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The Buchstabenmuseum Berlin is closing
- weinzierl 1y agoSad to hear. Berlin is a modern typography hub, the influence Spiekermann has in the DACH region and maybe even beyond is hard to overestimate. Apart from that if you come to Berlin and you are the kind of person that would have liked the Buchstabenmuseum you should try to get an opportunity to visit the crashed space station. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-base https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-base
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- pluc 1y agoBerlin is an open air museum for typography
- MomsAVoxell 1y agoAs is Vienna. Definitely a typographers dream.
- croisillon 1y agohttps://www.stadtschrift.at https://www.stadtschrift.at
- MomsAVoxell 1y agoDelightful!
- kcaseg 1y agoProbably the money gambled away on slop AI startups in a single week could sustain thousands of museums like this for decades
- aetherson 1y agoMoney spent on startups isn't charity, you do it in the expectation of (in aggregate) profit -- so it's not rivalrous with charities. People who might support museums earn money on investments that they can then use for charities. If you believe that you are better at picking winners (slop startups vs non-slop startups) than the rest of the investment world, then that's a valuable skill that you could use to earn a lot of money that you could then use to support museums if you choose.
- idiotsecant 1y agoIt's a deeply capitalist perspective to respond to a criticism of the excesses and inefficiency of wild, unfounded capital speculation with 'Well if you so smart, why ain't you rich?!?'
- aetherson 1y agoIt's a deeply non-capitalist perspective to demand that everyone respond to dumb posts with sentiment instead of analysis.
- ribasushi 1y ago> a deeply non-capitalist perspective This seems to have been said as if it is a bad thing. Is it, or did I misread what you meant?
- pessimizer 1y agoIt turns out they were being triggered by sentiment to respond with more sentiment, but they think their sentiment is "analysis."
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- flohofwoe 1y agoYou could just have posted a Wikipedia link instead of AI slop ;)
- mnot 1y agoOh no! We were just there a couple of months ago. I hope they find a good home for their collection.
- hentrep 1y agoThis is a bummer - headed to Berlin for the first time in a few weeks and hoped to visit. Any recommendations for similarly geek-oriented side trips in Berlin?
- bhaak 1y agoThe Computerspielemuseum is worth a visit. https://www.computerspielemuseum.de/ https://www.computerspielemuseum.de/
- nanoxide 1y agoTechnikmuseum [0] has many different technology-related exhibitions. And the Spectrum (separate building) has a lot of physics- and science experiments you can actively try out. Loved it as a kid. [0] https://technikmuseum.berlin/en/ https://technikmuseum.berlin/en/
- askl 1y agoNot sure if it counts as geek-oriented but take a look at the guided tours by Berliner Unterwelten [1]. They are really good. (Tours in English are available) [1] https://www.berliner-unterwelten.de/en/index.html https://www.berliner-unterwelten.de/en/index.html
- lysace 1y agohttps://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchstabenmuseum https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchstabenmuseum It opened in 2016. This post is likely the most attention it has ever received.
- phillipharris 1y agoIt opened in 2005 and moved in 2016
- lysace 1y agoSorry. I blame wikipedia's fact box. ;)
- Symbiote 1y agoIn a similar vein there's the Neon Museum in Warsaw. https://www.neonmuzeum.org/english https://www.neonmuzeum.org/english
- tethys 1y agoAs for why they are closing: > Fixed costs and a lack of financial support are forcing us to take this step. In addition, the general cultural situation in Berlin is very precarious. It was a very difficult decision for us. Via Deepl, original here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DLuAW5DIANV/ https://www.instagram.com/p/DLuAW5DIANV/
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- ajkjk 1y agoWhat cultural situation are they referring to?
- trenchpilgrim 1y agoI believe they mean "funding for culture," i.e. public grants for museums.
- vishnugupta 1y ago> cultural situation in Berlin is very precarious Can someone please elaborate this for someone who is absolutely clueless about Berlin?
- ido 1y agoMunicipal/state government cutting budgets.
- worldsayshi 1y agoPartial explanation: Gentrification + increased costs because of inflation is my understanding. Berlin has been relatively underpopulated ever since WW2 which seems to have contributed to a de-gentrified situation which allowed an unique culture to grow. But time's are changing. Look at this pop graph: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_population_statistics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_population_statistics Still hasn't caught up with the peak in the 1930:s.
- not--felix 1y agoIt's sad. I did not know this exists, where do people find locations like this?
- macinjosh 1y agoWhy do they need a museum dedicated to back stabbing?
- SZJX 1y agoGood that I saw this post on its last day of opening. Gonna pay a visit today. Typography is fascinating. Thanks for sharing.
- mgirkins 1y agoThank you for posting this! I just spent a very enjoyable hour there and I’m sad others won’t be able to do the same in future. They appear to work with many institutions in a consultancy capacity so I hope that this will still continue in future even though the museum itself has to close.