The designer’s favorite bookshop. Photo: Von Der Höh’s window display “Von Der Höh” is not just a German surname but stands for a traditional bookshop in Hamburg. Read on to see what we discovered in a small b...

SPRINGHORNHOF

2003.11.2　 Text: Andrew Sinn

This summer Wibke, a good friend of mine, was working at the art-association "Springhornhof" in Neuenkirchen, a small village out in the country. As I visited her, I had my first contact with landscape-art. I think...

ELEMENT WEISS

2003.6.1　 Text: Andrew Sinn

The couple Bea Demel and Carsten Voeller started their own multi-media agency sometime ago. Bea studied graphic-design and didn't want to work in an agency. Carsten formerly was an industrial-programmer and decided to...

WAAGENBAU

2003.3.31　 Text: Daniel Goddemeyer

On February 15th, the Hamburg based music and booking agency MFOC (Music For Our Children) held a showcase at the Waagenbau, a location right in the Schanzenviertel in Hamburg. Being known in and around Hamburg for ...

MINIATUR WUNDERLAND

2002.11.29　 Text: Andrew Sinn

Miniatur Wunderland is the name of the world's biggest digital model railway. Four men, who have been running a discotheque in Hamburg, realized their childhood-dream. With a team of 16 people around professional mode...

RENE LEZARD FLAGSHIP STORE

2002.10.29　 Text: Daniel Goddemeyer

Organized by the Hamburg-based agency Luna Media on September 5th, the opening party of the new Rene Lezard Flagship store took place right in the heart of our city. Having the theme of "Relax - harmony of contrasts" ...

MOJO CLUB

2002.3.27　 Text: Andrew Sinn

One of the most tasteful clubs in hamburg is the "Mojo Club". It opened up in 1991 and had several side activities like a shop, a lounging club and a record series. We met Leif Nueske, one of the founders, to ask him ...

KOCHSALON

2002.2.27　 Text: Daniel Goddemeyer

Four years ago Telse Bus founded the "Kochsalon" (cooking saloon) with two friends. The motivation to do this step, having not a lot of money in the pocket studying art at hamburgs "Hochschule fuer Bildende Kuenste" -...

BLINKENLIGHTS

2002.1.27　 Text: Andrew Sinn

When Berlin was split into East and West, the Alexanderplatz was the eastern central place for shopping and and its radiotower called "Alex" is now the emblem for the dynamically evolving area of the town and B...

GOLDEN PUDEL CLUB

2001.5.25　 Text: Andrew Sinn

The golden pudel (poodles) club is my favourite club in hamburg. Five minutes away from the central night amusement quater, it is a small house at the "Elbe", the largest river in Hamburg. Next is the "Hafenstrass...

HAMBURGER BERG

2001.4.25　 Text: Andrew Sinn

This month we want to give you an impression of the street where we're living: "Hamburger Berg". If you're going out in Hamburg, you probably will end up on the "Kiez" which is the party- and...

HARBOUR CITY HAMBURG

2000.9.25　 Text: Andrew Sinn

Hamburg has Germany's biggest harbour. Some people love it so much, that they move into its rough and industrial environment and sometimes they do parties. They did so last Saturday afternoon. The "Brandshof" resident...