Articles by Sandra

From the south of Germany Sandra Ernst is the designer for both the Circus Hostel and Hotel, including all aspects of the interior design of both houses. If you have any questions about design at the Circus, you can contact Sandra at ernst [at] circus-berlin.de

Stuff We Like #8: “By, With and Of” at The Direktorenhaus

20. September 2010 in Art, Berlin, Design, Events, Stuff We Like by Sandra

We have written about the Direktorenhaus before, but an exhibition beginning this Thursday caught our eye and we decided to share. Here is what the organisers have to say about “By, With and Of“:

An exhibition which deals with the peeling back of layers starting quite literally as the second floor of the house is presented for the first time.

Peter Nencini and Elisa Strozyk explore the textures of the house itself exploring the mid-peel status of the 1930s of building and its DDR legacy. While Daniel Becker creates a beautiful site specific light installation.

Roman Bittner’s intricate Wallpapers will be shown as will Maike Dahl’s modern living silverware.

If you recognise the name Elisa Strozyk, that’s because we have written about her before as well. Elisa was responsible for the creation and installation of the photo-wallpaper and the lightboxes in Fabisch, and with her wonderful “wooden textiles”, won the 2010 Newcomers award at the German Design Prize.

The exhibition at the Direktorenhaus begins on Thursday 23rd September at 7pm. You can find the Direktorenhaus at Am Krögel in Berlin-Mitte, overlooking the river Spree, and it is open from Monday to Saturday, 11am until 7pm.

More Links:
Direktorenhaus Website
Elisa Strozyk

Stuff We Like #7: Media Facades 2010

19. August 2010 in Art, Berlin, Events, Festivals, Film, Media, Stuff We Like by Sandra

Media Facades LogoStarting on the 27th August, the Media Facades Festival is a pan-European event that brings visual images to urban screens and media facades, using the internet and new technology. As well as Berlin, the other host cities that will take part in the different “joint broadcasting events” are Brussels, Helsinki, Liverpool, Linz, Madrid and Budapest.

The idea, according to the organisers is to …

show especially developed art projects in Europe-wide Joint Broadcasting Events which aspire to share dreams of the different cities and report about local issues and exchange peoples’ stories and ideas. The media facades will be transformed into local stages and open a global window for cultural and societal processes to create a dialogue and connect the local public virtually with the other places throughout Europe.

Sounds funky. The main locations in Berlin are the Panorama Hall and a large rear projection window at the Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, which is on the Dorotheenstrasse, not far from Friedrichstrasse Station…take the Tram M1 from Rosenthaler Platz. The Festival will also be using the large Nightscreen Gasometer in the South of Berlin, and the screens of Berliner Fenster, which you can watch on the city U-Bahns.

For more information on the festival, check out the website.

Stuff We Like #6: Mehr Freiraum Für Kinder

21. Juli 2010 in Berlin, Film, Streetart, Stuff We Like by Sandra

July in Berlin, and the AKTION MFFK (Mehr Freiraum Für Kinder – More Free/Head Space for Children) bring their KOMMANDO BOBBY-CAR to a parking space near to Alexanderplatz.

Here’s the video:

AKTION MFFK from Tinderbox on Vimeo.

Here’s the link: AKTION MFFK

Starting today…DMY International Design Festival in Berlin

9. Juni 2010 in Berlin, Design, Events, Festivals, Stuff We Like by Sandra

DMY 2010A bit short notice this one, and therefore maybe only useful for our readers who are actually already in Berlin, but starting today at the former Tempelhof Airport is the DMY International Design Festival.

Here’s what they say about themselves:

DMY Berlin is an international design network for contemporary product design. At the yearly DMY International Design Festival Berlin both renowned and young, experimental designers launch new products, prototypes and foresighted projects. The exhibition is accompanied by a wide program of symposia, designer-talks and workshops, able to reflect current topics of contemporary design and to reveal necessary future trends of design and its related disciplines.

The designers presenting their work come from all over the world…indeed, the list includes showcases from Buenos Aires, Seoul, the UK and Taiwan, and the Youngsters section of the festival includes work from students of Goldsmith’s College of London, the UDK Berlin, and the Esad Strasbourg. Check out the designs of the future, and have a look around the Tempelhof park as well…it’s pretty cool.

Link: DMY International Design Festival Berlin

Stuff We Like #5: Das Direktorenhaus

27. Mai 2010 in Art, Berlin, Design, Stuff We Like by Sandra

5e35ca81b0Just opened in Berlin, the Direktorenhaus is a new “art space” that aims to combine traditional art and craft methods with analogue technology and digital media. The first exhibitions – which are detailed on the website – look extremely interesting, as is the building itself. Built as part of the State Mint in 1935, the secured vault was used during the Second World War to protect artworks from the city’s state museums from bomb damage. So it already has (kind of) artistic history, even before its current incarnation.

The Direktorenhaus can be found at Am Krögel in Berlin-Mitte, overlooking the river Spree, and is open from Monday to Saturday, 11am until 7pm.

Stuff We Like #4: Keramik by Stefanie Scheier

22. April 2010 in Art, Berlin, Design, Stuff We Like by Sandra | 1 comment

StefanieScheier2We have long been fans of the work of Stefanie Scheier, who crafts her wonderful ceramic pieces at her studio-shop on Husemannstraße, near Kollwitzplatz in Prenzlauer Berg. She describes the inspiration for her pieces as follows:

“What is important for my work is the choice and combination of material; simple shapes and the design of the surfaces…working with various coloured clay, using a special paint.”

Both the look and the feel of Stefanie’s work is timeless, reflecting both her talent and a commitment to her craft where the value of an object comes not only through the aesthetic qualities of the piece, but also in the time and effort devoted to its creation. We have examples of her work as part of our “Berlin Design Showcase”, which you can find in both the hostel and the hotel.

Better yet, you can visit Stefanie at her studio-shop, which is open on Thursdays and Fridays between 1pm and 7pm, and again on Saturdays between 11am and 4pm. The address is Husemannstraße 22 (google map) and you can also get more information on Stefanie’s website.

StefanieScheier3

Stuff We Like #3: Cartoon Particles

18. März 2010 in Art, Design, Stuff We Like by Sandra

(Circus designer Sandra explores the weird and wonderful world of art, design and whatever else catches her eye)

cartoon_donaldCan you guess who it is? For his project “Cartoon Particles” Rainbowmonkey, aka Marcus Hofko was searching for the basic elements of classic cartoon characters. If you follow this link to the website, you can click on the different images of the elements to find out who is who.

The Rainbowmonkey is described by its creator as a personal playground for art, design and music, and there are plenty of other interesting things on the website. So take a look.

Stuff We Like #2: RoBErT GoEtZ – masslos

5. März 2010 in Art, Design, Music, Stuff We Like by Sandra | Comments closed

(Circus designer Sandra checks out some more stuff she likes from the world of art and design and anything else that takes her fancy)

masslos is a combination of pictures and music from RoBErT GoEtZ…a project from Robert Alonso and Mathias Götz. The illustrations on the film are from Laska Grafix. You can find more tunes and videos (and in a better quality) directly on the RoBErT GoEtZ website.

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