Jay-Z, Outkast, Biggie, Eminem… everybody knows them. But most of you probably don’t know the man behind the scenes who’s making all of them look good.

Let me introduce you Mr. Jonathan Mannion. Photographer, artist, self-made man and much more.

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OHWOW “It ain’t fair” – Last night we attended the OHWOW “It ain’t fair” exhibition opening with team MADE here in Miami. Unlike the other art events we visited here, the typical hipster crowd was all there. Nothing changed. Same same.

Artists included Dan Colen, José Parlá, Aaron Young, Agathe Snow, Scott Campbell etc. and lots of people “from the industry” showed up: Dr. Romanelli, Andre, A-Ron and many more.

Had a great chat with my favorite artist of the show Mr. José Parlá who introduced a completely new direction of his works.

Make sure to check out the recap video right below!

SOTO introduces: “Le Berlinois” – Today we officially launched our own little in-house “label” which is called Le Berlinois. Don’t expect a proper label, don’t expect a full collection… just stuff we like, stuff we would wear, really simple.

Every season we will drop some quality products and some selected collabs. All available exclusively at SOTO.

Check some pics below:

Lee Scratch Perry VOV – This is probably the most bizarre VOV interview we’ve did so far! This guy is crazy! (in a good way). Simply from another planet. Take a look yourself:

London – I was in London for a short trip, just in-n-out, but always a pleasure to be in that city!

Didn’t have much time, but of course checked out some stores and had time for a stroll alongside the Thames.

The lovely Denise being my guide for the day… Big thanks for that!

We also went to the TATE Modern to see the Gerhard Richter exhibition which was pretty impressive and is a definite must-see when you’re in town.

In the evening we went to see my friend Royston, who I haven’t seen for years! Met this guy for the first time in Berlin when he was still touring with Estelle and we always kept in touch, but always missed each other. At the moment he’s performing in “Some like it Hip Hop” at the Peacock Theatre in Holborn!

Seatnumber:

It’s been a while since my last visit to a theatre, but I really enjoyed it. The Show was amazing, some crazy dance moves and of course seeing Royston on stage was priceless.

Here a little out-take of the play:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcRtG8NL41Q

After the show:

This was pretty massive: Student demonstration against the student fees. Looked pretty harmless and peaceful right here, but there were about 6 helicopters up in the air and ten thousands of students were on the streets deonstrating. The day after I found out that it turnt into quite some riots.

Strolling through the city:

Santa is coming. Really? Beginning of November already? This is not ok.

Good morning Earl Grey tea with honey and milk. And Goodbye London.

QUBIQUE – Next Generation Tradeshow.

Last weekend the first edition of the Qubique furniture show at historic airport Tempelhof took place for the first time. The founders Matthias Schmid and Ulrich Weingärtner brought together the best of the best of all furniture and product design companies from all around the world to showcase only their highlights and special products of their collections.

Pretty much all important players from the industry including Vitra, Thonet, Established & Sons etc. found their way to Berlin.

Highlights of Qubique definitely included the combination of furniture, entertainment, food and discussion panels with guest speakers like Paola Antonelli (senior curator at the MoMa New York) and designer Konstantin Grcic.

The man from one of our MADE projects: Hermann August Weizenegger.

E15:

My man Gorazd from Slovenia:

The coolest dudes of the show were definitely the kids of Nomess:

Kinda scary:

That’s him aka the Cardboard Boy:

Bisazza:

Genius:

My favourite piece Raw Edges/Shay Alkalay:

MADE: Scratch’n'Cut recap – last Friday the opening exhibition of our latest MADE project called “Scratch’n'Cut” took place. The exhibition was all about the art of remixing and artists Daniel Gonzalez (Argentina), Jonas Liveröd (Sweden), Eclectic Method (UK/US) and special guest and main inspiration Mr. Lee Scratch Perry (Jamaica) flipped around our MADE space and completely turned it into their own world.

See some of the recap photos below or click for all photos right HERE!

Oli:

Conny Ponny:

Daniel’s space dancers:

Curator Lukas Feireiss:

Daniel Gonzalez, Lee Scratch Perry & Jonas Liveröd:

The master himself:

I must say seeing this legend live in front of me was really special. His whole aura was incredible… he seemed so quiet and vulnerable the first night we met him, but he surprised us all at the exhibition night when he was performing in full effect like there’s no tomorrow… with so much energy and spirit… he’s definitely from another world.

Emily, Lee & Lukas:

Lee Scratch Perry in the house!

Our latest MADE project is all about the art of remixing. The opening exhibition is set for tomorrow evening and the following artists made it their task over the past few weeks to flip our MADE space upside-down and turn it through remixing into a true Alice in Wonderland meets Pippi Longstocking’s “Villa Kunterbunt”:
* LEE “SCRATCH” PERRY (Jamaica)
* ECLECTIC METHOD (UK/USA)
* DANIEL GONZALEZ (Italy)
* JONAS LIVERÖD (Sweden)

All curated and supervised by Lukas Feireiss.

It was kinda wild here over the last weeks… loved the vibe. Make sure to come and see the exhibition if you’re in Berlin.

The exhibition trailer:

And a some info about the project:

Save Borneo & support the Eco Warriors!

Our friend Fa made it all the way through to a selected group of young and determined people called the Eco Warriors. They take on the task to travel through the Indonesian island of Borneo to experience the disastrous deforestation that is taking place there with all its consequences.

The main aim is to create awareness of the current situation and spread the word and try to educate people through virtual classrooms, social media and all the other tools that our generation is brought up with.

To learn more about this truly amazing and inspiring project called DeforestACTION please click HERE and watch the video below:

The good guys from 24 Kilates recently launched their ellesse Fab Five collaboration shoe in Barcelona.

To make their story complete the crew is supporting their long-time friend Jorge Madden, who participates in a sailing race across the Atlantic on boats of 6,5 meter length. More than 4200 miles, about 30 days of solo sailing competing against 84 of the best sailors from 16 countries. Madden’s sail number ESP636 and the pendant of 24 Kilates Yacht Squadron decorates 24 Kilates’ ellesse model 117, which is packed in a limited edition kit coming with a 5-panel cap and a T-Shirt.

Check out their video below: