Cupcake {Berlin}
How sweet it is! I have to introduce you to Cupcake in Berlin, I hope that if you're ever there you'll seek it out and support this small business because though it may have nothing to do with shopping for interior products, cupcakes are quite delicious to eat and this shop makes a great resting place while you're out and about. Plus Cupcake is darling inside and no one likes breaking in well designed places more than me. Okay, you too. :)
And Berlin isn't America - a cupcake is a hard little delight to find in northern Germany, you just can't find them dotted around there as you can here. They aren't in bakeries, or grocery stores, and they don't have dedicated little cupcake shops all over as some American cities do - until now. That's what makes this shop in Berlin so very sweet - they're truly unique as they are Berlin's first! I asked the owners, American Dawn Nelson and her boyfriend Daniel Baderif (who runs his record label out of the office in the shop) if they could send over some photos for your enjoyment, so here's a peek into a very tasty place. Cupcake is located in the heart of Friedrichshain, a short stroll away from the last remaining section of the Berlin Wall.
In regards to the design of the shop, Dawn said that they started out with "All these ideas for the decor. first it was vintage 50's funiture, then streamlined 70's, and then finally this is what we came up with". They wanted something minimal, clean and fresh with the focus on the cupcakes, so this is the result. I think it reminds me of a cupcake shop Audrey Hepburn would have rested her tired feet after a day of shopping at Tiffany's. If Tiffany's were in Stockholm. It really reminds me of a Swedish bakery for some reason with a touch of classic Hollywood. And the light fixtures are 2 Die 4, aren't they?
If you'd like to know more about Dawn and her background, click here to read a great interview that I Heart Berlin had with her - it's in English - and there's a video as well. It was there that I learned Katie Holmes frequented Cupcake while she was with Tom Cruise in Berlin filming. Too cute.
(images from cupcake)