i think on top of programming the one doing it would be. an attack on our innovations magazine for each of. us from every week and always looking to the future w dot com science and research for any shot. everybody welcome to the show today we have a great selection of stories from all over europe for you here's a look at what's coming up. pixel portraits a swedish artist and his fused bead creations. also cuisine we meet at the top german chef at london's savory hotel.

and home improvements set yourself a challenge with a d.i.y. concrete table. we begin with a rather unique spin on street hot swedish artist johann coggan has scored a hit on instagram with his fuse bead creations what started out as a fun activity with his children has and him eighty thousand followers under the name pavel all his favorite motifs are characters from old eight bit video games like super mario but he also creates masks hats toys to name just a few and made us this rather dashing self-portrait see if you can recognize him. the cookie monster on a manhole cover in the motel last weekend a few hours southwest of stockholm. and here is bender the human i go behind from the cartoon series futurama gracing lamppost a. the

. it's just beautiful. this is where he creates his figure. normally a handicraft for children uses them for his creations.

after the. iron and. he discovered. them to create twenty thousand pieces of which between thirty and fifteen hundred. children. but these days.

it's strange that papa works with bt it's none of my friends' parents do that they earn money with real jobs. he's probably the only one in the world who does this. art is on display in other countries too for example in a hotel in berlin but his work is mostly visible on social media over eighty thousand people now follow him on instagram. he. just gives you feedback straight away. from the. inspiration and basically energy from people saying nice things about myself. just great while working. in also posts short videos featuring many of his few speed figures like super mario in

a race. or on a ski trip. the artist is happy to know his are gives people a few moments of enjoyment. as a street artist. inspiration from objects as well as cartoon characters for example he's turned an electrical box on a search. into a mini. my inspiration come from kind of stuff. course but also pop culture. happenings. also like to interpret political things happening around the world. just basically everything that makes me feel something. in the future expect to see more of cauldron and his fuse be the heroes. interesting

exhibition of his work. let's catch up with a few more things happening around europe and today's express we start off in london with some music from the legendary guitarist nicknamed slow hand. british musician eric clapton was in london on wednesday evening to attend the premiere of the documentary every captain life in twelve. he was joined by salsa winning american directed many phonies onic. the movie focuses on captain's musical development and private life. the blues and rock guitarist rose to fame in the one nine hundred sixty s. and went on to become one of the world's most successful musicians. especially screening of the film was broadcast live to cinemas across the u.k. .

germany is an increasingly popular destination for both german and foreign tourists according to preliminary kargil ations by germany's federal statistical office two thousand and seventeen saw almost four hundred sixty million overnight stays by domestic and foreign guests the eight record year in a row this time there was a three percent increase in visits based on the figures through november the most popular destination in germany is barbaria with almost thirty two million overnight stays. the biggest international trade fair for home textiles continues through friday in frankfurt. the theme this year is urbanization with a focus on furniture made from recycled materials and living in small spaces. this year's trend colors for home textiles are cool blue and red. textile

makers hope that cook earning creating coziness at home stays popular. too many cooks spoil the broth so when you have a huge kitchen some. one needs to be in charge at london's savoy hotel it's hot. the german is the executive chef there and that means he is responsible for three restaurants and a total of seventy chefs in the early to say two thousand he worked at the savoy as a sushi chef for five years and since taking the top job three years ago he's been doing very little cooking himself but has improved the restaurant already high standards even of. street the strand is lined with theaters and grand hotels and the savoy is the grandest of them the rich and famous have been checking in here since the end of the nineteenth century many people consider it

a huge at the savoy and. the boys executive chef responsible for seventy cooks and three restaurants for him is more than just a job. this is cotton coffee this. is . the philosophy of the feel it's just what you want to do in. what i do if this is just. an overview of the. times he and his team prepares many as a thousand dishes the day the highest quality nothing leaves the kitchen without his ok. my main job is eating. something goes wrong whether it's the wrong.

i'd say the biggest. level twenty four hours a day seven days a week. for. more than a million a year. in twenty fifteen visibility was just one of many restaurants. quality has risen constantly. critics and guests have given rave reviews and it's a reputation as one of the best places to dine. and that's saying something as the british capital thousand restaurants. this is. it was built.

probably the most british. people. today. isn't too happy with. the boys three point six tons of. taste test. they don't look too thrilled with the.

problem. the must be something that's cheaper. to find. in a few years. back to. being anything else. what i want to do being a chef is the best thing that could have happened to me. it's too late to join the race these kids. can well imagine spending a few million. now it's time for another installment in our

series ice cold where we explore the best that europe has to offer one of my favorite winter time activities i remember enjoying as a child was racing down snow covered hills on a sled the first one sled was invented in the swiss alps and the nineteenth century production eventually stopped there off the cheaper versions became available but now the original sled is enjoying something of a revival. sixteen hundred meters above sea level it's a longstanding tradition of winter sports and it's the birthplace of the devo sled the classic model made of wood and iron is the most widely used lead in the world most are just cheap copy but the original is available in davos. and have literally from the old days we got

a bob sleigh for the little one because it's easier to use you know you had and i thought he wanted to go back up with the davos slant this is. like this know how he is comfortable. the first of those lead based on lighter models from norway was built here some one hundred fifty years ago after the patents ran out hundreds of thousands of cheap copies were produced abroad. couldn't compete with their prices and cease production in the one nine hundred sixty s. . there were only one or two factories in switzerland that still produce the slats on an industrial. base. form and at a low consumer price that. wasn't the real divorce late anyway. and a real davos native has to come from davos. think. carpentry

business and davos it's a family firm in its third generation two and a half years ago he was commissioned by the tourism association to build a sled for an ad campaign that's when he decided it was time to bring this traditional craft back home. with the help of an online crowdfunding campaign he decided to offer an alternative to the inferior quality mass produced sled to make it worth buying all the materials he wanted to sell twenty sleds in advance on line. i set myself a goal of selling twenty sleds in one hundred days made and i thought if i manage that i can be more than satisfied. hundred days we've sold sixty five not long after that we topped one hundred ten you've actually been

a bit overwhelmed by the whole thing. the materials come from switzerland including the solid ashwood there are one thousand individual steps involved in making the slides and seven hours of labor the five wooden slats that form the seat are a trademark characteristic of the davos lead. over america another feature is this reinforcement strip it was added by the sleds designed to stabilize and reinforce the entire history. of. the winter sport museum and gives insight into the longstanding tradition of this local craft the sleds were originally designed for transporting loads. as the blades glided easily over the snow it was foreign tourists who began using the sleds for fun and sport. in eight hundred eighty three

hosted the first official sled race. sleds are put together with screws and bolts as in the past no cheap glue here the sleds are available in two sizes and can also be personalized for the customer prices start at six hundred euros apiece but the original davos lead comes with a lifetime guarantee. so. it is meant to be like a clock that gets passed on from one generation to the next. you buy a sled for your grandchild who uses it and then later passes it on to his children . the tradition we want to revive and i'd be happy for it to be an heirloom a piece of living history in the family that i know. in there for me.

that's a family heirloom and may. we stay on the subject of handmade things and take a closer look. they were massively popular between the nine hundred twenty s. to sixty's used in big cities around europe to light up storefronts with their trademark fluorescent glow nowadays they've been replaced by the lights for the most part but a bell in start up called signs has breathed new life into this form of glass blowing. thomas spend has been a neon down spend for over twenty years. they can't be too hot or too cold if it's too cold you can't bend. but the most important thing. you have

a monitor right in this is what happens if you don't blow the glass. if you bend it like this on my floor and that's not how it should look at all of the. board to show now it's really hard so first i bend it by hand and then i blow into it. i. spending is a dying art these days neon has been largely replaced by l e d's thomas when one used to work in a team but now works alone but a young girl in start up launched three years ago is helping revive the technique and the career of artists like thomas and lance and it is one of the co-founders. of turquoise that's beautiful he founded the startup scientists with two friends their office isn't often central but when the company produces custom neon signs

all clients have to do is register the text they want on the website and specify sillies shape and color company field several hundred orders a month it works together with a number of spend this. time if you do i think we're helping preserve the community it's a very small community what they do is very nice especially if you're thinking beyond the berlin area we get inquiries from glassblowers from all over the world who say they'd love to visit us in berlin and take a closer look at what we're doing. the company has twenty three employees. these days its list of international clients include saudi google and the private museum of contemporary art the u.s. collection in berlin. and. his view to see how the light is flickering comes through i really like it as far as gas is because the electricity makes the gas vibrate and produces light to the simplest

it's like signs neon can be found everywhere these days. like at this trendy bilin café this is the store this is owned by a friend of ours max he designed this feeling installation together with some architects he knows the signs founders are all economics graduates they were in their mid twenty's when they founded the company inspired by the neon sign is the new top and then in the one nine hundred twenty s. the landmark babylon cinema dates back to this era. ms mills and i were doing up our apartments we had our first job since graduating. we were familiar with leon from the art scene but it's such ridiculous prices and we started asking ourselves where it actually comes from and how it's made. where. it was the binding passion of professional and personal.

oh. yeah. thomas spend less still enjoy seeing people's amazement when the neon lights go on . on the signs first electrified the world around one hundred years ago and have lost none of their sparkle. or your design at its best check out our you tube channel detail the interior design stunning design ideas spectacular buildings and d.i.y. to do. point was on home decoration we'll take you inside the most beautiful european home show you the latest in furniture shop next to. subscribe and don't miss out see you. if you subscribe to our you tube channel you'll also find this next report another episode of d.i.y. series resident and crafts expert sari huntsman has always got some great ideas for

homemade furniture this time she shows us how to make your very own concrete table so grab your supplies and give it a go it's easier than you think. today i always hear you how to make yourself a nice table out of concrete and. you'll need a mixture of concrete and fuel street has around twelve kilos and. clubs and a mosque. and not a container for a constant mold. a bucket to mix the concrete and a trial. fine sandpaper masking tape and says it's. three couple cups all fifty centimeters long. and

a fine. saw the copper pipes to the length you design it you can pile the flush away from the cut surface you only need to follow one end because the other will be in the concrete. now when you mix the concrete be sure to wear protective clothing and mix the concrete outdoors because it creates concrete dust with the right consistency for the manufacturer's instructions. pull half the well mix concrete into accosting form. distribute it with a trial and then the rest and smooth it to shake the container to remove all the air bubbles in the mixture. to determine the precise positions for the table legs use masking tape to mark a triangle over the cost of mold. pressed the cup of coffee way through the concrete. let the concrete harden at room temperature for three days. now remove the must contain and use and the cost involved to. set the table upright

and remove the contained a confused as the cost involved finish by polishing the tables and just sides with fine sandpaper. you can use a word for out of a couple of alexa if you want to live. that's all from us today but you can find loads more great content on our euro max facebook page give us a like and you'll get updates and new content from us every day from all of us here in berlin thanks for watching and join us again tomorrow for another whirlwind tour around europe by russia now. next time on you no matter. our small masterpieces that are almost too good to.

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