so first. with some more potential by placing a warning label in music products. rock and religion. that brings many parallels to. really super reconcilable. comedy. rock n roll. oldies nineteen on d w. come to your max fashion make you happy that's one of the questions we're answering on our show today but let's first have a quick look at what else is coming up. a remarkable woman french artist for swazi

new has published a new book with travel sketches. pop music hero british singer rick astley is back with a new album. precious time pieces visit classics in eastern germany which is famous for its watchmaking tradition. to shop for clothes is a lot of fun but does fashion to really make you happy we wanted to find out more and went to copenhagen on the one hand because the biggest fashion week in northern europe is currently in full swing there and because according to the word happiness report the danes are always among the happiest people in the world's the so-called standard sky have something to do with it let's find out. this year's copenhagen fashion week is a showcase of what's come to be known as scandi style thirty three designers from

around scandinavia are presenting their creations for next summer in the audience is danish fashion reporter cilla henning she knows her way around europe scout walks and can tell us what's unique about fashion from the north to name in fashion you can eat where it ought to doesn't it's not so complicated you can mix it in different ways and if. it's like it's good every day you can use it not like only a cup of coffee from the weekend but to use it every day we pike around and even appeal to everyone to do that and we have a really kind of easy going and laid back to talk about it so scandinavian style is comfortable and stylish these principles have guided designers at labels like ghani or sam soon some soon as well as newer competitors will smile and be on. a young fashion capital city but that said we still have a really good approach to having this get made and also me it's like being a have

a personal style everybody is kind about finding your own personality and just and i think that kind of give us a lot we don't just want to be you know the girl with the bat i want to be the one but i trust that the things in our own direction wardell way. the danes like to be cosy and comfortable or as they say the humans world happiness report often places the danes ahead or just behind the norwegians and finns as the world's happiest people just danish fashion reflects that just scandinavian fashion make people happy people don't seem stressed out much behind the scenes here at the fashion week whether for the label blushes opening show or at the horse while their navel not even when things have fallen behind schedule. then months less than if you let stress take over nothing good can come of it anyway that's why it's so important for us to keep calm. and achieve our goals. the designers are often inspired by street style so alongside more natural tones lots of vibrant

hughes seen on the streets of europe's northernmost cities were on the catwalk at copenhagen fashion week it's a concept that resonates with customers. personally and makes me very happy it's a way for people to express themselves and also for me so it makes me have it to see all these different clothes and different style to put out there i just enjoy tristen up really nice i just think it makes me feel good when i look good as i think fashion makes. because it's about colors it's expression on people you know the what you wear is the kind of making a sick note and i think it has a huge impact on how we approach and look at people it makes you happy because it's a way to express yourself and a week to show the world who you are and there's no wrong way of doing it it's

just showing your personal style i think a question can also. it can also make you feel a lot of other things because it's also an art form i think but for me definitely it can create some kind of happiness. so what makes the scandinavian designer so successful does being in a good mood help you be more creative. didn't from blanche says it does. to me inspiration is everywhere but i think i work best when i'm happy and i work best when i'm a monk people i work best in the friendly happy environment and with people i love and trust because then i put my work and my marks down and i open my senses and to me that's the best way to be creative look when she. positivity are very important to us both in the way we live and how we create our collections.

but there's more to it than that according to me a couple gor a designer at samson and samson. were definite to sign for people to being able to move around to bicycle to work. to make their life easier and maybe in that way make them happy about that they signed in the end. everyone here seems to agree fashion can make you happy a simple message that will hopefully make its way from copenhagen fashion week to the rest of the world. where here in berlin at the moment is very clear that our us areas possible it is just unbelievably warm in the german capital but also elsewhere in europe more now in today's express. as

temperatures hit over a full two degree celsius in the shade in rome city authorities are offering free mineral water to tourists and residents. between eleven in the morning and four in the afternoon bottles of being distributed at venues like the coliseum. people who are doing whatever they can to escape the scorching temperatures the heat wave originated in the sahara desert in northern africa and has swept across italy and other countries in europe. marching once again along the beaches of saving and the netherlands of the structure of the beasts. they're made of light p.v.c. tubing and powered only by the wind really so it's something special. you know we're using. the part of a project by seven year old dutch artist taheri anson he developed his creatures around twenty five years ago. now they've drawn the attention of nasa scientists who have invited young some to take part in a think tank on

a possible mission to venus. on wednesday the musical titanic began a two week run at hamburg state opera house it tells the individual stories of some of the people on board the ship that sank in the atlantic on its maiden voyage in one nine hundred twelve the production from london will support german some titles on its only stop in germany the musical by author peter stone and composer more yes ten premiered for the first time in one thousand nine hundred ninety seven on new york's famous prague. and now we continue with a very impressive woman falls was she became known as the companion of the famous painter puppet because so that's an onus of the fact that she's an outstanding artist in her own right even today at the age of ninety six she still has studios in new york and paris and went out with her and she showed us around and talked to

us about all types. francoise gilo is ninety six years old. she looks back on a long productive and rewarding career in which she created over five thousand drawings and sixteen hundred paintings. three of her travel sketchbooks have just been published in a limited edition volume. this is where they make your words. together. the images are in studies for later paintings for the works in their own rights. they capture the experiences she lo had on trips to venice india and senegal.

when i was young it's a long time ago i used to go in the subway and make the bowings of people in the subway. and then you know i have a little note book in my pocket and not not do anything for me it just was i'll pass on it it's interesting to know that it knows of a face or something but that doesn't mean i'm going to do it here since that usually under company i go away from nato. because. it's interesting but that's that maybe for a photo i felt for me a. geo on the coast deserved shaded from the sun by public because so for ten years she was the partner of news of one of the twentieth century's most famous painters and had two children with him. it didn't end well for the spanish

master she lower left him alleging infidelities and abuse. because i didn't take it very well. francoise you know painted before she met the castle and continued afterwards for the rest of her life for her that creation was a form of self affirmation. or works reflect the spirit of a century they're neither radically abstract nor comfortably figurative but emphasize color space and rhythm she love fun of her own path. bending is it is essentially they would not bend i would not be that that's what i can say. does it does nothing to do with where my bending is good or

bad oh so excess food or whatever venting is a kind of need like somebody needs to eat or to drink. smother madelaine was a water color painter her father a successful business man. in one nine hundred forty one while studying law in paris france was secretly took drawing and painting lessons. two years later she decided to become an artist and her family broke off all contact with her. and i've been painting it since i don't know when and women will not allow them to do the same. as an leave it was a. silly little things. or something like that but in the twenty first sentence of twenty years and to me there were men. taken the power to bend themselves the man would all not the same way

but with their own their own power sort of spin. france was. a woman who many has always been determined to pursue her own idea of art. the next artist has also worked hard for success i'm talking about rick astley thanks to his hits like a never gonna give you up together forever the british musician rose to world fame and the eighties and became a millionaire in his early twenty's so he treated himself to a long hiatus of about twenty five years but the break is over and now he has released his second album after a comeback it's called beautiful life have a listen. a. brick actually has released

a new album. in the summer of one nine hundred eighty seven the singer first catapulted to feign his hit never going to give you up top chops in twenty five countries. actually was just twenty one back then it was a television time in his career. back in the day when you're an actual pop star i think it's it's very hard to just go and do that because that you have to go into that like with a security person and then it becomes a bit of a mass you know it's not like a real life. ask me scored several hits with his debut album although some critics complain that the sound was tepid in unexciting millions of fans pulled his records .

and the singer's first success wasn't a one off follow up albums also climbed the child's. mom. the one nine hundred eighty s. fresh pasta british superstar within the space of just six years he sold forty million albums worldwide. i. backed by the mid ninety's the demands of being a star began to tell and astley started thinking about quitting the business. the problem with fame if you can call it a problem is that you don't get to turn it off even if you're on holiday on a beach. even if you're trying to teach your daughter to swim in the swimming pool

. you don't get to turn it off. so he dropped off the radar stopping his career at the age of twenty seven to spend more time with its family for over two decades he kept a low profile that means twenty sixteen the former star celebrated a successful comeback we do concerts you know with soaring in september october november in europe and then we see then we go to the u.k. and. you can go on stage sing old songs sing some new songs now. and then go for breakfast the next day and you know it's like having a normal life with the singer songwriter still likes to keep things as low key as possible even as he and his band laid the groundwork for a second career in the industry.

the title of rick lee's new album reflects his approach perfectly it's called. imo it's time again to get creative and you can join in at home in our your max d.i.y. series we have some inspiration coming up for you we show you how to brighten up your home in no time and with just a few things today oh expert explains how to build a really i catch in shelf we show you why it's perfect for the summertime and for popsicle love. afterwards. with their hands all kinds of things such as these honeycomb shelves

here's what you. need at least one hundred and twenty popsicle sticks. piece of paper. and he says you can use decorative painters tape. a pen. a ruler. and a compass. let's get started first a hexagon this is an easy way. to draw a circle on the paper the radius should be the same length as your popsicle stick minus eleven centimeters. find where two points of the circles eleven centimeters apart and draw a line across repeat five times and you have a hexagon. six popsicle sticks and alternating pattern along these lines and fix the three bottom ones with tape. gently move the three sticks to decide to appoint

a drop of glue to each end of the bottom three sticks then carefully press them back on. continue gluing and sticking in the same pattern until your shelf has to the side that. i have twenty popsicle sticks on each side. to make sure the ends are exactly on top of each other. once you're done you can remove to tape and let the glue dry for about an hour. then just like that you have an inexpensive and quickly built shelf. i have so many proper codes to be able to do these shelves just kidding it's easy to buy them online in bulk but when you've had enough of these shelves you can stack them on top of each other and turn them into a candle holder this is what it looks like. and

if you want to get inspired some more and want to see that video again or other interesting d.i.y. projects just go to our you tube channel d.w. interior design and there you'll find plenty of creative ideas for your home and there's also much more to discover and now we continue with another had a craft but a much more mechanical in today's episode of always serious regional success stories we're having to a place that is a longstanding watchmaking to dish and the tunnel lawsuit is located at thirty kilometers south of dressed in the eastern german state of sex and it is home to many watch manufacturers the town star describes itself as the city of watches made piece from there can cost as much as a car yet the watches are in the mob of fans the world over.

time is of the essence in the tiny town of glass who to the or mountain region. is the center of the eastern germany's watchmaking industry timepieces have been made here since the mid nineteenth century. but like wearing a watch just to keep up the tradition for cell phone doesn't work and i want. people to go through all four feels good to have a watch to motivate every woman i like telling time with a real watch you can walk. eleven watchmaking firms are based in glass you turn many of them have customers all over the world like normal. or the class who took. six. it employees at its headquarters here. in the city all i'm putting in the balance wheel the balance is the heart of the watch and it's something very special when you can see the heart of a watch starting to be seen. and. depending on the model it can take between a few hours and several weeks to assemble

a watch despite the popularity of courts timepieces mechanical watches and clocks are becoming trendy again and watch makers like us a cutout love this intricate work. and you have to be very patient and you have to be willing to keep learning new things and you need to love what we do here. does this quest for perfection. not the interface. that quest began here over one hundred seventy years ago with precision pocket watches. watch production continue during the communist era in east germany today class who to oregon now is constantly developing new models and makes all its own parts. the watches sell for up to several hundred thousand euro one of the more unusual models is this watch

for world travelers. on the main priority was to make it easy to read the two time zones can be read simultaneously and you can set the time zones by turning the crown here on the bottom right and then setting the i.r. to airport code of the country you're traveling to buy for the fit of land in the theme. the watch museum in gloucester to is a big draw for history buffs. the first watch factory was founded here in eight hundred forty five by ferdinand and. an astronomical clock which was going to. we did in one thousand nine hundred five is a unique specimen is because i'm seeing you both houses even when the tie they can go there more than seventeen hundred carts all told behind the seventeen clock races in three and four of the. frontiers of thought to be just three to five editions of this clock worldwide and in terms of precision perfection our

clock is probably unique. but i know it i shall knows the story behind each time including those from the communist era in one thousand nine hundred fifty one all the companies were nationalized and merged into the cluster to watch enterprises or gee you beat the q.b. you have those down i think of course the g.u.b.b. had to operate according to a different philosophy for away from luxury watches and instead produced watches there were long lasting robust precise and affordable fuel fost used and the legendary east germany much was a men's wristwatch with an automatic winding mechanism that was called spin c. much a committee itself is known for its emotive and practically every day we get visitors who are still wearing those watches from the one nine hundred sixty s. seventy's or eighty's. safety of zero seven zero. interest in the state capital of saxony the big watchmaking firms like glass who told he could not come

up market boutiques nowadays the brand is exported around the world especially to asia where watches from this tiny town in germany are more popular than ever. well tonsilitis also if it comes to our current draw so take your time and join in matching to our a serious regional success stories you can win our own your next watch this time are out all you have to do it just go to our web page e.w. dot com says lifestyle and tell us what makes your hometown a region famous and if you do your name will be entered into our draw so good luck i'll keep my fingers crossed so we can. tinubu tomorrow with another creative idea and fishel much more so don't miss the upcoming episode of your next under them and so watching zero by. next time you're in the next richard to cool and his very individual take on famous landmarks

the bridges artist doesn't need a lot of extra equipment just some black and a scalpel he usually publishes his pieces only on instagram now for the first time his work is also on display offline using black cutouts to make the world live in the most colorful comics time on the euro max. move.

earth home to millions of species a home worth saving. on those are big changes and most start with small steps global ideas tell stories of creative people and innovative projects around the world like to use the term the climate boost to green energy solutions and

reforestation. they create interactive content teaching the next generation about environmental protection and more determined to build something here for the next generation of global ideas the multimedia environment series on d.w. . his creations one fifth of this brand unmistakable carlock office icon of the fashion world. but what do we really know about the man behind the dark shades what motivates him how does he think and feel private moments in the life of a great fashion designer is going to someone smile and come out of it starts september not w. but on what it. is you know i mean in your minutes and god knows what. goes oh my god there's

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