represent

Hands down the best piece of manatee related graffiti on the planet. One of my best friends, Tiffany excellently representing Florida on a legal wall in Berlin.
Her personal travel blog lieblingslauf allows me to keep a track of her awesomness.

She makes the 305 proud.

textures

Gunta Stolzl 1927

head of weaving at the Bauhaus
One of the many highlights of my recent trip was visiting the comprehensive Bauhaus exhibition at Martin-Gropius museum. If there was ever any doubt that the Bauhaus school has influenced everything we deem "good design" and cool it's definitely been eliminated. Of the 100o objects exhibited, one piece that surprisingly stood out to us was this Gunta Stolzl tapestry (jpg doesn't do justice). Among all the furniture, innovative text and material studies this ridiculously bright textile was one of the most relevant to today's neon art aesthetic.

An other piece that keeps floating around my empty little head is this handmade tapestry from starsyling I spotted at their boutique. It's so texturally interesting and would look great as a floor mat or wall hanging.

While I couldn't justify spending over 300 € on this I so desperately want it and would certainly make use of it. I love this treasure purposed as a picnic blanket:

Even though Stystyling is a tad busy (flailing hand motions and hissing sounds if you were hearing me say this) for my taste, I did pick up a gorgeous hand dipped fringe necklace. I can't wait to incorporate this into an outfit. I'm miles away from endorsing an all over print but touches of flair are oh so necessary.crafting the fringes
Seeing that I can't afford a large textural piece at the moment this little bit of color and motion will have to do. Unless I purchase my own loom and have a sudden folk streak I don't see a Gunta Stolzl inspiration in my future.

Oh f@#$% I'm back.

I'm home from my Berlin vacation and I am trying to get back into the swing of things. It was such a great time and I am more inspired than ever to make a big change in my life. Getting out of your surroundings does wonders for the soul. Along with enjoying quality time with my pal Tiffany, I met some cool people, ate amazing foods, cycled throughout the city and visited some special locations like a a geodesic dome graveyard, an abandoned dinosaur amusement park and the chalk cliffs off the Baltic Sea. I admit, I did not shoot as much as I should have. The combination of biking, trying to avoid looking touristy and just being caught up in a whirlwind is to fault.

Here are just a few exceptional moments that I managed to capture:

Stumbled upon this pennant adorned street at the perfect time of day.

bar staff of birds at one of Berlin's many parks

Crazy circus tent spotted on the way to the Ostsee

hundreds of jelly fish at Sassnitz

Baltic Sea dwelling swans

abandoned dinosaur park in Treptow

T-Rex!

A much anticipated trip to Teufelsberg

perfect weather for breaking into a geodesic dome

you can tell I really liked it in there

and of course le classic plane window shot

Now I'm just trying to bite down and bear the rest of the work week. I will surely try to get back to all your comments and catch up on posts but all in due time. It's always a bit daunty to play catch up when your mind is floating else where. Many more post on Berlin, recent discoveries and treasures to come.
I missed you guys!

“Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” - Miriam Beard