In Germany, many of the headlines you’ll examine Benjamin Patch are about volleyball. Up till comparatively not too long ago, he was an expert volleyball participant for considered one of Germany’s high golf equipment, the Berlin Recycling Volleys.
In 2022, Patch give up the membership to pursue his personal inventive pursuits. However now the ceramic artist-slash-dancer-slash-interior-architect-slash-founder of the Be.Meeting collective is again within the German capital, the place he’ll add one other title to his portfolio. Patch has been appointed inventive director at one of many metropolis’s favourite hipster purchasing locations, Voo Retailer within the Kreuzberg neighborhood.
“To be sincere, this was extra of a heartfelt determination than only a enterprise one,” Yasin Müjdeci, who based the shop in 2010, instructed WWD. “We actually really feel that Ben is the fitting individual for this position as a result of he actually understands what the Voo Retailer stands for.”
Benjamin Patch
Voo shares all the pieces from high-end clothes to unique homewares from round Europe by the likes of Berlin design studio Sucuk und Bratwurst, Swedish bedding model Magniberg and Parisian glass workshop La Soufflerie, amongst many others. Voo additionally simply labored on its first collaboration with Puma and the store’s related areas embrace a deli and occasional store, an artwork gallery and an “archive” promoting classic designer clothes.
Müjdeci says that Voo plans to broaden the idea to different international locations quickly though he was not in a position to disclose precisely when or the place but.
“It wouldn’t really feel proper to offer a selected determine at this level however what we are able to share is that we’re dreaming large,” he mentioned. “Whereas we’re not able to share an in depth roadmap, what we are able to say is that we’re exploring alternatives in locations the place there’s a pure concord with the Voo spirit. [South] Korea, for instance, holds a really particular place in our hearts — we really feel extremely related and at residence there.”
