Berlin Is Hosting the First-Ever Fashion TED Talks
First, it was in a disused department store, then it moved to everything from a former car park to Berlin’s largest ballroom. Now, we’re onto the fifth edition of Intervention, a cultural festival run by communications agency Reference Studios during Berlin Fashion Week, and yet another historic Berlin building is being utilized.
In Kraftwerk, an ex-East German power station turned transdisciplinary cultural events space, February 2 sees Intervention fashion show program transpire, but not until a TED talk has concluded. That's because Intervention marks TED’s first time introducing fashion and design into its programming through a three-hour series of talks from 9 am to 11 am. Then, the fashion shows begin.
This year's runway programming combines a mix of homegrown Berlin talent in the buzzy politically active fashion label GmbH and the grundgy streetwear brand Dagger, alongside the international talents of Nigerian designer Kenneth Ize, Kampala-based BUZIGAHILL, and Tokyo’s JOHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN.
Next door in the nightclub Tresor, there’s a listening lounge curated by Berlin DJ collective and record label LIVE FROM EARTH to enjoy.
Plus, in the lead-up to the one-day festival, opening on January 30, LIVE FROM EARTH hosts the Doofer Street Market, an experiential pop-up which promises to be part exhibition, part gathering, part performance space.
Over the past five editions, Intervention has established itself as a definitive moment in Berlin’s burgeoning fashion week by attracting notable names who’d normally present at the more established fashion weeks and hosting surprising events... like the first-ever fashionable TED talk.
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