Berlin - image: Tim Roeloffs

The Brandenburg Gate, the most famous landmark of Berlin and Germany, stood on the border between East and West Berlin during the division of Berlin. Therefore, the structure became the symbol of the conflict between NATO and the Warsaw Pact and since 1990, after the political turnaround in Germany, the symbol of the reunification of Germany and Europe.

People can’t live without other people. We are with each other, we observe each other, we love each other and we hate each other. That’s why ohoh.store is paying homage to people by offering twelve postcards featuring images of people at the very affordable price of €0.60.

From newspapers and magazines, Tim Roeloffs cuts and slices pictures and glues them together into a collage, in which a new, fantastic world emerges. After working as a tennis instructor, Tim Roeloffs settled in Berlin in 1992 and joined the artists' initiative Tacheles. After art and culture house Tacheles closed in 2012, Tim has worked in various workshops in Berlin and his work is available at various galleries. Currently, Tim creates his work in a workshop/shop in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg.

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The ohoh.store has a category dedicated to the Berlin TV Tower. You can find all postcards featuring the Berlin TV Tower or showing the Berlin TV Tower in this category. You can already see nine of the fifty-three TV Tower designs here.

The Berliner Fernsehturm, built from 1965 to 1969, was built for practical and propaganda reasons. Because the former GDR was not recognized by many countries, the GDR was only allocated limited frequency waves for television broadcasts in 1952. Within this frequency range, it was not possible to provide interference-free television broadcasts in the Berlin urban area with small channels. This required a powerful transmitter at a high position. After preparations to build the television tower in Friedrichshain, the construction project was halted in 1962 due to budget cuts. After research, Friedrichshain turned out to be the ideal location for the television tower. This research also highlighted the prestige aspect of such a tall structure. That is why on September 22, 1964 the government of the GDR, led by Walter Ulbricht, decided to build the television tower next to Alexanderplatz station.

The spherical shape of the top of the tower was chosen because the tower has the same recognizable shape from all sides. The architecture of the Berliner Fernsehturm is inspired by the Sputnik satellite of the former Soviet Union. The simple basic shape was an easily recognizable symbol for the GDR and, after the fall of the wall, the entire city of Berlin. The ohoh.store and many artists who represent the ohoh.store love the Berliner Fernsehturm and can no longer live without it and its space design forms. The Fernsehturm will likely be the first building to safely land on Mars and return to Earth.

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Rote und Grüne Ampelmann - images: Time Roeloffs

The Ampelmann is a beloved symbol of the former GDR. The Ampelmann was created by traffic psychologist Karl Peglau and introduced in Berlin in October 1961. The figure achieved such popularity that in the early 1980s the Ampelmann became part of road safety education for children.

After the unification of East and West Germany, the East German ampelmann disappeared because the same traffic lights should be used throughout the country. After several campaigns to preserve the East German Ampelmann, it was reinstated. Today, pedestrian traffic lights with East German Ampelmänner can again be found everywhere in the streetscape of Berlin and other East German cities.

From newspapers and magazines, Tim Roeloffs cuts and slices pictures and glues them together into a collage, in which a new, fantastic world emerges. After working as a tennis instructor, Tim Roeloffs settled in Berlin in 1992 and joined the artists' initiative Tacheles. After art and culture house Tacheles closed in 2012, Tim has worked in various workshops in Berlin and his work is available at various galleries. Currently, Tim creates his work in a workshop/shop in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg.

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Long time no #thatTowerAgain
#nightSky #blueHour

Schluck du Luder! - image Nadja Schüller-Ost

Do you ever notice that, despite long conversations or lots of writing, your message doesn't get across? Try sending a postcard. It takes very little effort, but it brings great enlightenment.

Nadja Schüller-Ost uses vibrant colours and powerful lines to tell stories about and from animals, mythological figures, plants, fruits and people. Stories that blur the line between good and evil. Stories that do not always show the most elegant characteristics of her subjects.

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Yesterday #Berlin #Sunrise #TVTower #Fernsehturm #ThatTowerAgain

Mitte Classic. 😄


[Black and white photo of the Berlin TV tower behind a residential building, extras: the moon and a cable.]


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That tower again from different positions in the city. Never gets boring #Berlin #TVTower #Fernsehturm #thattoweragain #telespargel

Very clear sky today. Walk up the Mont Klamott #Berlin #ThatTowerAgain #Fernsehturm #Telespargel