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Gastronomy Typography

Two colorful examples of fine food related design seen this weekend: charming cursive plastic lettering at a fruit shop in Berlin-Karlshorst, and a regal package of Échiré, the butter with its own Appellation d’Origine Protégée.

East German design: poster and textile pattern

On a photography walk around Oberbaum City in Berlin-Friedrichshain today, I stumbled across several colorful examples of East German design. I admired the window display Intershop 2000, which specializes in DDR memorabilia and has just moved to a new location due to construction of high-end apartments on their former site. I have mixed feelings about the […]

Mobile home with double golden cats

Noticed this mobile home among the many parked on Gürtelstraße in Berlin-Friedrichshain. Like other streets that are wide enough to offer perpendicular parking spots, it seems to be used by many van and camper owners. There is something fascinating to me about these homes on wheels and how their owners/inhabitants decorate them.

Rabid?

Two of the small, slightly crazed looking rabbits who appeared at my house at Easter.