showing how graphic artists could find creative freedom within an oppressive system as an addict a tool for me it was a dictatorship and i was constantly exasperated by it out of an it ultimately it didn't affect my work so strongly that i felt uncomfortable in my work. there i was france. but the berlin wall and forced tight restrictions on east germans freedom of movement freedom of expression was also limited by the state with its sensors and spies. that all changed on november 9th 1989 penfold heard that the border to west berlin was open at the bornholmer bridge he and his wife were among the thousands of east berlin those who flocked there across over. on the other side west berliners came to welcome the. architect christiane coonan who was among them 30 years later the 2 men still remember that fateful night when we met and i asked if you'd like to come to the 1st shopping. out of