Museum Store features a range of design
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.
(Image credit: Museum Store, Berlin)
By Jonathan Bell
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If you're going to do retro style, do it with the kind of panache that makes contemporary cars seem strangely old-fashioned. That seems to be the self-imposed mandate at Wiesmann, a company that prides itself on building 'purist sports cars' at its extravagantly styled factory in Dülmen, about 40 kilometres from the Dutch border (the vast wooden roof structure resembles a gecko, the company's logo).

Founded 21 years ago by two brothers, Friedhelm and Martin Wiesmann, each car is hand-built, with high performance BMW mechanicals swathed in vaguely 1950s Jaguar-inspired bodywork. These are certainly not replicas, however, and both the Roadster and GT models favour a pared-down approach to deliver a very visceral driving experience, most especially in the V10-engined GT MF5, introduced earlier in the year.



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seating areas at the open plan dining Bullerei eatery in Hamburg

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.

(Image credit: Bullerei Restaurant and Cafe, Hamburg)

cafe and restaurant

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

(Image credit: Bullerei Restaurant and Cafe, Hamburg)

Wide Hall at Crooma

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

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the museum pinpoints every Currywurst stall in the city

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

(Image credit: Currywurst Museum, Berlin)

the museum's giant versions

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

(Image credit: Currywurst Museum, Berlin)

the Dusseldorf branch of the Diakonie Church

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

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the Diakonie Church defies architectural convention

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

(Image credit: Diakonie Church and Camput, Dusseldorf)

the high-design items on show at Etage

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

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Clothing is on sale alongside the objects at Etage

Clothing is on sale alongside the objects at Etage

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the Blue Chip gallery mode that has become de rigeur

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.

(Image credit: Exile Gallery, Kreuzberg)

Extrafein is a gallery-cum-boutique

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

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bright green graphics fill the space on the Mitte

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

(Image credit: J Mayer H Architects)

green stylings can be found throughout the Berlin flat

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

(Image credit: J Mayer H Architects)

the Karlsruhe university of Arts and Design

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

(Image credit: Kkaarrlls design, Karlsruhe)

Michelberger Hotel

Read the Article: Michelberger Hotel, Berlin

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its traveling bookshops initiative

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

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Jan Kleihues for Onono

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

(Image credit: Onono Eyewear)

Nike Air Max sneaker

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

(Image credit: Sneaker Jewellery)

Nike Air Max sneaker

Nike Air Max sneaker adornments from Berlin's Sabrina Dehoff

(Image credit: Sneaker Jewellery)

Architect David Chipperfield's Berlin Town House

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

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eyewear from Berlin-based Mykita

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

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Architect David Chipperfield's Berlin Town House

Architect David Chipperfield's Berlin Town House

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Weissmann's purist sports cars

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

(Image credit: Wiessmann Cars, Dulmen)

Weissmann's purist sports cars

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

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Weathered steel and wood

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

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Clean lined and minimalist the Wohnhaus Lubbering typifies Drewes

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

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Jonathan Bell has written for Wallpaper* magazine since 1999, covering everything from architecture and transport design to books, tech and graphic design. He is now the magazine’s Transport and Technology Editor. Jonathan has written and edited 15 books, including Concept Car Design, 21st Century House, and The New Modern House. He is also the host of Wallpaper’s first podcast.

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