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Re: Berlin Living Rooms

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Post by mxfh »

basseq wrote: post #9
mxfh wrote: post #4

Calling them living rooms is a bit of a misnomer for most of them, representational guest zone in uncommonly large apartments of the Berlin cultural elite might be a bit more honest description. The last two (Blechschmidt and Hubalek) might be actual living room arrangements.

You mean you don't have a queen-sized chaise lounge in your 20-ft-ceilinged warehouse-style living room? And is that a stuffed leopard ? (Angelika Blechschmidt)

I live in Charlottenburg and I have a tiny indoor slide. Way more fun.

Re: Berlin Living Rooms

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Post by [deleted] »

fnord123 wrote: post #19
shaqbert wrote: post #12

Berliner here.... the sad truth is that most living rooms are dominated by Ikea furniture and are nowhere near like the stylish and classical ensembles presented in the article.

Yeah, and that Barcelona chair can't be an inexpensive yet faithful reproduction due to the dreadful European laws on furniture designs. It's a 5k piece on its own.

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Post by krenoten »

shaqbert wrote: post #12

Berliner here.... the sad truth is that most living rooms are dominated by Ikea furniture and are nowhere near like the stylish and classical ensembles presented in the article.

Yeah, when I think of Berlin apartments, I think of cramped-and-lovingly-dilapidated altbau rooms, resigned attempts to enliven a ubiquitous WWII reconstruction, and probably a balcony :) Damn, I can't wait to move back in a couple months!!!

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Post by Isamu »

mysterypie wrote: post #3
colmvp wrote: post #2

Having looked at some of the photos, one of the things that I notice is a lack of televisions which I see amongst sometimes with my friends. I find when I go to my friends living room with a PS4 and tv, we generally chat for a few minutes before diving into games or videos. Or if I go to another friends place, they feel obligated to entertain instead of allowing one another to be he entertainment. And while I certain…

Along those same lines, I never understood why bars and clubs have such loud music as to make conversation impossible. Especially if it's just canned music, so you're not there to listen. And especially more if the idea is to meet women (or guys). As far as I can determine, it's fashion. It's not that games and videos are intrinsically more enjoyable than conversation, or that people have more success meeting the opp…

If you are struggling just to exchange a few sentences, suddenly the mindless wooden banter at the bar seems less pointless. It seems more like a real accomplishment.

Re: Berlin Living Rooms

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Post by skosch »

saycheese wrote: post #22

If you found this story interesting, you might find this research interesting: "A room with a cue: personality judgments based on offices and bedrooms" [pdf] (utexas.edu) http://gosling.psy.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/JPS...

... and if you prefer something a bit more juicy and judgmental, there's Fussell's "Class" (https://books.google.ca/books?id=aPbF1kuayJYC&lpg=PP1&dq=cla...)

Re: Berlin Living Rooms

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Post by krzyk »

eru wrote: post #7
colmvp wrote: post #2

Having looked at some of the photos, one of the things that I notice is a lack of televisions which I see amongst sometimes with my friends. I find when I go to my friends living room with a PS4 and tv, we generally chat for a few minutes before diving into games or videos. Or if I go to another friends place, they feel obligated to entertain instead of allowing one another to be he entertainment. And while I certain…

As mxfh pointed out, these are guest-welcoming areas of rich people. Elite people in Germany (pretend to) not watch much TV. (I never owned a TV, within or without Germany.)

In my circle of friends only minority has TVs, we are more of a Internet generation, TV lacks interactivity and limits selection.

BTW. I'm not from Germany and never lived there.

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Post by krzyk »

shaqbert wrote: post #12

Berliner here.... the sad truth is that most living rooms are dominated by Ikea furniture and are nowhere near like the stylish and classical ensembles presented in the article.

It's just a different style. Some prefer rococo style (late Baroque) and some more modern minimalism presented by e.g. Ikea.

I prefer the later, and most of my generation also. Our parents prefer the former.

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Post by johnchristopher »

mysterypie wrote: post #3
colmvp wrote: post #2

Having looked at some of the photos, one of the things that I notice is a lack of televisions which I see amongst sometimes with my friends. I find when I go to my friends living room with a PS4 and tv, we generally chat for a few minutes before diving into games or videos. Or if I go to another friends place, they feel obligated to entertain instead of allowing one another to be he entertainment. And while I certain…

Along those same lines, I never understood why bars and clubs have such loud music as to make conversation impossible. Especially if it's just canned music, so you're not there to listen. And especially more if the idea is to meet women (or guys). As far as I can determine, it's fashion. It's not that games and videos are intrinsically more enjoyable than conversation, or that people have more success meeting the opp…

I remember reading a study stating that the louder the music, the more refreshments get sold because people drink faster/more when they can't have a conversation.

Quick google search: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2432699/Loud-music-in-bars-m...

Re: Berlin Living Rooms

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Post by pavel_lishin »

krzyk wrote: post #28
shaqbert wrote: post #12

Berliner here.... the sad truth is that most living rooms are dominated by Ikea furniture and are nowhere near like the stylish and classical ensembles presented in the article.

It's just a different style. Some prefer rococo style (late Baroque) and some more modern minimalism presented by e.g. Ikea. I prefer the later, and most of my generation also. Our parents prefer the former.

Some also prefer living in a large city, and cannot afford a living room you can park a hobby aircraft in.
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