Berlin Design

I was very excited when I found out about the Bauhaus Design Museum in Berlin. But when I got there it was not as great as I had thought it might be. The building itself was great and inside there was a gift shop full of so many things that I want. But the current exhibition wasn't so great. The museum is the home to a 1970 reconstruction of László Moholy Nagys Lignt-space modulator which was originally built between 1922-30 of chrome plated steel, aluminum, glass, acrylic glass, wood. You can push a button and watch the sculpture gyrate. The museum also had interesting models of the original pre-nazi model of the Bauhaus building in Dessau from 1925.

Later that night I was exploring OrangianStrasse (known for it’s modern retail stores, fashionable ‘hole-in-the-wall’ & posh restaurants, artists, bomb scarred buildings, and prostitutes) and began talking to three people that were outside of a concept house. They were headed to a party and asked if I’d like to join. I accepted and we walked down a slightly marked ally and then up some narrow crowded stairs to this ‘underground’ modern clothing, music, and bookstore full of people. [bookshop/disco/bar] [outside] At the back of the bookstore we walked into another room where there was a full bar, [sittin' 'n' drinkin'] a random assortment of occupied couches and chairs on the floor and an art exhibition on the wall. We checked out the exhibition of decent photos and mediocre paintings. We noticed that the music was coming from a back room with a swarming dance floor. We joined the crowd and the sweet house beats laid down by a really good DJ who kept the mob going. We stopped for a drink and were surprised when the bartender asked to see our invitation. Apparently it was a private party this night so we were asked to leave. Bummer… We were having such good time.

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