Papa says: Love eggs !!!!!
James says: Yeah, it’s pretty good.
Nice site BTW – does it come in English?
Its concern with both form and function, and blurring of the lines between home and work, reflects what we feel is a very Berlin mindset. In a city where many homes are converted factories and many places of work are in old apartment buildings, why shouldn’t your office be as aesthetically pleasing as your home, and your flat as functional as your office?
Theorising aside, do check out Modulor – chances are you’ll find us wandering aimlessly through its aisles, saying irrational things like “Ooo… I love these! What are they? Can we get one in every colour of the rainbow?” If you experience the same kind of “supply snow blindness”, we recommend using the 3D relief map of Berlin, pictured in the last photo, to reorientate yourself. Yes, that’s where you are…
James says: Yeah, really nice. They didn’t make it easy to order café food in the restauranty bit, but once we had food on the way, we really liked it too.
The old modulor on Gneisenaustraße might have been more charming (browsing there felt like a treasure-hunt), but the new modulor is just overwhelming and triggering lots of new ideas. On our first visit it had just opened it’s doors and the racks weren’t fully filled. I’ll be back!
Yepp, it’s the kind of store where you want everything although you might not need anything…Love the restaurant in the Kohldampf store and also that the furniture store sells design by the Danish company HAY (and all the vitra design classic of course)!
James says: I know, the furniture’s amazing! If I was one of the city’s few rich people in Berlin, my penthouse apartment would be full of that stuff!
papa says: And well written James so entertaining to read !!!
Zoe says: You’d love it papa! defo one for the next trip 
papa says: ohhh i would love a browse through that ….and bella blissx
Anyway, the real draw at Katie’s is their baked goods, all made in-store. We’re steadily working our way through the range of cookies, flapjacks, cheesecakes, and one-offs like chocolate and peanut butter pie and, on Thanksgiving, pumpkin pie. While our waistlines suffer, our tastebuds rejoice – and we’ll frequent the Blue Cat until we can’t fit through the door. And then we’ll switch to their delivery service(!), until our fingers are too fat to dial. But don’t let the image of our impending morbid obesity put you off – get down to Katie’s Blue Cat for sweet coffee and even sweeter treats.
Thanks for sharing. I am forever on the search for delicous baked goodies that you can’t find in the Berlin bakeries … can’t wait to check this place out the next time I am in the area.
Papa says: Yep my mouths watering just reading about it ……looks scrummyness!!
Rémond says: Hello James,
lovely pictures indeed! Thanks a lot!
I love coffee and have to try this Café!
If you haven’t already stumbled into it, you might also want to try Five Elephant Café in Reichenberger Str. It’s close and they serve excellent filter coffees from Kenya, Ethiopia and Costa Rica at the moment.
Oh, and things are gonna get better still in Kreuzkölln! I heard that our Berlin gourmet coffee heros of CoffeeCircle.com are gonna open their own Café + roaster next year.
Best! Rémond
James says: Thanks for the kind words Rémond. I can’t take credit for the photos though, that’s my wife Zoë.
I’ve been to Five Elephant but for some reason only tried their latté – the typical German take, very very VERY milky. Head great things about their espresso and *love* filter coffee, so I must revisit.
Thanks for the good news about the Coffee Circle café/roastery. Can’t wait for that!
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James says: I took that last photo! (After Zo had set the camera up and everything)
They were projecting onto a thin piece of fabric at the entrance to the exhibition – that’s how you get that awesome effect.
Papa says: all good pics but the last is excellant how did you manage that one!!!!Well done….
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looks absolutely fantastic …..what design features…its just shows that good design is dateless really… it looks good all the time.
Too true…
nice! loved the number typography at the ICC