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032c Museum Store’s more interesting offers on show.
Read the Article: 032c Museum Store, Berlin. Aside from the usual objects on sale, the 032c Museum Store features a range of design items to boot. Some of the 032c Museum Store’s more interesting offers on show.
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Look around you: aren't they the escarpment-like cheekbones of Sophia Loren, superimposed in front of a volcano? And isn't that Paul Newman's face peeking out of a racing car (presumably the perfect embodiment of his hi-octane personality)? Like Axel Crieger's genre-spanning prints, which it prominently vaunts, nothing in this bleached, space-age salesroom for photographic art, lighting, furniture and accessories is as it should be.

Metallic spacesuits punctuate hallways. The firm's monochromatic logo is stretched across the side of a mezzanine, like it was created by a thousand, overlapping marks from a pair of compasses. Contained within a Neo-classicist Robert Rehlen building, step inside to soak up what becomes an elegantly layered, compartmentalised meeting place for designers to compare notes and tout their wares.

Photographers represented include New York's Tim Petersen, Milan's Max Cardelli and London's Zena Holloway. Design on offer includes the rustic woodwork of Palo Samko and the fashion of Munich's fetishistic Hamansutra.

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Restaurants with tables and chairs

Read the Article: Bullerei restaurant and cafe, Hamburg Some of Elmar Lause’s street art decked seating areas at the open plan dining Bullerei eatery in Hamburg. Bullerei’s informal decor comes courtesy of interior designer, Kathrin Bade and architect, Giorgio Gullota.

(Image credit: Interior designer, Kathrin Bade and architect, Giorgio Gullota)

Located in a former cattle hall, Bullerei offers both a deli, cafe and restaurant. 

Located in a former cattle hall, Bullerei offers both a deli, cafe and restaurant. Communal eating is encouraged by outsized dining tables.

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The blanched ’Wide Hall’ at Crooma, Munich

Read the Article: Crooma photographic gallery, Munich. The blanched ’Wide Hall’ at Crooma, Munich

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The brightly coloured surorunds of Berlin’s first ever Currywurst museum

Read the Article: Currywurst Museum, Berlin The brightly coloured surorunds of Berlin’s first ever Currywurst museum. Dedicated entirely to every Berliner-in-the-know’s favourite snack, the museum pinpoints every Currywurst stall in the city. Sample the myriad spices that make their way into the Currywurst’s secret sauce

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Chips and curry sause are essential addition to any good Currywurst, as is demonstrated here by the museum’s giant versions

Chips and curry sause are essential addition to any good Currywurst, as is demonstrated here by the museum’s giant versions

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A pared-down alter space at the Dusseldorf branch of the Diakonie Church

Read the Article: Diakonie Church and Camput, Dusseldorf A pared-down alter space at the Dusseldorf branch of the Diakonie Church

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The Diakonie Church defies architectural convention

Less a church, more a contemporary city block, the Diakonie Church defies architectural convention

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Part museum, part store, Etage is Berlin’s homage to beautiful design items

Read the Article: Etage Store, Berlin. Some of the high-design items on show at Etage. Part museum, part store, Etage is Berlin’s homage to beautiful design items

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Clothing is on sale alongside the objects at Etage

Clothing is on sale alongside the objects at Etage

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Christian Siekmeire’s offers up-and-coming artists the chance to both create and exhibit work in Exile.

Read the Article: Exile Gallery, Kreuzberg Berlin. A return to artistic grassroots, part gallery, part studio, Exile offers opportunities for artists to create site specific exhibitions in the space. In rejection of the Blue Chip gallery mode that has become de rigeur, Exile takes a more hands on approach. More concerned with making art than marketing it, gallerist Christian Siekmeire’s offers up-and-coming artists the chance to both create and exhibit work in Exile.

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Set on the outskirts of the Mitte, Extrafein is a gallery-cum-boutique.

Read the Article, Extrafein Boutique, Berlin. Set on the outskirts of the Mitte, Extrafein is a gallery-cum-boutique. Vaguely industrial, Extrafein embraces its original surrounds

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Designed in Mayer’s typically unconventional style, this new Berlin Residence does not cut corners when it comes to architectural exaggeration

Read the Article: New flat in Berlin by J Mayer H Architects. Designed in Mayer’s typically unconventional style, this new Berlin Residence does not cut corners when it comes to architectural exaggeration. Uber-bold, bright green graphics fill the space on the Mitte

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Meyer’s angular contour lines follow the architectural definitions of the space

Designed for a family of art lovers, the flat does not shy away from Meyer’s overstated approach. Meyer’s blinding green stylings can be found throughout the Berlin flat. Meyer’s angular contour lines follow the architectural definitions of the space

(Image credit: J Mayer H Architects))

The Karlsruhe university of Arts and Design, the Kkaarrlls collection turns traditional design values on their head

Read the Article: Kkaarrlls design, Karlsruhe. Started by a group of design graduates from the Karlsruhe university of Arts and Design, the Kkaarrlls collection turns traditional design values on their head

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Michelberger Hotel, Berlin

Read the Article: Michelberger Hotel, Berlin

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Contemporary bookshop Motto launches its traveling bookshops initiative

Contemporary bookshop Motto launches its traveling bookshops initiative. Read the Article: Motto

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Super-contemporary eyewear from Berlin-based Mykita.

Super-contemporary eyewear from Berlin-based Mykita. Read the Article: Mykita

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Jan Kleihues for Onono

Eyewear from architect Jan Kleihues for Onono. Read the Article: Onono Eyewear

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Nike Air Max sneaker adornments from Berlin’s Sabrina Dehoff

Nike Air Max sneaker adornments from Berlin’s Sabrina Dehoff. Read the Article: Sneaker Jewellery

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Nike Air Max sneaker adornments from Berlin’s Sabrina Dehoff

Nike Air Max sneaker adornments from Berlin’s Sabrina Dehoff

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Architect David Chipperfield’s Berlin Town House

Architect David Chipperfield’s Berlin Town House. Read the Article: Town House by David Chipperfield, Berlin

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Architect David Chipperfield’s Berlin Town House

Architect David Chipperfield’s Berlin Town House

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Weissmann’s purist sports cars, inspired by 1950’s Jaguars

Weissmann’s purist sports cars, inspired by 1950’s Jaguars. Read the Article: Wiessmann Cars, Dulmen

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Weissmann’s purist sports cars, inspired by 1950’s Jaguars

Weissmann’s purist sports cars, inspired by 1950’s Jaguars

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Weathered steel and wood dominate in the Wohnhaus Lubbering by Drewes + Strange

Read the Article: Wohnhaus Lubbering by Drewes + Strange. Weathered steel and wood dominate in the Wohnhaus Lubbering by Drewes + Strange

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Weathered steel and wood dominate in the Wohnhaus Lubbering by Drewes + Strange

Clean lined and minimalist the Wohnhaus Lubbering typifies Drewes + Strange’s architectural approach

(Image credit: Wohnhaus Lubbering by Drewes + Strange)
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