shapeshifters tag feed: berlin

New York meets Berlin

manu — wed, 09 apr 2008 12:35:27 +0200

Hey there from Berlin again,

I am very happy to announce that an other cooperation between a Shapeshifters Member and BCN has be realised!

Egon Zipple http://www.shapeshifters.net/egonzippel/introduction with his beautiful
Loft in New York is the 4th location we are featuring.

This means I've found two of our four locations on Shapeshifters, and the fifth location is already in the making - also a collaboration between me and a Shapeshifters Member, on the next continent ... more about that in my next posting ;)

Our search for more interesting people and locations -worldwide - continues.
All the details are in my last posting here: http://www.shapeshifters.net/manu/stories/1358/
or on our web page under IDEA and FAIRCHISE. http://www.TheBusinessClass.Net

Looking forward to the next exciting person and location to come along :)
Cheers Manu

Agency for Fictional Artefacts

ericpoe — mon, 26 nov 2007 18:45:12 +0100

I just came across this fascinating agency in Berlin: http://www.schein-berlin.de
These guys create all sorts of fictional artefacts: e.g. packaging of products that never really existed, newspapers for film productions, fictional stamps and labels, everything. Amongst many other productions and projects I found out they had been working e.g. for "Bourne Supremacy". I like their work because it is such a special synthesis of Art and Graphic Design. Highly recommended. Unfortunately their website is only in German (yet).

Adelaide Festival of Arts 2008

duann — mon, 12 nov 2007 22:46:08 +0100

hey all, if travelling in Australia check out the Adelaide Festival of Arts. It is a great time to be in Adelaide with it's beautiful summer with a film festival, Womadelaide, Writers Week, theatre, dance and the Fringe Festival, awesome comedy.
come visit Adelaide while in its prime.

the logo this year is a sculpture by Michael Kutschbach, Adelaide artist now based in Berlin

cheers
http://www.duanns.com

Mojave meets Berlin

storytracker — fri, 12 oct 2007 13:31:00 +0200

Dear Manu, come over for coffee here, the sun shines, it is beautiful. Have some chocolate This is an official go ahead! (Cecile Bouchier, Mojave/CA) http://www.cecilebouchier.com

With these words the cooperation between two members of Shapeshifters was decided. It all started with a posting on Shapeshifters http://www.shapeshifters.net/manu/stories/1158/
by Manu Kumar. The initiator and founder of The Business Class. Net (BCN) - a network of Plug-&-Play working spaces for rent and a digital internet platform for freelancers and creative people as well as new nomads - was searching worldwide for new locations besides the headquarter in Berlin, Germany. When establishing new BCN-ports Manu Kumar always looks for special and unusual personalities as partners and prefers loctions in international cities or off the beaten track. The Mojave Desert has exited Manu Kumar: "This is exactly the place where BCN members can retreat, find new ideas and prepare projects. No 'civilization' to worry about! After personally meeting with Cecile in Berlin we have built up a friendship - the perfect foundation for success." The new BCN-port in the Mojave Desert opens on Halloween, October 31. http://www.TheBusinessClass.Net

I can supply you the quality tshirts as per your requirement.
i have...

Sunil (anonymous) — thu, 04 oct 2007 12:32:21 +0200

I can supply you the quality tshirts as per your requirement.
i have manufacturing base in India and Egypt.
Pls do contact me directly for further discussion
sunil@egypak.com or 0020103995600

Sustainable IT Conference, Berlin

josimon — mon, 01 oct 2007 19:24:42 +0200

Although this conference is in German, I guess it might be relevant enough to be postet here.

SUSTAINABLE IT Konferenz
17. - 18. Oktober 2007
Berlin, Kalkscheune (Germany)
http://www.sustainable-it.org

The conference bridges the two megatrends sustainability and IT.
The lead question is: "How do we want to shape IT Products and their use to create long lasting social, economic and ecologic value?"

A broad range of experts from industry, development aid, science and politics will start the dialogue.

Please find the agenda here: http://www.sustainable-it.org/?page_id=5

Setting up a BCN-port in your city.

manu — fri, 10 aug 2007 15:43:50 +0200

Hey there from Berlin,

a few months ago first of may / Labor Day I opened the BCN-network. I didnt had the chance to post it on Shapeshifters myself because PeterPanic was faster than me :)

http://www.shapeshifters.net/PeterPanic/stories/972/

Now we are looking for people to join our network by setting up new BCN-ports in their cities. I was wondering if you could help me to find such a person / location in your town. You will find everything in detail on the web page under IDEA and FAIRCHISE.

By creating the idea of FAIRCHISE vs. FRANCHISE we do not focus on connecting only the major capital cities of the modern world, but also on cities and regions that are not so wealthy -yet! The BCN-network only makes sense as an area-wide network including all different types of cities and regions.

Since last week THE BUSINESS CLASS. NET is pleased to welcome all members including spanish and italian languages! Furthermore we translate all news on the web page free of charges. From now on Your News will be posted in Italian, Spanish, English and German! (Spanish version of the FAIRCHISE text is still missing, it will be online in about two weeks)

http://www.thebusinessclass.net

I am happy for every feedback, ideas, connections...
and please share this idea with everyone you know.

Its your business, anywhere.
Cheers Manu

Coworking space in Berlin

PeterPanic — mon, 07 may 2007 04:21:02 +0200

If you are looking for a place to work (from 2 weeks up to 3 months) while you are in Berlin, check out:

http://www.thebusinessclass.net

Maybe this is the answer to my question last year in august:

http://www.shapeshifters.net/PeterPanic/stories/352/

Do you have places like this in your city?

Pecha kucha -- an inspiring experience!

Nicola — fri, 20 apr 2007 03:46:55 +0200

Looking for a little architectural/design/photographic/artistic inspiration or interaction?

I recommend a visit to a pecha kucha night -- I had my first taste when one was held in Auckland recently and found a packed room of various creative worlds happily colliding, sharing and mixing.

The pre-arranged participants in pecha kucha were given the chance to tell the crowd about their design, new building, piece of furniture, photographs or thoughts they wished to share.

They did this with twenty images, and each image was shown for 20 seconds. People talked along with their slides, one guy played some music.

Presenters (and much of the audience) were from the design, architecture, photography, art and creative fields.

It was a fantastic way to see what was happening Auckland, and meet other creative people.

These events, orginally started in Tokyo by a British architect, are run around the world, and participation is encouraged by anyone who has something to show or say.

I'm sure there would be plenty of shapeshifters who would enjoy an outing to one of these!

Check out their international homepage : http://www.pecha-kucha.org/

Tiger Translate 2007 Global Tour

bernard — mon, 02 apr 2007 02:30:53 +0200

these guys might be of interest:

http://www.tigertranslate.com/

"Tiger Translate is a platform which enables emerging Asian artists within the fields of art, design, film, photography and music to venture onto the world stage. Tiger Translate has worked with the likes of Phunk Studio, Faile, Rostarr and many more rising Asian stars. Creating events in Dublin, Shanghai and Auckland last year proved to be a solid foundation to move into another year of creative enlightenment and entertainment."

Upcoming Events:
NewYork:
31st March 2007
Berlin:
11th - 12th May 2007
Beijing:
July 2007 TBC

Partners:
Hewlett-Packard (HP)
http://www.hp.com.sg/

IdN (International Designers' Network)
http://www.idnworld.com/

content financing

ganesh — sun, 14 jan 2007 14:25:24 +0100

peacefulfish in Berlin is a finance and distribution company for the content industry. They have two conferences coming up in Feb 07 that sound good: Global Film Financing in Berlin and Global Mobile Content Financing in Barcelona. I've never worked with them but have heard them speak at conferences and they sound like a valuable resource. Check them out: http://peacefulfish.com

Berlin for music lovers

Yvette — tue, 09 jan 2007 17:06:44 +0100

I'm off to Berlin soon and have just found out that there is a music festival whilst I will be there - http://www.maerzmusik.de/. Has anyone been to this? It looks like contemporary classical but I am still waiting to receive a programme to find out the details.

I wondered whether someone might be able to point me in the direction of other interestings things to do and see whilst I'm there, such as which are the best flea markets to visit and interesting club nights - not in the dance/rave way but perhaps more nights that mix visuals, live music, cabaret - that sort of thing.

Event organizers in Vienna and Berlin

muesli — sun, 09 apr 2006 14:43:01 +0200

May I proudly recommend: http://www.festgestalten.net, a Vienna and Berlin based team of set designers and event organizers. They recently designed the much noticed exhibition "Austria and its Jews" in the Jewish Museum in Vienna. Their service portfolio ranges from e.g. theater sets to christmas decoration for shopping arcades.

a creative software architect

bernard — sun, 19 feb 2006 03:59:21 +0100

Stan Wiechers is a berlin/nyc based technology writer, software architect and recognized mobile technology expert. Stan works for the biggest web-agency in manhattan. what outlines him for this community is his dedication for creative (open source) software projects that are inviting for participation. his latest venture "Semapedia" connects Wikipedia information with real world physical objects (as well as flickr photo-streams !!)...

http://www.semapedia.org/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/semapedia/
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/67897
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semapedia
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semapedia

http://konnexion.sourceforge.net/
http://www.merkwelt.com/people/stan/