Alexander Bondar is a photographer who co-created Zoopark Collective with photographer and publisher Tatyana Palyga. We met Alexander in Kreuzberg. He told us about his journey from Russia to Germany, why he didn’t like Berlin in the beginning and why Karl-Marx-Straße is now his favorite spot in the city. Where are you from? I am from Lytkarino, a small town in the suburbs of Moscow. What is the strongest memory you have of your hometown? It’s a bit random, but…
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Fête de la Musique is a much loved annual Berlin event that marks the beginning of summer on June 21st with free music performances of every style imaginable across the German capital. More than…
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Ivan Dorn is a singer, DJ and producer with an overabundance of quirky uniqueness. His boundary pushing fashion style, fancy footwork and outgoing contagious personality has lit the European music industry like a wildfire. Ivan Dorn…
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Victoria Filina is the owner of studio Tineola in Kreuzberg from where she has developed her brand of the same name which features several lines of accessories. The first line of accessories has been…
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Meet identical twins Maria and Natalia. The pair were born in Leningrad yet departed from the city the year it regained its original name, St. Petersburg. Their father, a film producer and their mother,…
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This is the fabulous Lina Khesina. The illustrator and designer grew up in Pensa, Russia and came to Germany when she was 16 years old. At first, she and her family lived in a…
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This in Inna. Inna has lived in Berlin since she was eight years old. Originally she is from Voronezh, Russia but she grew up in Berlin-Hellersdorf, until she moved to Prenzlauer Berg and started…
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This is Victoria. Victoria opened her own store called Tailorbird with her friend Eva about a year ago. She designs and crafts clothing for women and children, all sorts of toys, bags and interior…