What’s your Thing? #002
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Meet the people behind Berlin’s independent products, projects and practices.
What’s Your Thing? is a conversation series that invites some of the city’s most thoughtful designers, makers, artists and founders to share the stories behind what they do. Through live Show & Tell sessions, honest conversations and audience questions, we explore not only what people make, but why they make it, how they got there, and what keeps them going.
For this edition, we’re welcoming Anis, founder of OATES PILZ (@oatespilz). Working between jewellery, sculpture and storytelling, Anis creates handcrafted pieces that embrace imperfection, memory and character over convention. Drawing from a life lived between cultures and places, her work explores ideas of identity, belonging and the stories we carry through the objects we wear. Together, we’ll talk about building an independent jewellery practice, the value of slow craftsmanship, and why some of the most meaningful objects are those that refuse perfection.
Whether you’re building something yourself or simply curious about the people shaping Berlin’s independent creative scene, stay afterwards for drinks, conversation and a browse through the Things showroom.
what is Things?
Things was created to make space for creative encounters in person. Based at workish.berlin, a creative coworking space & maker lab in Neukölln, it’s a platform to discover the people, products and projects shaping Berlin’s independent creative scene.
Started by Lenny, Taylor and Ami, Things began as a marketplace for independent makers, a place to show, sell and celebrate small-run products, creative experiments and personal projects. As the community has grown, so has the idea. Alongside the evolving display, Things now hosts curated talks, meet-ups and creative experiences that bring people together through creativity, conversation and collaboration.
Like to make things? Apply here to submit your thing to the marketplace or speak at an upcoming event.
About the Host
Ami Jessica Runge is a Berlin-based creative generalist working across design, strategy and storytelling. Influenced by a background in Critical Design, she is interested in design not only as a tool for communication, but as a way of questioning systems, encouraging participation and creating meaningful experiences. She collaborates with cultural institutions, nonprofits and growing brands to create thoughtful, idea-led work that’s both playful and purposeful. Alongside client work, Ami enjoys creating small capsule collections and self-initiated creative experiments, an interest that naturally led to co-creating Things and, now, What’s Your Thing? #001: a conversation series celebrating the people behind Berlin’s independent products, projects and businesses.