I’ve just been at a formidable vernissage. The title, as you can probably guess, was: Berlin Haushoch meaning something like ‘Berlin high as a building’ and suggesting anything that would be related to architecture. In fact it was much more than that. Maybe it was more about the people than the buildings. More about the character of Wedding (which is a quarter of Berlin) than about its architecture.

The project Berlin Haushoch is done by three undoubtfully talented Berlin designers who share both a sense of professionalism and exhibitionism. What they do is move to some quarter of Berlin and stay there until they have finished a whole magazine issue on it. Their first one was based on Marzahn, the second one on Wedding was just published tonight. What I found most interesting about it was the way they connected aesthetics and design with the most adorable average joeism in town. Invest six Euro in a good magazine on www.berlinhaushoch.de!

Lovely!