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  • Loxx 2: The Sequel

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    James Glazebrook
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    Loxx 2

    Our favourite thing to do in Berlin just got favouriter! The nerds behind Loxx Miniature Railway are forever adding new bits to their tiny version of Berlin, but this time they’ve surpassed themselves. They’ve added a mini Bundestag with a stage in front, from which some of the most iconic speeches in Berlin’s history are delivered. Press a button and up pops JFK to declare “Ich bin ein Berliner”, or Reagan to roar, “Tear down this wall!” The coolest touch is a set of working miniature cameras, which transmit the scene to a screen just over the “road”. If this awesome detail isn’t enough for you, check out the photos from our first visit to Loxx Miniature Railway.

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    3 Responses to “Loxx 2: The Sequel”

    1. Liz says:
      March 22, 2012 at 12:28 pm

      Zo did you shoot these? tilt shift lens? x

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    2. papaerk says:
      March 21, 2012 at 1:04 am

      been there done it ahhh love it would go again!!!

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  • ICC Berlin

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    James Glazebrook
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    We loved last week’s ITB Berlin travel trade show, not least because of the venue. We may not have blagged free flights to New Zealand, but we did come away with photos of the Internationales Congress Centrum (ICC) – which rivals Berlin’s TV Tower for retro-futuristic awesomeness. Check it out!

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    1. Impressions of ITB Berlin 2012 | CityRebel says:
      March 18, 2012 at 4:41 pm

      […] Additionally, I am not a fan of this convention center. The entrance looks cool (check out some überlin pics), but I was never able to find the stall I wanted and always ended up on the wrong side, so that I […]

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    2. papaerk says:
      March 17, 2012 at 12:46 am

      looks absolutely fantastic …..what design features…its just shows that good design is dateless really… it looks good all the time.

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    3. Adam says:
      March 15, 2012 at 4:09 pm

      nice! loved the number typography at the ICC

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  • Walking on Water!

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    James Glazebrook
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    Just been for a Sunday stroll… ON the Landwehrkanal! It’s frozen solid, so bring your ice skates!

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    1. papaerk says:
      February 17, 2012 at 1:55 am

      amazing ….and i wonder how long it will take to melt.

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  • Modulor

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    James Glazebrook
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    Move over RSVP, we’ve found a new favourite paper porn palace! Modulor at Moritzplatz more than lives up to its tagline, “material total”, by offering stationary, art supplies and even furniture in all shapes, sizes and colours of the spectrum. The building also houses design studios, picture framers and a couple of cafés, making Modular more of a creative lifestyle brand than just a supply store.

    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…

    8 Responses to “Modulor”

    1. Suzy says:
      January 16, 2012 at 4:18 pm

      Did you go to the cafe next door? Try it, I really liked it.

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      • James says:
        January 16, 2012 at 4:26 pm

        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.

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    2. multikulinaria says:
      January 14, 2012 at 7:41 pm

      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!

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    3. schlachtplatte says:
      January 14, 2012 at 4:02 pm

      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)!

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      • James says:
        January 14, 2012 at 4:37 pm

        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!

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    4. papa says:
      January 14, 2012 at 12:01 pm

      And well written James so entertaining to read !!!

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    5. papa says:
      January 14, 2012 at 12:00 pm

      ohhh i would love a browse through that ….and bella blissx

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  • Chicks on Speed: Cultural Workshop Now!

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    James Glazebrook
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    We’re no art critics, and even if we were, we might not know what to make of Chicks on Speed’s recent retrospective at Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien. So rather than try and make sense of the multi-national, multidisciplinary collective’s fusion of fashion, electroclash, DIY ethics, performance art and frequent nakedness… here are some pretty pictures. The exhibition is finished now, but you can see more of what you missed at Kunstraum Kreuzberg’s Facebook page – this art space, in a huge old hospital building, is well worth a visit, no matter what’s showing.

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    1. 3 Schwestern : uberlin says:
      March 22, 2012 at 4:55 pm

      […] earlier that week. Located in Kunstquarter Bethanien, the former hospital where we once caught a Chicks on Speed retrospective, 3 Schwestern serves up tasty, traditional German cuisine – and occasionally live rock […]

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    2. James says:
      October 26, 2011 at 5:47 am

      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.

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    3. Papa says:
      October 25, 2011 at 9:41 pm

      all good pics but the last is excellant how did you manage that one!!!!Well done….

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    4. Raquel says:
      October 25, 2011 at 9:40 pm

      Love it. Last picture is a beauty :)

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