yesterday I have been close to the ‘apple store’ (may I really name it so?) in maastricht. I was passing by and was thinking about the store in san francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO

saturday – 10 am (they are opening the doors)

MAASTRICHT

thursday – 1 pm (I was standing there for 10 min and saw 2 people on the other side of the street)

while you are studying you meet a lot people who are working in different disciplines. after a while you become a part of diverse projects. here is one of daniel van hauten. and I am the one you shouldn’t argue with. haha

Made in China “Action Trailer” from Daniel van Hauten on Vimeo.

next screening: trash film awards, berlin, 13.09.08

one of my favourite audio books is ‘generation golf’ from florian illies, a german journalist and author. ‘generation golf‘ is about life in the 80ies.(unfortunatly there is no english edition) florian is describing things exactly how I remember them while growing up. one thing I remeber is that he says that people who use to have leonardo glass (awful!) in the 80ies are buying alessi (no comment) in the 90ies. so what do people now? ikea glasswear? anyways, I found this illustration in the titanic magazine, a german satire mag. it declares everything. life is full of irony.

‘it’s from alessi’

I am living in a flat close to the city centre of maastricht. (some people allege that I just live here for 3 months p. a. – how come? at least I am a domestic person) within 3 years I moved 3 times but I spend the last 2 years in this apartment. jasper mueller was the first guy I lived with and then nika rams took his place. but during the last years I’ve spend my main time with miriam hartwig and anna pors. miriam graduated in fashion in 2007 and anna is studying video at my academy. miriam already moved out (last friday) and will be in new york for a month. she wants to visit some friends and say hello to her beloved city. anna will be in south africa for a half year. she is doing her internship at egg films. my plans are to be in london for the next 2 months and to do my internship at dezeen, online magazine for design & architecture. these pictures were the last one we took together. on a field, on a couch. very spontanious. but good.

coolest street in town

I have been at the highfield festival last weekend. weather wasn’t bad and people were flaunting their tshirts. most of them from bands, festivals or concerts. maybe to make converstation easier. I give you an example: ‘hey, I also saw madonna live in 1989 – great. let’s get wasted!’

the official festival shirt – cheap, easy to clean and comfortable

my favourite – ‘take a sip of sonic youth‘ – I want!

the indifferent – no public statement and not interested in a conversation

good one – I even like the fotos sometimes.

I am back from poland (my stomach is resting from the vodka and the food masses) and in berlin right now. enjoying the big city feeling – a huge contrast to the little village I ‘ve been in the last days. I will go on with the fun time. that’s what I need right now. lalala

no post in 3 days – why? I am in poland, swiebodzice (my place of birth) and celebrating a 4 day marathon of 2 weddings. first vodka at 4 pm the last one 12 hours later in the morning (but the constantly served food helps to handle it) I’ve been at a lot german weddings but there is no comparison to a real polish one, which is full of love and warmth and a lot of laughter.

weronika and andrzej

the bridegroom has to take of the bride’s suspender with his teeth (one of the funny games you do for entertaining the guests)

I am at the hockenheimring in germany right now. formula 1, baby. after the qualifying we drove back to our hotel in sinsheim and passed some villages. one of them was muehlhausen (seemed to be a 1 minute ride) fascinated by the billboards we had to have a look on the adidas store in town. good to know that life beyond a metropolis can be so easy and that interior design is a side effect.

spread your legs

race boy