a symbol of hope in syria. i try to help people. does she stand much. more the false facade of her husband's rule. he believes in what the syrian regime is doing believes in the. projection that they are saving syria. the beautiful face of the dictatorship starting october first d w. greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to our latest edition and before we get started with some crystal

ball gazing on the fashion front here's a quick look at what's coming up. a belgian fashion designer takes paris by storm. last places a german photographer transports us to abandon location. and subway serenade a polish oh boy scout underground in berlin. and we start off in paris the city of fashion and this week even more so is the press report a show's showcase the trends for next spring and summer a french fashion label why project was particularly hotly awaited had designer glen martin's is a protege of french designers. and it shows his creations are like a new hybrid of streetwear and elegant and so we caught up with him backstage.

with barely an hour to go before his latest creations if the catwalk thirty three year old glenn martin splits around backstage nipping and talking and making sure everything fits perfectly right to the last second. of all i even used to put on sunglasses because i'd been so nervous about the show walker it is i didn't want anyone to see my eyes and realize how terrorized and stressed i was at that if it is up to the professor. but he need not have worried everything is going very nicely for him right now recently glenn martin's won the coveted on fashion award with his cash first of two hundred fifty thousand euros. intended to give talented young designers a boost the award was based in part on these creations. that is cool because the jury that is stows the award is made up of key figures in the fashion industry and i tell myself if they thought i deserve this award or that it was about amounts to a wonderful confirmation they could give us

a quick. glance market has been creative director of the french wine project label since two thousand and thirteen. he creates fashions for both men and women some of his pieces are unisex. his very latest women's collection is among his most adventurous coach dresses was trains. shorts brampton or guns or. spirals do it oh. shirts with four sleeves. that legs that show skin oh yeah what i'm aiming for is to show a person's various sides we all have several facets sometimes you're more a business person sometimes more lover or a party or. you should give expression to these different moods but whether sexy a classical or street where often you can achieve that with a single piece of clothing and. when you're in that frame of mind and you put on

your look the person in the outfit become a unified whole episode this with. clint martin's approach to constructing and deconstructing items of clothing his roots to run deep. before he attended the fashion academy and he completed his studies in architecture . he draws inspiration from historical buildings and personalities. my father often took me to churches and chateaus and taught me about history i was totally fascinated by it as a child when i started to draw i always sketched historical figures like a hole in clean up and ran to a national sort of their clothing was very important for me because i knew clothes make the man because these influences can still be found in my collections today even though they're modern. with all i could it's ok message that's all but. these designs are historical and of on guard all at once the physical made and the skirt

made from blue nylon is reminiscent of marie antoinette and the renaissance to keep it honest but the idea behind it is that it's three skirts and one and that gives it a certain volume of. martin's ingenious combinations of one over the fashion world in paris critics here rave on his extravagant creations is this classic touch from the fame came from the ancient periods but with this trait to a taste and i find this one of the most innovative brain because of this kind of. makes it a can they made it actually is not straight to it is not to get to but these something you and i always i'm called this good is to see i've watched it evolve you know in his own collection and ever since he started one project in the beginning it was tough the first couple seasons but it was great watching. issing

need to get stronger and stronger and nike is one of the rare designers now that has a signature and it's playing with volumes playing with this history playing with graphics he's great. liberties have also discovered and margins r. and b. singer eon is also a fan so are top models better and g g i d. maybe they'll find the perfect on fit in his latest collection. but right now glen martin's is simply glad the show's over and he's off to celebrate with his team. on board now with our grab bag of the other culture headlines our express. the shortlist exhibition for the prize stand that's. formally the national gallery prize for young ons well open friday in berlin this year the four nominees are all

women it's all planned all. jumana money and agony. the prize is awarded every two years to artists under the age of forty you live and work in germany it's one of the country's top awards for young artists the winner will be announced oct twentieth. the monaco yacht show is underway one hundred twenty five super yachts with an estimated total worth of three point three billion euros have docked in money carla for the event the show features five hundred eighty exhibitors from thirty eight countries. luxury and perfection are still important features but eco friendly this is this year's top trend the monaco yacht show held annually this year's edition ends on the thirtieth of september. the italian town of true mona is hosting the fifth stradivari festival it opened

with a concert by a russian conductor and violinist sergei crooner. eight priceless instruments from the town's violin museum were featured including four made by antonio. he lived interim owner in the seventeenth century and is considered to be the best violin maker the world has ever seen. well they've been in history for over thirty five years now but for diehard fans of the swedish pop band the music simply goes on and they're not wrong about that because now benny andersson their pianist and songwriter of greatest hits has more where that came from on friday his new solo album of piano tunes comes out with a regional songs and reinterpreted hits that will bring a tear to many a true friend.

he was the composer of others many hits and the band's pianist. let me understand. them he's still tickling the ivory is today. here he plays i was song thank you for the music. undiscovered his love of the piano at a very early age and i was six i had a little accordion so they'd say they told me one one song that i could play together with them and then from that all night i took myself first to play the accordion together with them and then i had a piano when i was ten and from the day i had the piano i've been sitting and. you know benny on the show has recorded a solo album simply entitled piano it features piano renditions of abos old hits as

well as music he's composed for other projects yes you can just be i mean i don't know what i almost never play my old songs anymore and then. maybe i'm playing something for my musical chastity so i thought i'd make a record with only old songs sorry i meant old man plays old songs on the piano because but i got a lot up on news so thank. god i shot to fame in one nine hundred seventy four when they won a year of vision song contest with a water lover the swedish group became world famous overnight. benny andersson was considered the band's musical genius he wrote the melodies and arranged the songs despite the fact that he couldn't read music they were in the studio that wasn't a problem. still under. never dreamed that i

would become so successful. we did not expect that we tried to do good work how we tried his band this much time as we had tried to write first write the songs then record them and the best way we could and then just go on to the next song do the same thing so it's about where. you nine hundred seventy two benny andersson founded on but with his future wife bonnie freed links that. band of married couple i need to feds called him beyond old videos. over the next decade they released eight studio albums that spawned some thirty international hits. this week just group has sold around four hundred million records today. have been split up in one thousand nine hundred two by then both couples had divorced and anderson and old

tales were already collaborating on the musical chess. but while working on the musical mamma mia which debuted in one nine hundred ninety nine benny and dion revisited their days without. on the song i'd already else also created the swedish musical christina fund over more about a swedish immigrant family. these days understand perform swedish folk songs and his own compositions with his benny understands orchestra. compared with the eck declines he led during the day the seventy year old has slowed down somewhat. i wake up in the morning as late as possible apart from my dad i go to go to the gym twice a week so i wake up a little earlier then but i walk the dog first thing i go to the office i sit down at the piano and i pray a little try to to try. creates

a new music which very rarely happens but i sit there. composing new interpretations of his old songs is always a special experience for him. so this morning i am never the fad and that stuff when we were almost finished with the recording and with put it together. and this the fact it's not like a musical autobiography. you get the height of your graffitti. penny on the show his new album piano comes out this friday. well now on to a photographer who specializes in what he calls the conquest of nature then find him i wandered all over europe seeking out places where human architecture is being reclaimed whether it be castle smothered in ivy or crumbling church walls shot through with roots with patience and a keen eye he documents the sometimes slow transformation or dramatic destruction wrought by time and the elements and he showed us some secret home.

when nature begins to reclaim what human hands of built in solitude fills holes in rooms once full of life. reveals a moment of beauty. the time is right to rediscover lost places. spent vennema is a computer specialist by trade but at heart he's an official nado of crumbling architecture where ever it may be. this time it's the inside of an old sewage plant close to where he lives in western germany. it's stood empty for over twenty years.

the whole bible it's an impressive service of one of them of the notion it's just a very unique kind of magnificent art nouveau hall like yardley ever seen any more of the architecture is quite exceptional. in a fashion even after i've seen so many different kinds of buildings and a lot of wrought nouveau architecture it's not i'm still impressed every time i see architecture with soul and i think to him it's seen as if it's a bit like old cars from the one nine hundred sixty s. where you can say this car really has character it's the same with these old buildings and avoidant. the whole dates back to one thousand nine hundred nine and it was supposed to have been torn down decades ago after it was closed various proposals for revitalizing it were put forward as a creative workshop an indoor climbing center or as artist studios nothing came of it and at least spend it to make art with his camera after. the metal

the reinforced concrete and the paint peels. revealing the beauty in death and decay the central perspective. and inspires the imagination. how did the treatment plant. what did the sewage gurgling. and who used to work. is essential to uncover what is hidden and remember what's been forgotten. and he prefers to work alone he takes no one along who might help him when he takes his pictures in the derelict edifices. what'd happen that over the years you develop a good feel for many of the situations it's more you don't feel safe you just don't go there for safety comes first and you can't make any compromises even if it means

doing without a subject or to learn about staying alive is more important and even the hope is to go. many of his fellow last places photographers upload their work to the internet and publishes his and comprehensive photo albums his latest album with images from all over europe is called in oil and. an automobile junkyard in belgium. first came the junk then came the treaties. the protestant church in poland. a villa on lago majority italy. once the people move on nature. as with this entire village in southern italy. from it is

of central importance to me is just how small we humans really are and we always see ourselves as the kings of creation as if we could control everything. but my teacher always shows us very emphatically just how small we really are like this and. it's as if nature gradually liberates the structures. and follies to claim them for itself lending them something of its own beauty and tranquillity. well now to an exercise in controlled greenery in the city and many people have caught on to the trend of urban gardening even if you only have a balcony while one couple in the croatian capital zagreb have converted an entire apartment to a food source and so we went to see what. high rise. these

communist era apartment blocks in zagreb are part of a green revolution micro grains are grown here the global trend towards urban gardening is blossoming in croatia a few years back. and his wife sprouts in london and we're thrilled. very few people were growing them in croatia. so they decided to cultivate them. but why did they choose to do it in an apartment building. all of which is that he's a micro greens need constant attention you must take care of them tend to them. we thought it would be best to grow them in our building so we bought another apartment. we live on the twenty first floor and grow the greens on the seventeenth . hail storms rain direct sunlight

frost and snow on the seventeenth floor or rubella crescent coriander don't have to worry about the elements. by bugs. the plants grow quickly without fertilizers or any other chemicals. and that's great news for local chefs. we supply around twenty restaurants in zagreb and a few more between. there exclusively top addressing. it. marco petrovich a big name in zagreb cullen arie seen as one of their regular clients but that's not on the new year i can be sure that everything's organic get top quality and of . one of the most popular drinks at his bar is gin tonic garnished with crest and edible flowers all grown in. concrete jungle.

well if you're into crafts and interior design then you probably already know our d.i.y. expert francisca it is she loves to have a hand in perking up your home with bright ideas and in this week's episode she does that quite literally. hello my name is going to be and today i was showing you how to make you really original from a model head you need this sort of wooden model hand used for drawings that is what you can buy from an artist of pleasurable on the internet. a light socket with a plaque and a switch which you can get from a d.i.y. store online. as take advantage of this possible you can find them an interior design shop. a flat picture frame work and the necessary screws. and causes screwdriver. attach the hook to the flat back of the hand.

shakes the hook with the two screws. caution a-y. yeah shredded through the hand makes the few nails and so take can not to drill through it. and this is how the hand looks with a hook. now screw the bulb into the socket. hang the hand on the thick nello screw on the wall. wrap the call two or three times around the hand if you like you can fix it with a piece of wire in the same color as the electricity cable and now all you need is power. turn the light on and you've got the side of the original lamp that hardly anyone else has at home. and if you want you can also have the hand entirely only pay the navy.

and for more fun and quirky ideas on how to brush up your own interior just go to our new you tube channel. design. and we finish off with our series and today's protectionists will make you want to pack up and come to berlin to scour the city's underground just to hear the melancholy sound of his oboe for three years now has been busking here with the dream of joining a professional orchestra and let's hope he's now a few steps closer to fulfilling its. i'm sure feel to my name's pierce for bother and i come from sketchy employ and still i think playing the oboe for sixteen years i love this instrument and store and my dream is to play in an orchestra so i couldn't find any work as an orchestra musician in poland so i came to berlin six. you have to go see how.

for three years twenty eight year old has been playing in berlin some police stations he grew up in tuscan to spec a stand and completed his music studies in poland. the last thing that survived the skeins i worked for two years in the theater opera house and ballet and can teddy my left eye when i came to such scenes each and studied at the music academy there for five years as its necessity. he plays in the subway station several hours a day six days a week. and i don't see if you play for ten hours you might make fifty euros but most of the young people tend to be disinterested. but of

course she'll the passer bys love classical music we'll see which ones. he wants from budda pays the rent for his room in berlin from what he earns in the subway he also supports his mother who lives in touch on a small pension. child when i try to save a little money every month so i can buy a new instrument. is a very expensive. but i need one so i can play in a real orchestra. of a busking in the train station this is just temporary my goal is to play in a real orchestra one day so it says the boy you know ok she's gorgeous. and that's all for this edition until next time.

next time. bianca this latest creation looks like a bunch of colorful building blocks stacked up on top of one another. but what else would you expect from the new lego museum rediscover your child next time.

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