Eyes on Berlin

When you walk around Berlin, the first thing you notice is the amount of open space and its vastness. The impressive and often imposing architecture has room to breathe and people can move around freely. The city has freed itself from the shackles of its past and earned a reputation as one of the coolest places to live and work – with an economy based on high-tech firms, service sectors and creative media.

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For co-founder and ‘sheet metal glasses salesman’ Ralph Anderl, the ic! berlin philosophy has very much been inspired by the nature of the city – both in the past and in the present. ‘Many years ago the spirit of Berlin was about being mobile. The music and illegal rave scene had to move all the time to avoid the police. This meant that the concept of the clubs at the time was very simple and pure – offer the best music, the best drinks and the best drugs. All of the focus went on those things – not making beautiful bars and spaces.’