Redon Skikuli is a citizen of Berlin and a member of betahaus since couple of months. He used to be a serious dude operating his own business. However, at some point he made a decision to stay serious, BUT direct all the forces towards the world of making, hacking and inventing. And soon he´s gonna… Read more »
Member of the Week
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: RÉGIS LEMBERTHE
Régis Lemberthe is an industrial and humanitarian designer, co-founder of A&Re Design. He was creating awesome projects at betahaus and Open design City almost as long as it exists, and will be the teacher and mentor of Product Design Course from 12th June on. – Why have you decided to… Read more »
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: KATJA FROM SUNNY OFFICE
Let’s meet Katja, the girl behind a startup Sunny Office! Who are you? I am Katja, a young sun lover who’s been living in Berlin for a while. I love working in the sun, chocolate, running, being free and having wine with friends. These loves determine the directions the story goes… After 5 years in… Read more »
TIMON SCHROETER
Please briefly describe yourself and what you do: I work as a web developer, consultant and trainer. In web development, I am a specialist for server side programming using the language PHP. Backends, databases and APIs are my strong suit. Read more about it on php-entwickler-berlin.de. In terms of technology I am a big fan… Read more »
STAFF OF THE WEEK: CEVAHIR BARUT
You probably already know Cevahir, he started working at betahaus last September and he is the barmanager of our café. You can recognize him because he always wear a mütze. Thanks to him we can enjoy the weekly event betabreakfast and he is also an important member of the events team. He moved to… Read more »
BOND’S BUNTE WELT – MAGAZINE
“Bond´s bunte Welt” is a fascinating new magazine published by our member Marcus Bond. There are only 200 pieces on sales. Get your issue in betahauscafé for only 6,- Euro! Alessandro our intern did an interview with Marcus Bond: Please provide a short description of the Magazine “Bond´s bunte Welt” is a mixture of GEO,… Read more »
PEDRO PINEDA
Pedro was born in the Canary Islands, after studying Design & Technology in London, he moved to Berlin where he is developing different ways to apply collective & creative problem solving to challenges that affect us as individuals or as society. He sees design as a tool to create experiences. For him “is not enought… Read more »
STAFF OF THE WEEK: PEER WARNKE
You probably all know Peer – he started working for betahaus in Octobre 2011 in the event section and belongs to the heart of our crew. Without him, we wouldn’t be able to host events and guests as we do. This staff of the week blogentry will tell you a little bit more about Peers… Read more »
CHRISTOPH VOLBERS
We have so many awesome interns working at betahaus so we decided to introduce them as well at our blog in the new serie “Staff of the week” Christoph Volbers studied design at the Art School Weißensee and just finished his 3 months internship at betahause in the areas Corporate Identity, Design, Productdesign and Visualisation…. Read more »
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: JACQUES-ANDRE DUPONT
Interviewed by: Lisa Hillers Jacques-André Dupont is a french Filmmaker and VJ, who is shooting and directing commissioned works for NGO´s, Start-Ups and communication agencies as well as music videos, light installations and documentaries. He moved to Berlin 2 years ago and is now working as a freelancer here at betahaus. How did you first… Read more »
MELCHIOR BAUER
Interview by Lisa Hillers There is a great deal of variables a fledgling startup has to deal with. Uncertainties, like timing and relevance of the business idea, the appeal of the solution to the customer, market awareness, availability of cash, the ability to make sufficient sales and a good many others can cause quite a… Read more »
FARHAD PAYAR – TRANSPARENCY FOR IRAN
Interview by: Lisa Hillers Farhad Payar is a freelance journalist and documentary filmmaker with a wealth of experience in a wide range of industries. Born and raised in Iran he came to Berlin to study Mechanical Engineering and Political Science during the 1980s. He then took on a multitude of jobs working as a taxi-driver… Read more »
BRAM DE VRIES
Bram De Vries came to Berlin from Netherlands this April and immediately got involved into local Fab Lab network, developing the Fab Café project together with Amin Zayani. - What is your professional background? How did you discover 3D printing? I am a mechanical engineer. But once I graduated and worked about 3 years for… Read more »
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: RELAXAINMENT
Interview by Lisa Hillers. Relaxainment is a growing massage agency, working with clients in and around Berlin. We spoke with Nina Barthel, the founder about her goals and inspirations.
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: ISABELLE TOTIKAEV
Isabelle Totikaev is a freelance translator. Mostly she translates from English and Spanish into French. Her main client is Amnesty International. Originally she is from Paris, but she has lived for more than a decade abroad. First in Canada, then in Spain and now in Berlin. Isabelle has been a member of betahaus since May.
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: SARAH KENNEDY
Sarah Kennedy is a designer for Skew studio, London. Skew is a multi disciplinary studio which works taking entertainment brands from Screen to Shelf. Skew is a diverse team of designers and work across Textiles, Fashion, Packaging, Branding and Web Design working for clients including the BBC, Nickelodeon and Disney. They have clients all over… Read more »
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: JULIAN SCHOLLMEYER
Julian Schollmeyer is a project and account manager for 1000heads. He got involved two years ago, when 1000heads started working with a client based in Germany. 1000heads helps brands build and deliver their marketing and commercial vision. Julian has been a member of betahaus for more than a year, with his dedication and hard work,… Read more »
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: FLUENTO
Alexander Willie is the founder of Fluento. Fluento is an Online Spanish-Language School. It offers Spanish language skills through direct Spanish instructions given by experienced Spanish teachers who are native speakers. Fluento is a member of the betahaus since 2011. Fluento offers you a free trial lesson for all betahaus members. The code is “betahaus12”… Read more »
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: ALEXANDER SCHACHINGER
Alexander Schachinger is the founder of healthcare42.com. He is also a consultant, researcher, speaker on health 2.0 innovation topics and E-Patients in Europe. He is just completing a PhD on digital health communications, at the Humboldt University of Berlin.This week we are presenting him as a member of the week, so if you would like… Read more »
MEMBER OF THE WEEK: JAY COUSINS
Jay Cousins is one of the co-founders in Open Design city. He studied Industrial Design Innovation at Sheffield Hallam University. He is interested in empowerment. Methods, processes and objects that enable people to meet their own needs. To help themselves. He is also interested in creating a life for himself that is sustainable without… Read more »
