Milosh is a very talented singer, photographer and filmmaker. I’m a fan of his albums, but nothing prepared me for his most recent musical contribution to the world: a private serenade to his girlfriend, actress Alexa Nikolas. The simplicity of this moment is what makes it so poignant: one man’s voice, his love, and the natural reverberation of their surroundings.

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Bored of the too-easy point/click way we find new music, I decided to make my own songs harder and more interesting to get hold of. I spent a year hiding CDs with my music on in cities around the world (with a little help from friends). I filmed the whole thing, including the responses I got, and edited it to a song from my new EP, Realityicide.

We first told you about Max Zorn in July this year when his fresh tape-art works were just in Amsterdam. Tinkering with nothing more than an exacto knife, some packing tape and plastic sheets, it takes wrapping his work around street lamps to see the pieces in all their glory as the complex layers of slicing and shading formations take their full effect.

To show exactly how he does what he does, he’s just recently released this superb time-lapse video. To date, he’s spread the tape love around the globe with his stickers and full scale art pieces hanging around the likes of Toronto, Cologne, Berlin and Hamburg and is spreading the tape love with every passing week.

German artist Olaf Hajek’s work will be featured in a solo show at Berlin’s exclusive Werft 2 project space on November 10. The exhibition will include a combination of new work, as well as others from worldwide exhibitions, including his recent show in South Africa.

The Berlin Monsterkabinett fuses machine art and performance. A tour of the amazing work of the Dead Chickens Artist Group, the permanent evolving exhibition is housed in underground galleries at Haus Schwarzenberg: one of the few un-renovated courtyards surviving in the Hackescher Markt district. Allow a trusted guide to lead you into the bizarre and labyrinthine world of the Monsterkabinett, where monstrous yet loveble creatures — in turn terrifying, tragic and comical — dance and sing to a compelling rhythm.

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Say you’re wandering the streets of Berlin and you happen upon a vintage milk and cheese truck that has a long line of people queued up outside it. What would you expect them to be waiting to buy: Frankfurters? Sauerkraut? A flotilla’s worth of German beer?

Could be, but not if you’ve been lucky enough to stumble upon the Vatos Tacos truck. In that case, jump in the line yourself and start licking your chops for the best Mexican fare this side of the Eiffel Tower.

The sights and sounds of Mexico may be thousands of miles away, but the country’s bold, spicy flavors can be found right here at Vatos Tacos. Just try the Macho Taco: two beef tacos topped with sautéed onions and habanero peppers, and you’ll see what we mean.

Looking for someone to hug in gratitude? That would be Billy Davis, a Texas native who had the brilliant idea of opening a taco truck in his newfound German home. All we can say is Dankeschön, amigo. Dankeschön.

The Lewis Carroll classic has already inspired foodies from LA to London to Tokyo. This time around, the magic has turned up in Berlin, in the form of the Mad Potter ceramic exhibition — a Wonderland design-fest worthy of the trippiest tea party.

Brought to you by ‘the Vivienne Westwood of tableware’ The New English, a cutting-edge ceramics company based in the UK, the Mad Potter collection features the highest quality cups, saucers, teapots, milk jugs, and plates – all dressed up with designs from some eerily talented artists.

Just take a look at the plates: there’s the girl in the mirror plate, the cat-headed man plate, the creepy skull plate, and finally — our personal favorite — the goth goldfish plate, from designer Nanami Cowdroy.

Want one for your next tea party? There are only ten pieces of each design, so you’d better act fast – or risk getting left behind like the Cheshire cat’s grin.

Fancy being part of an art installation while staying in a funky albeit minimally furnished room in the heart of Berlin? Hotel Minimal, is a pop-up one-room hotel from the Linie project that explores the concept of public and private space. Guests just have to be comfortable being on view in a large shop front on one of the main thoroughfares of the trendy Mitte district.

Since landing in Berlin, I have met some really talented people Marcel Schwickerath is a photographer who I work with regularly. His photography is just beautiful: so simple, yet loaded with so much emotion. He is constantly adding to his visual diary, so make sure you bookmark it and visit regularly.

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James Bullough is a painter, illustrator, and muralist originally from America but now living in Berlin. I first saw Bullough’s work at MMX Gallery in Berlin. His work is awesome: from large scale graph pieces, to these beautiful illustrations, which you can also spot posted up around Berlin.

Pomocracy is a lifestyle statement Tumblr recently created in Berlin by PoMo, a nurse and designer. It’s an inspirational blog full of weird stuff.

Planningtorock is the stage persona and creative form of Bolton-born Janine Rostron, whose powerful and haunting electronica was born in Berlin where Janine has lived for the past ten years. We checked in with her to ask a few questions about her music and her style. [Listen to her new single Doorway at the end of the interview]

What were some of the inspirations for this album, W?
‘I wanted to make music that I didn’t know yet, that was new to me. I worked for a long time on the production and produced a specific sonic style for the record using instruments such as saxophone, percussion and strings. I’d say that my inspiration for this record comes from a strong passion for certain instruments and sounds and I sculpt songs using that obsession’.

I read that you are working on a new prosthetic nose. Where did this idea come from and is this something you wear only for shows?
‘The idea for the prosthetic facial extension was to make visual what I was producing in the music, especially with the production on my vocals. I bought some face putty from a theater store and started to add it to my brow and something interesting happened: it was almost like the voice on the record was coming alive. You’ll have too come to the live show to see if I’m wearing the prosthetic or not’.

You have such a unique style. Where do you find your clothes?
‘The only time I think seriously about clothes is when I’m preparing the live show, and for this, I recycle a lot of old clothes and customize them for stage. For everyday clothing, I wear mostly C&A’.

What is an item of clothing you would not be caught dead wearing?
‘I’m probably wearing it’!

What do you consider the perfect day in Berlin?
‘A day in my studio, and then if it’s summer, a swim at the lakes with friends after work’.

When do you get the best ideas for songs?
‘The best ideas come just when you think nothing is working, then suddenly you hit on upon something interesting and end up staying in the studio all night until it’s finished!’

What did you have for breakfast this morning?
‘I had brunch with friends at Südblock in X-berg’.

Photo credit: Goodyn Green

The New York and Berlin-based creative agency, KKLD*, has developed an awesome integrated campaign for its client, MINI. Until June 29, anyone can become a star in the new ‘It’s Personal’ campaign and appear live on Germany’s largest video screen, which is on the famous Kurfürstendamm shopping boulevard in Berlin. Even better, every participant has the opportunity to win their own personal MINI model from the advert. Fun!

How does it work? Make your way to the “MINI Photo Box” on Kurfürstendamm in Berlin, take a photo, choose your favourite MINI, and appear immediately on the huge video screen.

Once inside the photo booth, participants will put on brightly-coloured headphones and then choose their favourite MINI Family model with side mirrors of a matching colour. Four colours and four MINI Family models to choose from: MINI Hatch, MINI Convertible, MINI Clubman, and MINI Countryman. Then the image is sent to the huge 104 m² video screen, together with the personalized MINI model.

But you don’t have to be in Berlin to be a part of this. Join in via a Facebook app. Use your webcam to take a photo of yourself wearing virtual headphones. Your photos will then be shown on the large screen in Berlin. To complete the loop, the images on the video screen will also be streamed live on the Internet and snapshots of the greatest moments will be made available on Facebook so users can share them with friends.

The lucky winner will receive their MINI model, including tailor-made side mirrors in his or her favourite colour. Err, we’re entering now. Wink wink.

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Blek Le Rat did what Banksy did twenty years before Banksy did. And that’s according to Banksy himself. Now creatives around the world have the chance to be flown to Berlin to take part in a live stencil art session with him. Upload a JPEG of your own stencil art to Hugo Create to take part.

Creating collections in their Berlin-based studio since 2007, designers Britta Knüppel and Verena Kern find gems in unexpected, humdrum places. From plastic toys, to fruit and veg, the pair have excavated Australia, stripped down Italy, and ventured through the Netherlands, turning everyday items into 24-carat gold masterpieces.

A vintage photobooth in London and Berlin shooting black and white photos during dubious opening hours? That, or something very similar to it, pretty much sums up the idea behind this new photography blog. We all still remember those famous four photos, of which at least one had to be thrown away because you either weren’t properly prepared when the release initiated or your face wasn’t doing what it was supposed to.

Yes, how we have missed the charm of those ‘hilariously gone wrong’ pictures! Thankfully, the Photoautomat people are taking care of this loss. In their blog, they are collecting the residue and putting it together artistically for the ages.

Berlin-based American ex-pat Daniel Kingery, an old college friend of mine, ditched his homeland almost a decade ago and has become a rather amazing artist. I hope to drop in on him sometime. I hear Berlin and Baltimore have a lot in common.

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This is the story of Ignatz Nacher. In 1905, Nacher invented the pasteurization of beer, which was followed by the opening up of his own brewery in Berlin. And not just any brewery; here, the first production of the now famous Pilsner beer was celebrated. But, being German and Jewish, the Nazis claimed it for the regime and Nacher eventually died poor in Switzerland, while the brewery helped fund the war. It’s not a real happy story.

But, a group of artists in Berlin are looking to breathe new life into Nacher’s legacy – at least for one night. Thanks to the HomeBase Project art group, Ignatz Bier — a special, artisanal brew — will see a limited launch this weekend in Berlin. Beer tastings, exhibitions, and art installations are set to take place on the site of the pre-war brewery, which is today a year-round art and cultural center that will soon house the HomeBase Lab. The event aims to honor Nacher with artistic redemption, while celebrating the future of the building as a space to promote social responsibility through the arts. Well, prost to that!

Illustrator and mixed media artist Zoe Keogh returns to her hometown, Perth, for a solo exhibition entitled Behind Closed Doors at Artspace Gallery in Nedlands. Now based in Berlin, Zoe creates contemporary works based on personal identity and gender role.

Lunette optical frames look so stunning that the Berlin-based eyewear company does not need to employ a ‘sex sells’ strategy to their latest advertising campaign. The 2011 series focuses on casually sophisticated and classic looking frames for all face shapes and sizes. Ooh wee! Goodbye daily contact use.