Germany
Let Wallpaper* guide you through the worlds of art, design and architecture in Germany - and discover where to go and what to see when you travel to Germany.
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Artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen on how VR can bring us closer to natureDanish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen leverages virtual reality technologies to reorient our relationship with the natural world.
By TF Chan Last updated
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Matthew Lutz-Kinoy’s pink pom-pom utopiaAmerican artist Matthew Lutz-Kinoy transforms Museum Frieder Burda’s Salon Berlin into a strange new world, marking his first solo institutional show in Germany
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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Sweet symphony: furnishings for Herzog & de Meuron’s concert hall are a minimalist dreamBy Ina Becker Last updated
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Modern Houseboat — Berlin, GermanyBy Jonathan Bell Last updated
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A new block of artist ateliers is set to bolster Berlin’s creative cachetBy Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Graphic monochrome patterns accent Frankfurt's new Ameron hotelBy Daven Wu Last updated
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The Amano Group opens its third Berlin property, Hotel Amano Grand CentralBy Ella Marshall Last updated
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At home with artist Chiharu ShiotaIn our ongoing series, we go home, from home, with artists finding inspiration in isolation. We catch up this week with Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota on creating art with her body, and the past lives of found objects
By TF Chan Last updated
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Thonet’s limited-edition chair by Studio Besau Marguerre celebrates 100 years of BauhausBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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The architecture of Gottfried Böhm (1920-2021)Pritzker Prize winning German architect Gottfried Böhm (1920-2021) passed away on 9 June 2021 at the age of 101. Here, we revisit a story from the Wallpaper* archives, celebrating the geometric shapes of his 1968 Pilgrimage Church near Koln
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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World View: Letter from GermanyOur World View series shines light on the creativity and resilience of designers around the world as they confront the challenges wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. Working with our international contributors, we reach out to creative talents to ponder the power of design in difficult times and share messages of hope. In Berlin, designers have embraced the slower pace of life and developed a stronger appreciation for community and environment, writes Emily McDermott MORE FROM WALLPAPER* WORLD VIEW
By Emily McDermott Last updated
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New Berlin gym uses neuroscience to improve physical healthHagius is a new Berlin gym that uses light and scent to create the optimal enviroment for your workout
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Vaust designs new poke restaurant, Berlin styleBerlin design studio Vaust creates a concrete and stone poke restaurant in the heart of the city
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Thomas Struth on the day he photographed the Queen and Prince Philip: ‘It was an experiment’To mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, German artist Thomas Struth looks back on the moment he created a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip: ‘It’s an exotic part of my oeuvre because of who they are’
By Harriet Lloyd Smith Last updated
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Modernist muse: the art world significance of Mies van der Rohe’s collagesBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Mapped out: explore the streets of Berlin through Bauhaus and brutalismBy Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Munich’s newest bar Herzog is a sexy space inlaid with strips of brassBy Daven Wu Last updated
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The iconic BMW HQ in Munich celebrates its half centuryKarl Schwanzer designed a corporate icon for BMW. Now 50 years old, the company’s Munich HQ is still going strong
By Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Berlin art exhibitions not to miss: an ongoing guideExplore our ongoing guide to the best Berlin art exhibitions
By Martha Elliott Last updated
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Last chance to see: Libby Heaney’s quantum-powered take on a Hieronymus Bosch masterpieceAt Berlin’s Schering Stiftung, artist and physicist Libby Heaney is harnessing quantum code to reimagine Hieronymus Bosch’s 15th-century The Garden of Earthly Delights
By Nick Compton Last updated
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The brutalist designs of Berlin-based studio VaustMultidisciplinary Berlin studio Vaust digs deep into the German capital’s weighty brutalist legacy to create impactful designs and interiors
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Germany is leading the charge to create the world’s most innovative supercarBy Jonathan Bell Last updated
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Artist Ian Cheng explores the technological and aesthetic potential of AIIn Berlin’s cavernous Halle am Berghain, New York-based artist Ian Cheng plunges viewers into an immersive world of AI and existential anime in ‘Life After BOB’
By Will Jennings Last updated
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Herbar: new Berlin beauty brand combines art and adaptogensHerbar is a Berlin beauty line for all ages and skin types that harnesses adaptogenic mushrooms and plants for its products, and local artists for its branding
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Weimar’s Bauhaus Museum designed by Heike Hanada opens in GermanyBy Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Max Dudler bridges past and present in his railway museum visitor centre in BochumA visitor centre for the Eisenbahnmuseum Bochum, the German city's private railway museum, this minimalist brick volume is the work of Swiss architect Max Dudler
By Nick Leech Last updated
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Tobias Grau’s illuminating solution to home workspace lightingThe German lighting experts launch ‘Team’, a new system featuring innovative technology and a minimal, human-centred design by creative directors Timon and Melchior Grau
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated


