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Fashion | 21 Oct 2009 | By Germany

Fab 40: Mykita

Read the Article: 032c Museum Store, Berlin. Aside from the usual objects on sale, the 032c Museum Store features a range of design items to boot. Some of the 032c Museum Store’s more interesting offers on show.

The avant-garde Berlin-based designer Bernhard Willhelm has teamed up, rather unexpectedly, with hyper-contemporary sunglass manufacturer Mykita. The result? One of the most wearable high-fashion partnerships we’ve seen of late. Also based in Berlin, Mykita have for the past six years been producing high-style, one-piece stainless steel sunglasses. Taking the 1976 winter Olympics as their cue, the new range is available in two distinct styles – Janis, a rounded shape for nu-hippy-space-sirens, and the more adaptable oblongs of Uschi.

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Read the Article: Bullerei restaurant and cafe, Hamburg Some of Elmar Lause’s street art decked seating areas at the open plan dining Bullerei eatery in Hamburg. Bullerei’s informal decor comes courtesy of interior designer, Kathrin Bade and architect, Giorgio Gullota.

Located in a former cattle hall, Bullerei offers both a deli, cafe and restaurant. Communal eating is encouraged by outsized dining tables.

Read the Article: Crooma photographic gallery, Munich. The blanched ’Wide Hall’ at Crooma, Munich

Read the Article: Currywurst Museum, Berlin The brightly coloured surorunds of Berlin’s first ever Currywurst museum. Dedicated entirely to every Berliner-in-the-know’s favourite snack, the museum pinpoints every Currywurst stall in the city. Sample the myriad spices that make their way into the Currywurst’s secret sauce

Chips and curry sause are essential addition to any good Currywurst, as is demonstrated here by the museum’s giant versions

Read the Article: Diakonie Church and Camput, Dusseldorf A pared-down alter space at the Dusseldorf branch of the Diakonie Church

Less a church, more a contemporary city block, the Diakonie Church defies architectural convention

Read the Article: Etage Store, Berlin. Some of the high-design items on show at Etage. Part museum, part store, Etage is Berlin’s homage to beautiful design items

Clothing is on sale alongside the objects at Etage

Read the Article: Exile Gallery, Kreuzberg Berlin. A return to artistic grassroots, part gallery, part studio, Exile offers opportunities for artists to create site specific exhibitions in the space. In rejection of the Blue Chip gallery mode that has become de rigeur, Exile takes a more hands on approach. More concerned with making art than marketing it, gallerist Christian Siekmeire’s offers up-and-coming artists the chance to both create and exhibit work in Exile.

Read the Article, Extrafein Boutique, Berlin. Set on the outskirts of the Mitte, Extrafein is a gallery-cum-boutique. Vaguely industrial, Extrafein embraces its original surrounds

Read the Article: New flat in Berlin by J Mayer H Architects. Designed in Mayer’s typically unconventional style, this new Berlin Residence does not cut corners when it comes to architectural exaggeration. Uber-bold, bright green graphics fill the space on the Mitte

Designed for a family of art lovers, the flat does not shy away from Meyer’s overstated approach. Meyer’s blinding green stylings can be found throughout the Berlin flat. Meyer’s angular contour lines follow the architectural definitions of the space

Read the Article: Kkaarrlls design, Karlsruhe. Started by a group of design graduates from the Karlsruhe university of Arts and Design, the Kkaarrlls collection turns traditional design values on their head

Read the Article: Michelberger Hotel, Berlin

Contemporary bookshop Motto launches its traveling bookshops initiative. Read the Article: Motto

Super-contemporary eyewear from Berlin-based Mykita. Read the Article: Mykita

Eyewear from architect Jan Kleihues for Onono. Read the Article: Onono Eyewear

Nike Air Max sneaker adornments from Berlin’s Sabrina Dehoff. Read the Article: Sneaker Jewellery

Nike Air Max sneaker adornments from Berlin’s Sabrina Dehoff

Architect David Chipperfield’s Berlin Town House. Read the Article: Town House by David Chipperfield, Berlin

Architect David Chipperfield’s Berlin Town House

Weissmann’s purist sports cars, inspired by 1950’s Jaguars. Read the Article: Wiessmann Cars, Dulmen

Weissmann’s purist sports cars, inspired by 1950’s Jaguars

Read the Article: Wohnhaus Lubbering by Drewes + Strange. Weathered steel and wood dominate in the Wohnhaus Lubbering by Drewes + Strange

Clean lined and minimalist the Wohnhaus Lubbering typifies Drewes + Strange’s architectural approach

Fab 40: Mykita

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