This Friday (17.6.2016), Seek and Cee Cee Creative will be celebrating the launch of the fourth edition of Seek magazine, in collaboration with the upcoming Seek trade show. In a society where we dream constantly of disappearing from the grid yet remain hooked on social media updates, what does it mean to get away? The newest edition of Seek Magazine explores the concept of a permanent vacation through the photography of Olivo Barbieri and Tobias Faisst, the poetry of Jenny Zhang, the performative artwork of Christian Falsnaes the to-do lists of cultural movers and shakers worldwide and much more. We invite you to join us in Volume gallery for a tropically-themed night as we kick off the weekend in style, with drinks, copies of the magazine and a suitably beachy soundtrack. (Text: Antonia Harris / Photo: Sven Hausherr)

Volume, Brunnenstr.22, 10119 Berlin-Mitte; map
Fri 17.6.2016, 18-22h; Facebook event

For all three of our past lessons, we have invited you to be a part of them as opposed to just reading about them, and this time is no different. This Sunday (11.6.2016), we invite you to the fourth edition of our summer Cee Cee Lessons with Bulleit Whiskey. While before we have worked with tea, concrete and wood, this time we will work simply on pressing pause; on relaxing at Buchholz Berlin, enjoying refreshing drinks from Bulleit and snacks including the famous Buchholz flatbread. The idea is that all the previous participants of the lessons will come together to see each other again, sharing experiences, taking some much-needed time out, and making connections. Email win@ceecee.cc before Friday (10.6.2016) to win two pairs of tickets — we look forward to seeing you there!

Laden Buchholz, Joachimstr.20, 10119 Berlin-Mitte; map

Cee Cee Lesson with Bulleit Whiskey — Time Out; 11.6.2016, 16-20h, by invitation only.

The laptop on which you may be reading these very lines, the pen you set aside to do it – all things that surround us every day as a matter of course, all of them designed. The DMY International Design Festival Berlin reveals how these everyday objects are created and who’s behind them. Next week, for the 14th consecutive year, key players from product, industrial, fashion, graphic, and communication design will present their pioneering ideas. The exhibition will be accompanied by a supporting program, which, true to the “Odyssey” theme, will examine design as a global phenomenon. At the opening, Andreas Tölke and representatives from the creative industries will discuss approaches from the design sector that could provide the world’s uprooted people with opportunities and a home. A special perk for parents and their little ones? For the first time ever, the festival will feature supervisedworkshops for kids, allowing grown-ups to explore the festival undisturbed, discovering things like Plexiglas handbags with table lamp functionality, time and space saving furniture push-fit systems made of resin, and jewelry made from silkworm cocoons. (Text: Stephanie Johne)

DMY International Design Festival Berlin 2016 im Kraftwerk, Köpenicker Str.70, 10179 Berlin-Mitte; map

Opening hours: 2.-5.06.2016, Thu 12-24, Fri & Sat 10-20h, Sun 10-18h. For tickets please click here, for the whole program here.