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The pushchair is essentially a commodity – and by this we mean that it’s purely functional. Until now. Just as they did with the legendary cashmere scarf, Lala Berlin is giving it a new rock ’n’ roll image as well as elevating it to the status of fashion accessory. Together with pram manufacturer Cybex, which only last year won the Red Dot Design Award for its ground-breaking 3-in-1 system, they have created a predominantly black model, embroidered with dummies and grinning skulls that can be transformed from a classic baby pram into a buggy or into a travel system in just a few easy moves.

Our hardworking regular illustrator Roman Klonek is once again exhibiting new work at Düsseldorf’s Slowboy Gallery from this Saturday. From 6pm, accompanied by chilled refreshments, he is presenting a new series of woodcuts entitled “Some more wooden snake tales” – all with the typical Klonek mix of comic, folk and propaganda. The works can be viewed for the next 21 days, culminating in a finissage on 28 May with a concert by the brilliant Düsseldorf art, theatre and music band “half past selber schuld”. A one-off opportunity to take a Klonek original home with you!

Take a pinch of psychedelia, add some Summer of Love and mix with the elegance of a young Sophia Loren: the result is 'Violetta' – a pair of sunglasses designed by the award-winning Berlin house of glasses, Mykita, together with fashion designer Bernhard Willhelm.

DRMTM Clothing are heading up and out for the revolutionary 1st of May. The team from Düsseldorf, supported by designer toy institution Toykio, in cooperation with San Francisco's hot-rod, poster art and all-things-vinyl icon Frank Kozik, have brought out a blazing red, 16-inch re-run of their legendary Dead Che bust.

Admittedly, a fashion-avid Düsseldorf bag label that flirts with the rough and ready charm of Germany's industrial Ruhrpott region may not find favour with die-hard miners from Dortmund, Essen or Duisburg.

Bargain hunters take note!
During the upcoming Berlin Fashion Week, which is taking place from 4 – 10 July, the Projektgalerie Showroom will once again be presenting itself as an avant-garde fashion pop-up store offering high quality and slightly lower prices. So at Brunnenstrasse 151 in Berlin-Mitte you will find fashion, accessories and jewellery from more than 40 of the hottest international designers. Absolutely unmissable!

Who would have thought that Edwin, the dynamic Japanese hi-end denim label, and Liberty, the British floral pattern specialist with a penchant for nostalgia, would ever join forces?