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EVENTS

Artist Debut – Dumbo, Brooklyn

Residents of Brooklyn and New York, on Saturday June 11th, there is an artists debut you shouldn’t miss. Opening right on the street at One Main St., Dumbo, Brooklyn, is an exhibit by local NY sculptor Cristina Covucci. After some unknown time disappearing into her studio through the nights, Covucci is finally unveiling her work …

FURNITURE PRODUCT TECH

Kohler Numi Bidet Toilet

Let’s face it, if the living/kitchen/dining are the most public aspects of the house, the bathroom represents some of your most intimate moments.  So let’s infuse some design lifestyle and wet luxury into the scene. Kohler has recently released a video of the NUMI, introducing their most advanced toilet. “The Numi toilet combines unmatched design, technology …

BERLIN GOURMET PRODUCT

berlin review – THE BARN

We’ve scoured Berlin Mitte and against all odds of finding just another coffeehouse serving burned coffee, we’ve recently discovered The Barn. They are the champions of the notorious Single Origin Coffees while working with speciality coffeeshops and quality roasters, both local and global. Their goal? The Barn claims to “serve our customers the best coffee …

FASHION

MBFW 2011 – BLLACK NOIR

As the closing act to MBFW 2011, BLLACK NOIR didn’t disappoint! As per some unspoken German fashion law, we have the obligatory black. But suppressed to simple skin tight garments, rigid and architectural, and combined with their highlights: pearly white marble laced with smoky gray veins or silky navy. The designs sinuously billows across the bodies …

FASHION

MBFW 2011 – MAICCO

This year Maicco plays with a dialectic between plasticity and fabric fluidity. The use of the ornament is predominant in the abstracted derivative of “l’accessoire.” Maicco employs Oriental-influenced large scale drapes and color matched stiff boots, so as to create an even playground for the accessory. The objects, despite their individual banality, are now complimenting …

FASHION

MBFW 2011 – VLADIMIR KARALEEV

You can almost imagine the death knell ringing, ushering the deceased, with Vladimir Karaleev’s collection for MBFW 2011. This Bulgarian designer rejects traditional cuts and presents geometric silhouettes with an underlying theme of gravity, or perhaps a seriousness of life. Karaleev softens the darkness with muted blues, olive greens, and pale browns. The garments fall from …

FASHION

MBFW 2011 Photo Series

While we wait for more coverage of Mercedes Benz Fashion Week shows, we thought we would share a few special and fashionable moments from the week! Enjoy. (Take a wild guess as to how old the gorgeous couple above are!!!!)

FASHION PRODUCT

NOKIA SMARTSTYLES + POP UP FASHION-CAFE

We took a stroll downstairs from the hype of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week and an altogether unique experience found us on Torstrasse 114, Berlin: Smartstyles Pop Up Fashion-Cafe. It’s a fashion cafe attracting chic youths, it’s a fashion gallery, cafe, bar, chillout lounge with a DJ playing grooves from a makeshift booth. On highlight is the …

FASHION

MBFW 2011 PERRET SCHAAD

We’ve covered this name before on POLKADOT and we are excited to once again return to Berlin fashion house Perret Schaad. Despite Jil Sander’s return with UNIQLO, the runways has been waiting for a worthy continuation of minimalist german fashion design and Perret Schaad has confidently stepped forward into the spotlight with their Autumn Winter …

FASHION

MBFW 2011 – ASANDRI

The 60s are back! But thankfully, in an incredibly tasteful manner with the Los Angeles spirit gleaming through, intact with sunglasses. This year, Asandri gives us the contemporary woman, the lady of the NOW, spotted in Midtown NYC, London, Paris, Hollywood Hills. The design philosophy is for a woman enjoying a luxurious and cultiated lifestyle, …

FASHION

MBFW 2011 – Plauener Spitze + Irene Luft

We witness a german winter and yet the onset of spring with this year’s show from Plauener Spitze in collaboration with Irene Luft. Or perhaps a contemporary take on Natoire’s “Le Reveille de Venus”? Transparency and opacity intersect as the designers play a hide and seek game with the primary use of lace. The absolute lack …

FASHION

MERCEDES-BENZ FASHION WEEK

It is finally JAN 19th and the start of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week here in Berlin. The lineup of designers is staggering and we at POLKADOT will be sneaking into a few shows armed with a notepad, a trusted old Nikon, and a 20mm! We’ll be reviewing several hot designers, young and fresh, and on the …

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN FASHION ILLUSTRATION LONDON PHOTOGRAPHY

Cityabyss Illustration

If you ignorant blokes thought designer vodka was the only vintage coming out of Poland, you’re quite mistaken! The Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow has provided the world with this astonishing freelance illustrator – Beata Szczecinska – the beating heart behind CITYABYSS ILLUSTRATION. What is Cityabyss? Started in 2006 London, Szczecinska clarifies it to …