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  • Pier Vittorio Aureli, Martino Tattara

    Dogma. 11 Projects

  • Laura Pavia, Mario Ferrari

    Mies Van Der Rohe. Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin 1962-1968

  • Sergio B. Martins

    Constructing an Avant-Garde. Art in Brazil 1949-1979

  • Ali Nemerov, Emily Wei Rales (Eds.)

    Peter Fischli, David Weiss

  • Centrum Architektury (Ed.)

    For Example. New Polish House. A Book

  • Alain de Botton, John Armstrong

    Art as Therapy

  • Brian Dillon, Marina Warner

    Curiosity. Art and the Pleasures of Knowing

  • Tod Williams, Billie Tsien

    Wunderkammer

  • John Grindrod

    Concretopia. A Journey Around the Rebuilding of Postwar…

  • Angus Carlyle, Cathy Lane (Eds.)

    On Listening

  • Arindam Dutta (Ed.)

    A Second Modernism. MIT, Architecture, and the 'Techno…

  • Grzegorz Piątek

    AR/PS. The Architecture of Arseniusz Romanowicz and Piotr…

  • Daniel Lopez-Perez

    R. Buckminster Fuller. World Man

  • Michael Asgaard Andersen

    Jorn Utzon. Drawings and Buildings

  • Shaun McNiff (Ed.)

    Art as Research

  • Melissa Gordon, Marina Vishmidt (Eds.)

    Persona Issue 2

  • Jürgen Teipel

    Mehr als laut - DJs erzählen

  • Kenny Cupers (Ed.)

    Use Matters. An Alternative History of Architecture

  • Collection du Frac Centre

    Architectures Experimentales 1950-2012

  • Archilab

    Naturaliser l'architecture. Naturalizing architecture

  • metroZones 13

    Global Prayers. Contemporary Manifestations of the…

  • Beatriz Preciado

    Testo Junkie. Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the…

  • Rajan V. Ritoe (Ed.)

    Future Times Square. Compression vs. Distribution

  • Elmar Kossel

    Hermann Henselmann und die Moderne

  • Rogério Duarte

    Marginália 1

  • Luis Burriel Bielza

    Le Corbusier. La passion des cartes

  • Deorte Kuhlmann, Dorte Kuhlmann

    Gender Studies in Architecture. Space, Power and Difference

  • Cerith Wyn Evans

    The What If?... Scenario (after LG)

  • Wouter Davidts, Guy Châtel, Stefaan…

    Luc Deleu. Orban Space

  • Tiqqun

    Alles ist gescheitert, es lebe der Kommunismus

  • Annie Pedret

    Team 10. An Archival History

  • Ana Jeinić, Anselm Wagner (Eds.)

    Is There (Anti-)Neoliberal Architecture?

  • Studio Manuel Raeder

    The Letter E is Everywhere. La Letra E esta por Doquier.

  • Oliver Marchart

    Das unmögliche Objekt. Eine postfundamentalistische Theorie…

  • Max Hollein, Martina Weinhart (Hg.)

    Brasiliana. Installationen 1960 bis heute. Installations…

  • Bradley L. Garrett

    Explore Everything. Place-Hacking the City

  • Sylvia Lavin, Kimberli Meyer (Eds.)

    Everything Loose Will Land. 1970s Art and Architecture in…

  • Claire Bishop

    Radical Museology or, What's Contemporary in Museums…

  • Douglas Kahn

    Earth Sound Earth Signal

  • Dietmar Offenhuber, Carlo Ratti (Hg.)

    Die Stadt entschlüsseln. Wie Echtzeitdaten den Urbanismus…

  • Robert Kronenburg

    Architecture in Motion. The History and Development of…

  • Charlotte Bundgaard

    Montage Revisited. Rethinking Industrialised Architecture

  • Ralph Rugoff (Ed.)

    The Alternative Guide to the Universe

  • Dietmar Dath, Swantje Karich

    Lichtmächte. Kino – Museum – Galerie – Öffentlichkeit

  • Eve Meltzer

    Systems We Have Loved. Conceptual Art, Affect, and the…

  • Nicholas Alfrey

    Uncommon Ground. Land Art in Britain 1966-1979

  • Margitta Buchert, Laura Kienbaum (Eds.)

    Einfach entwerfen. Simply Design

  • Jeffrey Kipnis

    A Question of Qualities. Essays in Architecture

  • Susanne Lehmann-Reupert

    Von New York lernen. Mit Stuhl, Tisch und Sonnenschirm

  • Petrit Halilaj

    Poisoned by men in need of some love

  • ARGE Schnittpunkt (Hg.)

    Handbuch Ausstellungstheorie und -praxis

  • Riki Kalbe, Wolfgang Kil

    Gelände. Terrain.

  • Jörn Schafaff (Hg.)

    Kunst - Begriffe der Gegenwart. Von Allegorie bis Zip

  • AV 157-158

    Herzog & De Meuron 2005-2013

  • Freek Lomme (Ed.)

    Who Told You so? The Collective Story vs. The Individual…

  • Uta Meta Bauer, Thomas D. Trummer (Eds.)

    AR - Artistic Research

  • Yvonne P. Doderer

    Räume des Politischen. Dimensionen des Städtischen

  • PIN-UP

    PIN-UP Interviews

  • Mark Ledbury (Ed.)

    Fictions of Art History

  • Christopher Dell

    Ware: Wohnen. Politik. Ökonomie. Städtebau

  • Yael Bartana

    Wenn Ihr wollt, ist es kein Traum. If you will it, it is…

  • Gerhard Senft (Hg.)

    Land und Freiheit. Zum Diskurs über das Eigentum von Grund…

  • Nils Ballhausen (Ed.)

    Wo Architekten arbeiten / Where Architects Work

  • Wade Guyton

    Zeichnungen für lange Bilder. Kunsthalle Zürich

  • Bruno Latour

    An Inquiry Into Modes of Existence. An Anthropology of the…

  • David Wagner

    Mauer Park

  • Stefanie Seidl, Wolfgang Farkas, Heiko…

    Nachtleben Berlin.1974 bis heute

  • Saim Demircan (Ed.)

    Simon Denny. All You Need Is Data

  • Julia Czerniak (Ed.)

    Formerly Urban. Projecting Rust Belt Futures

  • Julia Bryan-Wilson (Ed.)

    Robert Morris (October Files)

  • Lisa Lee, Hal Foster (Eds.)

    Critical Laboratory. The Writings of Thomas Hirschhorn

  • Barry Schwabsky

    Words for Art. Criticism, History, Theory, Practice

  • Anthony Iles, Tom Roberts

    All Knees and Elbows of Susceptibility and Refusal. Reading…

  • Irénée Scalbert

    Never Modern

  • Sylvie Estrada (Ed.)

    Bestiary. Inspiring animals by inspired artists

  • Tanya Leighton, Kathrin Meyer (Eds.)

    John Smith

  • Stefan Römer

    The ups and downs of Stan Back

  • Irene Meissner

    Sep Ruf 1908 - 1982. Leben und Werk

  • Jacques Rancière

    Geschichtsbilder. Kino, Kunst, Widerstand

  • Karen van den Berg, Ursula Pasero (Eds.)

    Art Production beyond the Art Market?

  • Jesko Fezer

    Civic City Cahier 6. Design in and Against the Neoliberal…

  • Fabien Danesi, Fabrice Flahutez,…

    La fabrique du cinema de Guy Debord

  • Philipp Meuser (Hg.)

    Architektur für die russische Raumfahrt. Vom…

  • Marius Babias (Hg.)

    Brandlhuber+. Von der Stadt der Teile zur Stadt der…

  • Charlotte Malterre Barthes (Ed.)

    The School, The Book, The Town Logbook – Ethiopia in a…

  • Joshua Johnson (Ed.)

    Dark Trajectories. Politics of the Outside

  • Robert Lippok

    Steady Unsteady

  • Jan Kedves

    Talking Fashion. Von Helmut Lang bis Raf Simons: Gespräche…

  • Leopold Lambert

    Weaponized Architecture. The Impossibility of Innocence

  • Elian Stefa, Gyler Mydyti

    Concrete Mushrooms. Reusing Albania's 750,000…

  • Lynne Tillman (Ed.)

    The Happy Hypocrite – Freedom. Issue 6

  • Deborah Ligorio

    Survival Kits

  • Andres Lepik (Ed.)

    Afritecture. Bauen mit der Gemeinschaft

  • Martin Seel

    Die Künste des Kinos

  • Nina Möntmann (Ed.)

    Scandalous. A Reader on Art and Ethics

  • Valerio Olgiati

    The Images of Architects

  • Anaël Lejeune, Olivier Mignon, Raphaël…

    French Theory and American Art

  • Pierre Frey (Ed.)

    Simon Vélez. Architect Mastering Bamboo. Architecte La…

Berlin Issue

Most people know close to nothing about Berlin’s economy. The one thing everyone can agree on is the fact that the average wage of Berlin is significantly lower than any other cities in Germany, and that Berlin city government has suffered from deficit spending year after year. Truth be told, it was none other than reasonable living costs and rents that pushed Berlin to become the powerhouse of creativity. However, at this point, things are not as they used to be. Some argue that the surge of rent prices over the past few years will fundamentally change the city’s nature of cultural ecology.
Nevertheless, Berlin is still considered as one of the most desirable cities to move in for young creators. Berlin is more like a natural organic body; various forms of cultural events co-exist, and each of its districts reflects the daily life of immigrants from different parts of the world. An ever-increasing energy comes out of exhibition openings held by over 300 independent cultural organizations on a daily basis—this is not even counting events hosted by city-run museums and large art galleries. Street walls covered in posters—a process and a result of both cultural and economic activity—also reveal the lively side of Berlin.
Here are some questions that arise. How does this diagnosis reflect the reality of Berlin? Or is it just a prejudice or a superficial bias? Is there any opportunity left in Berlin? What does it mean to be Berlin? Is it still valid?
Over the past few months, we got together with different studios and their members to talk about the situation that gives rise to such questions: from those located in Kreuzberg, where most design studios are set up, to those in Charlottenburg, the richest region of the old West Berlin; and from Berlin’s iconic studios to lesser-known practices. They all shared with us rich stories about Berlin as viewed from their standpoints. It is about what has changed and what hasn’t changed, and, at the same time, expectations and worries. It’s also about preconceptions and realities.
We deeply appreciate the 14 studios’ sharing of their frank views on Berlin and their design practices. We would also like to show our gratitude to Node’s Serge Rompza and writer Madeleine Morley, who developed an interesting conversation about Berlin’s graphic design history, and Martin Conrads, who wrote an insightful text on Berlin’s poster culture. Our thanks also go out to all those who participated as contributors.
We hope this issue will help those who are curious about Berlin’s graphic design culture. In addition to detailing design practices of studios that work in the field, we also touched on other relevant issues including rent rise and gentrification. That’s why this issue’s subtitle “studio rental guide” is actually something more than mere rhetoric. Willkommen in Berlin!
CONTRIBUTORS
Büro Bum Bum
David Benski
Dinamo
Eps51
Fehras Publishing Practices
FM Aussenwerbung
Ham Minjoo
Kim Jungyun
Kulturplakatierung
Madeleine Morley
Martin Conrads
preggnant
Rimini Berlin
Ruohan Wang
Schick Toikka
Serge Rompza (NODE)
Stahl R
Studio Pandan
Studio Santiago da Silva
Studio Yukiko
Planned, Edit & designed by
Bernd Grether, Kim Young Sam, Lee Aram, Shin Dokho


Graphic #44
Berlin Issue
Graphic, 2019