Events – Numéro Berlin

The New England Patriots and Distorted People Unite for Exclusive Capsule Collection in Berlin

Anna Klusmeier — Wed, 12 Nov 2025 15:09:18 +0000

The beauty of Movement and Cultural Exchange

The New England Patriots made a fashionable touchdown in Germany last week, teaming up with Munich-based streetwear label Distorted People to launch a limited-edition capsule collection celebrating the team’s first official visit to the German capital. The launch event took place at the Distorted People flagship store in Berlin, drawing a vibrant crowd of NFL players, local artists and fans.

Blending American football heritage with Berlin’s urban fashion scene, Distorted People and the New England Patriots launched a collection that represents both athletic excellence and street culture. For the Patriots, this marks a significant step in deepening their connection with fans across Germany and is an important moment for the NFL’s growing presence in Europe.

“The Patriots stand for passion, excellence, and unity. With Distorted People, we’ve found a partner who shares these values, and together we’ve created a collection that embodies them,” said Alex Foster, Senior Manager of International Business for the New England Patriots. “Together, we want to offer our fans in the DACH region something exclusive and high-quality.”

For the NFL, this partnership represents more than just a fashion statement. It’s a cultural bridge. American football is still a developing sport in Berlin, but collaborations like this one open new avenues for engagement, especially among younger audiences who connect through lifestyle, music, and streetwear.

image credit NE Patriots x Distorted-People

Also present at the event was Paris-based photographer Amadou Ba – also known as Ueart – who showcased a series of exclusive photo prints called “Rhythms of Strength”.

“I explore the physics of human presence, how energy moves through bodies, how rhythm organizes force, and how motion becomes a language of consciousness. (…) The body, in this series, becomes both instrument and experiment: a site where science meets spirit, and where discipline reveals poetry.” The presence of his work at the event reminds us to keep considering the beauty of movement and cultural exchange.

On Sunday, the day after the launch, fans gathered once again for the NFL game in Berlin, marking another historic moment for the league.

The weekend symbolized more than fashion and sport; it represented a cultural crossover and a glimpse into what the future of American football in Germany could look like.

ON OUR RADAR

Anna Klusmeier — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:48:28 +0000

ENDURING ICONS

Carhartt WIP celebrates fifty years of the Active Jacket with four special anniversary editions that honor its journey from a workwear essential to a cultural classic.

The collection reimagines the original design through refined materials and modern finishes, including canvas in color and camouflage, washed denim, and supple leather. Each jacket keeps the familiar shape but adds a reversible construction and subtle details that reflect its enduring legacy.

Photographer Aiden Zamiri captures the collection with his distinctive visual style, revealing the personality and authenticity that define Carhartt WIP.

The anniversary editions will be released on October 30 at select stores and online, accompanied by Sedimental Works, a collaborative project with ILL STUDIO that reflects on fifty years of evolution and creative expression.

ASKET CELEBRATES 10 YEARS OF SUSTAINABLE CRAFTSMANSHIP

Asket marks its 10th anniversary with a temporary store in Berlin from October 22 to November 2 and the launch of A Case Study The T Shirt. The brand has built a permanent collection of timeless essentials made exclusively in Europe from natural fibers. Each piece is carefully traced back to its source, from farms to mills, allowing customers to understand how where and at what cost the garments are made.

Asket focuses on slow thoughtful consumption, encouraging a shift away from instant gratification toward valuing quality and longevity. The brand uses natural biodegradable and renewable fibers, creating products that feel good last long and age beautifully. All production takes place in the European Union with partners in Italy Portugal and Romania who share Asket’s commitment to craftsmanship and quality.

Every garment is designed with a perfect fit in mind offering multidimensional sizing that considers both physical and aesthetic requirements. Asket also provides free repairs and complimentary spare parts worldwide while offering a take back program to resell or recycle garments no longer wanted.

Full transparency is at the heart of Asket’s philosophy with complete supply chain cost and footprint information available for every product. This approach reflects the brand’s dedication to sustainability quality and enduring style.

Série E1027+123 – Villa Eileen Gray #8 – 2021-2022

Série E1027+123 – Villa Eileen Gray #6 – 2021-2022

Série E1027+123 – Villa Eileen Gray #39 – 2021-2022

Exhibition Opening at Kornfeld Galerie Berlin: Stéphane Couturier’s E-1027+123 Series

Kornfeld Galerie Berlin now opens its new exhibition, presenting Stéphane Couturier’s photo series E-1027+123, in which the French photographer turns his lens toward Eileen Gray’s legendary modernist villa, E-1027. The villa – later altered by Le Corbusier, who, against Gray’s wishes, painted his expressive murals on its walls – was violated in Gray’s view, leading her to never set foot in it again. Today, E-1027 stands as an important site in architectural history, where reality and abstraction intersect, and the meeting of many creative minds creates a living dialogue. Couturier, as one of them, uses double exposure to create something new from the familiar, presenting the known in an unfamiliar way. He captures perfectly how a space can become far more than just that, how it can be so political, poetic and deeply personal all at once.

LEVI’S AND BARBOUR CELEBRATE HERITAGE THROUGH COLLABORATIVE COLLECTION

Levi’s and Barbour unite for a special collaboration celebrating over 170 years of craftsmanship, heritage, and functional design. The collection combines Barbour’s signature waxed cotton with Levi’s classic denim to create limited-edition jackets, apparel, and accessories that merge durability with timeless style.

Highlights include reimagined versions of Barbour’s Spey and Bedale jackets alongside Levi’s Type II styles in denim and waxed cotton. Each piece reflects the shared workwear roots and dedication to quality that define both brands.

The campaign, photographed by Tbone Fletcher and styled by Tirino Yspol, focuses on real artisans and makers who embody the spirit of craft. A complementary Re Loved program gives vintage Levi’s denim new life through Barbour’s waxed fabrics, creating one of a kind pieces that honor repair and renewal.

The Levi’s x Barbour collection launches worldwide on October 30 in select stores and online.

BLUER FW25–26: PERFORMANCE MEETS STYLE

Blauer’s FW25–26 collection combines innovation, performance, and contemporary design for a dynamic urban audience. The collection blends street style with functional, durable materials, offering versatile outerwear suitable for both city life and rugged environments. Signature colors like Plaza Taupe and Black Green reflect the brand’s commitment to uncompromising performance while maintaining a modern aesthetic.

Crafted from weather-resistant fabrics and featuring practical details, each piece balances comfort and technical innovation with sleek, minimal design. FW25–26 reinforces Blauer’s vision of creating garments that are as stylish as they are functional, meeting the demands of a performance-driven and style-conscious audience.

EVENT RECOMMENDATION: Modalities of Me

Anna Klusmeier — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 12:26:07 +0000

Ballet Sur_real by DANCÆ presents Modalities of Me — a multisensory performance exploring deeply hidden aspects of the self within an increasingly complex world. From September 17 to 21, Monopol Berlin transforms the former distillery into an immersive stage where dance, installation, and electronic music merge into a singular experience.

Five figures embody different states of being — power, chaos, duplicity, fragility, and wildness — engaging not only with one another but also with the expansive installation by Encor Studio and the architecture of Monopol. Light, glass, and electrochromic films respond to the environment in real time, while the dancers reflect the dynamics of our social and emotional realities.

The choreography by Soraya Schulthess and Renato De Leon fuses classical ballet with electronic music, while immersive light and spatial concepts create an intense, sensorial experience. A special highlight is the new solo by Tess Völker, former dancer of Nederlands Dans Theater, which powerfully explores presence and personal memory.

Performance dates:
Sept 17 – 8:00 pm [Wed]
Sept 18 – 8:00 pm [Thu]
Sept 19 – 8:45 pm [Fri]
Sept 20 – 6:00 pm [Sat]
Sept 21 – 3:00 pm [Sun]

Tickets for Modalities of me can be purchased here.

Venue: Monopol Berlin, Provinzstraße 40–44, 13409 Berlin

An intense, immersive experience that unites dance, sound, and installation into a powerful performance — a lasting encounter that resonates far beyond the moment.

DESIGUAL STUDIO UNVEILS A NEW ERA OF PREMIUM DESIGN

Anna Klusmeier — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:37:01 +0000

Desigual unveiled its new premium line Studio at the Nau de Turbines de les Tres Xemeneies in Barcelona, with over 500 guests from fashion, music, cinema, and culture witnessing a show that elevated the brand’s creative vision. The limited, exclusive collection revisits Desigual’s roots with premium materials, meticulous tailoring, and innovative silhouettes. Deconstructed shapes, luxurious silks, leather, and experimental denim meet iconic pieces reimagined for today, including the legendary Patch 1984 jacket. Sculptural bags, architectural boots, and artisanal jewelry turn functionality into wearable art, completing the collection’s elevated aesthetic.

The finale delivered a powerful debut by Aydan Nix, Palestinian model and younger sister of Bella and Gigi Hadid, who closed the runway in a look bearing the word “Why?”. Her appearance was a call for peace and a reflection on human suffering, linking her statement to Desigual’s tradition of socially conscious fashion.

A few hours before the show, we spoke with Fernanda Blasco, Product Director of Desigual Studio, who gave us an exclusive look into how the collection came to life.

Numéro Berlin: Fernanda, what is Desigual Studio all about?

Fernanda Blasco: It’s about elevating the brand through premiumness and materials. This season we’re launching our first dedicated leather line – jackets, pants, shoes, and bags – with special washed leathers that are truly unique. Beyond leather, we’re introducing fabrics we’ve never worked with before: 100% silk, cashmere, mohair, wool, and new knitwear. For us, the message is clear – we want to communicate premiumness. The goal is to bring together quality, craftsmanship, and design at the right price point, so customers feel they’re getting something exceptional. We study the competition carefully, but our vision is distinct. We’re not mass market, and while we’re not luxury either, we’re carving out a confident mid-market position and beginning to build in that direction.

If Desigual Studio were a single feeling or phrase, what would it be?

Is there a piece in the collection that embodies this spirit best?

For example, the denim you see there. It has all the elements, it’s our DNA, because we are casual. And I want to communicate that we are casual. Denim, for us, is mandatory. Think about the very first jacket for Desigual from 1984. Thomas Meyer, the owner, made it by upcycling a jacket.. It’s a very unique statement piece you’ll love to wear. This was also key in creating this part of the collection: every piece has some handmade element. For example, this leather piece, it goes through four processes: first the leather is painted, then fur is added, then treated, then removed. It’s spectacular. It costs around five hundred something, but honestly, it could easily be two thousand. This is exactly what we want to provoke: We’re more expensive with this line, but still accessible.

How do you achieve that balance while producing collections?

We’re not producing on a massive scale. This collection is curated. It’s only going into around ten stores. It will be online for every market, but we carefully chose the stores where we want to position it. The idea is that the uniqueness of the piece means you’ll have to search for it, try to find it. We didn’t want too many pieces. We wanted to start small, stay exclusive. And it’s also super important for us – the connection with the producer. We really want consumers to feel there is somebody behind the garment, dedicating a lot of love and time to each piece.

At first sight, the collection feels new, but also connected to Desigual’s history. How do you balance heritage with innovation?

What I’ve learned from other experiences was key. When I started in January I knew it was mandatory to go to the archive. To spend time there, study the details, the shapes, what we used to be, and bring that into the contemporary era. To build it into the next level of what we’ll be in 2030. Bringing the archive into the contemporary world and the future. That was essential. So: details, shapes, prints. All the things you see talk about the sea, Barcelona, the inspiration. So it’s really full of love and meaning, even in just one dress. That’s a very important piece for me.

And Barcelona is still a big inspiration, right?

The most important thing! We are a brand from Barcelona. Talking about Barcelona is absolutely mandatory. So when I initiated the line, I asked myself: why do I like Barcelona? Why stay here? And I realized – it’s the sea and the mountain. So the collection reflects that. You have the rustiness of leather, denim with a coated finish – that’s the mountain. And then the other part, for us, is the sea: softness, mohair, cashmere, silk – the opposites. We play with this duality. That’s part of the collection’s inspiration. But beyond that, Barcelona is also about understanding where we come from, what kind of brand we are. It’s really back to the roots. Barcelona is from the street. It’s streetwear, but also by the sea. All these components shaped the line.

Since Desigual started with recycling and upcycling vintage pieces, you’re bringing that back too.

Absolutely. Vintage, when Thomas started the line, was spectacular. And I think it’s the heart and soul of the brand. So yes, we went to our archive and other archives, to compose and make it new. More trendy, more fashionable.

What was the most challenging or surprising part of the process?

The surprising part – in the best way – was the team. The spirit of Desigual really touched me, because everybody was so happy to initiate this new phase. Everyone put in their heart and soul. What you see is a lot of dedication. That was fantastic. The challenge was whether the vision could become reality with our suppliers. Whether we had the real capacity to achieve this level of premium. And today, I can say very happily: yes, we can. Normally, a runway collection takes one year. We did it in four months. So the team and the suppliers are the most important part of this collection.

From a creative perspective, what has been the most rewarding aspect of developing this line?

If you could speak to your younger self as a designer, how would she see the energy of Desigual Studio today?

I think she would say: wow. She would be very proud of the road that brought me to this beautiful stage. Because I’m in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. I’m happy to be here. And I think this happiness translates into the collection.

Seeing the line on the runway tonight, what moment are you looking forward to most?

The finale. Because you know how it is: when you are creating a line, you’re composing, you’re always 360. The designers, the people in charge – it’s always 360. And the finale is the moment when you see the whole line at once. That will be very rewarding, I think – for me and for the team. We’ll all be there, and everybody’s so happy.

Desigual Studio FW25 is a manifesto that challenges us to question the world, embrace empathy as a radical act, and celebrate creativity as a force that transforms fear into love. Between past and future, craftsmanship and innovation, heritage and vision, Desigual reaffirms itself as a bold, irreverent, and forward-thinking brand, translating its DNA into a premium, contemporary aesthetic.

EVENT RECOMMENDATION: BERLIN ATONAL 25’

Anna Klusmeier — Mon, 25 Aug 2025 15:54:21 +0000

Berlin Atonal 25’ takes place from August 27 to 31, transforming Kraftwerk Berlin as well as the clubs Tresor and OHM into a dense mesh of music, art, and performance for five days. The festival sees itself not just as a stage, but as a playground for experimentation, where commissioned works, premieres, and installations meet club nights and immersive spatial experiences.

At the center is the monumental main stage inside Kraftwerk: a 70,000 m³ space that temporarily becomes an atmospheric resonator. Fog, sound, and light create an environment where the boundaries between concert, performance, and installation dissolve. Listening becomes a physical experience that extends far beyond hearing alone.

The program is dense and diverse. Thursday features new immersive shows by emptyset with MFO, Carrier with Riyo Nemeth, and a dreamlike set from Malibu; afterwards, Lil Mofo, livwutang, and STILL take over the afterhours. Friday highlights Lord Spikeheart & NMR with their politically charged project »REIGN«, bela’s »Korean Love Sonnets«, along with performances by John T. Gast, GRIEND, and Billy Bultheel. On the club stages, Rrose, Skee Mask, and re\:ni b2b Mia Koden, among others, set the tone for the night.

Saturday brings Amnesia Scanner & Freeka.tet with »S.L.O.T.H.«, a rare duo concert by Mark Fell & Okkyung Lee, the live debut of Gombeen & Doygen, as well as new performances from Lechuga Zafiro & Verraco, Chuquimamani-Condori, and Sofii. The grand finale on Sunday features the debut of the trio Merzbow / Iggor Cavalera / Eraldo Bernocchi, a multisensory show by Heith, and the »Organic Intelligence« project by the Jokkoo Collective — a speculative soundscape imagining ecological and cultural resistance.

With its admission into the International Biennial Association, Berlin Atonal opens a new chapter this year. This step makes clear that the festival is designed to establish itself long-term as a music-centered biennial for sound art and interdisciplinary formats. The international recognition shows that this is not just a festival, but a platform for artistic risk-taking and experimental practice.

Tresor and OHM also play a key role. Here, what begins on the main stage as a concentrated listening experience unfolds into energetic club nights that stretch well into the morning. Between exhibition and dance floor, between perception and ecstasy, a field of tension emerges that makes Berlin Atonal unique.

Berlin Atonal 25’ is therefore less a conventional festival and more a laboratory for contemporary cultural practice — a place where boundaries are pushed and new forms of gathering are explored.

An experience that lasts.

Tickets for Atonal can be purchased here. See the full program here.

FIA Formel-E World Championship in Tempelhof with Numéro & Maserati

Anna Klusmeier — Mon, 21 Jul 2025 09:56:03 +0000

Last Sunday, Berlin’s Tempelhof Field once again transformed into a futuristic arena of high voltage, high tech, and high speed: the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship returned to the German capital – and Numéro Berlin was right at the heart of it, alongside Maserati MSG Racing. Amid futuristic electric engines, urban festival vibes, and a crowd that could feel the pulse of tomorrow, one thing became clear: Formula E is no longer just a motorsport event. It’s a stage for technological visions, a platform for sustainable mobility, and an aesthetic statement for the next generation of automotive design.

That Maserati, a name synonymous with Italian elegance and automotive tradition, is now competing in the fully electric racing series marks more than just a shift in image. It is a bold, symbolic step toward the future. As the first Italian luxury carmaker to enter Formula E, Maserati is sending a powerful message: the era of combustion-only engines is over. Today, luxury and sustainability no longer stand in opposition – in fact, they elevate one another.

With a clearly defined goal of offering only electric or hybrid models by 2030, Maserati views Formula E not only as a competitive arena but also as a testing ground for innovation. Technologies developed and pushed to their limits on the track are intended to directly influence future production models. Motorsport thus becomes the intersection of performance, progress, and design – and Maserati positions itself as a pioneer of an era where speed is not only thrilling but also sustainable.