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At home with designer Katharina Schmitter

At home with designer Katharina Schmitter

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Who: Katharina Schmitter, Textile Designer
Where:  Paris, Frankreich

The redstone villa in Fontenay-sous-Bois with it’s black slate roof. Who wouldn’t want to live here?

Her French is accent-free and her classic elegance typical Parisienne: Katharina Schmitter came as au pair to France, studied History of …

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At home with Jorinde Gersina

At home with Jorinde Gersina

Who: Jorinde Gersina, Photographer
Where: Berlin

Breakfast with Jorinde – on the magnificent balcony of her Berlin apartment

Whether Til Schweiger, Hannelore Elstner or Veronica Ferres: the Berlin photographer Jorinde Gersina had them all already in front of her lens. Yet the 1 meter 76 tall, attractive blonde originally wanted …

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What’s Madonna’s favorite dish, Mayumi Nishimura?

What’s Madonna’s favorite dish, Mayumi Nishimura?

Who: Mayumi Nishimura, Private Cook of Madonna
Where: Berlin

Madonna’s private cook Mayumi Nishimura and I in the Japanese restaurant Ula in Berlin

Mayumi Nishimura seems to be ageless. It’s hard to believe that the open-minded Japanese is already in her sixties. Also the fact that Mayumi has been the …

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Matteo Thun: “We are all designers.”

Matteo Thun: “We are all designers.”

Who: Matteo Thun, Architect & Designer
Where: Milan, Italy

Star architect Matteo Thun and I at the design fair Salone del Mobile in Milan

His designs are well known, you’ve experienced them already – of that I’m sure – because you’ve either sat or slept on them: Designer Matteo Thun …

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How about a cup of tea, Vicky Leandros?

How about a cup of tea, Vicky Leandros?

Who: Vicky Leandros
Where: Café Grosz, Berlin

The Café Grosz on Kurfürstendamm in Berlin: Here coffeehouse tradition is maintained

When I ask her where we shall meet, she spontaneously replies: Let’s meet at Grosz on Ku’damm, her favorite café in Berlin where she feels comfortable and unknown. That this is …

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The Storyteller from the Straußberger Platz

The Storyteller from the Straußberger Platz

Who: Andreas Tölke – Journalist
Where: Berlin – Mitte

The Straußberger Platz in Berlin-Mitte

I ring the bell, the door opens and Müller welcomes me fawning. Müller is a truly cute, black-white-fury, French bulldog and is used to the current stream of visitors. Most of the guests, who are giving …

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