punkt&komma

punkt&komma occupies the second floor, where large windows pull in daylight and open a view onto the street. Lilac, yellow, orange and pink run through the furniture, the ceramics and the poster art. No shop here had gathered that much colour this close together before. The whole floor sits indoors, and nearly every corner hands you a picture worth taking.

Marion Baur worked as a career counselor, asking students daily where their interests and strengths lay, until she took her own advice. She opened this shop for interiors, lifestyle and living, and chooses every piece herself. Most of it comes from small German labels she finds through Instagram. Victor Foxtrot from Hamburg, Blockbau Design from Mannheim, La Dolce Vulva from Berlin: she picks each one for the story behind it. Baur means it as a counterweight to the daily bad news, a room where colour lifts the mood and opinions stay welcome.

Humour sits out in the open here, sometimes with an edge. Kevin Weiss, creative director of the joinery that built the entire interior, designed the chairs with a heart on the back. He also made the notorious Arschgesicht mirror, and yes, that is really its name. This room expressly allows you to study your own face, so look in as long as you like.