If you are in Berlin within the next 3 weeks, check out this graffiti exhibition in Haus Schwarzenberg, near Hackescher Markt. It`s showing 5 Berlin based stencil artsits, amongst them our illustrator of choice, pisa73.

Bestiarium - Fantastic exhibition at Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, until 24th of May. It seems that because "it's with animals" a lot of people bring their kids along. And then face difficult questions when standing in front of images like the above one.

Hamburger Bahnhof Site

Walton Ford Special Site

Following the success of last year's Falling Walls conference, it is now planned to hold the event annually, the next one taking place on 7th and 8th of November, at Berlin Radialsystem arts centre.

Supported by many research institutions such as the Fraunhofer Institute, the Charité, or the Berlin Universities, Falling Walls is set to become a premier showcase for forward thinking research and ideas.

Last year's speeches have been made available online here, and for this year's event you can register for tickets here to receive an early bird discount.

We are proud to support the event, with a site built using our proprietary Figaro website kit, as well as the design of the CI and the production of all communication materials.

We went live with the first stage of our  new Graffiti App for facebook. This new app will be part of the Mee-Make universe, constantly offering users new graffiti locations, stickers and stencils, for free and to buy. Soon also in 3d!

Start spraying here:

The Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin shows 100 examples of contemporary Japanese product design - modern interpretations of traditional items. Many are crafted from equally traditional materials, using techniques perfected over centuries, like these lacquer ware bowls.

Urushi bowls

Katachi
Die leise Form aus Japan
03.03.2010 – 02.05.2010
Bauhaus-Archiv Berlin

Our recently launched facebook app "Graffiti SWAT" has hit the 3400 like mark in a few seconds. In just about one month we managed to get 6000 active users through a minimal promotion of a 35,- EUR facebook ad. And a great app!

The artwork above is from one of our most talented users

We've just heard the great news that the Falling Walls Conference, for which we developed the corporate design, website and trailers, has completely sold out of all tickets.

We'd like to congratulate the team at the Einstein Foundation for all their hard work, and wish them a wonderful conference next week.

See you there!

Our February Talk will feature the following 2 speakers:

The SOZIALHELDEN started in 2005. Time has gone by. And with the help of the two student initiators the SOZIALHELDEN have turned into a big network of voluntaries and a charitable organization. With creative projects they draw attention to social problems and - in the best case - remove them.
Raúl Aguayo-Krauthausen will present their latest project http://wheelmap.org/. The internet platform enables users to enter, change and find accessible and not so accessible locations.

http://sozialhelden.de/

For more than 5 years cinematographer Tomas Erhart has been taking still-pictures with his first generation cellphone-camera. One can see his highly respected work in exhibitions and on his website: http://cellphonology.com/
In “Talk about the Weather” Tomas speaks about pixels, Lomography, digital pictures and the hardship and pleasure of being a part-time foto-artist.

http://tomaserhart.com/

Lately it came to my mind that the wood craft from German Erzgebirge could serve as a source of inspiration for modern character design.

Those Ergebirge miners from about 150 years and even earlier ago developed quite a mania choosing simple forms and shapes, long before Oskar Schlemmer created his Triardisches Ballett.

Having that in mind I stumbled across this exhibition in Berlin Torstrasse presenting these plain big guys:

Nussknacker
by David Mallon

Maison Mallon
Torstrasse 76

This coming Saturday, Juri Kobayashi opens her new concept store MOGA-Berlin for original 20s-30s fashion.

We are looking forward to welcome you in our lounge in Linienstraße 154a between 14.00- 21.00pm!

Interface from id's classic DOOM first-person-shooter appears on billboards in Berlin. By street artists Mr. Talion, Epoxy, Baveux and Kone. [Flickr]