The Berlin Design Guide: A Practical Manual to Explore Urban Creativity

The guidebook to Germany s capital of creativity. Berlin s mayor once summed up the city as "poor but sexy." Today, Berlin s creative scene has moved on and is more alive, experimental, and professional than ever before. The Berlin Design Guide is a practical handbook for anyone who wants to get to know this seething metropolis and its creative hotspots. From the Buchstabenmuseum, an innovative museum devoted to letterforms, to the Mauerpark, a stretch of green that follows the former path of the Berlin Wall; from Prenzlauer Berg s popular Bonanza Coffee Heroes to our own Gestalten Space; from legendary concert venue SO36 to the iconic ICC the book features various tours that reveal the city s epicenters in architecture, design, art, and fashion. The listings are supplemented by interviews and portraits of local creatives from these fields that give personal insight into the city s infectious dynamic. As a comprehensive address book and insider s guide to the city s creative scene, The Berlin Design Guide is invaluable for visitors, newcomers, and established Berliners alike.