“Display and Art History: The Düsseldorf Gallery and Its Catalogue”, n upcoming exhibition at the Getty, illustrates the making of one of the earliest modern catalogues, La galerie électorale de Dusseldorff (1778), a revolutionary two-volume […]
German industrial Designer Dieter Rams, born May 20th 1932 in Wiesbaden, turns 79. Chances are you have used his products as he wrote design history with his designs for Braun. A wonderful book from the […]
By Pia Reutter What was invented in the small workshops of inventors would revolutionize the world in the next 125 years: the automobile. The patent application filed by Carl Benz on January […]
The unforgettable Peter Alexander , born June 30th 1926 in Vienna, has died on February 12th, 2011. Countless movies and sketches like this parody of the “Golden Girls” have made him a beloved icon. From […]
German producer Bernd Eichinger, the man behind such Oscar-nominated films like “The Downfall” and “The Baader Meinhof Complex” died suddenly of a heart attack during a dinner at his home in Los Angeles on January […]
A brand conquers the world Augustus the Strong, the legendary elector of Saxony, openly confessed that he suffered from the “porcelain malady.” Symptoms of this illness are a weakness for the fine, white material coupled […]
Find out where insiders go for best skiing in Switzerland Switzerland’s idyllic location in the heart of the Alps makes it a mecca for winter sports. Nowhere else in Europe are the winter sport resorts […]
Trader Joe’s is one of the grocery chains that help Germans keep in touch with their basic culinary roots. TJ’s is the store of choice when it comes to get Westphalian smoked ham if you […]
The “Lady Diana” of the 19th century died 200 years ago. by Pia Reutter She is regarded as the “mother of the nation” and was celebrated as “the most beautiful of the beautiful”: Prussia’s Queen […]
by Nina Wachenfeld When the native Romanian received the award in Oslo in October 2009, becoming the twelfth female Nobel laureate in Literature, tribute was paid not only to a superb author, but also to […]
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