It feels a little bit like Alice in Wonderland. As those little helpers around me, which are responsible to create brightness and warmth in our life, start communicating. They appear to have a life! And a mission: Sustainability made visible.
The Swedish Interactive Institute is right now sending Visual Voltage around the world. A design exhibition, which bridges the gap between perception and understanding and behaving when it comes to minimize energy consumption. And the Swedish would not be the Swedish if they would not use one of the most powerful …

Es sind diese Momente, in denen sich Berlin als Metropole anfühlt. Und damit meine ich METROPOLE und nicht das Berlinchen, das sich kosmopolit gibt, aber dann irgendwie auf halber Strecke, das mit der Hingabe zur wahrhaftigen Vollendung vermasselt. Ups, da hat wohl jemand vergessen, den Caterer anzufragen (Ergebnis: 15 Minuten Aufenthalt – Weinchen trinken – Schwips – Heißhunger – akuter Aufbruch zum Lieblingsburrito-Etablisment – Marketingaktion fehlgeschlagen) /slash/ Vergessen, dass die geladene und schon so ein bisschen ältere Ausgeh-Szene eigentlich die falsche Zielgruppe für den neueröffneten H&M Store am Hackeschen Markt …

New. Now. Different. Better. Unique…innovation is the key for our hectically breathing 21st century. But the time when hecki techi engineers developed new amazing products in their mystic labors has passed.
With the rise of  social media, innovation was suddenly driven by…the mass (uuhhh…). Which turned out to be a good one for creativity: It would finally get the full infusion of ideas which would be shared and shared and shared.

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“Turn users into producers and consumers into designers” (Charles Leadbeater at TED) is the message which brings innovation on a …

As the digital society grows so does the need for places that strike you with ambiance, your favorite coffee special, working space and enormous people-watching/working possibilities. You all do have one: your favorite coffee shop you would visit every day (no, I can’t imagine a life without this one anymore!):

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But I propose it is time, to bring the “St. Oberholz style” on a whole new level. Let’s dig into design.
Even my personally not so beloved coffee shop Starbucks is rethinking its entire interior strategy.
As impressively bespoken by the Architect …

Temporär.Und sie sind alle da. Wer am Wochenende das große nächtliche Getümmel verpasst hat, kann das ganz leichtfüßig hier von nun an montagabends nachholen.
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They give you the instant feeling of greatness. They let you experience more than those just four walls. They fulfill your longing for transcendence. And they are the icons of illustrious room design. You might guess it. I am talking about those:

Vancouver Public Library, credit: selva

Seattle Public Library, credit: rbanks

BTU Cottbus, credit: cgommel
I can’t imagine getting trough my studies without heading everyday to the Neue Staatsbibliothek at Berlin’s Potsdamer Platz which everybody would call the “marriage market” (fashion crisis every single morning…). Pushing the doors open and climbing up the stairs …

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Wenn das Seelchen da drin nach Streicheleinheiten ruft, und Berlin da draussen manchmal ganz schön drauf haut, dann geh zum kuchenduftigsten Ort in dieser Stadt mit dem weltbesten Kaffee. Hilft. sehr.
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I was lucky to be invited to a concert of the Danish National Orchestra in Berlin’s Philharmony. The architecture always strikes me and I feel both: strongly touched by its monumental shape and at the same time kind of ashamed that I don’t come here more often. Why is it so terribly difficult to change contexts more often? One the one hand we are constantly seeking for inspiration, running to every new thing that appears at the horizon (or at least on our facebook site) but it seems there …

Einer dieser perfekten Sonntagnachmittagsorte. Zauberkleider zum mit nach Hause nehmen.
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I used to be a strategic brand consultant working in a lovely agency until this little bee started grumbling into me: fly like a butterfly stink like a bee…which I translated into: go and follow your heartbeat. I did. And quit my job…