011 Airport Berlin Tempelhof Flughafen Berlin Tempelhof Hangar 5, Booth # 6.1 Hangar 5, Stand # 6.1 Opening Hours: 10 am – 7 pm Öffnungszeiten: 10 – 19 Uhr ARTEK.FI 37 ////// MUSEUM OF LETTERS

////// Those were the days Lost for words

text / Silvia Anna Barrilà

photo © Buchstabenmuseum

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Nostalgia is a funny thing. A common tendency that when materialised in the form of a frozen moment, especially a massive collection of them gathered together in one place, generates a decidedly unnatural atmosphere. So it is with the Museum of Letters, where isolated fragments of significant entities, people or even films, have been scavenged and lovingly preserved to admire anew, however far out of context.

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/////////// thOSE WERE THE DAYS LOST FOR WORDS

text / Silvia Anna Barrilà

Two letter collectors began this careful documentation of typographic objects, letterforms and signage some six years ago, expanding and then relocating only last year to inhabit their Alexanderplatz location.

Barbara Dechant and Anja Schulze PHOTO BY AART VAN BEZOOYEN © core 77

40 above left: PHoto © Kilian Krug above right: PHoto © Michael Setzpfandt right: PHoto by Aart van Bezooyen © Core77

The Berlin Carré Shopping Centre at Alexan- derplatz is a place of nostalgia. Here time seems to have halted at the point just before the wall came down, sparing it from all the hype of the new German capital. The neologism Ostalgie, derived from the German words “Ost” (east) and “Nostalgie”, defines the atmosphere of the whole building well, from its architecture to its individual premises – the most sentimental place being the Ostpaket shop, which sells everyday goods and brands from the ex-GDR.

LITERALLY YOURS In times of global financial and economic crisis, This context is the ideal backdrop for the the Museum of Letters recalls small family-run Buchstabenmuseum, or Museum of Letters, businesses that have since disappeared and the first and probably only museum devoted big companies that contributed to the recon- to preserving and documenting typographic struction of Germany after the war, turning objects, letterforms and signage extracted the country into an economic powerhouse, from public spaces in Berlin and around the and includes signage and lighting fixtures that world. Founded in 2005 by two passionate have since become part of the collective urban 'letter collectors', Barbara Dechant and Anja memory. The museum not only researches and Schulze, it started out as a depot at Frankfurt- documents their stories, but investigates their er Tor, and then expanded in 2010, relocating unique typographic qualities and manufacturing to the Berlin Carré. processes as well. 41 DAMN° guide BERLIN 2011 / MUSEUM OF LETTERS

ABOVE: © Buchstabenmuseum ABOVE RIGHT: Photo © Aaron R.

– the only letter that survived the Cinema Le Gamaar explosion. But also to be found here are entire names of businesses both small and large, from shipping company Harry W. Hamacher to car corporation Daimler Crysler, from national energy providers BEWAG and AEG to the inter- national hotel chain Holiday Inn.

Pride of place is reserved for the Zierfische (or- namental fishes), pretty neon creatures designed by Manfred Gensicke – author of many other Berlin signs – to symbolise the most famous pet shop in town, a gem that survived an attempted theft (luckily the ladder wasn't long enough)!

© Buchstabenmuseum Typography experts and nostalgic citizens alike are welcome to support Museum of Letters ac- Gimme an H... tivities by becoming a Friend of the museum. The Among the relics are the 'H' of Hauptbahnhof registration fee is equal to the numbers of letters (central station), which fell down when it was in the name of the aspirant member, while the downgraded to Ostbahnhof (east station); the annual membership fee is 26 Euros: 21 Euros for 'E' of Albert Einstein that decorated the city the consonants and 5 Euros for the vowels! / during the 50th anniversary commemoration of

his death; and another 'E', this one from the set IMAGES: EXCEPTIONAL PIECES FROM THE REMAKE OF THE BUCHSTABEN- MUSEUM, BY THE Coburg University of Applied Sciences of Quentin Tarantino’s film 'Inglorious Bastards' www. buchstabenmuseum.de 42 VORWERK TEPPICH

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VOR11067_AZ_150x210_Qubique_RZ.indd 1 05.10.11 12:10 /////////////////////// HARTZ IV MÖBEL Laos-born Le van Bo has entertained his deep-seated wish to enable ordinary folk to possess their own design items. Drawing from the ideals of the Bauhaus, he has managed to create furniture that can be assembled by anyone, in the privacy of their own surroundings, for next to nothing.

///////////////////// furniture on a shoestring Stylish DIY

text / Silvia Anna Barrilà

le van BO on his 24 Euro Chair photo © Cem Guenes

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/// furniture on a shoestring STYLISH DIY

text / Silvia Anna Barrilà

By downloading the construction instructions for free via internet, and then purchasing the necessary (mod- est) materials, one has all that is needed to produce said item. With a range of furniture pieces that includes a chair, cof- fee table, stool, shelf, and more, there is now nothing to separate them and us.

the 24 Euro Chair - INSPIRED BY TIMELESS MODERN CLASSICS - TAKES about 24 MINUTES to make

Berliner Hocker, or Berlin stool, which anyone can construct in only 10 minutes for 10 Euros using 10 screws

46 THE complete 'hartz IV Möbel' series PHoto © Daniela Kleint

Is designer furniture today a luxury reserved for structions for building his furniture for free via people with money? No. At least not according internet: “I don't want to earn money with it, but to Berlin architect and designer Le Van Bo, who people have to answer some questions before has developed an open source, do-it-yourself I send them the plans. I want to make sure that furniture line called Hartz IV Möbel, or unem- they aren't just greedy and that they are open ployment benefit furniture. and willing to share.” The only thing one has to buy is the building material. Le van Bo draws his inspiration from the Bauhaus, not only as far as form is concerned, but also in Pick your package regard to the idea that design is something con- The most basic piece in the Hartz IV Möbel line is ceived for a broad public, while taking aesthetics the Berliner Hocker, or Berlin stool, which anyone into account. “Quality of life, mobility, and stand- can construct in only 10 minutes for 10 Euros us- ards: these are the things I am interested in when ing 10 screws. But its functions are many more: it speaking of design”, he says. Born in 1977 in Laos, can be a stool, a shelf, a child’s chair, a coffee table, he moved to West Berlin with his family when he and so on. As the smallest unit in the range, its was two years old. “I myself come from a poor predecessors are the Ulmer Hocker by Max Bill family, so I know what it means to dream of liv- and the Wood stool/box by Le Corbusier. ing in a nice environment surrounded by nice things", he tells us. “Now that I am an architect, I Investing a little bit more time and money, you want to show people that they don’t need a lot can build a chair – for example, the 24 Euro of money to realise their dreams.” Chair, which was inspired by the timeless arm- chairs designed by Gerrit Rietveld, Marcel Breuer The key is “constructing instead of consuming", and Mies Van der Rohe, and takes circa 24 min- which is Le van Bo’s motto. So he provides in- utes to make. Or the Kreuzberg 36 Chair, which 47 DAMN° guide BERLIN 2011 / HARTZ IV MÖBEL

THE Kreuzberg 36 Chair costs 36 Euros and ENTAILS costs 36 Euros and entails 36 working steps. The 36 working steps upcoming pieces in the Hartz IV furniture collec- tion are a chair with three legs, a radio, a gallery table and a lamp made of muffin paper, inspired by Frank O. Gehry’s Vitra Cloud and by the ex- GDR Pusteblume Lamp.

Show and tell But beware! Berliners who build any Hartz IV Möbel should be ready to participate in Guerrilla Lounging, when Le van Bo calls on all furniture makers to bring their pieces to an underground station and arrange a lounge space. “It’s a way to get to know each other", he explains, “but also

Minimös, mini versions OF LE VAN BO'S MÖBEL SERIES on the to draw attention to our beautiful underground baggage carousel of an airport stations, which are masterpieces of architecture.”

On trips, Le van Bo brings his Minimös, mini versions of his Möbel series, and organises Guerrilla Loung- ing in touristy spots and airports. One of his favour- ite locations is the baggage carousel, so watch-out the next time you collect your luggage! /

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49 chess //////////////////////////// boxing Basic to humankind is a lust for sports involving blood; must be; if not, it couldn't have been possible for an activity called Chess Boxing to have secured a firm position as a viable new sport, let alone to have grown in interest so rapidly and spread itself across the world.

//////////////// Fits like a Glove Berlin and Chess boxing

text / WALTER BETTENS © Pictures courtesy of WCBO - Yves Sucksdorff (except where mentioned otherwise)

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'Fighting is done in the ring, wars are waged on the board'

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/////////////////////// fits like a glove Berlin and Chess boxing

text / WALTER BETTENS

Here we have something that was thought up in Berlin some eight years ago; an idea purloined from a comic book, no less, which then proceeded blood on the chessboard…" is Iepe Rubingh’s to become a real-life entity. It however basic opening statement, explaining the severity remains rare for a sport to combine a of that brainchild of his called ‘chess boxing’ − board game and a boxing arena − that a game finishing either with checkmate on the part, surely, is a sign of our times. board or a knockout in the ring. The first port of call is the chess boxing apartment in Mitte, near Imagine a ‘fighting’ sport derived from a series of the corner at the junction of Wilhelmstrasse and comic strip images. Welcome to Berlin, capital of Leipzigerstrasse − with a balcony overlooking a chess boxing, paradise of dream weavers... piece of land with, on the left a drive-in coffee shop, Cahoona Hawaiian style − whatever that "This is a serious sport. Sometimes there’s even may be − and on the right, Hermann Göring’s

THE FORMER BERLIN TEMPELHOF AIRPORT photoIepe Rubin © OFFSHOWgh at the chess boxing apartment, photo: walter bettens

52 Reich Luftwaffe Ministry − the Nazis' only re- maining government building. This must be Berlin. And it’s here that Rubingh lodges most of his international raging bulls.

Da Mystery of Chessboxin As with all of life’s most brilliant ideas, the first steps to chess boxing came from chitchatting in a bar, whence Rubingh’s recalled Enki Bilal’s 1992 comic strip ‘Froid Équateur’, in which some of the images to be considered a serious sport? According to depict the weird combination of chess and boxing. Rubingh − part-time artist, co-founder of Pecha Over the years Rubingh has spotted a few more Kucha Berlin and inventor of chess boxing − it artistic references to this idea, such as a fragment is. And although originally intended as a one-off in the 1991 Finnish film Uuno Turhapuro herra art performance, he’s been shaping and reshap- Helsingin herra, directed by Ere Kokkonen, and in ing this hybrid sport over the years. Just so you Joseph Kuo’s 1979 masterpiece The Mystery of know, it opens with a four-minute round of chess Chess Boxing, the latter serving as inspiration for followed by a three-minute round of boxing, with Wu-Tang Clan’s 'Da Mystery of Chessboxin' on a one-minute break in-between, alternating up their first albumE nter the Wu-Tang from 1993. to a maximum of 11 rounds in total − of which six are chess and five, boxing.T he game ends in But apart from the references to arty movies either checkmate or a KO, or it can be cut short and comic strips, how does it work? And is it if a player exceeds the chess time limit or on de- 53 DAMN° guide BERLIN 2011 / CHESS BOXING

cision of the referee. According to Rubingh, the nal grounds, founded in 2005. In these dark cata- difficulty lies in how to control your adrenaline, combs of the ‘Intellectual Fight club’, sited in the classifying chess boxing as being twice as tough Gormannstrasse at the Franz-Mett-Sporthalle, as regular boxing: after a round of jumping and some of the 100 Berlin-based members come to- punching in the ring, you have to concentrate on gether on a regular twice-weekly basis to practice the chessboard, and this in continual alteration. muscle training, fighting techniques, chess lessons As per their tagline: ‘fighting is done in the ring, or general tactics, in order to refine and expand wars are waged on the board.' their abilities to ultimately become the ‘smartest toughest man on the planet’. Rubingh − originally Intellectual Fight club from Holland − likes to share his passion and In order to understand the game a bit more, we knowledge of the game, and with reciprocated decided to go smell the sweat that evening at respect: after all, he’s the founding father and the the Chess Boxing Club Berlin, the sport's origi- first ever chess boxing world champion − from 54 way back in 2003 − when ‘Iepe the Joker’ finished centres − like to compete with each other on a off ‘Luis the Lawyer’ at the Paradiso club in Am- regular basis − but over a short period the sport sterdam for the world middleweight chess boxing has gained much more global recognition, with title. At that time, both gentlemen were the only travelling tournaments to illustrious cities like LA, two chess boxers in the world, but who will still Sydney, Calcutta, Reykjavik, Amsterdam, Nantes remember this when the sport goes Olympic…? and Krasnoyarsk, now in the mix.

Since those early days the sport has been taught, Will chess boxing be the next big thing…? It tailored and expanded internationally, with Rub- might not be Berlin’s most concrete rumble in ingh currently President of the World Chess the asphalt jungle, but it incorporates something Boxing Organisation. The London Chess Box- a solid popular sport truly needs: a fluid combi- ing Club, established in 2008, has since become nation of blood, sweet, tears, and lots of snot. No the second largest talent ground in the world, wonder Rubingh has great expectations… In the after Berlin. In the meantime, lots of the inter- meantime, it keeps some of the tougher Berlin national fighters − policemen, salesmen, doctors kids off the pavements… / and journalists in daily life − are evolving from amateur to semi-professional level. London and

Berlin − as the most important chess boxing www.wcbo.org

Chess tactics from the best pupil at the chess boxing club (top left) Entrance to the chess boxing club (top right) Iepe Rubingh at the chess boxing apartment in front of his chess heroes (left) photos: walter bettens

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56 /////////////////////UrBAN GARDEN Allmende-Kontor – mediaeval German for 'community gardening', describes a current initiative on the site of the former Tempelhof Airport. In the plot of land between the runways, things like organic sunflowers, hot peppers, paprika, millet, kale and chestnut flourish, being nurtured by hobby farmers of all ages.

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FROM AIRPORT TO URBAN GARDEN AGRICULTURE COMES TO TOWN

text / Norman Kietzmann images / BESSAAM EL-ASMAR

Bringing agriculture back into the city, these allotments are embraced by urban citizens keen to re-invent Berlin and to do so on their own terms. Many people, especially those from the surrounding neighbourhoods of Kreuzberg and Neukölln, seem to be willing to garden locally, finding value in the concept of producing and not just consuming.

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Berliners can sometimes be a rather uncon- ventional species. No matter how metropolitan they might feel, they have a near-bucolic fond- ness for their own gardens. This attitude may not have arisen voluntarily; after all, Berlin is too far from the mountains for its residents to set out on spontaneous ski trips at weekends. And hungry workers. The urban gardens also played the journey to the Baltic Sea can hardly ever be an important role in feeding the population after done in less than three hours by car. What is left the end of World War II. The construction of the is the city, and the Berliners make the best use Berlin Wall and the resulting enclosure of West of it they can. Berlin ensured that many gardens remained in the city, while in other large German cities they In Berlin there is a long tradition of having one's were increasingly ousted to the urban fringes. To ////////////////// own garden. After the first allotments were set this day, Berlin remains the capital city of allot- up in Leipzig in the 1860s, large garden plots ment gardeners: in 2008, Berlin was estimated to were established elsewhere in Germany, mostly have around 69,300 allotments, almost twice as in Berlin. Initially these were not intended so many as Hamburg and more than eight times as much for relaxation but more for sustaining the many as Munich. 59 DAMN° guide BERLIN 2011 / urban garden

Although the diversity of inner-city gardens has vastly increased and comprises not only tradi- tional allotment gardens but also community gar- dens, school gardens, rooftop gardens and even guerrilla gardens on unused brownfield sites, until now there has not been a central hub for allotment holders and people wanting to start their own allotments. October 2008 saw the clo- sure of Tempelhof Airport, which, with its monu- mental terminal, around three quarters of a mile long and built in the typical architectural style of the Nazis, was the world's first major airport.O n this former airfield, theA llmende-Kontor was set up as an initiative to promote community gar- dening in the city. The enthusiastic response from the residents of the trendy neighbouring districts of Kreuzberg and Neukölln already heralds a new urban trend: in the future, it won't suffice to simply buy your vegetables from the health food shop. You'll need to pull them out of the ground with your own hands. /

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//////////// built in berlin Improving upon the past

text / Florian Heilmeyer photos / Arwed Messmer

REMNANT OF THE WALL BETWEEN THE RATHAUSBRÜCKE AND THE SITE OF THE FORMER PALACE OF THE REPUBLIC. IN THE BACKGROUND, THE MOCKED-UP SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE AND TEMPORÄRE KUNSTHALLE. ON THE LEFT, THE MARSTALL. 07 DECEMBER 2008

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If instead of a city, Berlin were a series of sounds or a literary composition, it would be a cacophony. With a past that won't quit and an accumulation of rehashed historical remakes to prove it, this modern, unified city has inherited urban characteristics...

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text / Florian Heilmeyer The Palace of the Republic. Nature is reclaiming the site, 13 October 2007 (right) and VIEW FROM THE ROOF OF THE MARSTALL, 26 june 2007 (bottom) ... derived from an array of confounded strictures applied over the years, with the resulting mix a rather mediocre ag- glomeration greatly lacking in panache. many plans and ideas that changed in quick suc- Alas, there is every reason for hope! cession, contradicted and replaced one another. With the current trend to revive historic Nowhere else has Europe’s chequered 20th structures and apply a contemporary century past made so distinct an impression on architectural approach, things are most urban development as in Berlin. definitely looking up. In the late 19th century, Berlin swelled very It is evident in many areas throughout the city: rapidly; the Prussian imperial city became ‘Stony Berlin is a product of coincidence. There is no Berlin’. The monarchy came to an end with the real heritage; it was not modelled according to First World War, the Weimar Republic with the a grand scheme, but rather, it was the result of global economic crisis, and the Nazi era, along

THE FORMER BERLIN TEMPELHOF AIRPORT photoRUINS OF © TH OFFSHOWE PALACE OF THE REPUBLIC, VIEWED FROM THE ROOF OF THE MARSTALL, 26 june 2007

64 with its propagandistic capital city planning, fell in the devastation of the Second World War. The urban structures that actually survived the bombings were often comprehensively razed to the ground to make way for the modern, green city. Or, more accurately, for two totally different variants of a modern city, because during the 40 years of partition each of the two political sys- tems desired to build their respective half as a showcase of their superiority.

Berlin, therefore, is first and foremost a city that has reinvented itself time and again. In the process, each new plan discards the one before, and en- deavours to remove it from the urban landscape. Berlin’s history is full of radical beginnings and a zealous conviction to destroy whatever exists. And thus an urban landscape emerges, a patchwork of fragments and fractions – like a broken mirror re- 65 DAMN° guide BERLIN 2011 / BUILT IN BERLIN

flecting its individual parts, scattered over a map harking back to the fire protection guidelines of of the city. Berlin is never, ever complete. It is a 1853! Façade designs were also extensively regu- place where something is always nearly finished; lated; they were to be of muted colours, in natural its unique tradition is its continual transformation. stone, with very few and rather small windows. The historical picture postcard of 'Stony Berlin' became Defunct opportunities the hegemonic template for the new Berlin. After the fall of the Wall in 1989 and Reunification in 1990, history seamlessly continued. Under the Seen retrospectively, it seems as if investors direction of the Senate’s new Secretary of State and politicians, amidst a phase of total upheaval, for Planning, Hans Stimmann, who arrived in Berlin wanted a return to an architectural style that from Lübeck in 1991, a neo-conservative group of primarily promised order, reliability and security. architects and planners were installed in the city, This was the state of the reunified Berlin of the with the aim of linking their voluminous catalogue 1990s, held in the throes of the past, an example of urban planning guidelines to the history of Ber- of which can be seen in Friedrichstraße. Despite lin before the First World War. Modern architec- renowned architects such as Jean Nouvel, O.M. ture and urban planning, in particular after 1945, Ungers, Renzo Piano and Philip Johnson, what were seen across the board as ‘a big mistake’, with developed was a curiously ambiguous and anae- Berlin’s history is full of the idea that the new Berlin should be built as per mic image of a street that is neither old or new, the layout of old imperial Berlin. and, only with difficulty – if at all – can be said to radical beginnings and meet 21st century standards. This concept was termed ‘critical reconstruction’: all structures had to adhere to the historical, with Meanwhile, all those courageous and grandi- a zealous conviction to building height restrictions of 22 metres – a limit ose designs that had been drawn up, remained destroy whatever exists.

Bunker, conversion and extension of an air raid bunker by Realarchitektur (left) and Neues Museum by David Chipperfield Architects (right), photos © Schirin Torabi

66 Gallery and studio building by Arno Brandlhuber in collaboration with Markus Emde / ERA (left) and Slender | Bender apartment + office building by Deadline architects (right), photos © Schirin Torabi

stuffed away in drawers: Peter Eisman’s Max-Re- ties, but as a reconstructed copy planned for com- inhardt-Haus went unrealised, as did MVRDV’s pletion in 2018, is possibly even worse. And this, at ‘Berlin Voids’, Frank Gehry’s spectacular idea for a cost of over 800 million Euros. Museum Island, Daniel Libeskind’s concept for Alexanderplatz and Potsdamer Platz, and Bern- Contrarily, during the first 15 years after the fall of hard Tschumi’s fantastic plans for the Border the Wall, innovative buildings such as Frank Gehry’s Strip. Of course, many outstanding architects, DZ-Bank and the Academy of Art by Günter Beh- such as Rem Koolhaas, Hans Kollhoff, Günter nisch, both immediately adjacent to the Branden- Behnisch, Richard Meier, Frank Gehry, and Daniel burg Gate at Pariser Platz, were developed, serving Libeskind, were massively opposed to the con- as isolated cases. Today these structures testify to servative ideas of the 1990s, so they either left the fact that even the strict Berlin regulations may the city or had to bend to the rules. Today we well have permitted such exceptions. But in real- can only imagine what would have become of ity, for these to be realised, a great deal of strug- Berlin had they had their way. gle against political resistance and a huge amount of patience were necessary on the part of the If only architects and investors. We can definitely include The city could have materialised into something amongst these wonders, buildings like Sauerbruch magnificent and courageous. But the chance was & Hutton’s GSW Headquarters in Kochstraße; missed. In its place, we have pure mediocrity, from Büttner, Neumann and Braun’s Canisius church in Berlin’s main railway station and government Charlottenburg; the crematorium on Baumschu- quarters, to plans for the insufferable, vulgar, con- lenweg by Axel Schultes; the Church of Reconcilia- temporary version of Berlin’s Stadtschloss, which tion on Bernauer Straße, a clay building by Sassen- in its original state had no great architectural quali- roth, Reitermann and Rauch; and ‘Slender|Bender’, 67 DAMN° guide BERLIN 2011 / BUILT IN BERLIN

Berlin is a place where something is always about to happen; its unique tradition is its continual transformation.

View of Marx-Engels-Platz (Today: Schlossplatz) shortly before the demolition of the Royal Palace, 20 April 1951 Photograph: Fritz Tiedemann, digitally interpreted and reconstructed by Arwed Messmer (Top)

View of Schlossplatz with the remains of the Palace of the Republic, 8 November 2008 (Above)

68 an apartment and office building in Hessische Forging forward Straße, designed by Deadline architects. Luckily, in all Ever since the retirement in 2006 of Hans Stim- these cases, the clients were convinced that it was mann, the formidable protagonist of ‘Critical worthwhile to apply for certificates of exemption Reconstruction’, initial signs have emerged of a and to fight for contemporary architecture. possible way forward. At the same time, perhaps for the first time here, a fundamental architec- It really brings home the disappointment that tural conviction is starting to gain favour, one in the unique, electrifying starting position and that accepts what already exists and works with atmosphere of a freshly reunified Berlin in the it. Recently built libraries, such as Norman Fos- early 1990s, no more than these few individual ter’s ‘Berlin Brain’, another in Köpenick by Bruno architectural anomalies were possible. If Berlin Fioretti Marquez, and the big one in Mitte by had responded with more courage, it makes one Max Dudler, show that future-oriented architec- wonder what sort of city and architecture we ture need not eradicate the past. An enormous could have anticipated for the 21st century – or advantage for Berlin is its growing art and club what questions we could have asked. scenes, which are also financially successful.T heir 69 DAMN° guide BERLIN 2011 / BUILT IN BERLIN

Apartment and office building L40 by Roger Bundschuh in cooperation with artist Cosima von Bonin (left) and Jacob-und-Wilhelm- Grimm-Zentrum by Max Dudler (right), photos © Schirin Torabi

patrons have emerged as strong investors in Chipperfield, the conversion of a high-rise bun- recent years: collectors like Christian Boros, gal- ker into a private art gallery by Realarchitektur lery owners such as Giti Nourbakhsch, clubs like architects, and the conversion of old workshops Weekend, Watergate and Berghain, artists such in the Wedding district into a centre for contem- as Karin Sander, Katharina Grosse, Leiko Ikemura porary dance, by Anderhalten architects. This is or Elmgreen & Dragset, have built their own creative architecture, which suits Berlin’s multilay- domiciles throughout the city. These individuals ered, unstable identity, making it visible through a have a very specific interest in Berlin’s history combination of the old and the new. as well as in contemporary architecture, enabling new architectural approaches to be implement- Taking account of the city as a whole, its build- ed in the cityscape and into existing buildings of ings, regardless of the era from which they stem, various eras. This provides hope for the immedi- are seen as raw material whose qualities it is ate future of the city – and its architecture. necessary to work with – the city as a recycling centre filled with valuable resources that need So it could be that we are experiencing the not be reconstructed in accordance with former birth of a new architecture in Berlin right now. instructions, but can be of another style. This is Architecture that is clearly recognisable as con- the greatest opportunity for Berlin’s most recent temporary, yet manages at the same time to re- architecture. Contemporary starts now. / tain visible historical features. The present adds another dimension, without eliminating the past. One of the most impressive examples of such

architecture and historical appreciation are the all photographs by Arwed Messmer (ed.) 'Anonymous Heart Berlin'. With texts by Annett Gröschner and Florian Ebner, 39 reconstruction of the Neues Museum by David EUR, ISBN 978-3-941185-66-1 (except where mentioned otherwise)

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A whiff of environmental friendliness and absolute customisation is permeating design productivity in Berlin these days. From fine glassware, once rejected, selectively reinventing itself as another kind of fine; to furniture whose manufacture is based on proximity and specialisation; to simple elements that can be variously fashioned to reflect budget and individual preference; to products whose clever use of high tech materials and techniques offer beauty + practicality. With vivid colour and flexibility of use abounding!

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Tart Plate Table was born from the idea to DESIGN A For the Homestay trays THE INLAY TECHNIQUE IS EMPLOYED IN STRONGER TART PLATE FOR HEAVY TARTS AND CAKES, PLAYING THE NOT-SO TRADITIONAL COMBINATION OF WOOD AND RUBBER, WITH BALANCE AND WEIGHT. IN THIS WAY, THE TABLE VERSION PROVIDING TACTILITY AND A COMFORTABLE ANTI-SLIDE EFFECT. THE BECOMES AN OVERSIZED TART PLATE WHILE THE SMALL TART PLATE PATTERNS ARE INSPIRED BY TRADITIONAL KOREAN MOTIFS. BECOMES A TINY TABLE. Design: sonja schaub Design: sonja schaub / REALISATION: ALTA CUCINA www.sonjaschaub.com www.sonjaschaub.com

NOVA Sunshine MYKITA developed a material that offers unlimited design OPTIONS, IS LIGHTWEIGHT AND INDIVIDUALLY ADAPTABLE: MYLON. The first MYKITA MYLON collection marks the foundation of a new product segment in the eyewear sector: luxury sports fashion. These frames were designed both for skiing down mountain slopes and also as classic sunglasses for everyday use. www.mykita.com

72 eismeer, 2011 122 cm x 84 cm x 24 cm wood and acrylic paint by katharina trudzinski //////////////////www.katharinatrudzinski.de

Straw Lounge IS CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY OF STEEL. WHAT MAKES THE CHAIR UNIQUE IS the way in which the tubular steel has been deformed. Instead of forming the frame in gentle bends, the steel tubes are folded. Folds and kinks are the most obvious way to deform a tube, but the contrast with the otherwise rounded shape of the tube produces a result that seems almost to have been fashioned by hand. design: osko + deichmann, produced by Blå Station www.oskodeichmann.com

A NEW WAY OF DESIGN PRODUCTION TRADITIONAL CRAFTS, MODERN TECHNOLOGIES AND NEW MEDIA FORMED THE STARTING POINT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF THREE OBJECTS, WHOSE VARIOUS LAYERS REPRESENT THE PROCESS OF NETWORKING. ECONOMICS IS AT THE FOUNDATION OF THIS IDEA, TAKING ACCOUNT OF HOW THE RESOURCES OF A REGION AFFECT DESIGN BY WAY OF THE PRODUCTION AND DESIGN PROCESS. THE SKILLS OF EACH MANUFACTURER IMPACT THE OBJECTS IN REGARD TO MATERIALS, MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND FUNCTION. LOCALLY-BASED PRODUCTION OFFERS THE POSSIBILITY OF SITE-SPECIFIC DESIGN, AND THUS REPRESENTS AN ALTERNATIVE TO ANONYMOUS PRODUCTION. FLEXIBILITY AND MASTERY ARE COMBINED. IN THIS WAY, FURNITURE AND OBJECTS CAN BE DESIGNED IN BOLD COLOURS, BY MAKING PROCESS-RELEVANT CONNECTIONS VIA THE PRODUCTION NETWORK, RESULTING IN AN UNUSUAL MIX. design: Franz Dietrich

misfits Alex Valder and Judith SENG, IN COLLABORATION WITH VIENNA GLASS MANUFACTURER LOBMEYR, EXPLORED THE HIGH QUANTITY OF REJECTED FACTORY GOODS (70%) - PRODUCTION TABOOS, EVALUATING THESE INDEPENDENTLY TO REVEAL DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS. AS A RESULT, 12 OBJECTS WERE REASSEMBLED USING HIGH QUALITY 'REJECTS'. www.judithseng.de

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VENDO dinnerware DESCRIBES PLATES and bowls with slightly flexed surfaces. THIN LINES EMERGE, INDICATING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE PERSONS SEATED AT THE TABLE. FOOD CAN BE EASILY DIVIDED ON THE PLATES, AND, DUE TO THE KINK, THE SALAD DRESSING STAYS WITH THE SALAD AND DOESN'T RUN INTO THE MASHED POTATOES. design: WILMA PINGEL www.wilmapingel.com

Whim! A site specific spatial structure made of folded cardboard in geometric shapes and wild colours. It conquers the factory floor and makes an attempt to lift the ceiling off. MADE IN 2011 FOR THE BERLIN OFFICES OF SMART TICKETS.DE //////////////////www.outofsilence-ltd.de

CODONA Autumn / Winter collection 2011/12 the Japanese words Otona (Adult) and Codomo (Child) are combined to create the word ‘Codona’ which refers to Potbase, A SERVING BOARD FOR THE DINING TABLE, CAN the adult who retains the curiosity, the openness and the accommodate pots and pans of different sizes. Its distinguishing playfulness of a child. The collection shows variations feature is a slot in the oak board in which the hot lid can be of inside out and upside down, playing with forms and placed while the food is being served. colours while leaving the wearer freedom to experiment. design: Christoffer Martens Photo: Trevor Good www.christoffer-martens.de www.realitystudio.de

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Besuchen Sie uns auf QUBIQUE Heutzutage zeichnet sich ein gutes Produkt nicht nur durch erstklassiges Design von 26 bis 29 Oktober 2011 aus - es muss lebensnah und interessant sein, es muss den Bedürfnissen seines Halle 6 #27.2 Besitzers in jeder Situation dienlich sein. Zwei der Hauptcharakteristiken des Fusion-Tisches sind sein emotionaler Wert und sein Unterhaltungsfaktor. Showroom Loeser Projekt GmbH Der Fusion-Tisch wurde mit dem „Know-How to Entertain“ („Gewusst wie Uhlandstrasse 101a unterhalten“) konzipiert und verfügt über genau die Qualitäten, mit denen 10715 Berlin unvergessliche Momente für Sie und Ihre Familie und Freunde geschaffen werden können. [ mith

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drahtbank (wire-bench) CONSISTS OF METAL FRAMES FOR A STOOL, A CHAIR AND A TABLE, READY FOR THE USER TO COMBINE WITH MATERIALS LIKE PLANKS, BOARDS, OLD WOODEN PANELS, ETC., AS PREFERRED. design: johanna dehio www.johannadehio.de ////////////////// Untitled (for Frieze 2010) by David Adamo In the last few years, David Adamo has worked on sculptural installations which originate from everyday objects made of wood, such as axes, bows, arrows and baseball bats which act as an extension of the human hand. The artist carves these to such an extent that they can longer be used for their original purpose.

Victor is a series of wooden SHELVES DESIGNED FOR HOME AND COMMERCIAL USE. IT REPRESENTS A WARM ACCOMPANIMENT, LENDING SPECIAL CHARACTER TO EVERY ENVIRONMENT. THE SHELVES ARE OFFERED IN SEVERAL SIZES AND ALL CAN BE FLAT-PACKED FOR EASY TRANSPORT. A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT WOODS AND UPHOLSTERED PANELS ARE AVAILABLE IN A WIDE COLOUR RANGE. Design: Daniel Becker www.danielbecker.eu

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TamTam IS A NEW LAMP DESIGNED IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SPAIN-BASED COMPANY MARSET. IT DESCRIBES A SUSPENDED LIGHT FIXTURE BUILT OUT OF 3 to 5 small lampshades arranged around a central larger lampshade. If the small satellite lamps are SWIVELED, THE GRAVITATIONAL CENTRE OF THE LAMP IS ALTERED, THUS CHANGING ITS OVERALL APPEARANCE. design: Fabien Dumas www. fabiendumas.net

TOOLS 1/100 is a Limited Edition of 100 pieces INSPIRED BY THE 'TOOLS' LAMP MADE OUT OF MEASURING STICKS. IT IS A HYBRID BETWEEN ARCHETYPE AND EVERYDAY ITEM, AND the purpose of this object is to turn the common into the uncommon. Using EXISTING PRODUCTS AS PARTS OF NEW OBJECTS consequently supports the concept of sustainability. design: Fabien Dumas www. fabiendumas.net

kink table lamp by osko+deichmann at helmrinderknecht contemporary design design: Fabien Dumas www. fabiendumas.net

BELL porcelain pendant design: MARK BRAUN //////////////////www.markbraun.org 78 You can find my PLOPP stool in the latest MAGAZIN catalogue on page 80.

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HOTEL DRESDEN

On encountering the latest project by designer Hermann //////////////////August Weizenegger (HAW), ONE IMMERSES ONESELF IN THE WORLD OF 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN IDEAS, A TIME WHEN AN ENTIRE generation of artists dreamed of the aesthetic synthesis of the arts, realised in one universal gesamt- kunstwerk. The dream of the gesamtkunstwerk was always a dream without a presence, filled admittedly with a past and believing in a future. From both it attempted to construct what it itself lacked – a present. This present is now being REALISED IN UNITY, FORGED BY WEIZENEGGER FROM ALL DESIGN AND ART FORMS, TO ENGENDER A COMPLEX OF WORK WITH THE OMINOUS SOUNDING NAME OF 'HOTEL DRESDEN'.

Weizenegger has created a three-dimensional mise-en- scène that truly challenges our imagination. First of all, in a presumably unique encounter, a reconstruction of the lobby of the 'Hotel Dresden' is presented with fittings and furniture that seemingly have survived as designs or fragments. However, the project takes as its starting point that much becomes apparent after careful study and reading of the exhibits, the conceptual fiction on which the 'Hotel Dresden' project rests. The narrative and the objects, the design sketches, the history of the hotel’s origins and the biographical data on the architects and designers, turn out to be HAW’s carefully constructed and realised inventions.

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ELB Gartenstuhl OELSA Polstersessel DEVON Barhocker

ohne titel, 2008 OBJECTS - free-functional pieces varnish and acrylic paint on wood WRITTEN DESCRIPTIONS OF A REUNION BETWEEN PEOPLE, MATERIALS AND 380 cm x 450 cm x 500 cm TOOLS FORM THE BASIS OF THESE GLASS OBJECTS. THREE HUMAN HANDS, SEVERAL by katharina trudzinski WOODEN STICKS AND ONE GLASSBLOWER - ALL ACTING AT THE SAME TIME. OUT www.katharinatrudzinski.de OF THIS CONVERGING MOMENT THESE SMALL OBJECTS ARISE. THE GLASS SEEMS TO FREEZE THE ACTION AND THE ACCOMPANYING FINGERPRINTS INSIDE THE VESSEL. Design: Hanna Krüger / Images: Minu Lee www.wird-etwas.de

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A new way to light BlancoWhite, Antoni Arola 2011

QUBIQUE 2011 Let’s light Berlin! Flughafen Berlin- Tempelhof. Hangar 7 west Stand #20

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What's 'out there' is nothing short of a mixed bag. DAMN° gathered up a selection of Berlin's best in contemporary design- much of which can be seen live at Qubique. Carpet tiles seem to be all the rage right now, with endless possible shapes and colours to configure to one's fancy, and then there are those seating elements, some of which provide the potential for standing or sleeping. We particularly like the clever items that hardly take any space or material but can accommodate books or other things in a variety of arrangements, and the flat-pack bed is cool too. Coffee labels and big tables continue to be designed and, judging from those here, improved upon.

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easy pieces WITH ITS DISTINCT ARCHITECTONIC, GREEN DESIGN CONCEPT - URBAN MEETS RURAL - THE OUTLINE OF THIS WOODEN SOFA IS COMPELLING. THE CLEAR LINES OF THE SOLID FRAME CONTRAST WITH THE MOSAIC UPHOLSTERY. Design: Kati Meyer-Brühl www.bruehl.com

Artisan CARPET TILES IN ECRU, CLAY, COAL & SLATE www.bolon.com

ladybug-dream, AN ENSEMBLE FOR LOUNGING, PROVIDING COSY SEATING AND RECLINING POSITIONS ALL IN ONE. TRANSFORMATION is easily achieved: The right sofa element is swivelled forward alongside THE OTHER IN JUST A SINGLE action. This creates an inviting place TO REST AS WELL AS A PERFECTLY COMFORTABLE SLEEPING PLATFORM FOR GUESTS. Design: Kati Meyer-Brühl www.bruehl.com

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Mademoiselle Lounge chair, from the MASTERS OF NORDIC DESIGN collection design Ilmari Tapiovaara, 1956 www.artek.fi

Tempelhof Ceiling lamp (top) design: Uwe Mönnikes for ZEITLOS-BERLIN

GENTLEMENS CABINET (above) design: Bruno Weil in Bauhaus Design, manufactured by Thonet, 1930

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#002 WorkSofa A MEETING PLACE THAT PROMOTES COMMUNICATION. Standing. Sitting. Lounging. CLOSE-UP. NEXT-TO. OR FROM ACROSS THE WAY. design: Studio Makkink & Bey www.prooff.com

Fusion leather chair A COMPLETELY BLACK LEATHER CHAIR, WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE BACK RELATING TO THE HIGHEST POSITION OF THE POOL TABLE. THIS CHAIR CAN THEREFORE REMAIN UNDER THE TABLE WHEN A GAME IS IN PROGRESS. design: Saluc Design team www.fusiontables.com

Scene XXL A lively seat DESIGN: Gijs Papavoine www.montis.nl

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Bonanza Coffee best coffee in Berlin available at magazin.com and www.bonanzacoffee.de

005 SitTable Hang upside-down. Sit straight up. Move, turn, work, read, consult or relax. Alone or together. design: UNStudio, Ben van Berkel www.prooff.com

XY-table DESIGN: Karel de Boer //////////////////www.montis.nl

Tabouret Solvay ROCKET SPECIAL EDITION FROM THE PROUVÉ/RAW SERIES. SEAT/LEGS: SOLID NATURAL OAK, OILED; design Eero Aarnio, 1995 FIXINGS: RUSTIC RED METAL. www.artek.fi DESIGN: Jean Prouvé Photos: G-Star/ Jorma Muijtjens www.g-star.com/en/crossovers/raw_prouve

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October 27 – November 27, 2011 Vernissage: October 27, 18:00 – 21:00

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Sophie-Gips-Höfe Sophienstraße 21, 10178 Berlin Weekdays 12:00 – 19:00 Weekends 11:00 – 19:00 Closed Tuesdays www.gestalten.com/space

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STRING© is an iconic timeless shelving system – 'modern since 1949'. The product range includes String System, String© Plex, String© Pocket and String© Soft. Design: Nisse Strinning //////////////////www.string.se

MAGIC Coat stand design: Rupert Kopp for MOX available at magazin.com

FRISCH VELO hoodie design: Frisch Berlin, www.frisch-berlin.de available at magazin.com

BLANCOWHITE SANTA & COLE, IN COLLABORATION WITH KOREAN MANUFACTURER FAWOO, ENTRUSTED ANTONI AROLA WITH CREATING A COLLECTION OF 'LUMINOUS OBJECTS', FOR MOUNTING ON THE TABLE TOP OR ON THE WALL. THESE CONSIST OF THIN METAL CASINGS THAT HOUSE SHEETS OF METHACRYLATE. THE INTERNAL SURFACE OF EACH SHEET IS WOVEN WITH LASER-CUT MICRO INCISIONS MADE MORE SUBTLE AT THE EDGES AND DEEPER TOWARD THE CENTRE, THUS ACHIEVING A CERTAIN SURFACE CONCAVITY THAT IS HOMOGENEOUSLY ILLUMINATED. design: Antoni Arola www.santacole.com

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Quartz-black FROM THE 'SLICED' COLLECTION. SCALE LIVING IS A NEW COLLECTION OF CARPET TILES 'FOR A TRULY Material: hand spun Tibetan highland wool & first DISTINCTIVE HOME'. INCLUDED ARE 3 SHAPES; CUT, BLOOM, AND MESH. ALL ARE choice Chinese silk (Country of Origin: Nepal) AVAILABLE IN NUMEROUS COLOURS AS WELL AS IN HIGH QUALITY STAINLESS Designer: Jan Kath, Dimo Feldmann STEEL AND LEATHER. www.jan-kath.de Design: Hadi Teherani, Developed by Vorwerk © Roger Mandt/ Hadi Teherani AG www.vorwerk.de

AC 01, alarm clock design: Jasper Morrison for Punkt www.punkt.com

JADE FROM THE 'DESIGN' COLLECTION. Material: persian corkwool with pure natural silk TWO QUALITIES ON OFFER: 1,000,000 KNOTS PER M2 OR 400,000 KNOTS PER M2. DESIGN: Hossein Rezvani www.hosseinrezvani.com

GURTBETT is a new and simple EASY-TO-BUILD BED. design: Uwe Brüderle, www.bruederle-design.de available at www.magazin.com

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serie 28 DESCRIBES 28 CUSTOM-COLOURED PENDANT LIGHTS, SPECIALLY HAND BLOWN USING A TECHNIQUE WHEREBY AIR IS INTER- MITTENTLY BLOWN IN AND THEN SUCKED OUT OF AN INTERMITTENTLY HEATED AND THEN COOLED GLASS MATRIX. THE RESULT IS A DISTORTED SPHERICAL SHAPE WITH A COMPOSED COLLECTION OF INNER SHAPES. THE 28 PENDANTS ARE DESIGNED TO CLUSTER IN HEXAGONAL FORMS THAT NESTLE INTO EACH OTHER TO CREATE PATTERNS AS DICTATED BY THE NEEDS OF THE INTERIOR, OR THEY CAN BE CLUSTERED OR COMPOSED IN AN AMBIENT MANNER. design: Omer Arbel www.bocci.com

ANISHA, A FLUID, ORGANICALLY FORMED ELLIPSE SURROUNDING AN EMPTY SPACE. THIS PENDANT LAMP HAS A MYSTERIOUS FORM, HINTING AT WHAT IS TO COME, AS IT DEFINES A SHELL THAT MAGICALLY FILLS WITH LIGHT. IN ARGENTINEAN SPANISH 'ANISHO' MEANS RING, BUT THE NAME IS ALSO INTENDED TO BE A TRIBUTE TO THE INDIAN ARTIST ANISH KAPOOR. design: Lievore Altherr Molina www. foscarini.com

Butterfly a stunning collage of light designed by marivi CALVO, UTILISING THE AGATHA pendant by luis eslava studio and the totem by burkhard dämmer and marivi Calvo, continues its world tour. Now in Qubique berlin AFTER APPEARANCES IN VALENCIA AND LAS VEGAS. design: Luis Eslava www.lzf-lamps.com

Pleat Box THE SOPHISTICATED COMBINATION OF A DIGITALLY DESIGNED CREASE IN A PIECE OF CLOTH AND A CERAMIC BASE. design: collaboration between Xavier Mañosa, a master ceramicist from Barcelona, and the Mashallah design studio in Berlin with Marset. www.marset.com

Lamped© DESIGN: Irena Kilibarda - Dsigned By. photos: Ana Kostic //////////////////www.dsigned-by.com 90 welcome to stringfurniture, qubique fair h5#6.1 tempelhof berlin, 26–29 october 2011. or just visit us at string.se

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Berlin is a fertile ployed to achieve something hotbed for products as appealing as it is practi- that are at once cal. With items that are down-to-earth and entirely customisable and tailored toward an abundance of colours to individuality, while ad- play with, hardly anyone will hering to resourceful- remain unsated. ness and allowing for quirkiness. Elegance is not neglected either, as high technology or high ecology is em-

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/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// feuding families in Brazil, victims of genocide in tographs. As a starting point for this exhibition Bosnia, the body double of Saddam Hussein`s Sofia Hultén acquired the entire contents of a son Uday, and the living dead in India. Her private car workshop. collection is at once cohesive and arbitrary, www.konradfischergalerie.de mapping the relationships among chance, blood, and other components of fate. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// www.smb.museum GIUSEPPE PENONE - Neue Arbeiten Konrad Fischer Galerie ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Until 13 November

Excerpt from Chapter I, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters, 2011 by Taryn Simon. Image Courtesy of the artist and Gagosian Gallery.

Taryn Simon A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters Neue Nationalgalerie Until 01 January 2012 Lazy Man’s Guide to Enlightenment, 2011 by Sofia A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Hultén © Sofia Hultén Chapters was produced over a four-year period (2008-11), during which the artist, Taryn Simon, SOFIA HULTéN - No No NoNo No No travelled around the world researching and Konrad Fischer Galerie recording bloodlines and their related stories. In Until 29 October each of the eighteen chapters that make up Reconstruction, renovation and transformation the work, the external forces of territory, power, are recurring processes in Sofia Hultén’s work. circumstance or religion collide with the internal The materiality of the objects she chooses to Untitled 2011 Post, chain, karabiner, key ring, screw, forces of psychological and physical inheritance. work with and their relationship to time are acrylic lacquer, magazine page, paper-clip 220 x 200 The subjects documented by Simon include important to her sculptures, videos and pho- x 150 cm Courtesy- Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin

92 berlin‘s leading gallery for vintage design cl assics bauhaus art-deco streamline mid-century z e i t l o s zenith of modern furniture

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Giuseppe Penone, one of the most important Cosima von Bonin has conceived this exhibi- Michael MÜLLER - Das Scheit- artists of the Arte Povera movement, explores tion as a quodlibet, looping her earliest work ern der Oberfläche the relationship between man and nature in with her most recent. An early piece on Galerie Thomas Schulte using varied artistic means and focusing on view is a prison window, made from cardboard Until 05 November different ideas. The interplay between surface and masking tape, shown at American Fine These works centre round the systematic and and inner volume, the emphasis on the space Arts in 1993. During the exhibition, von Bonin structural phenomena in language and the between an object and the hands touching positioned parakeets in birdcages on top of dissolution or refraction thereof. In six new it are central aspects of Penone’s reflections the works, resulting in an irregular spray of works created especially for this exhibition, on sculpture. bird droppings still visible across their surface. Michael Müller seeks out systematics and www.konradfischergalerie.de Other early works – such as the bikini draped structures in the subject central to his work, over a door in 'Kunstverein Kippenberger' at language: he orders and at the same time ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Fridericianum Kassel in 1994, and a grid of allows these systematics and structures to fail Andrea Winkler - Patricia men’s handkerchiefs stitched together – are by revealing the irregularities, contradictions, Until 05 November recreated entirely in white. And so is the and fissures that are fundamentally inherent Characteristic of Andrea’s work is her nature of the many works on show here. to every system. seemingly effortless combination of diverse www.galeriebuchholz.de www.galeriethomasschulte.de elements, like site-specific installations with found objects and sculpture. For the exhibi- ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// tion Patricia, she has created a complex, Seeing is believing three-dimensional spatial collage based on KW Institute for Contemporary Art the different rooms of the gallery itself. What Until 13 November emerges is a scenically arranged choreogra- Images of terrorist attacks can be seen live, phy composed of objects, barrier posts and re- and within seconds they are dispatched via spective (gold and silver) chains, wall paintings media portals throughout the world. In the UN and photographs. Through a precise spatial Security Council a tapestry with the Guernica arrangement, all these become interconnected motif is veiled, and soon after a satellite to one another to form an interlinked course. photo is presented as a central argument to www.gerhardsengerner.com justify the war. Images of an execution are broadcast live to the White House, though ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// no photos are leaked to the public. Images spread instantaneously and appear to be the only evidence required to render an event credible and immediate. Seeing is believing, and yet images still manage to overwhelm our imagination, our belief in reality. This group show has plenty to say. www.kw-berlin.de Observatory / Air-Port-City Hayward Gallery, London, 2008 by Tomás Saraceno, Courtesy of the artist and ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Andersen's Contemporary, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, pinksummer contemporary art.

TOMÁS SARACENO. - CLOUD CITIES Hamburger Bahnhof Until 15 January 2012 Tomás Saraceno's installations shatter tradi- tional concepts relating to place, time, gravity and traditional ideas as to what constitutes architecture. His works are utopian and invite the viewer to play a part in their impact on a particular space, as they reach up to the sky and down to the ground. The artist creates The Fatigue Empire by Cosima von Bonin gardens that hang in the air and allow visitors to float in space, fulfilling a dream shared by Cosima von Bonin - Grandville all of humankind. Saraceno draws inspiration and the Decision at Grandville from soap bubbles and the incredible strength Galerie Buchholz Das Scheitern der Oberflaeche, 2011 by Sergio and flexibility of spider webs. Until 26 November Belinchon. Courtesy Galerie Thomas Schulte www.hamburgerbahnhof.de

94 Urban poetry* 20-24 Jan. 2012 Paris Nord Villepinte, hall 8 www.nowdesignavivre.com International home design exhibition Trade only. Visitors: IMF GmbH Tel : +49 221 13 05 09 03 [email protected] © Bruno Sabastia, Fotolia. SAFI organisation, a subsidiary of Ateliers d’Art de France and Reed Expositions France. + 33 (0)1 Tel. 44 29 02 00. [email protected] preview,

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///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// In 1984, Joseph Beuys spent eight days in been inspired by his mother, a keen amateur Japan during an exhibition of his work at the photographer. He first made a name for Seibu Museum in Tokyo. He was accompanied himself as a politically and socially committed by a Japanese camera crew that not only photojournalist in the USA in the 1940s. filmed him upon arrival, but also at the press Many of his photographic reports appeared in conference and the opening, recording his Life, the leading picture magazine launched in discussions with students and the public in New York in 1936. Smith saw in photography their entirety, as well as Coyote III, an act he more than just the illustration of a text - his performed together with Nam June Paik. This painstakingly researched and emotion- exhibition features the thirty hours of film ally moving features set new standards of material rediscovered by the Japanese curator photojournalism. Mizuki Takahashi and shown at Art Tower Mito www.berlinerfestspiele.de in 2010. www.hamburgerbahnhof.de

From the series: '5th September Olympic village' by Raymond Depardon. Nine Israeli Olympic participants were held hostage by Palestinian commandoes, 1972

The Uncanny Familiar - Images Joseph Beuys in Japan, 1984, video still © I&S BBDO of Terror c/o Berlin International Forum for Visual ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Dialogues Neue Nationalgalerie - Divided Until 04 December Heaven / The Collection: 1945 - 1968 "The games must go on!" Avery Brundage, IOC Neue Nationalgalerie President, 1972 11 November 2011 - early 2013 "Show you’re not afraid!" Rudolph Giuliani, This instalment of the National Gallery's Maude – Entbindung, 1951 by W. Eugene Smith. Mayor of New York, 2001 collection of 20th-century art addresses: Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona: This exhibition was organised to commemo- Germany's 'economic miracle' and the build- W. Eugene Smith Archive / Gift of the artist © The rate the tenth anniversary of 11 September ing of the Berlin Wall, the Cuban Crisis and Heirs of W. Eugene Smith, courtesy Black Star, Inc., 2001. It features approximately 200 works the Vietnam War, Sputnik and Apollo, Kennedy New York from Spiegel magazine’s photographic ar- and Mao — stark contrasts, entrenched posi- chives and around 30 artists, including Thomas tions and clear fronts, marking the eventful ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Hoepker, Dennis Adams, Michal Kosakowski, years between 1945 and 1968. Fine art from 50 Years German Youth Photo Coco Kühn, Fiorenza Menini, Thomas Galler, this period was significantly influenced by the Prize / DHM Thomas Ruff, Simon Menner, Peter Piller, Chris- atmosphere of the Cold War and the political Pei Building / First and second floor toph Draeger, Thomas Hirschhorn, G.R.A.M., ideologies connected with it. Two major paths 11 November 2011 - 05 February 2012 Walid Raad, Gael Peltier, Naeem Mohaiemen, essentially separated East and West, the figu- An unique collection dealing with photographic Michael Schirner, Sarah Charlesworth, Mikael rative and the abstract. The West saw abstract history and youth culture has been housed in Mikael, Robert Boyd, Johan Grimonprez, Luuk or informal art as a symbol of freedom, while the German Historical Museum since 2009. Wilmering, Pascale Couvert, Natalie Czech, in the Eastern Block, by contrast, socialist real- It consists of the German Youth Photo Prize Reymond Depardon, Michael Schäfer, Marc ism became the prevailing trend. stock, comprising some 10,000 pictures that Volk, and Malte Wandel. www.smb.museum have been awarded by the Centre for Youth www.co-berlin.info and Children's Films in Remscheid since 1961. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The prize honours the best works by children, ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// W. Eugene Smith – Photographs youths and young photographers. More than Joseph Beuys / 8 Days in Japan A retrospective 50,000 participants have taken part to date, and the Utopia of Eurasia Martin-Gropius-Bau Berlin including photographers who began their Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Until 27 November career as prize winners and have meanwhile Gegenwart W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) had begun to become well-known in their profession. Until 01 January 2012 take photographs as a fifteen-year-old, having www.dhm.de

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Innovation. That is what Stockholm Furniture & Light Fair 2012 is all about. New trends, new furniture, new lamps, new materials, new know-how, new business, new contacts, new environmental and technical solutions plus much, much more. 750 exhibitors (80 % of which are from Scandinavia) will be unveiling their latest news. You don’t want to miss this. See you at the world’s largest meeting place for Scandinavian furniture and light design February 7-11 2012 – welcome to Stockholmsmässan during Stockholm Design Week.

Head office. Sweden [email protected], Finland Gunilla Söderholm stock- [email protected],Denmark Johnny and Marianne Sjöberg [email protected], France / Belgium / The Netherlands Charles Champenois [email protected], Germany / Switzerland / Austria Annelie Bäck-Heuser [email protected], Italy Marilena Puppi [email protected], Spain Eduardo Teixeira-Alves [email protected], Great Britain / Ireland Jennifer Hall [email protected] stockholmdesignweek.com northernlightfair.com stockholmfurniturefair.com

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///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// and performance, presenting a particular architecture of the respective places. In his Erwin Kneihsl - very meeting point between music and art. work Fundamental Layers (2010) the pilgrims Galerie Guido W. Baudach www.kunstraumkreuzberg.de circling Mecca appear like a torrential river, Until 19 November while the praying practitioners at Jerusalem’s Kneihsl practices photography in the spirit ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Wailing Wall create vibrant lines. In this way of alchemy. His focus is not directed towards Lejman shapes symbolic architecture or materials and their external forms, but abstract, biomorphic drawings. the ‘transmutation’ of the subject of the www.zak-branicka.com photograph into an image in the mind’s eye. This corresponds to both the motifs and the methods of his photography: the decision to exclusively use mechanical cameras, classical black and white film, and the insistence on personally producing his gelatine silver prints from the negative material. And while the motifs are usually presented in series, it is always his own perceptions that lead him to the particular images. www.guidowbaudach.com

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William Engelen, photo © William Engelen Big Cloud, 2011by Dominik Lejman

William Engelen – Music Box ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Haus am Waldsee 27th International Short Film Until 06 November Festival Berlin Chocolate bars, the contents of vacuum Volksbühne, Babylon, Passage Kinos, Central cleaner bags, rubber plants, diaries, stomach Kino,Roter Salon, Grüner Salon rumblings or weather data form the param- 15 - 20 November eters of William Engelen‘s compositions. When 450 films, 50 programmes, 6 competitions, the Dutch artist and composer designs his international guests and festivals, close-ups scores using graphic notation, his work, more and wide-angle views, ShortFriday, project- often than not, is based on collective cultural prsentations, concerts, parties... Interfilm’s goal memories on various levels of perception. They has been to search out skilled and creative range from the Big Bang to the chocolate filmmakers and bring their work together, dreams of his own childhood. They make use presenting it in an international, culturally po- of the weather data of the early 21st century litical framework, in order to best facilitate the or capture the unconscious musicality of our exchange of imaginative ideas. A wide variety ctt200, 2010 by Matthias Meyer intestines. His work oscillates between the of short live-action, animation and documenta- visual arts, architecture and music, between ries are offered to enthusiastic audiences who "Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em" exhibition and performance, between installa- value the short film format in its own right. Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien tion, sculpture and composition. www.interfilm.de/en/festival2011 05 November 2011 - 15 January 2012 www.hausamwaldsee.de Opening: Friday 04 November, from 7pm Can people be made conscious of art without ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// music? Does music not give us the assurance DOMINIK LEJMAN: FAR TOO CLOSE to allow us to find a piece of art acceptable ŻAK | BRANICKA Gallery or to even urge its creation? Are we, prior Until 12 November to the emergence of art, already fulfilled Based on a technique of merging painting by music, or does music drive us to begin with video, Lejman uses his language to processes of production? Or, vice-versa: Do we focus on the tension between the individual not always have some kind of image in mind and his environment. A central theme is how when listening to all kinds of music, an emo- architectural spaces influence and determine tion that forges us to further design images, the movement within them. Through overlaying objects or concepts? This group show includes recordings of these movements, geometrical Hombre Maquina (Machine Man) by Alfonso Moral, installation and participatory works, videos patterns are formed, hence depicting the and Roser Corella, 2011 - Documentary

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Bakhtiar Lightgrey

The new „ Persia Reinvented“ Collection

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///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Young Music Scene Concert Every autumn, Berlin is transformed into a JazzFest Berlin Quasimodo, Villa Grisebach sea of colour and light. A series of dazzling Various locations 08 - 12 December lights lend a special touch of brilliance to 02 - 06 November Young musicians from throughout Germany many of Berlin’s famous sights, including the Each November for more than 40 years now, perform in the Young Music Scene Concert at Brandenburg Gate, the TV Tower, the Berliner JazzFest Berlin has transformed the German Berlin's famous Quasimodo music hall. The Dom Cathedral, the Funkturm radio tower capital into a grandiose meeting place for in- concert is part of the Berlin Festival, and the and many more. The extravagent nightly light ternational jazz musicians and jazz lovers. This climax of nationwide competitions that take show comes with art actions and cultural year’s musical attention focuses on Poland as place from August onwards. The final concert events, all based on the topic of light. The city’s a jazz nation. Initiated by the exhibition ‘Side features a wide variety of musical styles from unusual, magical glow attracts loads of visitors, by Side. Poland – Germany. A 1000 Years of winners of the nationwide competitions. Out with Lightseeing tours offered by bus, boat or Art and History’ at Martin-Gropius-Bau the of more than 200 songs, 11 'remarkably Velotaxi – as well as a nightly Light Run. opportunity has been taken to shift the well- outstanding' pieces are chosen and their com- practiced West-to-East perspective, with the posers invited to perform at the event itself. 125 years of Kudamm sincere, outright intention to discover the lively www.berlinerfestspiele.de The famous boulevard is celebrating its 125th Polish jazz scene. anniversary this year. During the Festival www.berlinerfestspiele.de ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// of Lights, Kurfürstendamm (or Kudamm for short) is bathed in a very peculiar glow. Department store façades and shop windows along the shopping mile are spectacularly illuminated, and original light installations conjure up illusions crafted from light, like the artist Bernd Spieker’s P.H.A.S. (Please Have a Seat) benches. Sport-minded Berliners can take part in the Light Run against the special backdrop of an illuminated Kudamm. This run takes place on 20 October starting in front of the Kranzler Eck. www.festival-of-lights.de

BerMuDa - Berlin Music Days Josef and Erika, photo © Miki Anagrius 40 locations 02 - 05 November ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// The electronic music A-list gathers once more on this special occasion, to celebrate a way of life. It attracts thousands of clubbers, ravers, musicians, label managers and artists from all over the world, who come to the city to experience music by over 100 DJs and Brandenburger Tor, photo © Festival of Lights live-acts and to participate in a stack of daily events. A comprehensive programme includes ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// workshops, panels, lectures, exhibitions and 22nd FAIRYtALE DAYS OF BERLIN fashion events around electronic music and its The Country of Boundless Fairytales - associated culture. At nights the BerMuNights Fairytales and stories from the U.S.A. rule the city's dance floors, with party events Various locations in Berlin’s hottest clubs and locations. And the 10 - 27 November grand finale takes place at Berlin’s former This 22nd rendition has travelled to the Tempelhof Airport. USA - the country of limitless possibilities and www.bermuda-berlin.de fairytales. It being a melting pot of nations, it possesses not only a gigantic countryside, but ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// also an immeasurably rich variety of stories and Festival of Lights legends to be told. In following the tracks made Fernsehturm, Brandenburger Tor, Berliner by the Native American Indians as well as by Dom, Olympiastadion und andere Berliner foreign immigrants, considerable treasures have Gebäude und Wahrzeichen been dug up. The Wild West, cinematographic Photo © Dave Grossmann Until 23 October masterpieces, Disney, comics -all these have

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are pleased to invite you to cocktails and playtime at Michelberger Hotel on Friday 28th October.

PLAY AKABA ENEA CONTRACT EQUIPO DRT LLADRÓ DESIGN LZF LAMPS MARSET NANIMARQUINA NOW CARPETS RAFEMAR FRIDAY 28TH SANCAL OCTOBER 2011 SANTA&COLE FROM 9 PM ONWARDS SELLEX TEIXIDORS MICHELBERGER HOTEL TREKU WARSCHAUER STRASSE 39/40 TRES TINTAS BERLIN VONDOM *Get your own magazine Apartamento#7 with the special supplement “Ofi cio y Criterio”, and discover the vision and creative approach of 10 Spanish creators. RSVP to [email protected] www.red-aede.es / www.dezeen.com www.qubique.com

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been explored, and the life stories of famous culture at Berlin's Russian House of Science ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// musicians and dancers have been listened to... and Culture. Expo Lingua Berlin features 'We have to take a break and wait workshops and lectures, and offers opportuni- from time to time, until our souls have caught ties for combining study, language learning up with us again. ' - Native American Indian and travel. An important feature of the Wisdom exhibition is the seminar programme, which www.maerchenland-ev.de provides an opportunity to gather information on international education, opportunities to study and work abroad, learning methodolo- gies, language tests, or even the chance to take part in a mini-language course. On the last day of the exhibition there is a varied Dino Gavina, photo © Studio Simon cultural programme, including events such as foreign language theatre performances and DINO GAVINA 1922 - 2007 film screenings. Galerie Hans-Peter Jochum www.expolingua.com 04 November - 23 December According to Marcel Breuer, Dino Gavina was ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// one of the most impulsive and emotional fur- Fairytale with celebrity: Bettina Wulff reads to children GRAFT Architects – Distinct niture makers/designers of the 20th century. at Bellevue Palace Ambiguity He once stated that he hated kitsch, regard- Haus am Waldsee less of whether it was produced for the rich ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 23 November 2011 - 12 February 2012 or for the poor. One of the first to revive the 21st Berlin Tattoo Convention Architectural team GRAFT transform the concepts of the Bauhaus, he started produc- Arena Berlin exhibition space at the Waldsee into a 21st tion on Breuer’s original blueprints in 1962, 02 - 04 December century scene. Day and night, visitors can and loved to integrate his work within a broad Every year this Convention sees the arrival immerse themselves in their visionary worlds spectrum of the arts. His respect for artists of new tattoo artists whose creativity and and view installations, furniture pieces, objects like Sebastian Matta, Meret Oppenheim, Man precision is to be admired. In regard to little and models, gleaning first-hand GRAFT‘s take Ray and Kurt Seligmann led to a professional roses, starlets, pin-up girls or sailors' graves on current issues in architecture. On display is working relationship with each. Gaviina went decorating the skin, time has long since the entire spectrum of associations: How does on to become the driving force in Italian passed. Things have become rather more beauty come into being? How come people design during the 1960s. extreme. Artworks by famous painters are love a good story? How do you know style is www.hpjochum.de copied and conjured on the skin, resulting in the opposite of curiosity? How do you invent living tattoo artworks, some of which already test strategies for forgetting? How does the appear in museums. The limits are hardly set, ambiguously interesting enter the world? as there is always something new to discover. www.hausamwaldsee.de www.tattoo-convention.de

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24th International Fair for Languages and Cultures Expo Lingua Berlin Russisches Haus der Wissenschaft und Kultur 28 - 30 October Around 200 exhibitors from over 30 countries Energy House on Bird Island, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia present information about their language and 2007-2010 © GRAFT

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A true fairytale

Martin Heller can be an enchanted man when it comes to fairytales... As a lost brother Grimm he meanders- gently through the swampy grounds of the Berlin castle...

Ein wahres Märchen

Es war einmal ein Schloss. Prunkvoll und stattlich, und mitten in Berlin. Wie es sich für ein Schloss gehört. Aber als es zu Ende war mit den Kaisern in Deutschland, wurde daraus ein Museum. Bis im Krieg der Hakenkreuzler die Bomben das Schloss ausbrannten und die neuen roten Könige befahlen, die Reste zu sprengen. Viele weinten. Es half nichts. Und wie dann die roten Könige eine Mauer bauten durch Berlin, errichteten sie im Osten der Stadt ihren eigenen Palast. Für ihr Volk. Genau da, wo das Schloss gestanden hatte. Aber die Mauer fiel. Der Jubel war groß. Berlin wurde zur Hauptstadt des wieder vereinigten Deutschlands. Das sich an einst erinnerte, den Palast abriss und das Schloss neu aufbauen wird. Ohne Kaiser, als Humboldt-Forum. Ein Schloss für alle, mit kostbaren Schätzen aus aller Welt. Ein Schloss der Gegenwart und Zukunft. Mitten in Berlin. Wie es sich gehört.

MARTIN HELLER Martin Heller, former director of the Zurich Design Museum, amongst many other promi- nent roles, has his hand in several Berlin pies these days, lending experience and insight into things like think tank discussions on IBA 2020 and the planning of the Humboldt-Forum in the new Berlin City Castle. Appropriately enough, and especially for DAMN° Berlin Stories, he has written a present-day fairytale.

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The ’Prouvé RAW’ collection presents nine Jean Prouvé furniture pieces reinterpreted by denim specialist G-Star in collaboration with Vitra and the Prouvé family. The construction is one hundred per cent original Prouvé genius while the creative teams of G-Star and Vitra have worked together on giving Prouvé’s classics a fresh and contemporary look and feel. www.vitra.com/prouveraw

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