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The Science of Crystals Alexander Kords explains where we can find crystals in our everyday life
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Cocktails & Crystal Glasses Styled Shooting with Licor43Cocktails
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How To Last Minute Extensive guide for everyone who wants to travel last minute
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Winter Escape and Winter Dreams Six bloggers tell us about their favourite winter destinations
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Startup Spotlight: Schleckdruff
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Ice, Parfait and more Recipes and photos from Claudia Gödke Fräulein Klein Miriam Keller
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Crowns and Tiaras
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Startup Spotlight: Phantomglass
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Hard Labor for sparkling gems | by Alexander Kords
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Use of Diamonds as tools Ira Häussler shares her insights
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#Letsbinge with sisterMAG The #Letsbinge Event in the sisterMAG Office an an extensive feature about the new phenomenon of "BingeWatching" with Netflix
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The best DIYs with Diamond Shapes from bloggers and the sisterMAG Team
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From a ballerina's life Our cover model ballerinas from sM16 and sM22 tell about their lifes in Staatsballet Berlin
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Projekt H.A.P.P.Y. with Alpro We introduce the program to start happy & healthy into the new year and introduce four bloggers that will test it
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Desk To Success
New Years Eve chez Robert
We show the workspaces of creative women. This time: Linh Nguyen from kisura.de and LeaLange from Junique
The sisterMAG team shows their New Years Eve party 2014 with many ideas for decorations
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What to do with photos after Christmas? Ideas from the photo book to magnets and iPhone cases
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From the #sisterMAGkitchen We show our new IKEA kitchen and what you can do with it!
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Startup Spotlight: MEALY-App
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Bling Bling for Everyone A short view of the history of Fashion Jewelry by Juliane Reichert
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Dear readers I have spent the past couple of weeks in a state of deep inherent contradiction: I was creating layouts for all sorts of recipes featuring ice crystals and building winter scenes on magazine pages in the middle of a spell of spring weather in December in which I walked to the office in a skirt and plimsolls. Christmas markets became a positively grotesque experience and putting on gloves to drink mulled wine would have you break out in sweats within minutes.
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long for the things which are currently unobtainable. This issue of sisterMAG is brimful of just those things: diamond-encrusted crowns, crazy jewellery lines by Pyramonte and tulle skirts in all the colours of the rainbow: We’ve loaded this final sisterMAG issue of 2015 with all the things we would have liked to see in our wardrobe as the year draws to a close.
We’ve all thoroughly enjoyed the idea of forgoing the typical Christmas topics and focussing on New Year’s Eve and But maybe that’s why I enjoyed putting new beginnings. The issue is divided all these images of icy blues and into four sections: Crystals, diamonds, snowy crystals together – we always facets and rhinestones. We are aware
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above: Shooting with great acrylic crystal glasses shooting we jewelry from Pyramonte. In this picto barstuff.de in Berlin and ture: the new signature drink in the the most beautiful glasses! office, the Blanco43 of the fact that this division won’t stand up to a scientific examination because diamonds are crystals, too, and rhinestones should fall into a category labelled glass - and a feature on crystal glasses makes things even more complicated - but going forward we will try and explain the differences and distinctions in laymen’s terms; plus we have taken stunning pictures of a few particularly beautiful specimens and our partner for this issue, Licor43, provided a selection of perfectly suited cocktails. The office team has already identified a favourite from the Pyramonte shooting: Blanco43. In this
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feature you will see Toni as you have never seen her before: heavily laden with jewellery and wearing a pink wig! In a way these pages perfectly embody the recent spirit and atmosphere at the sisterMAG office: One shooting after the other meant one or all rooms were temporarily taken over by complete chaos. With two photographers and friends - Cristopher Santos and Helena Melikov, almost daily guests at the office shootings at very short notice were the result. Helena spent an entire month with the sisterMAG team. Despite the toll a number of frequent moves must have taken on her she
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Marie – our crafting bee – was busy again and made this huge paper diamonds for the cover shooting 8
still brought a breath of fresh air and a lot of design expertise to the team and – at least I think she did – reached her objective of being involved in a sisterMAG launch from start to finish! She was with us Monday through Sunday and you could make a fun game of finding all of Helena’s pictures – they are spread all throughout the issue. Thank you for a wonderful time – for dodecaphonic jazz at the Zigzag Club and pink-wigshoots at the sisterMAG office!
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December is traditionally a time to pause and look back upon the year just gone. And with this issue’s special focus on New Year’s and us showing off our 2014 party at our friend Robert's place, this is especially true. The CO(T)P team has achieved great things; we have gone, nay jumped, from 6 sisterMAG issues last year to 11 issues of sisterMAG, Dearsouvenir and Lebenlang. From one Content Manager last year – Sandra – we have grown to five permanent member of the team with Laura (Lebenlang), Luisa (Marketing & PR), Marie (Design) and Nadine (Director Operations). Our interns Ira, Katja and Yasmeen also provided active and dedicated support this year.
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Thea, Cris und Claudia (Gödke) in summer Hürriyet (Botanic Art) creates a winter scene for our #Letsbinge Event
Selfie Stick!: Sandra, Patricia, Laura, Luisa, Ira and her sister, Toni & Thea Growth and changes require huge amounts of flexibility from everybody and more often than not also bring with them a good deal of chaos; so thank you for sticking with Toni, Alex and me through thick and thin – Toni’s surgery, the office move, a new website, two new magazines and many, many events – we have not had a lazy year! I would also like to mention some people who don’t usually take centre stage: our proof readers and translators. The days leading up to the launch hail midnight reading sessions
and many emails with subjects along the lines of "Last minute translation – have you got a minute“ for them. Thank you for your thoroughness, flexibility and for searching the IKEA catalogue with a fine-toothed comb to check if I got the names of the items of furniture in our #sisterMAGkitchen right (see here ). So for the end of the
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year we have got you an issue full of features ranging from (popular) scientific background (like silicon as the base material for modern chips here and diamond production here ) to fashion topics (like our tulle skirt shooting here or a closer look at rhinestones here ). All content and downloads are also available on our (still kind of new) website which you should make your regular destination on the web because our Pinterest and Instagram fairy Luisa adds regular blog posts for you and keeps you abreast of our sisterMAG life. These posts are the only mail you are going to get from us this Christmas though as we had to skip writing Christmas cards due to the work involved in getting #sisterMAG22 live. That’s why
we would like to thank all our customers, partners, contributors and supporters via this medium. We’re looking forward to an exciting New Year 2016. We have made both plans and resolutions (the latter including joining the Alpro H.A.P.P.Y. program here we’re introducing in this issue! How about you? Was there anything you particularly liked this year? Which features should we keep in sisterMAG which new ones would you like to see? Contact us via Twitter (@sister_mag),
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below: Cris, Thea and Zoe during a shoot at Baltic Sea in summer
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THEA NEUBAUER Chief Editor
TONI SUTTER Marketing
ALEX SUTTER Sales
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LAURA GLABBATZ Content Manager
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YASMEEN DABU Intern Content
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NADINE STEINMETZ Director Operations
SANDRA ROTHFELD LUISA SANCELEAN Content Manager Manager Marketing & PR
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HELENA MELIKOV Freelance Designer
MATHILDE SCHLIEBE Freelance Designer
IRA HĂ„USSLER Working Student Editorial Team
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CONTRIBUTORS OF THIS ISSUE STEFANIE KIESSLING FINAL PROOF
As said before in the editorial: There are quite a few people behind the scenes of sisterMAG but still SO important for every launch. We new Stefanie long before she began to read for us. Fun Fact: most of the time our organisation works via Twitter: usually around 12pm at night ASSA ARIYOSHI ILLUSTRATION
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THE COVER PHOTOS Cristopher Santos HAIR & MAKEUP Lena Schleweis MODEL Caroline Bird DRESS Evi Neubauer SETDESIGN Marie Darme / sisterMAG
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The Japanese Dutch illustrator wrote us an email about the launch of our magazine Dearsouvenir. As we were smitten by her site, style and colour compositions we wanted to work with her right away. That's why she prooves her skills in the Lastminute Guide PATRICIA HECK HAIR & MAKEUP
You cannot think sisterMAG without knowing her: our redhead Patricia has styled countless models (and ourselves) during the last years of sisterMAG. Thank you so much for your continuing support. Always fun to have you around!
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TEXT Claire Cunningham clairemariec.weebly.com
Dr. J. Wittemann Xing
Yasmeen Dabu onefauxseven.blogspot.com
Juliane Eva Reichert LinkedIn
Liv Hambrett livhambrett.com Alexander Kords kords.net
sisterMAG Team Thea Neubauer Antonia Sutter Nadine Steinmetz Laura Glabbatz Ira H채ussler
Sarah Miranda gemischtetueteglueck.de Angelika Schwaff reise-freunde.com
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I L L U S T R AT I O N & L AY O U T Thea Neubauer neu4bauer.com
Helena Melikov helena.melikov.de
Assa Ariyoshi assaariyoshi.com
Marie Darme LinkedIn
Mathilde Schliebe ma---d.tumblr.com
Beth Walrond bethwalrond.com
T R A N S L AT I O N Katrin Greyer
Ira H채ussler
Maria Foh
Alexander Kords
Elina Penner Tanja Timmer
Natalye Childress
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PHOTOGRAPHY Helena Melikov helena.melikov.de Cris Santos cristophersantos.com Ashley Ludäscher ashleyludaescher.com
Zoë Noble zoenoble.com Patricia Haas Facebook Seite Anika Landsteiner anidenkt.de
Suk-Jae & Jae-In weddingpilots.de Marianna Hillmer weltenbummlermag.de Carina Herrmann pinkcompass.de
Anita Brechbühl travelita.ch
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Nadine Steinmetz
Alexander Kords
Sandra Rothfeld
Stefanie Kießling
Antonia Sutter
Claire Cunningham
HAIR & MAKEUP Lena Schleweis lenaschleweis.de Patricia Heck patriciaheck.de
Amie McCracken Antonia Sutter
MODELS Caroline Bird (Cover)
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H端rriyet Bulan botanic-art.de
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Marie Darme @maridam_
FOOD Claudia G旦dke claudiagoedke.com
Katharina K端llmer essraum.com
Miriam Keller kochkarussel.com
Sandra Rothfeld @mllerougechamp
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VIDEO Cristopher Santos
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DIYS & FREEBIES
DIY brooch with rhinestones
DIY Necklace with 3D diamond wall concrete diamond decoration
Concrete Diamond
Ice & Parfait – Kochkarussell
Cocktails with Licor43
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Ice & Parfait – Claudia Gödke
Ice & Parfait – Fräulein Klein
Alpro H.A.P.P.Y Pro- Alpro H.A.P.P.Y Pro- Alpro H.A.P.P.Y Pro- #Letsbinge Snack gram – Fitness gram – 40+ gram – Young and Recipes Wild Ones
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TEXT: ALEXANDER KORDS ILLUSTRATION: MATHILDE SCHLIEBE Time for breakfast. My boiled egg is ready; I’ll just sprinkle a few crystals on it and then enjoy it. Meanwhile a fresh cup of coffee is brewing next to me to which I will add two teaspoons of crystals before I drink it. Suddenly, crystals start falling from the sky outside my window gathering in a white layer on the lawn. Needless to say that none of the crystals mentioned so far are the cut pieces of glass for which the word is colloquially reserved. The definition of a crystal is a
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solid material whose constituents are arranged in an ordered structure – as is the case with salt, sugar and Crystals. The term is derived from the Greek word »krýos« which originally covered both »ice« and »cold«. When the Ancient Greeks first discovered quartz in their mines they named it »krýos« because they thought it was ice which was so cold it wouldn’t even melt when taken up to the surface. The name was also used for several other newly discovered materials of similar appearance; proper specification wasn’t introduced until much later and the word »crystal« remained in use for the general structure. Exploring the world of crystals, you soon find yourself within an infrastructure uncomfortably complex for a layperson. An entire science – crystallography – is concerned with the formation and structure of crystals. In Germany crystallography only exists as a sub-discipline within a university course in geo sciences but in Switzerland, you can actually major in crystallography. Becoming a member of the International Union of Crystallography and writing scientific articles for journals like »Acta Crystallographica« could be a subsequent career path. And with added expert knowledge in the field of electron crystallography, even the Gjønnes Medal for advances in said science could be in your future. And of course, in case one or two readers might not have been aware: 2014 was the International
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as grains — are minute and can only
such a simple looking structure
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can make it tricky to actually discern
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them from amorphous objects. In
the sub-discipline of crystal
those, glass being one of them, the
morphology study the shape of
building blocks combine randomly. In
crystals while crystal opticians
order to classify a crystal, scientists
analyse the reactions of light
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passing through crystals.
from the hypothesis that a crystal
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The vast majority of crystals are actually polycrystals which means that they consist of several crystals, so-called
crystallites.
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scientific research. Depending on its 17 distinct wallpaper groups which axes, a crystal can be categorised relate to geometrical concepts like as belonging to one of seven classes squares, rectangles and rhombs. in the lattice system. Allowing for These 17 patterns also occur varying physical properties, the seven frequently in decorative art. Human crystal systems consist of 32 crystal creative expression, it seems, is — classes. Diamonds for example are albeit unconsciously — influenced complex crystals and belong to the by crystals. One way for crystals to hexakisoctahedral class, which they form, a process called crystallisation, share with copper amongst others. Is is to cool a liquid or liquefied it becoming clear yet why there is an substance down. A snowflake — entire science dedicated to crystals? which forms when a drop of water
It is much easier to get to grips settles on a particle (like a speck
with crystal symmetry when you of dust) and then freezes — is just omit the third dimension. This leaves one example. The phenomenon can
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also be observed in the build-up of ice crystals when water freezes in a container. Crystallisation starts with a single crystal, the potential crystal nucleus. If this fails to reach a certain size, of between 0.1 and 10 micrometres, it will simply disintegrate; but if it is big enough, crystal growth can begin. Depending on the material this can reach a sheer unimaginable size. The biggest snowflake ever observed had a diameter of 38 centimetres (46 feet). The biggest crystals of all can be found in Mexico: In 2000, selenite crystals reaching 14 meteres (15.3 yards) in length and a weight of up to 50 tons were discovered inside the Naica mine in the north of the country. Selenite is crystallised gipsum and also known as Maria Glass. It can also be seen in Germany in the Marienglashöhle (Maria Glass cave) close to the town of Friedrichroda in Thuringia; crystals found here, however, reach a length of »only« 90 centimetres (3 feet). Further methods of crystallisation include melting into another liquid, and pressure. The latter led to the
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formation of diamonds under the earth’s surface many million years ago. Even with the finer points of the chemical processes still not being fully scientifically researched, it is still clear that diamonds are nothing but pure crystallised carbon. With pressure of 45 to 60 kilo bar applied and at a temperature of 900 to 1,300 centigrade, carbon will turn into a diamond. These conditions, however, only occur in certain regions and only at a depth of between 140 and 300 kilometres below the earth’s surface. With pressure and temperature only slightly below the values required, graphite will form instead which rather than being set into rings or necklaces is used to make pencils or melting pots. The second hardest substance known to man, after diamonds, boron nitride, is also formed through crystallisation under huge pressure and at high temperatures. Both diamonds and boron nitrides crystallise in a certain formation known as diamond structure. Like crystallisation in general the formation is a complex process the further research of which is best left to professional crystallographers.
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THE BIGGEST SNOWFLAKE EVER OBSERVED HAS A DIAMETER OF 46 FEET.
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If you think of old Hollywood movies or New Year's Eve galas with wavy robes and skirts, one thing that you will also see are cut glasses, that reflect the candlelight in thousands of colours and are just as pretty as the diamonds around your neck. This is why we had to spend some time on the phenomenon »crystal glasses« in this issue! It led to a wonderful photoshooting that we want to present on the following pages.
On a Sunday in December we got creative with some pretty cool glasses from barstuff.de. Furthermore we got inspired by our partner of this issue: Licor43. With the sweet liquor from Spain we created five drinks – from the classic Blanco 43 to more modern twists like the Cranberry Margarita. Let us take you into the world and history of crystal and crystal glasses on the following pages! Wine glass in the middle, Hobstar Libbey 300 ml, 5,93€
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Some sisterMAG readers might know that crystal cut glasses are not what they claim to be. I asked a physicist to explain it to me, because what I found in the internet left me rather clueless: ÂťThe glass structure is not crystal like but amorphous.ÂŤ However it turns out to be rather simple: A real crystal is made from a very regular atomic structure (which you can see in the sketch on the right). This structure typically occurs for example in salt, sugar and snow. Crystal cut glasses are made from an irregular structure like all glasses hence its molecules are not assembled periodically.
They are only named this way because they shimmer and glitter like rock crystals. They are cut to reflect more light than usual. Metal oxides like lead oxide (PbO), calium oxide (K2O) and zinc oxide (ZnO) make up at least 10% of the glasses and make them very suitable for cutting. Germany even has a crystal cut glass law on labelling which describes the exact ingredients of the glass.
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In early 20th century Cartagena / Spain, the Liquor Mirabilis recipe was reinvented in a small factory to produce what we now know as Licor 43. Some years later in 1946, brothers Diego and Angel Zamora Conesa, with their sister Josefina and the husband of their mother Emilo Restoy Godoy, founded the Diego Zamora company which became the sole producer of Licor 43. The recipe was refined over the following years, and Licor 43 became the Spanish market leader in the 1950s before being launched internationally in the 1960s. Today Licor 43 is still produced on the Mediterranean shore by the Zamora family, who continue to keep the secrets of the golden liquid safe. Issue 22 | December 2015
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3 parts Licor 43 (30ml) 4 parts white Tequila (40ml) 3 parts lemon Cranberry juice (30ml) ice cubes
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1 slice of lemon and fresh mint for garnish
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add tequila, cranberry juice and lemon juice. Cover and shake until mixed and chilled about 30 seconds. Strain margarita into a martini glass and garnish with mint leaves.
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Put the evaporated milk in the bottom of the glass (about 1 cm high), add a layer of espresso and a splash of Licor 43. Top everything with the foamed milk and garnish with cinnamon and lemon peel.
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2 parts Licor 43 (40ml) 1,5 parts freshly made orange juice (15ml) 5 parts soda water (100ml) 5 ice cubes 2 slices of lemon ½ slice orange
Fill the glass with ice cubes to cool it down. Fill glass with Licor 43, fresh orange juice and soda water, stir and garnish with lemon and orange peels.
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Originally served in a bubble glass, we used a Cognac glass , Cristal D´Arques Longchamp Arcoroc (320 ml)
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A sweet and creamy drink, which is ideal for fans of classic milky drinks like the White Russian. The sisterMAG office already did the field test: You can also substitute the milk with soy milk! 1 part Licor 43 (50ml) 3 parts cool milk (150ml) ice cubes
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2 parts Licor 43 (60ml) 1 part fresh lemon juice (30ml) 1 part orange juice (30ml) ice cubes
Just put all the ingredients into a shaker and shake well. Serve in a cold glass. French Cocktail Shaker Mezclar, copper, two pieces (500 ml), 23,90 â‚Ź
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Dr. Joerg V. Wittemann
Ubiquitous as it may be, only very few
people are aware of
the importance of
crystalline silicon.
It is with us wherever we are. Thanks to it we can go online. We use it to take photos, shoot videos and save data of all kinds. It is the backbone of the information revolution. Silicon crystals are such an essential part of our daily lives, the (digital) world as we know it would be impossible without them. A travel story, of sorts, from the atom to the switching circuit.
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From the outside, a silicon crystal is not much to look at; rather like a grey duckling. Crystalline silicone does not have the shiny sparkle of its spectacular structural brother in the periodic table — a diamond made of carbon. It glints in a metallic bluish-grey. Untreated silicon has neither great conducting nor insulating qualities. Neither here nor there, really. Silicon is radically mediocre. But it's this native vagueness which makes it interesting and versatile from an electronic stand point. Silicon is a semi-conductor which can be microscopically adjusted by atomic treatment to conduct electrical current exceptionally well into very specific directions
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Baking recipes for a silicon wafer* — your go-to wafer for integrated circuits within the crystal. Counter currents, directed by targeted impurities, can be sent into opposite directions or prevented altogether just a short inter-atomic distance away. The ability to direct or block electrical currents is the physical basis for any binary system — one and zero — the letters of the digital language. The atomic precision with which the surface of a silicon crystal can be physically and chemically treated is another important factor. It allows for the carving of rifts, grooves and ridges and their combination into complex architectures and electronic city maps on a crystal’s surface. There are other semi-conductor elements which rival silicon in its electronic and topographic attributes; but the element owes its triumph over all of them to what has ultimately proven to be its most important characteristic: the price of silicon is unbeatably low.
Silicon is the second most abundant element in the earth’s crust and most commonly found in its bonded form silicon dioxide, or silica, or — for the non-chemists among you — ordinary sand. And since there are literally countless number of grains of sand, they make an excellent affordable basic material for the creation of silicon crystals. In a multi-tiered process the oxygen and (almost) all unwanted impurities are extracted from the silicon dioxide leaving it very, very pure, i.e. at this point the silicon will only contain 0,0000001% of foreign atoms. Put another way: There are more people on the planet who share your exact finger print as there are foreign atoms in that silicon. A small seed crystal is dipped into the pure, 1400°C hot silicon melt on which atomic layer by atomic layer builds up, a process not unlike
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candle making. In this manner, the small, perfect, pure seed grows into a silicon crystal measuring up to 45cm in width and 2m in length within just a few days. Once it has cooled, thin wafers of 1mm height are cut from the
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to
further
processed
and
refined.
Do it
yourself chip technology
At this point in the process the silicon
wafer
really isn’t any thing more than a
reflecting,
clean and very thin disk. It is made smart by the application of a centuries old principle of the mass
production of small items: Making computer chips is really very similar to printing stamps on a big sheet of paper in a series of presses. Different colors are added to the sheets one after the other until the desired shade has been created. Making a silicon chip from a wafer disk employs the same principle. Lithographic patterning in photosensitive lacquer is repeatedly applied to the wafer in set intervals and then developed. The patterns are subjected to a variety of procedures which afford the crystal specific electronic properties in specific areas. Once this process is completed the original lacquer can be removed. Voilá: the crystal’s first step on its way to an integrated circuit. New lacquer in a different pattern is then applied to the silicon crystal in order to ingrain further properties. By repeating this process several hundred times a variety of
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applications, at this stage the chips are just waiting to get started. For making our lives that much easier, for allowing us to be creative and because you don’t hear it often enough: Thank you, dear silicon crystal!
Chips Ahoy! From camera and measurement sensors, music amplifiers and computer processors to RAM and hard-drive space and many, many other
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Special tip: Rolling your clothes actually saves room in the suitcase! How often did you realize after a vacation that you only wore half of the clothes you had packed? Or that the small souvenirs only fit into your suitcase with difficulty? You see: Less is more on vacation. Rather pack less complicated articles of clothing that you can combine with each other – and only half of the shoes. Because first, you can go shopping on vacation and second, there is a laundry service in almost every hotel.
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You can already do something against it at home by avoiding coffee before the flight. That way, it has its full effect at the holiday location. Some other tricks: drink a lot of water when you are there and don’t wear sunglasses when you are tired even if the sun shines strong.
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If you are at a holiday location for a longer time and don’t want to waive mobile surfing, you should look for a local SIM card to save the roaming costs. In most countries in the world, so-called prepaid data SIM cards are much cheaper than in Germany. This way, you can make your friends at home jealous with beautiful holiday pictures.
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I know that very well! I got used to having lunch alone over time. If it feels strange you can look for possible eating companions in local supper clubs. Food tours through foreign cities in the evening are not only interesting but can also get you new friends.
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Skiing, snow shoes, sleigh rides and Glögg – those words are music to the ears of the fans of winter. While some of our bloggers decided to f lee the dark season, on the next several pages you will meet those who opted for trips to the more snowy regions of the globe: Anika from anidenkt.de star ts us off with her trip to Finland. We’re accompanying Travelita’s Anita to Switzerland and join wedding pilots.de on an adventure in Antarctica. Our travel exper ts shared numerous tips as well as their insider knowledge on must-see locations. Together with the special offers compiled by our par tner lastminute.de they are the per fect star ting point for your own arrangements for a holiday in the snow!
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When it comes to winter do you embrace it or escape it? And why? To be honest, I lean towards escape. I feel chilly very easily and I can’t think of anything better than to walk barefoot along a beach, enjoy the water and feel the sun on my skin. I am definitely a summer person.
What’s your connection to your travel destination? Courage. Going to Finland in January was a great challenge for me. But after just a few days in the beautifully charming city of Porvoo, I immersed myself completely in the winter fairy tale that is Finland. I am so happy I had decided to embrace winter and go on snow hikes at -15°C.
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What is the best winter activity? Walking…for hours! Bundled up and with a nice café along the way for a hot chocolate break — it’s just perfect!
What’s the one special thing you can do here in winter that you can’t do in the summer? Experiencing this magical season. Winter in Finland is incredibly quiet and relaxed; the people are in no rush but just calm and very, very friendly. The winter daylight, what little of it there is anyway, has a blueish shimmer to it and there are lamps and candles everywhere…it’s beautifully romantic.
I had blini for the first time ever at Lasipalatsi in Helsinki. They were delicious and I was told that this restaurant is actually the best place to have them. The chocolaterie Lillaganz in Porvoo is excellent, too. Café
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What do you spend your money on when travelling? I am definitely done with staying in mangy hostels so I tend to spend quite a bit on small but excellent hotels. Also: food! It’s one of the best ways to explore a country — feast your way through it.
What is the most impor tant thing to pack for your destination? Thermal underwear and warm insoles. Basically your full winter wardrobe. The guiding theme is: you can’t wear too much!
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It’s not a secret but a definite must-do: A Finish sauna! In Helsinki I jumped into a partially frozen lake between sauna sessions. The first few seconds are hell but after you just feel so incredibly awake, alive and especially healthy. Try it, it is such fun — and something you can be proud of having braved!
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winter dreams in switzerland with Anita Brechbühl travelita.ch Anita lives in Switzerland and writes about her outdoor adventures on her travel blog travelita.ch. When she´s not out and about she works as a spatial planner.
When it comes to winter do you embrace it or escape it? And why? I embrace it! I grew up looking out on vistas of the snowcapped mountains of the Bernese Alps, and I always greeted a year’s first snow with a big cheer. I am still as excited about it today as I was then. So come winter I can feel the Swiss mountains calling me. My favorite place is the Aletsch area in the canton of Valais.
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The best winter activity is walking through the new snow in a pine forest and making snow angels!
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What’s the one special thing you can do here in winter that you can’t do in the summer? Dashing down the 13 kilometre Fiescheralp — Lax run on a sledge is great fun and only possible in winter. Also, Belalp is a skier’s and snowboarder’s paradise. It’s a small skiing area, but its excellent and almost deserted slopes make it a prime destination.
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Do you have a favourite café/ hotel or restaurant there? The best slope-side restaurant in all of Switzerland is Chez Vrony in Zermatt. You can enjoy specialties of Valaisan cuisine with a view of the Matterhorn. For a truly unique winter experience, stay at the historic Alpine hotel Grimsel Hospiz far off any beaten track for a night.
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My super-secret winter travel tip: A nightly snowshoe hike at the full moon through the Toggenburg area complete with a midnight chat over cheese fondue in a mountain hut.
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When it comes to winter do you embrace it or escape it? We can’t go on holiday in the summer because of the weddings so we are always looking forward to winter. :)
What’s your connection to your travel destination? We had always dreamed of going to Antarctica, and now we were able to realize that dream. It was really our first chance to really relax and enjoy the nature and all the animals around us. We had never seen so many penguins in one place but also humpback whales, leopard seals and Weddell seals. It was also the first place we visited we felt our cameras couldn’t quite capture.
What is the best winter activity? We travelled by ship and the tour operators organized all the activities.
We disembarked on a different part of the Antarctic Peninsula every day. You could go for hikes or just enjoy the silence and watch the penguins. Kajak tours, guided walks, Zodiac tours and a night in a tent were some of the other activities on offer. Suk-Jae actually went for a dip in the ocean — that was quite a highlight too.
What’s the one special thing you can do here in winter that you can’t do in the summer? You can only take this trip during our winter which is summer down there and the only time when the ships can navigate the ice.
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What do you spend your money on when travelling? Special activities like kayaking, hiking or a night in a tent.
What is the most impor tant thing to pack for your destination? Warm clothes and definitely a camera.
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Marianna will take you to Marrakech, Carina will show you her favourite Australian spots. Our friends from lastminute.de will also provide you with bits and bobs of travel information!
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weltenbummlermag.de Marianna Hillmer is 32 years old, half-Greek and lives in Berlin. Five years ago she founded a travel blog called Weltenbummler Mag and she now works as a freelance author, photographer and web designer.
When it comes to winter do you embrace it or escape it? And why? I definitely opt for escape! I don’t like the cold. Believe it or not my body just isn’t made for it. I’m a tropical flower! Snow, skiing and cuddling up in front of a fire might all sound romantic and cosy, but I definitely prefer the tropics or a southern hemisphere location in winter.
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What’s your connection to your travel destination? Aladdin, Sindbad and Alibaba were my favorite characters from the Arabian Nights. I have built up this spectacularly naive fairy tale image of the Orient in my head which I knew didn’t really exist there but which I still hoped to find. Well, in Marrakesh I actually managed to do that. The narrow streets of the labyrinthine, pink-washed old city, thousands of artisan craft shops and the flair of a nighttime Jamaa el Fna ticked all the oriental boxes.
What is the best winter activity? Marrakesh hosts a fabulous annual international film festival in December. Which despite its youth, it was only established in 2001, has already become one of the most important film festivals in the world. The program features both excellent international films and traditional Moroccan cinema. The main screen is situated near the Jamaa el Fna and screenings are free of charge. Thanks to the mild temperatures you can
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What’s the one special thing you can do here in winter that you can’t do in the summer? Unfortunately, I have never been to Marrakesh in the summer but it’s on my to-do list and I will let you know. ;)
Do you have a favourite café/ hotel or restaurant there? The Royal Mansour Hotel in the old town of Marrakesh is run by the Moroccan king and definitely my favourite hotel. You’ll have a threestory riad with a rooftop pool all to yourself. The interior furnishings have
been created specifically for the hotel, and the service is extraordinary and will make you feel like you’re the king or queen of Morocco yourself. My favourite café on the other hand is a much more modest place. I went to the café on the corner across from the Koutoubia mosque every day to just breathe in my surroundings. The café is located at a busy corner at which the lives of both natives and foreigners intersect. You'll see film crews, tourists and many regulars spreading a Moroccan Bohemia. You will also see many women sitting in cafés, in this one and in Marrakesh generally.
What do you spend your money on when travelling? I don’t keep too close an eye on my travel budget, but food is very important to me when I travel. I just want to try it all and give everything
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What is the most impor tant thing to pack for your destination? A scarf you can wrap around your head when required to gain access to religious sites.
Do you plan well ahead or just book last minute? For professional reasons I am more of a planner really so I can schedule my projects accordingly.
What’s your super-secret winter travel tip? Well, if Marrakesh sounds a tad too exotic for your taste, try Thessaloniki. It’s the perfect place for long, relaxing Christmas time walks along the boardwalk sampling Greek sweets like kourabiedes (phenomenally tasty almond-butter cookies) or melomakarona (walnut pastries soaked in syrup) far from the capital hustle and bustle of Athens.
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When it comes to winter do you embrace it or escape it? And why? Through my constant travelling I stay clear of winter all year. I could do completely without it and thanks to my mobile lifestyle have managed to do so for more than two years now.
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What’s your connection to your travel destination? Australia was the first country which I travelled on my own. I stayed for eleven months and about halfway through discovered that I had hopelessly fallen in love with it. This winter I will be going back there for the first time in four years.
What is the best winter activity? Catching a flight to a warm country.
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Western Australia is not very densely populated. It’s hard to find a proper city or a cosy village. This region’s big draw is nature. Check out Karijini National Park or Exmouth National Park’s fabulous beaches.
What do you spend your money on when travelling? Usually accommodation and flights. The more westerly, the more expensive.
What is the most impor tant thing to pack for your destination? My bikini.
Do you plan well ahead or just book last minute? I’m very spontaneous when it comes to travelling. I never go for package holidays either; I just buy the planet tickets and then look for a suitable place to stay at my destination.
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We want to create a truly unique moment for our customers in which they are experiencing something unexpected. And we think holding a frozen version of your favourite cocktail in your hand and licking it like a popsicle definitely qualifies.
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Where are you based? Our production facilities are currently based in Berlin and we also have an office in Amsterdam, but we are planning to add to this list in the future — with an office in Vienna to open next.
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Claudia Gรถdke is our food styling queen! She created this divine setting in the colours of our issue. What we love most about her recipes. Everything can be made in only a few minutes because the basis of each recipe is store-bought vanilla ice cream. Great effect in no time!
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Transfer the ice cream to a large bowl and let thaw for 10 minutes. Cover the bottom of a 18 cm springform pan with maltesers. Stir the ice cream until it‘s creamy. Add the apple compote and caramel in fold in carefully. Transfer the ice cream to the springform pan and freeze for at least 2 hours. Before serving, run the sides of the pan under hot water. Transfer the ice cream to a plate, decorate it with cookies, maltesers and/or fresh berries.
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Miriam Keller from the blog "Kochkarussell" is a newbie in sisterMAG and makes her debut with four delicious handmade parfait recipes. This time we create the recipe from scratch. The recipes can easily be stored in your freezer until the next party comes around.
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Poppy seed Parfait with raspberry sauce
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W h e n t h e s i s t e r M A G t e a m f o u n d Fr 채 u l e i n K l e i n ' s festive icecream creations, we knew: These had to be part of our ice and parfait special in sisterMAG N째22. Her photography is simply divine and we especially love the little Matcha you can find trees. In her original post here yet another recipe for gingerbread mascarpone icecream. So click through and keep on reading on her blog!
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They are found in all parts of the world, and this is also how far the fascination and the attraction goes that people connect to them: diamonds. It is quite surprising that the centre of trading with these rare and valuable gemstones is a small city in Belgium. A delightful city in Flanders, with medieval alleys in the historic city centre, magnificent Art Nouveau buildings and the hometown of the painter Peter Paul Rubens whose art is immortalized in the famous Cathedral of Our Lady. The city with 500.000 inhabitants has the second largest port in Europe – after the one in Rotterdam – which made it one of the most important trading centres for diamonds in the world. If you go to Antwerp by train, you will be overwhelmed by the sheer size and beauty of the Art Nouveau entrance- hall of Antwerpen-Centraal railway station. The dominant, massive dome rises so high into the air that it even gave the station the name »railway cathedral«. If you leave the station to the south you are almost right in the middle of the diamond district.
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The diamond district Around 60 percent of the worldwide diamond trade take place in these streets. But you really don’t see the importance of the Hoveniersstraat – because it is so unspectacular, however, four independent trading exchanges and about 1.600 traders are actually situated here – a shopping paradise with fair prices for diamond lovers. If you don’t find anything you like, you can order a jewel according to your wishes. Even if you don’t have the money, the diamond district is worth a visit. In small ateliers and workshops you can watch the world’s best diamond cutters at work.
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For six years they attend a diamond school and learn the rare profession that requires tremendous patience. Even though most raw diamonds are nowadays exported to India for refinement, there is much to do here since the most precious diamonds are still cut in Antwerp. The headquarters of the High Council of Diamonds is also situated here, which verifies the authenticity of the cut jewels and determines their quality. The highest certificate? Flawless. But even the clearest diamond can have a dirty origin. New control systems and import bans from certain countries have reduced the amount of blood diamonds in worldwide trading to around one percent, but this is not enough to guarantee a clean origin. For decades, orthodox Jews in black dresses formed the majority of the traders there. During the Second World War, most of them fled and were scattered all over the world thereafter.
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But without their know-how, Antwerp was threatened to lose its standing as the world capital for diamonds. This is why the Belgian government issued generous special conditions and convinced many Jewish traders to come back after the war. Nowadays, about half of the traders are of Indian origin. The few families that moved to Belgium in the 1960s evolved into big, global companies. They started small, traded with cheaper raw diamonds of poorer quality and sent the diamonds back to their home country for a costeffective cut. Essential for their success were a big family network and an incomparable will to work.
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As special as the products, procedures and practices are in the diamond trade; many of them are characterised by the customs and rituals of Jewish traders. If you buy a diamond a handshake counts, accompanied by the Hebrew words for »luck and blessing« – without any paperwork or other formalities. But you need to be a member to enter the diamond trading exchange – and you are examined and screened thoroughly. Only after that can you access the noble market halls with the long tables and bargain for the diamonds kept in paper envelopes – because there are no fixed market values in diamond trading. The anonymity of the customers is the highest priority, which gives the traders certain liberties in accounting. Disputes are tried in the internal court of arbitration. Those who break the rules are put up on the
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black board with their pictures and business addresses – and are expelled from the club of diamantaires. There is no other way than this to make a business work that counts on trust.
The history of the diamond city There is a diamond museum where you can learn how Antwerp became the European metropolis of diamond trade. The history of Jewish diamond traders goes back to the 13th century. At that time, they were neither allowed to learn a trade nor to own land, which is why they became merchants and moneylenders. When Vasco da Gama discovered the sea route around the Cape of God Hope, Antwerp became a port for the import of goods from all over the world. Big cargo ships came from India as well – with diamonds on board. So one thing lead to another and Antwerp experienced an economical heyday. The metropolis came to be the most important hub for diamonds and holds that position until today.
The Jewish community in Antwerp Around 20.000 orthodox Jews live in Antwerp today, which is why it is called »Jerusalem of the North«. Although religious wars and the Second World War afflicted the Jewish community, it came together again after everything and has been living very traditional and very successfully ever since. The strict dress code with black hats and coats characterises the city image in the district of Joodse Buurt. Next to many synagogues, there are Jewish schools and retirement homes. For daily shopping, there are kosher takeaways, traditional bakeries, kiosks with Jewish newspapers, and bookshops with religious books.
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If you buy a diamond a handshake counts, accompanied by the Hebrew words for »luck and blessing« – without any paperwork or other formalities.
Elegant shopping in the marvellous city ballroom While the diamond district is so longestablished and traditional, there are other parts of Antwerp that are cosmopolitan and trendy. Modern museums like the MAS – the Museum aan de Stroom – and the MoMu – the fashion museum (»Mode Museum«) – offer innovative presentations and exceptional architecture. Antwerp offers the best conditions for a great shopping experience as well. Shopping centres that are close together create a pleasant shopping trip. The marvellous city ballroom was converted into a shopping centrr – there is no way a mall could be more majestic.
The Belgian cuisine offers fries and beer as refreshments. Or you can have an exclusive dinner at The Jane. In the chapel of an old military hospital you can watch chef Nick Bril and his team in the glass kitchen while they create first-class menus. If you are looking for an overnight stay, the city has something to offer for everyone – from chic boutique hotels like Hotel Julien in the old town to the luxurious and tradition-steeped De Witte Lelie.
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iamonds owe their status as the most precious gemstones in the world to the fact that they are exceedingly rare. This in turn is due to the fact that it is very hard to extract them from the depth of the earth. In order to extract a diamond of a weight of just one gram, around 20 tons of rock must be moved. Temperatures between 1,200 and 1,400 centigrade and enormous pressure are required to create diamonds which is why they form in depths of between 150 and 660 kilometres. The deepest hole ever dug by men, however, is a mere 12 kilometres deep and the Kola borehole, named for the Russian peninsula on which it is located, was not drilled for the purpose of extracting mineral deposits but serves a purely scientific purpose. So how do we get down to the diamonds? The answer is easy: We don’t! They make their way to us.
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Towards the end of the 19th century, US American geologist Henry Carvill Lewis discovered a variety of rock unfamiliar to him while drilling near the South African town of Kimberley. He soon found out that it had formed from the cooled magma of a former volcano. Kimberlite, named for its place of discovery, originates in the earth’s uppermost mantle, a layer which starts at a depth of about 40 kilometres below the surface. What used to be magma made its way to the surface millions of years ago by way of pipes which are still recognizable today reaching way down into the earth. On its way to the surface the kimberlite-magma stream
would gather other materials and transport them to the surface with it, like diamonds. The way to the surface had to be covered within a few hours though, as the diamonds would reconstitute into worthless carbon, which is what they really are, should the transit take too long. Before an adit is designated as a mining gallery for diamonds, one first has to check whether there actually are any in it. Before the advent of technical aids this meant picking a spot where diamonds were found, and then digging down by hand. It wasn’t until moveable diamond drills were developed that this par-
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ticularly exhausting part of diamond mining became a thing of the past. Ironically, the most important piece of drilling equipment is an actual diamond, as only these possess the required strength to penetrate the surface effectively.
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The drill is hollow so that water can be poured into it which serves two purposes: it softens the surrounding rocks and also cools the tool. In the early days of diamond extractions, the rock samples would be ground down enough to see whether they contained any diamonds; nowadays x-ray fluorescence is used for easy analysis. The samples are subjected to short bursts of x-rays and a subsequent analysis of the results will
show all the materials contained inside. With just one percent chance of success, the process is not only a very expensive but also a less than promising one. And a drawn-out one to boot: It’s not unusual for six to ten years to pass between a first suspicion and the final confirmation of a diamond deposit. Initially, diamonds are extracted by surface mining. This involves large earth-moving machines, loosening up the soil beneath the spot where diamonds were found. Particularly hard bits of rock are cleared away using explosives. The exposed rocks are loaded onto trucks and cleared from the mine. Laborers grind, sieve and clean the pieces of rock in pur-
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pose-built facilities until only pieces containing diamond are left. And in a final step, those diamonds are split from remaining bits of worthless rock by a machine. Surface mining is the predominant method of diamond extraction used today, but more and more of those mines reaching up to 500 meteres deep into the earth are now drying up, forcing diamond production to explore underground options. Transforming a surface mining facility into an underground mining facility is expensive and time consuming. The underground mining process calls for mining shafts being drilled deep into the earth and then blown up to yield transportable rocks which can be transported to the surface by trolleys and trucks. It takes a
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truck in the East Siberian Mir mine, at 525 metres (1722 feet) the deepest diamond mine on the planet, a full two hours to haul rocks from the extraction site out of the mine. Underground mining isn’t just more time consuming and costly, it is also less productive. The deeper into the earth you drill the less commonly diamonds tend to occur. The number of places in the world where diamonds have been found is small. The gems have so far been discovered at around 700 sites and only at 30 of them do we currently find active extraction sites. Half of these sites are located in Central and Southern Africa with most of them in Botswana, Angola and the Democratic Re-
On its way to the surface the kimberlite-magma stream would gather other materials and transport them to the surface with it, like diamonds.
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public of Congo. The world’s largest mation and even cancer. Child labor source of diamonds, however, is in is especially profitable for the propRussia, with Canada completing the rietors of the mines as the youngsters Top 5. 130 million carat diamonds, do not receive any wages at all during which equal around 26,000 kilograms what is considered their apprenticesand a value of an estimated 18 billion hip and even less than the meager US Dollars, are extracted annually. In adult wages once they are fully quasuch a potentially profitable business, lified. Studies estimate the number intrigue and manipulation are a cons- of children working in diamond protant threat. The reputation of the dia- duction at around 80,000 in India alomond extraction business in Africa is ne. Seven out of 100 diamonds traded particularly tainted as the have gone Long hours of manual labor, including precious finds were — and through the the logging and grinding heavy rocks, still are — used to fund the hands of worfor which the workers are remunerated king children purchase of weapons and in an amount which can be described hence civil wars. As many in their extas meager at best. as four in every 1,000 diraction proamonds traded today are so-called blood diamonds. General working conditions are another grave concern. Long hours of manual labor, including the logging and grinding heavy rocks, for which the workers are remunerated in an amount which — especially compared to the value of their finds — can be described as meager at best. Child and youth labor are not uncommon, especially in Africa and India with many youngsters working in grinding plants where tiny particles of diamond dust are released and can be inhaled or get into their eyes which can lead to inflam-
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cess. In an effort to curb child labor in the industry, many jewelers will now only sell pieces with a Fair Trade certificate. There is a chance though that the abusive labor conditions in the diamond mining industry will soon resolve themselves. With extraction numbers on the decline on the one hand, as predicted by analysts based on the fact that known mines are drying up, and an increasing demand on the other, there is an obvious solution: more synthetic diamonds. In 1953, the Swedish physicist Erik Lundblad
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created the first artificial diamonds and they have been on the rise ever since. The creation process is basically the same with naturally occurring diamonds, but it is speeded up in a lab: At a temperature of more than 1,5000 centigrade, graphite is subjected to a pressure of up to 60,000 bar. It takes a skilled eye to actual-
ly see the difference between a "real" and a synthetic diamond which is why today there are actually already more synthetic diamonds in circulation than naturally formed ones. For once a trend that isn’t to the detriment of either nature or the people working in the diamond mines.
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It is a well known fact that diamonds are classified by four different factors: Colour, Cut, Clarity and Carat. There also is a kind of diamond which can't be used to grace the wrists or necks of those fortunate enough: the so called bort. Stones which are too small or not clear enough to be used as jewellery are used to make polishing paste or to cut, saw or drill hard materials. Contrary to their precious relatives which can only be 'harvested', about 20 tonnes of bort can be produced every year under extreme conditions.
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Diamonds are naturally the hardest ocurring substance on this planet. The diamond owes this structure to its covalent bonds which are also responsible for the typical crystal build. This special trait makes diamond the ideal material to coat tools to lengthen their lifetime, meaning that Shirley Basseys James Bond song 'Diamonds are forever' is indeed a very fitting title to describe the stone. Scalpels, glass and concrete cutters are often encrusted with a layer of bort to make them more robust and better to work with. Surprisingly, this is the cheapest
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Diamonds can also be used as electric semi-conductors when paired with other substances. Charge carriers in diamonds are very flexible, boosting switch speed. Chemists often use diamonds on electrodes which have to resist powerful radicals or to sanitise sewage water. Even when building the English Channel Tunnel, builders used specially constructed drills with a dia-
Continuing our hunt, we even found diamonds on expensive record players where the needle is made from a tiny robust diamond which works much better than the usual needles made from sapphire. Our opinion: diamonds are beautiful, but just like their owners they can't be reduced to their sparkling exterior — there's much more to them!
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Did you know that binge watching was pipped to the post to being chosen word of the year only very narrowly by the eventual winner‚ 'selfie'? The phenomenon has established itself thoroughly in our daily lives. I came to binge watching quite a while back with an episode of my chosen series of the moment playing in the background while I did the layout for a new magazine issue. I worked my way through many a season of Seinfeld, Frasier or House Of Cards in this manner. Today I still indulge in a weekend of emersion into a new series after each new issue has gone live. After finishing sisterMAG N°20 I devoted myself to the Netflix program #Sense8. I reemerged from it after 12 hours — craving more. Just in time for the holidays we took a good, close look at the phenomenon. There is our detailed info chart (ready for you to download and get up on a wall) and also an account of our sisterMAG #letsbinge night which we had at our office in mid-December including several DIY snack recipes for your benefit. Enjoy!
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Watching several episodes (or even seasons) of a series in one sitting sleeping very little or not at all.
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Binging used to be most commonly associated with the consumption of excess alcohol ("binge drinking"), but while this is an activity likely to incur negative results, binge watching refers
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actor (often over the course of more than one episode).
C a m e o a short guest appearance by a well-known person who already has some connection to the production in question or with whom an association is A rc The story arc of a plot. In a series intended. Inviting former colleagues to this often refers to the arc of an entire season, e.g. the appearance of a certain guest on new programs (cf. Friends) is
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one example. The less well regarded version of this phenomenon is called "stunt casting". This refers to the act of featuring a well-known person who has no connection to the program (like Britney Spears on How I Met Your Mother)
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fictitious stand-up routine by Jerry Seinfeld. F l i c k s A colloquialism for films. This is what Netflix was named for: Netflix = internet + films. Fo u rt h W a l l When a character breaks through this wall he or she crosses the line between the fictional
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world and reality for example by directly addressing the audience. The character Frank Underwood in House Of Cards often turns to the audience to explain his thoughts. G u i l t y P l e a s u re S e r i e s A series you watch despite the fact that you don’t hold it in high regard and hence don’t necessarily make it public knowledge
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S p e c S c r i pt A teleplay which a writer writes completely on spec, i.e. has not specifically been commissioned to do, and sends to a producer. S p i n - o ff A series based on or developed from an already successful program, like Frasier on Cheers or Joey on Friends.
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S p o i l e r As the word suggests, information divulged which reveals details about the plot or the conclusion of a storyline which takes the excitement out of watching it. S t re a m i n g Audio and video data is played on a chosen medium without being saved on said device first. This requires a reliable and uninterrupted connection to the Internet.
DIAMONDS The #letsbinge sisterMAG goodie bag for guests of our event on 16 December 2015 contained a mixture of snacks, a neck roll, an energy drink, eye drops and microwaveable popcorn. We have decided to pack a couple of extra goodie bags so you can have a perfect #letsbinge day too. You can enter the competition by posting a picture on Instagram using the hashtag #letsbinge and telling us, which #Netflix series you would like to watch! Entries must be received by 15 January 2016 (Terms and condition here )
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Set in New York it features Krysten Ritter as main character Jessica Jones, a former super heroine who now works as a private detective whose past catches up with her. The first season has 13 episodes and was released on Netflix on 20 November 2015. As you might guess from our decor and this page, the program is quite dark but the series’ heroine thoroughly captivates her audience which was also evident from more than just a few ladies at the screening.
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paste. Add to the butter mixture and mix thoroughly until evenly combined and coloured (scrape any unmixed ingredients from the side of the bowl with a rubber spatula). Turn the mixer down to the slow speed and slowly pour in half the buttermilk. Beat until well mixed, then add half the flour, and beat until everything is well incorporated. Repeat this process until all the buttermilk and flour have been added. Scrape down the side of the bowl again. Turn the mixer up to
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iron crown of the Langobards While ancient deities and royal leaders from numerous civilisations, including Ancient Egypt, wore crowns and headpieces to denote their standing, Christian European royals didn’t begin wearing crowns as we know them, until sometime in the Middle Ages. Before that, they wore what is known as a diadem — something closer to a rather lovely headband than a huge golden, jewel-encrusted hat. One of the oldest crowns used by a Christian royal family is the Iron
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missing in Ireland for two years in 1948, before being found in 1950 and returned to Moscow.) Nowadays, most of the buzz surrounding crowns tends to focus more on their dainty cousins, worn by, as tradition dictates, married women: tiaras. This is largely because most of the buzz surrounding modern royal families in general is directed at either newly minted princesses and their weddings, or those waiting in the wings. In the case of the Duchess of
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Cambridge, her waiting in the wings period gave British press a good decade of fodder and earned her the nickname Waity Katie. She was always going to have to choose some serious headgear for her eventual walk down the aisle. existence is quite something. But With royal families still in existence who else would be in possession of all over Europe, and with hundreds of the world’s largest personal tiara years of commissioning and loaning collection, other than the world’s and coronations and weddings, the most famous monarch, Her Royal sheer number of notable tiaras in Highness Queen Elizabeth II.
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Spencer Tiara The Queen’s collection has been dipped into numerous times during her reign, with tiaras loaned out for weddings and birthdays and other such significant royal occasions. But one doesn’t just throw on any old tiara, nor does one dip into one’s collection for any old person. Take, for example, the fact that when one of her sons, Prince Andrew, married Sarah Ferguson, Queen Elizabeth left her own collection locked up and bought Sarah a new tiara to wear to her wedding. But when Prince Edward married Countess Sophie of Wessex, the Queen not only lent Sophie a tiara from her personal collection, she had it altered to suit the occasion. So, which daughter-in-law was more welcome at the dinner table? Ask the jewels.
princess-to-be would wear up the aisle. She was given access to the Queen’s personal collection and royal watchers worked themselves up into a frenzy over which one she would choose and what symbolism would drip from it, alongside the diamonds. Catherine ended up choosing the Cartier Halo tiara, on the surface a beautiful, elegant choice. But it was also a choice that was relatively free of connections and symbolism.
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Princess Diana, the Queen’s most famous daughterin-law of all, wore a family heirloom when she married Prince Charles, the Spencer tiara. When Diana’s own son, Prince William, now the Duke of Cambridge, married Kate Middleton — the Duchess of Cambridge — there was much talk of which tiara the
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Russian Fringe Tiara Commissioned in 1936 by the Duke of York for the Duchess — who would later become Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Mother — when Catherine wore it on her wedding day, it was the first time it had been seen in decades. Queen Elizabeth herself inherited it on her 18th birthday and has previously lent it to both her sister Margaret and daughter Anne. But Elizabeth has never been seen wearing it in public.
And what did Queen Elizabeth herself wear on her own wedding day? The Russian Fringe Tiara. Described as a ‘fortress of diamonds’, this extraordinary piece was commissioned in 1888 as a silver anniversary gift for the then Princess of Wales, who would go on to become Queen Alexandra. But apparently this isn’t the Queen’s favourite tiara; that honour goes to The Girls of Great Britain and Ireland tiara, the very same one she is pictured wearing on Commonwealth currency. This tiara was a wedding gift given to the future Queen Mary in 1893, from a committee of women — the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland. But the most impressive of all, when it comes to the collection of Queen Elizabeth II, has to be The
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Imperial State Crown. When not being trotted out for the State Opening of Parliament, it is kept safely locked up in the Tower of London. Rivalling Queen Elizabeth’s collection, is that of Queen Silvia of Sweden, which includes the Swedish royal family’s ‘bridal tiara’, the Cameo Tiara. The Cameo Tiara was commissioned by Napoleon as a gift for Empress Josephine in the early 1800s. It wound up in the Swedish collection through marriage and was worn by two of King Gustav’s sisters on their wedding days, before Queen Silvia wore it for her wedding to King Gustav. Their eldest daughter, Crown Princess Victoria, wore it on her wedding day, but Princess Madeleine broke from tradition and wore the Modern Fringe Tiara, a gift from her father to her mother in 1986.
Those rings of jewels atop royal figures’ heads are not just for decoration. They are extremely symbolic, pieces of history — albeit decorative ones — chosen deliberately to send a message. That message could be one of sentimentality; of tradition, or subversion of it, in the case of the Swedish sisters; or in the case of the Duchess of Cambridge, a wish to be seen as perhaps a little independent of a giant, tangled family history. Whatever the intention of the wearer, there seems to be a tiara to suit it.
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The beautiful model of this sisterMAG's cover is not a lady from the 1950s (although you could think that) but a ballerina from Staatsballet Berlin: Caroline Bird did a wonderful job modeling for sisterMAG and was so full of life, grace and charm that we wanted to introduce you to her. With another very good friend (and model of last year's Christmas cover) Alice Williamson (@designedbyalice) she answered questions about the different aspects of a ballerina's life.
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When did you start with dancing lessons and when did you realize ballet is your passion?
Alice, This is my 4th season at SBB and in the corps de ballet alongside Callie! Before I moved to Berlin I had spent a year as an apprentice dancer with Northern Ballet in the UK, worked with Hong Kong Ballet and also did a bit of guesting and freelance working as I recovered from an injury.
To be honest I think I was always dancing, but I started my classical ballet training when I was 5 years old. I realized my passion after I saw my first live performance. I was absolutely gripped by the dancers ability to transport the audience to
Caroline Bird. This is my 6th season in the corps de ballet of Staatsballet Berlin (SBB).
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To be a ballerina is a dream for lots of girls – how is the reality?
another time and place - I was left feeling completely transformed, lost between what was my reality and this beautifully imagined dream world. I’ve always danced as well, in life I mean, not so formally! I didn’t think people like me actually became ballerinas, so I never envisaged or dreamt about becoming one. But equally every time I got to the next stage on the route to becoming a professional dancer, I never questioned trying to see if I could make it through that next ‘hoop’ … and now I find myself here!
The reality has many layers . There are so many beautiful moments that sparkle and leave you feeling like you belong to another world, but there is an unimaginable amount of physical work and emotional anguish that is hidden behind the curtain. But under the lights there are moments on stage that make every struggle melt away, there is no feeling in the world like it. To be an artist that transports the audience through movement and beauty is such a gift. Ha! Well I never dreamt it in such a ‘sparkly tutu’ sort of way, But I am undeniably also a romantic. I think in my dreams the ballerina was 'a worker', but on stage she had fought through all the pain and struggle and was shining as the best and honest version of herself. I guess ballet always drew me to it
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for its pureness. From the outside it often seems rather peaceful and just so incredibly graceful. In essence I thought it was a physical manifestation of good ‘spirits’! In reality I find myself often »frustrated« und »artistry« is not always the priority, and I am not a huge fan of the collective tendency to objectify a mass of group corps de ballet girls … but still I continue, because like Callie says the stage has something magic and transportive about it: time can stop and you can share and feel enveloped by the most fantastic of feelings!
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What does a ‘day in the life of’ look like for you?
Before the official day starts and after my crucial cup of coffee and breakfast, I ride my bike to the theater. Between 30/45 min before our training begins I spend time in the studio before the lights come on and the barres are pulled out. I warm up and »roll out« (using a
foam massage roller) to massage my achy muscles from yesterday's work. Then we have our daily 1 hour and 15 min of training which is a standard progression of different combinations of the ballet vocabulary that must be practiced every day to prepare us for the rehearsals that will follow. Then we have rehearsals until 2 pm. If I don't have a performance, we have a one hour lunch break which I usually spend half in physio, working on preventative therapy or massage or I will spend the break rehearsing a variation that inspires me. Then we
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can have rehearsal until 6 pm. After which I will stretch and do some more »rolling-out« and then most likely I will treat myself to a relaxing sauna. Basically I do the same as Callie, without the sauna! That’s how we became such good friends, there’s often a lot of down time, when we are doing exercises or stretching … our particular routines co-inside, and we talk a lot!
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What is especially important to you in your working environment and workplace? Respect and support are so incredibly important to me. The ballet world is extremely competitive whether we are competing with each other or fighting our own battles, so to feel confident and have the freedom to push yourself and not be afraid to fail is crucial. To feel confident enough to try something without feeling ridiculed or laughed at: It’s an incredibly common insecurity, heighted by the fact that you are often physically very vulnerable, too [we have to wear tight and small clothes for partnering and to check line] and so it's a feeling we all have to learn to cope with.
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Ballet is my routine in all honesty. Eating, sleeping, health, all must be precisely calculated. Our body is our instrument and most important investment so we have to take care with everything we do.Â
Yep, it is the priority, everything else must fit around it. Everything. Sometimes that is very annoying! But it has to take priority, our careers are so precious and short!
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What is your favourite, and the most challenging part about being a professional dancer? My favorite part of the career is that moment on stage, when everything else melts away and you feel the lights on you and the audience watching you
awaiting to be transported to another world. The most challenging part of the career is that we are not machines and our bodies don't always cooperate how we want them to but continue anyway. Mentally I find it challenging to find motivation to repeat and re-find the joy in dances we have done for years and weren’t ever that exciting in the first place! I also hate standing in a line and slowly feeling my feet and legs become crampy or buzz painfuly from a lack of circulation.Oh and when your feet hurt so much you can’t get them in the shoes, let alone dance in them! BUT these complaints always seem to be erased by the joy of moving through space on a good day. I love the space we work in here, the light and structures, I love feeing my body stretched and to be that little
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bit out of breath as you cajoled on by the music. And I love the fact this was and has always been my adventure fulfilled, and the sense of satisfaction of knowing the perseverance and achievements are yours to share.
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What do ballerinas do when they aren’t on stage?
exploring and learning new things this inspires me, especially with a good pure and humble soul, that's a must . Life I guess?! I love people and the wind and the sea, majestic landscapes and tiny details … plants, light, line and shape, incidents, sound and touch.
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Finding beauty in all corners of normal life. Either that or having coffees with friends. Make things, create things, see friends, ride bikes either chatting far to excitably or musing on thoughts with the music plugged in ... we go on small adventures and plan bigger ones!
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Who or what inspires you?
Passionate people. To hear someone excited about living and
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Where were the most exciting/ interesting places you ever performed?
Guatemala, Taipei, Bangkok and Beijing, metropolitan opera house. Dancing on the hills in the wind?! And the tiny stages I used to dance on as a child. The Royal Opera House in London, was also pretty special. I had a small solo on that historic stage and I felt incredibly privileged! I also loved working in Tokyo and Hong Kong and enjoyed once being a ballerina backing dancer for Leona Lewis at a Michael Jackson memorial concert!
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Is there a big onstage gaffe you would love to forget?
Dancing in pain, it's the absolute worst. Haha! a very special swan niji role/ pile up when I was working as a guest in West Germany. It was terrible, the sort of thing nightmares are made of, lots of swans on the floor (in the wings) and as a consequence we all entered the very essential entrance in the wrong order on the wrong sides …
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How much do you have to train?
Our bodies are very sensitive and are used to intense training every day so if we take time off it takes that much time to get back in shape. But it's also crucial that we balance it with rest and recovery time as well. It depends, you always feel like you could and should do more: but we know that doesn’t always equate to mental or physical happiness!
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»Die Kameliendame« Neumeier
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whom we had realised several ideas and features in 2015, had come up with and decided to examine it very closely. The program was developed by dietary experts and spans two weeks. So sisterMAG went to look for 4 very different women who were willing to give the regime a try for two weeks in January. We’ll introduce them on the following pages (page 107); recipes and anything else you need to know about the program are available for download and for you to join in ( following pages). So if like the sisterMAG team you are looking to let January start healthier than December ended (lots of mulled wine and binge watching with chips) take the H.A.P.P.Y. Facebook Challenge with us. Find all the information H E R E
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5 a TIPS day Tip 1 – 5 a day It’s an easy formula: 2 servings of fruit and 3 servings of vegetables each day. Fruit and vegetables tend to be low in calories but high in fibres, vitamins and minerals. Fresh, dried, frozen, from a tin (in water or its own juice) - anything goes. The rule of thumb: One serving is about a handful.
Tip 2 – High-grade carbohydrates Carbohydrates got a rough deal in recent years but they are the ones providing your digestive system with essential nutrients from high-fibre wholemeal bread and breakfast cereals for example. In order to provide a sufficient amount of these, carbohydrates should be a part of each meal.
Tip 3 – Plant-based proteins Our body needs protein; not just to build and maintain muscles but to ensure our metabolism gets the amino acids it needs. Consuming proteins from animal products (meat, sausages, eggs, dairy products etc.) exposes you to the danger of over-ingesting too many unwanted (saturated) fats. That‘s why plant-based protein from beans, pulses, nuts and soy is beneficial for your body.
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Alpro Drinks and alternatives to yoghurt are excellent sources of calcium and vitamin D.
Tip 5 – More good fats We all know that foods high in fats and sugar, like chips, fries, sweets, butter, biscuits and cakes, aren’t exactly health promoting. A plant-based diet can ensure a higher intake of good fats and reduce the bad (i.e. saturated) ones. And what’s the result? A positive effect on your cholesterol levels! Use healthier plantbased fats like olive or rape seed oil for cooking. Use vegetable spreads. And how about Alpro Cuisine as an alternative to heavy cream in sauces and desserts?
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People’s lifestyles vary greatly, that’s why there are four different program variations to fit any life plan. The first program is made for the young and wild ones who want to try anything and everything life has to offer. The second option is tailored to young mothers dividing their time between work and family life. Variation three is for those well settled in their lives and routines and targets an audience of 40+ years. And then there’s variation four, the program for the fitness-conscious who are already leading a healthy life but are looking for new ideas, tips and suggestions so their routines don’t get boring. Meet our four guinea pigs on the next few pages and see one or two recipes from each program. All recipes and the full program are available for download and you can even join the Alpro H.A.P.P.Y. Challenge yourself on Facebook.
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I love to sleep — a lot! So I tend to get up much too late on weekdays to find the time for a balanced morning routine. Feasibility is king. I budget 30 minutes to shower, get dressed, apply my make-up, make a sandwich and get on my bike to cycle to the office. Every now and then I manage to prepare a green smoothie which I will have at my desk. The weekends are different, though, I sleep in and have an extensive breakfast ideally at one of the many extra nice cafés in Berlin.
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Sweet or salty?
I tend to go for salty. If I had to choose between a second helping of a main course or a dessert I’d go for the main. When it comes to snacking I like the occasional salty cashew, especially in the summer. In winter there are just so many sweet treats to choose from. In times of great stress a cosy night in on the sofa is just the ticket.
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A mixture of fresh products, like fruit and vegetables, but also traditional meals with a nice piece of meat. Sweets are essential, too. Since last winter I have developed the healthy habit of having green smoothies. Everything in moderation. My favourite food is avocado. There have been weeks in which I had an avocado each and every day…after all they are supposed to be veeeeeeery healthy.
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My resolution? Tread new paths in 2016 and stick with the mantra "Do more of what makes you happy"!
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As a smoothie enthusiast I am especially looking forward to the Great Green Coconut and the Good Morning Oat Smoothie. But I am also curious to try the skinny omelette wrap or the banana oat pancakes.
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ONES
Extract from the program
Day 7 SNACK 1
Soja Latte Macchiato SNACK 2
Coconut Drink Original WORKOUT
Board (5 minutes)
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BREAK FA S T Berry Mandel Smoothie 200 g Alpro Almond Drink unsweetened 97 g banana 112 g blueberries 82 g tangerines
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Day 10 SNACK 1
1 banana SNACK 2
Green smoothie (leftover from yesterday)
WORKOUT
Circuit training (30 minutes) with press-ups, lunges, cycling crunches, squats, jumping jacks, bench dips
Overnight oats with apples and raisins 125 g Alpro Soya Drink Original
Grate the apple and transfer to a glass
50 g oats
bowl; cover with dry ingredients then pour
1 apple
Alpro Soya Drink Original over mixture.
40 g raisins 1 Tbsp sunflower seeds 1 Tbsp chia seeds ½ Tbsp cinnamon
Refrigerate overnight. It will be ready to eat the next morning.
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YOUNG
MOTHER
My name is Johanna Pinkepank, I live in Hamburg and on my blog
I cover family topics, fashion, DIY, recipes, nice places in
and around Hamburg and life itself. Of course I have resolutions for 2016 — just like I do every year: I — again — intend to exercise more regularly, meet with friends more often, be more relaxed and have a good time instead of always chasing something.
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P I N K - E - P A N K . de MY MORNING ROUTINE
My days tend to start in something of a rush because I sleep quite long and have to hurry accordingly. We get up, take a shower, get the kids ready; they then have breakfast and either my boyfriend or me take Lotta to day care. More often than not I don’t manage to have breakfast myself in the morning hustle and bustle.
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Sweet or salty?
Both! Too much and too unhealthy
at
the
moment,
I’m
afraid. Salty snacks with a dip or chocolate; I also like a cup of cappuccino as a snack.
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cooking duties; he’s re-
W H A T D O E S H E A L T H Y E AT I N G E N TA I L ?
ally
whipping
To me healthy eating is about taking time to
up meals from what hap-
enjoy your food. It all starts with finding the
pens to be left. I prefer to
right recipe, then there’s shopping for the
stick to a recipe; I espe-
ingredients and cooking and eating the meal
cially like making risotto,
together. Lots of vegetables, a balanced ratio of
quiche and soups. But we
carbohydrates and proteins. Occasional sweets
also order in, especially
are important, too, especially for the children.
since I opened an online
A complete ban will only fuel their ravenous
shop and often can’t find
appetite for unhealthy snacks which in turn can
the time to cook. I intend
lead to those becoming their main food source.
My boyfriend and I share good
at
to change that next year.
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W H AT I S E S P E C I A L L Y I M P O R TA N T WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR CHILDREN’S HEALTHY DIETS?
to food and know the different foods and their tastes. They are free and encouraged to try anything (except for alcohol, of course) and I am glad to say they do. Lotta already enjoys helping out in the kitchen and I want to keep that up and also have Bo do more as he gets older.
Soya Yoghurt Vanilla
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I want them to develop a healthy relationship
is a regular in our
fridge and we have also tried their soy milk
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I have also wanted to try the oat drink quite some time now.
W H AT A R E Y O U L O O K I N G F O R WA R D TO D U R I N G T H E PROGRAM?
I am most looking forward to the chia pudding with chocolate and bananas; I have never
tried
it
despite
the fact that chia seeds are part of my breakfast muesli mix – that’s if I manage to have breakfast at all.
But I am generally
looking forward to discovering new recipes!
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I also like a cup of cappuccino as a snack.
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MOTHERS
Day 7 BREAKFAST
banana pancakes with blueberries SNACK 2
braised apple WORKOUT
Take your kids on your run
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S N AC K
Date parfait
3 fresh Medjoul dates, pitted and cubed 200 g Alpro plant-based yoghurt alternative (plain or almond) 1 tsp honey 1 pinch of cinnamon
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Day 11
60 g Alpro plant-based yoghurt
alternative - plain
SNACK 1
Bircher muesli with goji berries
1 apple, grated 50 g oats 60 ml Alpro oat drink original
SNACK 2
nuts & seeds WORKOUT
circuit
20 g dried goji berries, 2 tbsp seeds (choose from a mixture of flax seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and chia seeds)
training
Fruit (fresh or dried),
(25 min)
Nuts of your choice
In a bowl mix apple, goji berries, seeds and oats with Alpro oat drink original. Refrigerate overnight. Stir in Alpro plant-based yoghurt alternative the next morning and add fruit (fresh or dried) and nuts to taste.
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FITNESS-CONSCIOUS
My name is Bea Twenning, I live and work in Munich and on www.bealapanthere.de I write about fitness, fashion, lifstyle and (vegan) food.
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DO YOU WORK OUT?
Definitely! It’s important to me to keep moving. Schedule permitting I go to the gym four times a week for a mix of funcMY MORNING ROUTINE
tional and weight training. When trav-
I have a habit of setting the
elling, I always take my running shoes
alarm
for a quick round in the par or I do my
clock
earlier
than
necessary so I can get back
exercises in my hotel room.
to sleep for a while when it rings. My first steps lead me into the kitchen — without a
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cup of coffee I just can’t keep my eyes open. While the coffee is brewing I brush my teeth and moisturise. I then have my coffee at the table checking emails on my laptop. Every other day I go for a short run after breakfast to get my circulation — and the day — going.
W H AT D O Y O U E AT A F T E R Y O U R WORKOUT?
Since working out tends to make me thirsty rather than hungry I usually go for a green smoothie with apple, spinach and banana. It tastes great and also provides important vitamins and minerals my body needs after a workout.
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Bea »I always have both soy drink and soy yoghurt alternative in my fridge. I choose Alpro because I don’t like the taste of other manufacturer’s products.«
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W H AT D O E S H E A L T H Y E AT I N G E N TA I L ?
Healthy eating is an important aspect of a positive body sensation and the lifestyle that goes with it. Exercise and healthy eating have always been essential to me, especially since I struggled with an eating disorder in my teenage years. Back then food was my friend…until I realised it wasn’t and that I had to eat the right things. That’s why I urge people to throw out the scales. A number showing on your scales does not say anything about your personal wellbeing. Who can say if five fewer kilos on the display will make you feel better? Nobody. Quality of life is not quantifiable by numbers. Healthy eating and exercise should be fun and contribute to physical wellbeing. That’s the path that will eventually lead to the goal you are trying in vain to reach by changing the number on your scales: A higher quality of life and actual wellbeing.
My healthy eating habits: Since I discovered chia seeds I have been sprinkling them on my morning oatmeal with some fresh fruit. Their great advantage: They not only taste great they also keep you full for a long time! W H AT A R E Y O U L O O K I N G F O R WA R D TO D U R I N G THE PROGRAM:
I am a huge fan of homemade muesli so I am especially looking forward to trying the home-made crispy muesli on day four — reading the recipe already makes my mouth water!
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Banana oat pancakes 2 bananas 2 eggs 25 g oats ½ tsp baking powder Fresh fruit of your choice 1 tsp spread
Day 10 SNACK 1
grapes
Mash bananas and mix with eggs, oats and baking powder (make sure the dough is smooth – use a blender if desired). Bake the pancakes in a pan with spread and serve with fresh fruit.
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baked fruit
WORKOUT
Circuit training (40 minutes)
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SNACK 1
ice cold Alpro
SNACK 2
1 pomegranate
almond drink
WORKOUT
50 lunges, 50 radar crunches, 50 squats
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An apple a daysmoothie
200 g Alpro soya drink original
Mix all the ingre-
35 g kale
dients and enjoy!
1 small kiwi
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1 big apple 1.5 g dill
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PROMO THOSE
WHO
KNOW
WHAT
THEY
WANT
My name is Bine G端llich. I live with my husband and our two children just outside my favourite city: Cologne. Our family also includes our Labrador dog Mollie and five rabbits.
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MY MORNING ROUTINE
For the past nine months my alarm
Sweet or salty?
I forbid myself to snack during
clock has been ringing at 5 am.
the day. But it’s a hard rule to
After a quick trip to the bathroom
observe. I love drinking coffee and
I make myself a cup of coffee and
make regular trips to the kitchen
sit down at my desk.
throughout the morning to make
Replying to a few emails, creating
more.
a blog post or proofreading text, I
If we have biscuits r chocolates
enjoy the morning quiet as I slowly
in the house they usually find
wake up drinking my coffee.
their way into my office. We don’t
I wake my children at 6.30am and we have breakfast together,
usually have salty snacks although I do like chips and peanuts.
usually fruit salad with yoghurt or muesli. Once the children are off to school I grab the leash and take our dog Millie for an extensive
MY GENERAL DIET
round in the woods.
I’m a three meals a day type. Around midday my stomach will be rumbling so I’ll take a break and
cook
something
savoury.
I find it easy to forgo dinner though. Every now and then I’ll have a slice of bread in the evening or avocado salad.
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W H AT W O U L D C O N S T I T U T E A G O O D S TA R T TO T H E N E W Y E A R ?
Even though nothing really changes and 1 January is just the day after 31 December, I always feel a sense of both farewell and anticipation. I start a new family planner, a new blog schedule; everything is back to square one. I am excited not that something new is a diet. :-) A good start is getting rid of unwanted dead weight, swapping the poinsettia for a crocus and the baggy sweaters for running pants.
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to start something new and more often than
for me is: FAREWELL PAIN & ANTICIPATION
Since the beginning of this year I
ly: We’re not allowed to have meat
have been eating much more fruit
anymore; we’re not allowed to have
and vegetables. I love fruit but I
sugar; we’re not allowed to have
am too lazy to cut it; but an apple
bread rolls and definitely no pasta!
tastes so much better when it’s cut into pieces. So I have had a fruit salad with yoghurt or curd milk each morning.
I go for a mixed approach: Something of everything and everything in moderation. Varied and balanced – Today I’ll have a cup-
I find it hard to keep on top of what’s
cake, tomorrow a light salad; beef
considered a healthy diet. The ad-
tenderloin today, broccoli soup to-
vice you get is changing constant-
morrow.
W H AT D O E S H E A L T H Y E AT I N G E N TA I L ?
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H O W H AV E Y O U R E AT I N G H A B I T S C H A N G E D S I N C E Y O U R 2 0 S ? A N D H AV E T H E Y C H A N G E D AT A L L ?
In my 20s? I didn’t have any
So basically, everything has changed.
children in my 20s, and I worked
During the week I cook for two people
full time. I spent up to 12 hours at
and at the weekend for four. When
the office. In the morning I would
I make sandwiches I always serve
have a bowl of muesli and then go
them with cut bell peppers, carrots
to the mess with my colleagues for
and apples. Since I cook for myself
lunch — back then there was no
and my husband every day now I
choice of meals and no salad bar!
also try out more new things. I read
Alternatively I would sometimes
cooking magazines and food blogs for
get a cheese sandwich from the
inspiration.
have either nothing or just about everything for dinner. Depending on how tired and hungry I was. If I cooked at all it would be at the weekends, but we’d usually eat out with friends.
I try to be as food-conscious as possible, but my passions, like chocolate, have always been the same and they have remained with me and probably will. I only live once and I’m a gourmet. No matter how many clever people may come along to share their newest dietary insights if there is no Nutella in the house I get cranky.
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bakery with a colleague and then
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WHO
KNOW
WHAT
THEY
WANT
DO YOU WORK OUT?
W H AT A R E Y O U M O S T L OO K I N G F O R WA R D TO I N THE H.A.P.P.Y. PROGRAM?
I’m not exactly an ace but for the
I am most looking forward to the
past two years I have gone jogging
drinks and smoothies. They're
once a week with three friends.
in ads, in blogs and on Pinterest
Since we've had Mollie I also take
but so far I have only made a
a four kilometre walk with her each
smoothie once and wasn’t exactly
morning. It’s great fun and has a
thrilled with the result.
definite positive effect on my well-
That’s why I am looking forward
being. I used to do Pilates and be-
to the various smoothie recipes
long to a gym but now I prefer be-
with almonds, oats, passion fruit
ing active outside where there’s
and kale.
fresh air.
I like kale and am very curious to find out what it tastes like cold and pureed.
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WHO
KNOW
WHAT
THEY
WANT
Day 7 SNACK
Almond butter chocolate chip ice cream WORKOUT
Stretching
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BREAK FA S T Quinoa bowl 45 g unboiled quinoa 120 g Alpro amond drink original 1 tsp cinnamon 1 Tbsp planed almonds
drink original. Once the liquid has been fully absorbed, add cinnamon. Sprinkle with almonds,
1 Tbsp coconut flakes
coconut flakes and sunflower seeds
1 Tbsp sunflower seeds
plus fruit of your choice and serve.
Fresh fruit of your choice
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Day 3 SNACK 1
160 g mixed berries (1 cup) WORKOUT
Circuit training (30 minutes)
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Overnight chia pudding 200 g Alpro Almond Original
Drink Unsweetened 3 Tbsp of chia seeds 1 banana, sliced 20 g dried apricots
On the evening before, mix the Alpro 足Almond Original Drink, chia seeds and coconut flakes in a small bowl and put in the fridge for the night. In the morning, grab your bowl, add the banana and apricots.
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PROMO
H . A . P . P . Y . JOIN
THE
PROGRAM
You can join the sisterMAG team and our four blogger and have a great start to the New Year yourself: Just download the program that best suits your lifestyle and become a part of the Facebook H.A.P.P.Y. Challenge
with Alpro.
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FOR
THE
PERFECT
START
‌ sisterMAG has prepared your shopping lists for two weekly shops. Download the lists here
and start your two-week H.A.P.P.Y. program right now!
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Linh Nguyen / Kisura kisura.de
242 More observant sisterMAG readers will remember Linh Nguyen from our last issue #sisterMAG21 , in which she took part in our "Dress for Success" feature. It was all about choosing the right outfit — in other words: right up Linh’s street! She is the managing director of Kisura.de the leading online personal shopper platform for women, so fashion really is her forte. The entrepreneur so dazzled us with her perfect sense of style that we had no choice but to make her the focus of this episode of our "Desk for Success" feature and give the successful founder’s desk a close inspection.
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We paid Linh a visit at the new Kisura offices at Checkpoint Charlie at the beginning of December. "The urban flair of the area around our office in the heart of Berlin is really inspiring; right at the pulse of the metropolis," says Linh. Kisura’s central location is mirrored by Linh’s desk in the middle of the office. Linh, her co-founder Tanja Bogumil and
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their staff of almost 40 share an openplan office; something that’s important to both founders who want to be approachable and visible for all their employees: "We want to be close to the team and the process; it’s the only way for us to get a real understanding of how to constantly improve our product and service for our customers. We also strive to create an atmosphere in which our staff feels at home — after all we want to make work fun."
and fast Internet connection. As you’d expect at an online company there is a major emphasis is on the digital workplace. "Software and apps help us increase productivity, create transparency
Linh spends between nine and 20 hours at her desk each day, usually more than at her private flat. So calling the Kisura office her "home" wouldn’t be completely out of line. "I live my girlhood dream of my own fashion company every day, and I am able to share the experience with creative and talented people. It’s a huge privilege." For her to feel comfortable and be able to work efficiently and effectively, the Kisura founder, whose responsibilities include HR and finance, needs a reliable
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and thereby promote knowledge transfer within the company," explains Linh. Both email and Skype are standard tools of their internal and external corporate communication process. One
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describe the system behind her desk set-up she explains that she is quite chaotic as far as her working processes during any given day are concerned, but she does make sure to have order prevail again by close of business.
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use of Skype is getting to know a new customer; social media channels are also used. After work drinks are arranged via the Kisura Facebook group, holiday snapshots reach the colleagues stuck back at work via Instagram. The effort to stay flexible and mobile has made the smartphone Linh’s — almost — constant companion. "The dinner table and my bed are phone-free areas." Back to the desk: Linh’s desk is right by the window. The buildings impressive window facade makes for a light-flooded work space. There are fresh flowers and the CEO’s favourite beauty products are always within easy reach so she’s always ready to go, whatever the next meeting. When asked to
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The Desk What is an absolute no-go on a desk?
could do without the rest if you abso-
I make sure my desk is clean. Stale lutely had to. coffee cups, spoilt fruit or litter of any What does your desktop wallpaper kind are absolute no-gos for me. They look like? are not just unhygienic they also zap A photo of the Kisura team we took at you of your energy and a positive vibe. a company party this summer celebraWhich gadgets/apps can you defini- ting two years in business. I am very tely not do without?
happy about and also proud of what I
When the bare necessities are con- have achieved with Tanja and the enticerned I’d go with a classic set-up and re team. We just love what we do, and say: An email programme and a ca- to me the picture says just that. It molendar app are nonnegotiable. But you tivates me no end!
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Lea Lange / Juniqe juniqe.de
Digitalization and art — a contradiction in terms? Well, it isn’t for our interviewee Lea Lange, founder and managing director of JUNIQE, an online shop specializing in posters, fashion and home accessories. sisterMAG went to take a closer look at her office and especially her desk — as part of our interview series “Desks for Success”.
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as the team likes to describe itself — we find Lea in a loft space flooded with light and with very few walls sitting behind a meticulously neat desk. Her work and the products offered by JUNIQE inspire the Hamburg native, as does a new office addition: neon light lettering on the wall behind her desk saying “art works”. “I love it because it’s so simple but it still perfectly captures what we do here at JUNIQE”.
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Upon entering the Junique offices at Viktoriahof, a former suitcase factory in Berlin, you are immediately captured by a feeling of something unique, very distinct and exceedingly special being created in this space. The suitcases have gone and art, or rather a different kind of art, has taken their place. In the middle of it all: Lea, the maestra, guiding a team of creative minds in their art direction, merchandizing, text and PR exploits and adventures. Contrary to our expectation of a group of art obsessed, creative “big kids” —
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To many people, art and the digital world are two intuitively incompatible concepts with (missing) haptics and a general visual equalization on the web often cited as arguments. Most branches of industry were faced with similar reservations at the beginning of the development but digitalisation has prevailed throughout, argues the Berlin resident who has also lived in Munich and Barcelona. “You can get beautiful furniture for your apartment in any price range (online) but
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it’s (still) different when it comes to art. So we decided to change that and created Juniqe, a space where you can buy artwork by creative people from all over the world at affordable prices — as wall mounted pictures or
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For her personally, the essence of the incorporated into other fas- Internet and digital tools is their utilihion and lifestyle products. zation in guaranteeing the most successful outcome possible. Another advantage the digital world affords the world of art: Many of the featured artists do not reside in or near Germany and you wouldn’t be able to even discover their fascinating objects. Digital communication is an essential tool both in the acquisition of new artist and also later on to stay in touch and to make the creations an experience for their audience.
“We work almost exclusively digitally; this goes for our internal processes as much as for our marketing. It’s cheaper, more feasible and also more transparent. It is much easier to measure the success of an online ad campaign than that of its print counterpart.“
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I try to keep things ‘clean’ and store items in cabinets. So I don’t just try to keep my desk clean and tidy but also to have as little as possible lying around on it. Used cups and plates for example are an absolute no-go in my world. They’re so unnecessary!
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sisterMAG: Are there heaps of paper on your desk or does the digital equipment dominate? The only paper on my desk tends to be magazines in which Juniqe is featured. I work predominantly digitally; but with the support of yellow Postits. I do need those! Which gadgets/apps can you definitely not do without? Hotjar, Google Analytics and Instagram. Over time, everybody creates a unique “desk system”. How would you describe yours?
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Luisa Sancelean Thea Neubauer
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When christmas is over and the New Year's night has also gone, we all ask ourselves one question: What to do with the many snaps and pictures that we took during the festive holidays? We have found some pretty cool ideas – from the Instagram picture line to printing your photo onto marshmallows! And we want to see your pictures. For the next issue of sisterMAG (topic: »Lights and Shadows«) we would love to show your pictures. You can send your photo to design@ sister-mag.com and hope to be featured in our next issue!
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Hang your Instagrams We got a special Christmas present from our dear friend Simone (Instagram: @fraeuleinsonntag ), who printed her favourite pictures. Within the little package: clamps and a wonderful copper yarn from Garn & Mehr ..
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let it shine
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A very special and nice shop to print your pictures is minted.com .. For example: We love the idea to print the pictures with a little bit of copper, gold or silver finish. You can choose between different designs and even frames. Ready to hang!
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The most visible possibility to keep your pictures in mind is hanging them in your living room or put them on your mantelpiece – just like in every good American movie! Our Pinterest and Instagram buff Luisa has found some creative ways to print and hang your most loved pictures. 255
Instagram Printing Printstagram will print your Instagram pictures. However you can not only do the classic composition (right picture) but also order business cards, T-Shirts, posters and many more little presents such as buttons or magnets. Issue 22 | December 2015
Cases & Co. We found the service Casetify and are thrilled. Here you can print your pictures on every case that you can think of. What we like most: not only the classic iPhone case is possible but also tablet covers, Apple Watch wristbands or laptop sleeves.
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Mini projector
On the left side you can see an example layout for an iPad Cover with sisterMAG Instagram pictures. The price for this would be 45,96 ₏ (free delivery). Tip: Use pictures of the same colour range because that looks especially nice. Just try to use the configuration tool of the website – it is definitely a lot of fun!
Do you remember these old slide projectors from your dad? If yes, you may like Reelagram . You can choose seven of your Instagram pictures and will get a little slide disk. The projector can also be ordered from the side. It is definitely NOT a Must Have but maybe a nice little nostalgic present for friends or family! sister-mag.com
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magnets
tiles
Choose 12 Instagram pictures and the team from Picpack will send your little artworks as magnets for your fridge or blackboard!
Did you ever wish to tile your bathroom with your favourite pictures? Imagesnap makes this possible although it won't be a cheap undertaking with 35$ per 12x12 inch tile. Another idea: use your picture tile as coaster.
Marshmallows Yes, this is possible! The British service Boomf prints your pictures onto edible marshmallows to decorate cakes and your coffeetable. Each package with nine marshmallows costs 15 Pounds (around 19 Euro).
Wood Calendar A definite favourite is and will always be the photo calendar. Artifact Uprising gives you the so-called Wood Calendar which is a beautiful example of one. You can choose twelve pictures of your own and it will be printed and delivered on a wooden board, made of pine wood from the forests of Colorado. Issue 22 | December 2015
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The new # S I S T E R M A G K I T C H E N
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The More, The Tastier Not only the Swedish people think, that eating together is more pleasure and enjoyment than allone. After moving into the new office the sisterMAG has now enough space in the new IKEA kitchen to invite business partners, contributors and friends to come together. And also the team itself loves the new central place in the #sisterMAGoffice.
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The mother of a close friend of mine is Swedish; and not only are my friend and his siblings blond and beautiful, they are also the loveliest and most sincere people I know. Hosting –and feeding - hordes of their children’s friends in their home is second nature to them. My friend often recites Swedish poems at these social gatherings and his mother’s cinnamon buns regularly star in my dreams. When my friend started an internship at a Swedish company, he received a present from the team on his first day and every single member of staff vouched an hour of their time (over coffee) to him. But why am I telling you all this? Well, it’s not to make you feel bad because you have never greeted an intern in such fashion. To me these things are such
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great manifestations of this typical Swedish brand of warmth and cordiality which IKEA is promoting in the weeks leading up to Christmas. And what are the best places in your house to showcase your hospitality: the kitchen and the
Ikea 365+
dinner table, of course. A beautifully set table and
Tiefer Teller
a big pot of pumpkin soup - the perfect recipe to make everybody feel comfortable. It’s the Swedish savoir vivre: celebrating with friends! IKEA has translated this into a beautiful new promotion called #Gästaurant (“guestaurant“) which was set up to bring people together. Read all about it on the following pages. .
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The # sisterMAGkitchen was a joint project by the sisterMAG team and IKEA (or more specifically the wonderful kitchenteam in the IKEA in BerlinLichtenberg ) . Our mother and Fashion Director Evi found inspiration in all kinds of designer kitchens. So we build together our own ‚dream kitchen’ with all different components of the METOD series
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Building it up We were lucky enough to get help from the IKEA assembly team. Two artisans worked for two days on the structure of each cabinet and assembled all the cabinets, boxes and rails . Without them, the kitchen would probably still not be finished ;) ! A really great service you can order via this website: I K E A A s s e m b ly S e r v i c e
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We don’t just love our kitchen because of its great design; it’s also the perfect place to whip up fabulous meals. Our kitchen fairy Sandra has created this ideal recipe for a quick lunch at the office. It’s also great as a starter at for any menu: Sandra's delicious pumpkin chestnut soup
Ingredients A pack of cubed pumpkin from the refrigerate section or a small Hokaido squash (around 600g)
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Can you please explain the idea behind your company or app in your own words?
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Mealy is a new cooking app for high quality recipes from food bloggers. Much like on social networks, app users can follow their favourite food bloggers, personalise their set-up to reflect their dietary needs and thus create their in-
dividually tailored recipe feed that’s sure to tickle their taste buds. This enables users to quickly and easily find a high quality recipe as well as discover new food blogs – even on the go. What inspired this idea?
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Berlin: Tim and Flo studied computer sciences, while I was taking courses in engeneering economics. After graduating, Tim worked as a mobile developer for an app-agency, while I was coordinating projects in a start-up for education. Flo worked as a software-architect and backenddeveloper.
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In the early days we self-financed through some outside IT projects. But now we’re very excited to be part of the incubator program »Project Flying Elephant«. It secured our first proper startup financing so we can now devote ourselves to
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How long did it take to develop the app? The first version took about six months to get running and since then we have been optimising it constantly.
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Who is your target audience? How high do you rate your market potential? Anyone who likes to cook and try out new recipes will find many new ideas to suit their taste on our app. Anyone who already follows one or more food blog is also a potenti-
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In this new series we are going to introduce people with particularly interesting jobs in each new issue. The first person featured is Gabrielle Hoffmann who describes herself as the most popular soothsayer in the German-speaking world. We wanted to find out what looking into the future is all about. The result is a very interesting conversation with a woman with exceptionally fine-tuned antennae for the sorrows and troubles of her clients who often find themselves at decisive crossroads in their lives. By the way, she doesn‘t rely on accessories like a crystal ball!
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GABRIELE HOFFMANN Gabriele Hoffmann is – to her own reports – the most famous clairvoyant in the Germanspeaking world. "Ihrer Zukunft alles Gute" (all the best for your future), this benevolent wish for her clients is also her professional slogan. The supernaturally gifted Berlin resident can see events in other people’s futures and thereby offer a clear perspective for problem solving strategies in the lives of those asking for her help. This ability has made her famous far beyond the borders of her native Germany. For more than 30 years people from all classes and walks of life have come to her practice in Berlin’s Uhlandstraße to seek advice.
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Gabriele Hoffmann was born in Berlin on 4 October 1954. She comes from a family of musicians. Her transcendental talent became obvious when she was still a child. After finishing school she trained to be a nurse but at the age of 18 switched professions and started to work as a soothsayer and life coach. Her abilities soon drew considerable media attention. Until this day she helps both "the people next door" and captains of industry, politicians and artists. She has written two books about her work and regularly gives lectures. Apart from her natural clairvoyant abilities she has also made a name for herself as an astrologist. Mrs. Hoffman is exceptionally savvy in dealing with both print and electronic media. Her appearances in talk shows and TV documentaries regularly draw large audiences. Her charm, quick-wittedness and intelligence make her a favourite with audiences, interviewers and hosts alike. Gabriele Hoffmann lives with her second husband in Berlin. She has a 25-year-old son (Marcus) from her first marriage.
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WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE SEEK YOUR HELP AND WHY?
The most common trigger is not curiosity but the fact that a person finds themself in a very tricky life situation or has lost their gut feeling or just feels that things can’t get any worse. I have a self-imposed minimum age for clients of 27 years. I believe that making mistakes is part of being young and even at that age people are still easily influenced.
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No, there is a mixture of ages. I have been working for 40 years and it’s not uncommon for clients who consulted me 33 years ago to come back today. Sometimes young people come and mention that for example their father has asked my advice before. I think that’s great.
DO YOU OFTEN RECEIVE FEEDBACK FROM FORMER CLIENTS? AND DO PEOPLE COME MORE THAN ONCE?
Usually my clients return after about five or six years. But that isn’t strictly speaking necessary. Life and its fate points don’t rewrite themselves so I won’t really be able to tell someone anything else five years later. If somebody approaches me with a particular issue it might be different and they might return to check how to deal with a concrete situation.
CAN YOU TELL US HOW SOOTHSAYING WORKS? DO YOU WORK WITH CARDS OR A CRYSTAL BALL?
I have a great crystal ball; it’s historic and comes from a royal house. But to be honest it’s just decorative because I need to close my eyes when I tell fortunes. Once in trance I put myself into
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my client’s position and observe their present situation and then their past. In other words I dive into the person’s stream of fate and describe what I see. Cards cannot exactly help me do that either.
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I have to go into a trance for about 95% of what I receive. The remaining 5% of images come to me without the extra effort. This is especially the case in stressful situations and with people who are going through particularly aggravating experiences. DO YOU SEE CLAIRVOYANCE AND SOOTHSAYING AS A PROFESSION OR A CALLING? OR BOTH?
You can’t learn clairvoyance — at least not in the sense of an ordinary professional training, so I see it as a gift but also a great responsibility. A responsibility towards other people that’s weighing down on me and is sometimes positively overwhelming.
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HOW DID YOU RESOLVE THE ISSUE FOR YOURSELF: DO YOU WANT TO KNOW YOUR OWN FUTURE OR CAN YOU EVEN SEE YOUR OWN FUTURE?
It is, or rather wasn’t, a conscious decision. The visions were just there — even when I was a child. When I was 14 I saw that I was later going to marry the boy with whom I was going out at the time. But I also saw that we wouldn’t stay together which at the time shocked me and made me react in a stubborn way.
DID YOU TAKE CLASSES OR GO THROUGH ANY KIND OF PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAINING IN ORDER TO LEARN TO DEAL WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY?
I approached the field with a good deal of naïveté and just assume I would make the right decision and find the right words in any given situation. Staying trustworthy is the best way to guarantee professional behaviour, I think. That isn’t always easy. The line to untrustworthiness is very thin in my profession, and strictly speaking
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I am crossing it whenever I omit or soften anything I see — just because the person opposite me is too likeable or I feel sympathy for them.
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That’s a very important question: The aforementioned trustworthiness is crucial in my line of work that’s why I tell the person opposite me everything I see. But, obviously, much also depends on how I see it. I am very careful when it comes to death though. If I see that a client will die in the foreseeable future I usually abort the session and tell them I am not able to see anything. It’s a moral balancing act for sure and a challenge for both the soothsayer and the life coach in me.
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SISTERMAG IS A DIGITALONLY MAGAZINE AND WE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF NEW DIGITAL POSSIBILITIES ON A DAILY BASIS. WHAT ABOUT YOU? DO YOU USE ANY DIGITAL EQUIPMENT AND HOW DOES THE DIGITALIZATION AFFECT YOUR JOB?
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And that isn’t just true for my personal life but also my professional one. The Internet is a great marketing tool for me. But I also use the computer for astrological calculations. There are excellent programs which help you to calculate a horoscope (or actually do it for you). You can almost think of Astrology as a kind of Maths which is perfectly calculable. Where clairvoyance is concerned things look a little different though. I need the person in question to physically sit opposite me. Soothsaying via Skype is, unfortunately, not possible.
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This is where we leave Gabrielle Hoffmann, thoroughly fascinated but not without doubts. Back outside in the broad daylight of the capital we ask ourselves whether one human being can actually see another one’s stream of fate. Inside Mrs. Hoffman’s apartment it seemed possible. Be it as it may, her life’s journey has definitely led her to some interesting places — a rich life, which is what she wishes upon all her clients and helps them achieve — rooting for them all along the way.
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The year coming to its end is a good opportunity to reflect on what lies behind us. And what better way to do so than with good friends in a festive atmosphere. The sisterMAG team set the scene for a New Year’s Eve ball at an old palace in Berlin for you hosted by Berlin based publisher Robert Eberhardt (www.wolffverlag.de ). So let’s raise our glasses and drink to another one!
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countdown Ready for the bang: Two sparklers afixed to a narrow strip of paper. The sisterMAG team has prepared two different designs for you to choose from with big dots and vertical stripes, respectively. Download the patterns here .
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The buffet feature was inspired by an idea seen on Pinterest and takes advantage of a thoroughly impracticable idea — for every day that is: We painted one wall entirely black and then adorned it with golden lips closing around a bouquet of flowers and a wall-mounted clock.
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There is no better time than New Year’s to go the extra luxury mile: How about some oysters on the buffet!
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Sparkling highlights in gold and black where big holes spoilt the ceiling: paper lamps from IKEA are covered in gold spray paint and the entire room is
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decorated with gold foil (get it at MODULOR ). Several metres of larger-than-life paper chains handmade (!) from black cardboard paper provide a beautiful contrast!
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The sisterMAG editorial team has tested this so-called tulle skirt effect during a few events themselves. The premise of the study is, that the girl wearing a tulle skirt will be asked about it at least twice during the event and will also be asked: "Can I touch it?". That is why the tulle skirt is often colloquially called an "eye-catcher".
ULLE SKIRT EFFECT This is why sisterMAG has selected the tulle skirt to be THE New Year's Eve ItPiece of 2015, especially because you can make it yourself – a perfect pastime after Christmas by the way. You will not only find the tutorial for every possible colour on the next few pages but also the best accessories to style your tulle skirt for the big night (or during the day)!
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"An aphorism embellishes an oevre like a diamond on a necklace"
THE NECKLACE Sparkling stones on a black turtleneck – nothing will draw the eyes to it like the "statement necklace". This ongoing trend of the past few years has led to affordable pieces on the High Street, which are really intricate and quite artful.
Ciela Bib from Baublebar
You can read all about the history of these stones in our feature here . And afterwards you can click through our favourite online shops and get a great necklace for your next event:
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Studs in crystal design from H&M
Long earrings with plastic pendants from H&M
Earrings with faceted look from H&M 300
Earrings from Topshop
Diana Drop Earrings from Floralpunk
‌ OR EARRINGS? It is not easy to decide when you see the vast offerings of sparkling and scintillating earrings all over the place. We have chosen some of our favourites, but just as before: take a look yourself at the many online shops and inspirations on Instagram. Three more shop suggestions:
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www.dawanda.com Our workshop with Dawanda took place in the so-called Snuggery from Dawanda in Berlin Charlottenburg. The 20 participants had to cut tulle, sew underskirts and take measure of themselves ‌ and undo what they just did :). That's because our mom and fashion director Evi Neu-
bauer was leading through the class and she already told us when we were little girls: "Master, I am done, should I undo?" With her, our ex intern Caro led the workshop.
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Which earrings will go with this top? As common as this question may be for any of us when choosing an evening outfit, it hasn’t been a part of our cultural identity for long.
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It only started when custom jewellery became both a fashion and fashionable. And you will probably not be surprised to hear who we have to thank for this, it’s Madame Chanel, of course.
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vide the option to accessorize each of her outfits in a truly individual way. The origins of custom jewellery, however, date even further back: The people of Ancient Egypt might not have worn broaches of red rhinestones lips while strolling along the Nile but they did dye glass beads in a way that made them look just like semi-precious stones. Queen Elizabeth I also liked to adorn herself with “pearls” which had never seen the in-
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side of a shell. Made of wax and dowsed in talmi, imitation gold, they were sewn onto clothing in great numbers. Such beauties! And such a bargain: 520 beads would only set you back 1 penny. Our modern penchant for glitter on our t-shirts, ears and teeth can be traced straight back to the special Parisian entrepreneurial spirit for glitz and glamour – specifically that of a man named Georges Frédéric Strass
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- originally from Strasbourg, as his name all but suggests ;) – whose imitation diamonds even earned him the title of “jeweller to the king” in 1734. This took a special skill though: he managed to treat fake items of jewellery in such a way that the light broke and created hues just as it did on real diamonds making it near impossible to tell the difference. The first specimen were mounted on a metal foil affording them a sparkle bright enough to see the Cartier shop from the moon which was later replaced by a steamed layer of mirrors (probably distinguishable from Jupiter). With Louis XV’s demand for jewellery being every bit as high as you’d expect from a king, Strass was able to retire at the tender age of 52.
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As is often the case, innovation bred more innovation. Word of this counter-movement to real jewellery spread to Berlin where it was quickly adopted in the form of “Berlin Iron”, i.e. simple raw iron was used to create ornamental jewellery. Napoleone Corbella introduced “raw stock” made from brass at the Milan opera house. The people in New York and London were equally excited by this new trend and with them the rest of
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the world. In other words things happened much in the same way as they do today.
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Back then, towards the end of the 19th century, Vogue had just been launched and soon became the mouthpiece of custom jewellery facilitating its global triumph far beyond fashion metropoles all the way to towns like Jablonec in what is now the Czech Republic where “glass haberdasheries” quickly became the most important branch of the local industry and also made this the epicentre of the German custom jewellery universe. And, hey presto, it’s 1911; and a 28 year-old Coco opens the first doors
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C O C O, AG A I N & AG A I N Elsa Schiaparelli‘s interpretations of custom jewellery brought her the attention of artists like Salvador Dalí or Jean Cocteau. It’s no longer just about the aesthetic demand towards an accessory - it’s about lending voice to an entire artistic movement. Dadaism and surrealism were two movements with particularly strong influences in this area.
adorned with her last name »Chanel« and the question of which earrings go with which top was suddenly in the world – and here to stay. It was the moment when making custom jewellery changed from trying to imitate precious stones to a creative process in its own right.
In 1930, Strass‘ rhinestones even made it into the Chicago Daily Tribune which described them as »fake diamonds whose clarity and fire have magical qualities« and bring joy to those »looking for a healthy balance between their bank account and appetite for jewellery «. C´est ca. Thanks to Elizabeth I., Frédéric Strass, Coco Chanel and Dalí custom
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jewellery has made its way into the jewellery boxes of people of all ages. It lends a sparkle to any given object and is an object of female desire, because we can afford it! From Michael Jackson’s rings to Elton John’s ear and Miley Cyrus‘ nipples – after a short intermezzo of colourful plastic jewellery and ethnic necklaces – rhinestones have reclaimed their popularity since the 1980. A US flag made of rhinestones on a lapel may seem thoroughly unpolitical today but some decisive moments in custom jewellery history weren‘t without political significance:
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D E M O C R AC Y FOR OUR C L E AVAG E Karl Lagerfeld adorned his models’ chests with items from the so-called “plumber line” which featured broaches shaped like taps, shower heads and wrenches. “Tasteless”, “Great” or even “feminist” ?! – There’s no accounting for tastes…
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If you really thought diamonds were »a girl's best friend« we hope we have been able to set you straight with our short history of custom jewellery at least where the necessity for real diamonds is concerned. Nowadays anyone can afford to express their current style and attitude towards life at any time thanks to the life’s work and ambition of a few brave pioneers of custom jewellery.
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As early as 1920, Coco Chanel designed a line of »fake« jewellery to accompany her fashion line, making it »publicly acceptable«. Custom jewellery is still an important part of today’s fashion industry continuously evolving and creating new trends: Beads, rhinestones, nylon, wire – designers manage to make almost any material work for their fancily eclectic and unusual collections. The newest generation of designers is pushing the boundaries even further in an effort to prove that jewellery doesn’t have to be expensive to be fashionable. From classic and timeless designs to elaborate and eye catching accessories: sisterMAG has taken a closer look at some labels and is excited to introduce them on the following pages.
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Jens Kunath makes jewellery made from acrylic materials, whose forms are ground out by hand. The results are always new, exceptional pieces of jewellery. In detail, there are fabrics, fibers, fine wire, or grasses and blossoms, that are becoming part of the acrylic glass. Even gold or silver metal are processed. In 1986, Jens Kunath founded Pyramonte and developed over the years an independent design language and new techniques. His trademark became a success story over the years. The unique pieces are manufactured by German manufacturers in workshops in Berlin and Schรถnberg in SchleswigHolstein. You can buy this special jewellery in the sales atelier at Hackescher Markt in Berlin Mitte or in the Online Shop.
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Please introduce yourself and your company in a few words. // My name is Anna Luisa Schindler; I am 25 years old and I come from Cologne. One and a half years ago I founded my own label LUILU JEWELLERY. During my studies I had already regularly designed jewellery for myself and my friends and then had it produced by a manufacturer. It was very popular and so I decided to one day found my own label. I did so while studying for my Master’s Degree in International Management at a business school in Barcelona. How did you decide on the name? // I spent a long time musing about a name for my label. It wasn’t easy, believe me. I spent hours compiling lists with a friend and trying to figure out which name would suit myself and my brand best.
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How did you or what made you decide to make jewellery? // That happened a long time ago. I have always been creative. I took advanced art classes in school and have always enjoyed making things, drawing and painting. After I had finished school I spent a year abroad and in between stays in Madrid and Buenos Aires took a two-month intensive sewing class. I realised then that I wanted to do something creative for a living, but I didn’t yet know what exactly that should be or how I would go about it. So I decided to read Art History and later get a Master’s degree in Business. It all fell into place while I was studying though. For years I had worn an antique golden coin which suddenly started to become discoloured so I found myself looking for a new one and finally got lucky after a long while. A friend of mine established a contact with a jewellery manufacturer whom I also met shortly afterwards.
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What kind of jewellery do you like personally? And do you have a favourite piece in your collection? // I like delicate gold jewellery which you can probably guess from looking at my collection. I especially like coins, regardless of their size. I always wear one.
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What makes LUILU jewellery so special? // I think my close collaboration with popular bloggers like Novalanalove sets my jewellery apart. It means that my
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Where does the inspiration for your designs come from? // Travelling inspires me. I travel a lot and spend at least three months of the year abroad. It gives me ideas for new collections and I also actively keep my eyes open for new designs. Finding a new design, manufacturer or piece of jewellery I can use always makes me as excited as a toddler.
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customers don’t just wear any necklace but can also keep their favourite blogger close. My Instagram account is very personal and gives people a chance to learn a lot about me and my life. I also use Snapchat and share many things with my followers. This way they don’t just buy any brand but something very personal that gives them a chance to connect and identify closely with me, the bloggers and the Luilu brand. Gold or silver (and why)? // Personally I much prefer gold and I only sell items made from materials I really like. But there is a demand for silver and we have decided to address it in the future and also offer silver jewellery. Which piece of jewellery do you think is suitable for any woman of any age? // A small gold coin. How do you like to wear your jewellery (which pieces do you combine with which pieces of clothing)? // I usually wear plain jewellery, usually my own creations. I like wearing big earrings when I go out, especially in the summer. But it always depends on the specific occasion.
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Please introduce yourself and your company in a few words. // ANNA INSPIRING JEWELLERY is all about innovative, young and dynamic jewellery design. From classic lines to unusual shapes, AIJ offers a wide range of jewellery with something for every taste. All of AIJ’s products are of the highest quality and their modern elegance is sure to win you over. How did you decide on the name? // The brand is named for its founder Anna Singer who is the creative mind behind the entire business concept. Where are your headquarters based? // Our headquarters are in Vienna, where our fairy tale started. We have three shops there as well as our actual headquarter where the entire European business is administrated.
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Where is your jewellery manufactured? // A lot of it comes straight from our workshop in the heart of Vienna. We make sure to avoid long-haul transport when sourcing our materials
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What makes your jewellery special? How do you differ from other manufacturers? // Our designer works thoroughly on every single idea until she has considered it to the last detail. It is this love and eye for detail which makes us so special. It starts with the packaging our jewellery comes in and is picked up in the scenes created for our shop windows and the unique ANNA style (red lips, pig tails). We want to take our customers on a journey. It’s not about the mere sales process but rather about sharing a special feeling. We are right there where stories start; be it the first ring you give to a girl-friend or a bracelet with a personal engraving that whispers: I care for you. Your website features a section called »Blogger Stories« – how did this come about? // Bloggers are great and have developed into a unique market force. Over the last couple of years we have met an amazing amount of
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great girls with which we now work. These collaborations have led to some incredibly beautiful pictures and we have drawn much inspiration from them. We thought it would be a pity not to share them with our customers. Are your customers mainly women or do you offer a men’s range, too? // Fortunately, people tend to get increasingly more modern and don’t automatically think only of women when thinking of jewellery – we are definitely noticing this trend in our shops. Particularly, we sell many delicate bracelets which are great when worn in combination with a watch.
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Where do you see yourself in five years? // ALL OVER THE WORLD ;-)
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Which piece of jewellery makes a particularly great Christmas present? // The best thing is that we offer something for any budget. A delicate bracelet with an engraving is always a great option and a very personal choice. But there is another classy Christmas option waiting for those with deeper pockets: Diamonds! `Cause Diamonds are a girl‘s best friend...’
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2016 Next year, sisterMAG issues will talk about »Materials and elements« and we will interpret different topics – just as you know us – in all different aspects of life. The first issue will be as bright and dark as life itself with the topic: »Lights and Shadows«. We are thinking about doing a whole Black-andWhite issue, but lets keep this a surprise!
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Light and shadow in sisterMAG – sisterMAG visited the Asian Megacity and we will introduce you to the most exciting places and sights in cooperation with local bloggers
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