urban zintel

81

the king of the pearls

sz-magazin "stil leben"

helicopter, south seas, speed boats, beautiful women. jacques branellec lives an exciting life. as a secret agent? no, as a pearl farmer.

he achieved what none even dared to dream about: the invention of the giant golden south sea pearl. in series

80

tom schilling

jolie

79

florian david fitz

brigitte

german actor florian david fitz.

78

male circumcision

das magazin (ch)

in the fight against aids, the world health organization now wants to circumcise 20 million men

77

karl matthäus schmidt

neon magazine

ceo quirin bank ag

76

judith butler

philomag

judith butler is an american post-structuralist philosopher. she is considered to be "one of the most influential voices in contemporary political theory" and "one of the most influential feminist theorists" today. she is best known for her seminal work gender trouble. in 2012, she was awarded the theodor w. adorno award for her work on "political theory, on moral philosophy and gender studies".

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matthias schweighöfer

jolie

74

susan neiman

egon zehnder international / awr

susan neiman is an american moral philosopher, cultural commentator, and essayist.

she currently lives in germany, where she works as the director of the einstein forum in potsdam.

73

julia jentsch

jolie

72

rolf eden

neon magazine

germany's last playboy

71

raphael horzon

occhio magazine

author, entrepeneur and owner of modocom - a group of different companies. among them a specialist for apple pies, a fashion label, a publishing house, a breakup agency for couples and a building company.

70

sahra wagenknecht

brigitte

german politician sahra wagenknecht

69

perazic & perazic

stern

natalia and angelia perazic, two berlin based real estate agents.

68

linked by destiny

emotion magazine

irina kreuzer and eva-maria neumann are linked by destiny.

in february 1977, neumann tried to flee from the german democratic republic to the federal republic of germany. she was caught and had to spend 19 months in prison. at that time, irina kreuzer was working on the other side of her prison cell - as a prison guard.

67

roger bundschuh

occhio magazine

german architect

66

martin dreyer

annabelle (ch)

free church theologian, author and founder of "jesus freaks", a german evangelical/christian youth organization. he has also authored the "volxbibel", a translation of the bible in the lenguage of the german youth

65

the burren / ireland

adac reisemagazin

the burren is a karst-landscape region in the northwest of ireland. there are around 200 caves in the burren, including the longest cave in ireland - poulnagollum - with a lenght of over 16 km; and the longest stalactite in europe - with a length of more than 6.5 metres

64

joko und klaas

stern

german televesion hosts joachim winterscheidt and klaas-heufer umlauf

63

bettina wulff

brigitte

ex wife of the former federal president of germany christian wulff.

62

bmw magazine

bmw magazine

the new bmw 6 series gran coupé,

and berlin based startup "aupeo!", with some of its staff members:

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tugan sokhiev

deutsches symphonie orchester berlin

tugan sokhiev, principal conductor and artistic director of the deutsches symphonie orchester berlin.

60

ingrid noll and doris gercke

die zeit

german crime writers

59

money or love / love or money

chrismon

truck drivers used to be the kings of the road, now they're only small cogs in the wheel of globalisation. we've follwed michal & waldemar from poland, boyan from bulgaria and mülli from germany.

58

kraftklub

neon

57

moritz bleibtreu

neon

56

west berlin

max

coverage on berlin's western neighbourhoods and streetlife.

55

david mcallister

myself

prime minister of lower saxony

54

hartz IV moebel

neon

"designing instead of consuming".

berlin based architect le van bo, designs puristic diy-furnitures affordable for everybody, even for people with an unemployment benefit (hartz IV). the instruction manuals are for free to download at his website.

53

kingdom of lesotho

brigitte

the african kingdom of lesotho is completely sourrounded by south africa, and it's the only state in the world that lies as high as 1400 up to 3428 metres in elevation. some villages are so remote that they can only be reached by horse, foot or light aircraft.j.r.r. tolkien, born at the lesotho border, was supposedly inspired by the "kingdom in the sky" for his lord of the rings trilogy.

52

britta steffen

myself

swimmer

51

deichkind

neon

50

agnieszka brugger

myself

mdb

bündniss 90/die grünen

49

nora von waldstätten

neon

48

sebastian frank

zitty

one day with berlin's youngest star chef

47

techno classics

neon

techno was the first youth culture to essentially originate in germany. in 2011, the mayday rave is celebrating its 20th anniversary. a visit to the pioneering techno stars.

46

detlev buck

opel magazine

detlev buck and the new opel ampera

45

antje & henning boetius

zeit wissen

oceanographer antje boetius and her father, writer henning boetius.

44

ricardo villalobos

sz feuilleton

dj

43

on tour with bushido

neon

42

dale stephens

jetzt

at the age of eleven, dale left school. his experiences with "unschooling", self-determined learning, encouraged him to found the "uncollege" movement. someone who choses self-determined learning over a college education, dale believes, will become happier. furthermore, they won't have to go into debt.

41

the battle of lake wandlitz

die zeit

a lawyer from düsseldorf has bought a whole lake, the wandlitzsee near berlin. he conducts lawsuits against residents and mocks the mayor.

the story of a conquest.

40

joko winterscheidt

myself

39

ken caldeira

neon

atmospheric scientist.

he researches intentional climate modification.

38

anke & daniel domscheit-berg

myself

– daniel is a computer specialist, a former spokesman of the whistleblowing platform wikileaks and an author. together with some former colleagues at wikileaks, he founded his own whistleblowing platform openleaks in 2010.

– anke is the founder of fempower.me and opengov.me. fempower consults women on their way into leadership positions. opengov consults clients in politics to become more open, more transparent and more participative.– anke is the founder of fempower.me and opengov.me. fempower consults women on their way into leadership positions. opengov consults clients in politics to become more open, more transparent and more participative.

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"i've killed my son"

chrismon

in cape town, a drug called tik turns children into monsters and drives parents to despair. ellen pakkies didn’t know what to do anymore. on the morning of september 12th, 2007, ellen pakkies, aged 45, geriatric nurse, killed her son abie. she strangled him with a cord. on the same day she turned herself in to the police. but ellen is not going to prison. she received a three years suspended sentence with probation.

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walther kohl

neon

for years, he was leading his life as "kohl's son" and was suffering. now he's shooting back.

35

perfectionists

zeit wissen / cover story

they are the children of our time. good is never good enough for them: perfectionists strive for perfection. which drives some of them into a depression and others to excellence.

34

sarah kuttner

neon

sarah kuttner

knits

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erika eiffel

weltwoche (ch)

..is an american woman who famously "married" the eiffel tower. she is founder of OS internationale, an organization for those who develop significant relationships with inanimate objects. her love for the eiffel tower and long standing relationship with the berlin wall are the subjects of numerous newspaper articles and television documentaries. she is reported by ABC news as saying that she and others "[...] feel an innate connection to objects. It comes perfectly normal to us to connect on various levels, emotional, spiritual and also physical for some."

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florian david fitz & matthias schweighöfer

GQ

men of the year

31

tim raue

neon

chef

30

the gdr kids of namibia

die zeit

in the GDR, 400 namibian children had been raised to become part of the socialist elite. In 1990, they had to return to their african home country, which suddenly believed in capitalism. what has become of them?

two men who were born in namibia and think in german. they grew up together in the GDR, have the same memories, share the same history.

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edda müller

die zeit

chairwoman of tranparency international germany

28

sascha lobo

GQ

author & blogger

27

benjamin von stuckrad-barre

GQ

writer

26

dso berlin

deutsches symphonie orchester berlin

season brochure 2012/13

25

aloe blacc

neon

soul singer

24

norway

merian

a journey from bergen to alesund

23

botswana

air magazine

22

josef anton riedel

br klassik magazine

german composer

from 1959 until its closing in 1966, riedel was the director of the siemens studio of electronic

music where he did pioneering work in the use of concrete and electronic sounds. he also composed the film music for the second of edgar reitz's heimat trilogy.

21

asylum seeker

neon magazine

40,000 asylum seekers in germany are living in communal accomodation.

so is mira in saxony-anhalt. the former barracks have been her home for 11 years

20

nockberge kärnten

adac travel magazine

19

emmanuelle 33

personal work

in january 2006, the 33rd epsiode of the french softcore erotic movie emmanuelle was shot in buenos aires.

18

the gifts of my life

ebay magazine

17

football grannies

brigitte

vakhegula vakhegula (grannies, grannies) in south africa's limpopo province is not the average football team - with the oldest member of the team being 83, this team of grannies says football has given them their lives back.

the team, consisting of nearly 40 members, meets twice a week for an hour's training.