Greetings from berlin and a warm welcome to our highlights edition lining up vulgus and vivid with the following top stories. About Karl Lagerfeld to his hometown of hamburg. Simply whats behind the success of finnish design. And seasonal overdrive germanys the largest private display of christmas lights. Well it was back in the one nine hundred eighty s. And ninetys that dozens of small artisan at ten years in paris found themselves on the brink of extinction makers embroiderers and milliners but thanks to the fashion house and its creative director they not only survived but went on to thrive and every year since two thousand and two chanel holds a special fashion show to honor the fine craftsmanship upon which high fashion depends thats called the shine. A moveable feast and this year brought it to his hometown. Shamil with a definite maritime field in hamburg. T. N. You will mitchy doll show is for many the final highlight on the annual fashion calendar. Was for Karl Lagerfeld it was very much a personal highlight this year for the first time he showcased his designs for chanel and how burke which is the city where he was born. Lagerfeld turned the entire auditorium of the Elbe Philharmonie concert hall into a catwalk. Beautiful relaxed balanced so exquisite music great seats great room this equipment i was impressed by how the individual elements were linked so beautifully and smoothly detail was bursting with emotion it was very very powerful i thought the mission it was all charged somehow all wrapped up in the story of Karl Lagerfeld you could really see and feel that it wasnt sentimental but very emotional. Hollywood stars kirsten storage until distrusting as well as model lovely rose depp are among the invited guests. And of course well heeled customers came from all over the world this year the twenty one hundred guests were transported back in time to the 1930s and life at the hamburg port on stage sailors and modern mariner decked in the hamburg city colors. And i know hes been looking for a way of coming to hamburg for years and finally he found it with this with this building and so its a very happy its like a homecoming but also i think its not a nostalgic moment for him its an opportunity to introduce. People say his beloveds birthplace. The philharmonia concert hall is fast becoming hamburgs most famous landmark it opened at the start of the year and it was built on the foundations of an old warehouse directly in the harbor area. Karl lagerfeld is believed to have been born in one nine hundred thirty three in his early twentys he went to paris where he worked for various fashion labels. Became one of the worlds most successful designers and joined show now in one nine hundred eighty three cents the traditional fashion now also seeing a return to its glory days. Has been key in that development produced anyway since two thousand and two each year its unveiled in a different city. In two thousand and eleven it was. In two thousand and thirteen chanel went to dallas. And in twenty fifteen it was the turn of rome. The focus is always on craftsmanship every individual piece is produced by small paris studios who do the work by hand. Business the studios had a tough time because work done by hand is not prized anymore at that and its only thanks to lagerfeld and chanel but they still exist if you bought them all and now gives them a lot of freedom and thats on a gift and thats really special because it doesnt need to go to that. Line. Thats the kind of luxury and craftsmanship chanel stands for. State. The local detail and craftsmanship is put down to Karl Lagerfeld now believed to be eighty four years old he apparently still designs the entire collection himself thats unusual in the fashion industry. Hes been a great example to us all in being. Unstoppable and hes so young and his attitude to life i think thats one thing we can really all kind of learn from him and take forward hes just hes just never never says no and he goes you know hes already talking about the year after next. Dhimmitude our show in hamburg skilled philharmonia concert hall. Cambered Karl Lagerfeld has come full circle but the fashion king did not stay long he left without a word rushing off to focus on his next collection. This number sixty marked one hundred years since finland gained its independence from eighteen zero nine until then it had been an autonomys grand duchy in the russian empire and before that it spent centuries under swedish rule and so the centenary was cause for widespread sense celebration but also for some introspection on the Finnish National identity shaped by its vast Natural Landscapes of course but also its sauna culture and the melancholy of finnish tango for instance and all of these things find a unique expression in the clarity of finnish design. Minimal and functional the finnish way of life finds expression in the architecture of the capital helsinki. And in the local design scene objects should be practical and timeless have clean lines and be made from robust materials. You need a post office is a designer and has a shop in helsinki district here design newcomers and the classics are both represented combining the old with the new is what this designer does too in addition to her own collection she makes customized pelts for design label r. T. F. M. The design in finland. Its very democratic so its you can say that its almost every household. Classic design piece so you actually grow up with. Those classics are something that im sure that your bare throughout your whole life. Many of these design classics have been produced without variation for decades designed for everyday gives they combine with one another. This is especially true of Ceramics Manufacturer and glass producer. To celebrate the one hundredth anniversary of finlands independence theyve released collections in the typically finished believe but the designs them sounds remain unchanged because they mirror the finished mindset. We are very near nature. We like simple things our nature is quite clean and and poor and simple and that maybe affects the zion and also our desire for how the design should be so its its functionality but still. A beauty with simplicity maybe the countrys pioneering design or also to have a leo nature as early as the nine hundred thirty s. Laid the groundwork for the worldwide success of finished design. In the 1940s and fiftys revolutionized Industrial Design with his i see Looking Glass where. Frank did the same with his robust timeless drinking glasses high quality craftsmanship and unknown to nature arky even in the sixtys when Synthetic Materials became popular. More than a billion pairs of the iconic fiske r. s orange scissors have been sold to date and who are mia. Left his mark on the swinging sixtys with these browns. These lamps made a name for hardy in the one nine hundred ninety s. Building on the success of his famous prix to sesame. But finish design isnt only found in museums such pieces exist in ordinary homes where theyre handed down from generation to generation its something children grow up with. Dylan has been an independent country only forty one hundred years now so we need to find something the some things that are common to everyone and design was one thing that kind of bond whole nation together because it was this democratic idea that we should have good design for everybody and a better everyday life for everybody and designed with use a key people in the ingredient of that so i think thats why the news is on its become sort of for for all things if you say that for the french for example its a bottle of wine that symbolizes french french people are friends and total for friends its a fiscal scissors. A Fashion Designer even a constance sees herself as part of this tradition shes been selling her colorful collections made from sheep and reindeer pelts under the owner label since twenty fourteen she hopes to create the fashion classics up to morrow. I really wish hope that the Fashion Design and the fashion as an industry will come more recognizable in finland and there would be more understanding towards the fashion industry and the Fashion Design us well because i really believe that we have a really strong design heritage and now its the time for a fashion absolutely the International Customers who flock to her store give rise to her fresh design talent from finland adding extra color to the countrys design landscape and making sure the next one hundred years will be as successful as the last. Well anyone whos got money to burn these days is well advised to invest in art as the prices are going through the roof these days just last month leonardo da vincis one day went for a record breaking four hundred fifty Million Dollars thats nearly three hundred eighty Million Euros and the market for contemporary art is also booming cashing in on this is the lead parts auction house in cologne where three works by god the worlds most expensive living artist just went under the hammer. When its right in the us about six hundred thirty two from get out of the. Human marriage. Front ones if such titles are switched off for an arts which doubles. The atmosphere is crackling at this auction of contemporary art at colognes venerable auctioneers among many objects going under the hammer are several works by german painter. Time theres nothing more exciting in the life of an auctioneer than the day of the auction itself it always brings surprises or who will bid on what how why will they go. Killian j. From zelda neck has been one of the directors of germanys largest auction house since twenty twelve his work begins long before the auction itself it takes months to prepare an auction one of the most important aspects is staying in touch with collectors potential buyers and art sellers parents auction house has been in business since one thousand nine hundred five its the oldest family run option firm in the world. Because some paintings weve optioned off two or three times already say in one thousand nine hundred seventy five and twenty seventeen the trust that weve built up over generations is naturally something you cant buy with money. Can. Dollars into the form front of annoyance which dogs were not for dogs. Were not going for thousands in the border any more than one hundred five thousand pharma im more than. A buyer paid one hundred five thousand euros for a book of illustrations by gary hart and i stop its one of the german artists earliest works now eighty five years old they say has been experimenting with various genres of painting since the one nine hundred sixty s. Even minor works by him fetch six figure sums based on what is the star of the art market among all Living Artists his works command the highest prices the online database arsenate says that all told. Works have earned more than eight hundred Million Euros in auction in two thousand and fifteen his abstract image sold for more than forty million alone. You know how to push there is a fascinating artist its no accident that his work sets new price records and is unbelievably popular among collectors. Are known because of title and for fun. But six hundred thirty three. Was begin with six in the front dollars. Collectors can also bid for works that lead parents auctions online the auctions are live streamed and bidding is in real time the art market is Going Digital roughly twelve percent of its business in two thousand and sixteen was on the internet thats more than three billion euros an increase of fifteen percent from the Previous Year collectors like from berlin appreciate the advantages of digitalisation the forty five year old himself founded an art collectors platform called independent collectors to make private collections more accessible. And the collecting has a lot to do with discovering and so for collectors its fantastic that its now so easy to get up to date information. And at the same time its tough to keep track of all the influences impressions and information in. The challenge today is to find your away and keep a balance. Let pass is also trying to unite art collectors from all over the world in an Online Community one task is to convince collectors to bid on words they may never have seen in real life lets use his videos in which experts introduce works of art. And i think there are situations in which serious collectors can buy art works theyve never seen before. But mostly you should stick to only art by artists whose work as a whole you know well and any moment so despite at least theres popularity no online collectors bid today on his tate a landscape the painting goes to a better who is present in the auction hall mamma. Sold for seven hundred fifty thousand or thirty i. Think your. Natural catastrophes are the kind of thing that most of us try to avoid like for instance an erupting volcano with its burning flows of molten lava and spitting flames but in iceland we met a man who sees things very differently and i cannot see god sun is a photographer who specialized in volcanoes and when one of them blows its top you concerned that he will be far away. Molten lava fiery destruction and breathtaking beauty at the same time these photos capture the moment one of ok no way they were taken by icelandic photographer ragnar cigarettes. The. Rush but its all pushes you to limit creativity you have to be creative you have to be on your toes. He loves it when of all comes to life it gets as close as possible whether with his s. U. V. Or a small plane. Ive been very close i know. Its going very slowly. Its a distance. Runner. Mostly because im scared not because things are happening but you know youre on first and i need to. Ragnar first rose to fame through his photos of icelands most famous volcano be. Your coat the ash it produced when it erupted in two thousand and ten grounded flights across Europe Ragnar took ten thousand photos of the volcano. Waiting for things for things to happen to see the eruption in south because its. The clouds of the one thousand and and Everything Everywhere if you can see the fire. Just stay there. And if. For more than thirty years no Ragnar Sigurdsson has been photographing landscapes and nature motifs all over the far north from greenland and norway to the north pole. But few places have as many natural wonders as his native iceland known as the land of fire and ice its one hundred thirty volcanoes and hot geysers of shape icelands national identity. Its not the kind of just i think the whole nation is like that we all love their options. Its not their church i mean sometimes it can be many of us can be life threatening but we have been classed the past decades we only have it kind of. It was created. Thousands of years ago. He says hes always on the hunt for the next. Another way to do it or wish. Youd never its never done. Ragnar sigurdsson remains true to his favorite subject the next volcanic eruption of ice land is sure to come possibly with just a few minutes notice. Well its already an old tradition in north america of course where people love to brighten their homes for the Festive Season with all manner of lights and sparkling Christmas Decorations and meanwhile here in germany the custom has also caught on but one house in particular in color in the state of lower saxony has shown its way to fame as the biggest christmas light extravaganza in the country and so we visited roll folks to see how and why he does it why. Our board. Its not just tiny tots whose eyes are all aglow when big and small gather on the first weekend of the advent season to watch the lights go on. Five hundred thirty thousand of them in germanys biggest christmas light display on a private house and thats a record. Was for your just overwhelmed by all the lights as it could no way i could do that really through a d. V. D. I have problems just getting one string of lights up its fantastic like. The man who attracts christmas mummers to calm lower saxony every year is well fucked. The pensioner who loves his company. Will always just jump for joy when it all comes together i its that week of happiness especially when it gives people joy and they go oh. I think thats the best part of it the worst thing that can happen is if it starts raining and. Then i flip the switch on the remote negotiate because you know then of course the people all go. Luckily that rarely happens months of work have gone into the extraordinary christmas display. Close wife no mean supports his passion for christmas lights. Or shes in charge of the decorations in the house she decides how it gets done their work and the whole of. The if this passion gives him a lots of energy and happiness. Well for designs every aspect of his christmas night extravaganza himself it all started in one thousand nine hundred nine when the couple visited their son in the United States houses all around were covered with lights. On whole never seen anything like it in every aisle it was more beautiful than the last the front yards had moving reindeer and santa claus on them and we said lets do this at all im just for us. Every year it got to be a little more but she never thought it would take on these dimensions. The yuletide spectacle now involves a massive amount of effort and expense to have it ready in time the seventy year old retiree has to begin stringing the four point three kilometers of cords in the summer. With this winter predicted to be a wet one hes had a special high voltage line put in. The movie by a blow dryer at least once a week with a. Guy that he doesnt have any other hobby hes put his heart in as it has and i let him know. Some people never had a childhood so they have to make up for it some time. He estimates that he spent around one hundred fifty thousand euros on the decorations so far the folks have to pay some three thousand. Just for the extra electricity they use in december a little private Christmas Market helps to pay for it over the uni duns the xian though is that he needs it and i hope this year well see even more shining faces thats the whole point of doing this does this in dads ahead. And he gets the money. They have up to five hundred spectators every weekend his wife sells mulled wine and sausages while both checks the lights to make sure theyre all working and he keeps coming up with new ideas that come as long as my wife joins in and i just cant stop. Their leg and well keep doing this as long as were able we really enjoy it yeah its not just to make me happy but above all the people who come here on a produce or. A couple have been married for forty two years now for seventeen of them theyve been lighting up the holiday season. And all that brilliant note thats all for this edition of our highlights so until we meet again all the best from us here in berlin and happy holidays. Creative metropolis. The sound is to the sound of music. Ok welcome to britain today is a collection of some of my favorite episodes which we filmed. Trophies to d. W. The bits covered by accident represent a quantum leap in astronomy gravitational waves. Scientists want to use them to study invisible celestial bodies sounds crazy. But astronomers think this could help them solve some of the biggest mysteries of the u. S. Tomorrow today thirty minutes long. Enter the conflict zone confronting the powerful every challenging goes on. 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