citylikeyou — Berlin / Jessica Polar

I am mad about the forest, the fog, the sea. There is an halo in the details that appear in my photographs. Nothing is casual in the silence of melancholy living in the mood I capture. My private life affects the shoot. I grew up in a volcanic island called Tenerife plenty of nature and energy. I came to Berlin in 2008 after finishing my Journalism Bachelor´s degree in Madrid, I also studied Photo Edition at the Ostkreuzschule in Berlin and nowadays I am working as photo editor and photographer.

http://www.jessicapolar.com

Photographer

Current city: Berlin

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Berlin / Music Venue

I came up with this music venue long time ago, I think through a blog in 2009. I used to check every week the concerts they had at that time at the very beginning when the West Germany avenue was still underground and almost unknown. I like it here because I always discover new music bands and of course because of the venue itself which is located in a former doctor’s office.

Berlin / Place

This is the kind of world where I really feel safe. My Berlin home is the the place where my intimacy is, the place where I meet up friends, where I cook for them, where I love. It is the perfect shelter if I fall apart..

Berlin / Museum

This place is like being in the Canary Islands, where my hometown is. The wonderful botanical garden has around 22.000 different plant species. I can find here all the tropical species from the island where i grew up: birds of Paradise, palms or dragon trees.

Berlin / Place

I never heard about Havel until some friends and me checked out the google earth for a trip at the weekend. We went there in the german winter, oh yes...in the winter. I loved this place because is a small city island with a lake (which was frozen at that time) and with lovely houses and an old mill. I have never been there in the summer but i can imagine how wonderful would be.

Berlin / Shop

If you like fashion then this is the place to be. The label was founded in 2005 by Nando and Silvia, two spanish designers. I like this place because I love the wool coats and the patterns they create. They support local industry and that is a top of the top for me.

Berlin / Type Designer

Tobias Rechsteiner is a type and graphic designer travelling between Berlin and Basel. He co-founded prolog.work a digital design studio in Basel, designs typefaces for Grilli Type and is currently doing an Innovation & Management MBA in Berlin.

Berlin / Graphic Designer

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Berlin / Artist

Benoît François is a French multidisciplinary artist. Whether it's still or in motion, his versatile body of work is characterized by a poetic and synthetic approach. The wittiness of his creations - drawings, animations, objects or installations - brings to light the very essence and a contemporary vision of the subjects he is working with. Amongst others, he collaborated with brands and institutions such as HERMÈS, APARTAMENTO, THE NEW YORK TIMES, AUDEMARS PIGUET, TATE MODERN, AIGLE, KPM, ZEIT MAGAZIN , THE PLANT, VOGUE, M LE MONDE, LUNCHEON, THE PARIS REVIEW, etc.

Berlin / Visual Artist

Katrin Rodegast is an award-winning paper artist, illustrator, designer and art director based in Berlin, Germany. Her tactile objects, sets and scenarios are produced from paper, products, graphic elements or everyday materials in her studio at Alexanderplatz. This unique and directly engaging style of illustration is commissioned by international clients for advertising, magazines, brochures, websites, apps, shop windows or animated films.

Berlin / Writer

I'm a Berlin-based freelance arts writer and editor. My writing has been published by i-D, Elle.com, artnet News, Artsy and Frieze, among others, and I've edited books for various institutions, including SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin and Iwalewahaus at the Universität Bayreuth. I was previously the art and music editor at Interview Magazine in New York.

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