The New Berliners: Playmobil Versions of Berlin Characters

The New Berliners: Playmobil Versions of Berlin Characters

After the huge success of previous editions artist Dorit Bialer has now released a brand new series of her Berliner in Box sets with typical Berlin characters as fun Playmobil versions. After previous versions gave us the punks at Kaisers and the Berghain girl her new series features brand new characters such as the street artist, the serial daters, the hipster drag queen, the fashion blogger, the real estate shark and the DJ. As a little extra there are also two new Berliner classics such as Christiane F. and Nina Hagen. Well, and as a personal treat there is also a version of ME! Yes, you read that one right, I have been turned into a Playmobil character too.

The playsets are once again filled up with lots of little details and witty description texts on the boxes that poke fun at all of the stereotypes. It’s a wonderfully creative continuation of the series and brings the whole concept into the current time. If you like these amazing sets you can also have your own custom You in a Box set made by Dorit, it’s also a great and original gift idea for Christmas!

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Listening to Music with Acid Pauli

In electronic music, there is no artist that is more versatile than Acid Pauli. In his DJ sets, he goes far beyond conventional Techno. Acid Pauli combines the music that he likes und puts together music that wasn’t meant to be put together. And that is a great variety of music.

During his DJ sets, he plays Techno tracks, songs by Johnny Cash, Reggae classics, Italian songs form the 60ies, chansons by Serge Gainsbourg and unknown ABBA songs. As you see: music has no borders for Acid Pauli.

In our interview with Acid Pauli we asked him about music by Nina Hagen, Justin Hinds, The Highlighters and Aloe Blacc. His answers after the jump.

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