Every two months our Hamburg-based German office curates panel discussions on topics from the fields of society, arts, media and culture. The first panel in our new event series kicked off November 20, where we discussed the state of digital music culture around the overall theme ‘Music is Okay?!’. Panelists included Oke Göttlich (CEO Finetunes), Eric Wahlforss (Co-Founder of SoundCloud), Ruben Jonas Schnell (CEO ByteFM) and Ulrich Stock (Die Zeit).
Big thanks go to our Partners and Sponsors: creative agency G2 Hamburg and publishing house Gingko Press.
The next event is scheduled for February 2009 where we will showcase new forms [...]

Apart from his great work as a producer and DJ, Hamburg based multi-talented DJ DSL has just released his latest piece of work: a 2009 wall calendar. Renowned for his signature club-flyers, Football Wallcharts and sleeve designs, DJ DSL this time applied his hand-drawn style to the year ahead.
The wallpaper sized calendar costs 20 Euros + shipping (in a box), measures are 118,9 x 47,7 cm / 46,8″ x 18,8″ so all your dates and friends’ birthdays can easily fit.
Update: NYers can buy their copy at fabulous Turntable Lab in the east village or use their worldwide shipping service.
DJ DSL [...]

An article in German newspaper SZ reports about the opening of Germany’s first men only spa in Munich. The 350 sqm recreational site offers a service range from a 45 min. treatment up to an extensive 5 hour stay. If required, a limo-service can pick you up from your hotel or business meetings. So if you feel like it guys, get yourself a decent pedicure, ayurvedic massage or a high-tech peeling. Strange though that they are offering W-Lan and flatscreens with the latest business news.
There are already plans to spread the Media Spa concept in more German cities, while Berlin’s [...]

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Last summer Japanese architect Kengo Kuma presented his inflatable tea house at the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt. The temporary space was set up in the museum’s garden and once fully inflated, covered approximately twenty square meters. The structure’s interior is illuminated using integrated LEDs and fits nine tatami mats, a stove for the water kettle, as well as a preparation room.
[via Treehugger]

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Hamburg based new media agency Jung von Matt/next have produced an interactive graffiti wall called Nextwall. The 30m wall was painted by graffiti artists Aim, Tasek, Daddy Cool, Desur and Seak over 5 days in April 2007 – of course, the entire process was filmed and streamed online in real time.
The wall now serves as an experimental platform for different technologies. By capturing Semacodes on the wall you can download goodies for your mobile such as wallpapers showing the Matroschka characters, videos about the participating artists and the creation of the wall. You can also leave comments and [...]

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