Writers & Thinkers

Episode 14: Lukas Hoffmann // Digital and analogue Arriving in a Notebook
Episode 14: Lukas Hoffmann // Digital and analogue Arriving in a Notebook
Lukas Hoffmann created an app centred on reading. Through his reading circles, people come together to read in silence – free from distractions and screens. A conversation about writing by... Read more...
Episode 13: Ju Schnee // Painting and sculpture It curls!
Episode 13: Ju Schnee // Painting and sculpture It curls!
When Ju Schnee stops thinking, something remarkable happens: forms begin to emerge. It’s been this way all her life. Pen, paper and notebook are never far from reach. Welcome to... Read more...
Episode 12: Daniel Donskoy // Music and literature A notebook for every art form
Episode 12: Daniel Donskoy // Music and literature A notebook for every art form
Daniel Donskoy moves effortlessly between music, acting and literature. Notebooks are where his melodies first take shape, characters begin to breathe and fleeting thoughts find a place to land Read more...
Episode 11: Steffen Mumm // Art and productivity Creative paper chase
Episode 11: Steffen Mumm // Art and productivity Creative paper chase
Steffen Mumm is an artist. He works with canvases, spray cans and printing plates. He makes signet rings, socks and silk cloths; he loves Bullet Journals, sketchbooks and notebooks. He... Read more...
Episode 10: Lisa Morgenstern // Music and film Composing with pen and paper
Episode 10: Lisa Morgenstern // Music and film Composing with pen and paper
Lisa Morgenstern is a pianist, singer and composer. She writes soundtracks for successful television series and creates complex worlds of sound. She uses pen and paper to capture many of... Read more...
Episode 9: Neil Gower // Illustration and Typography The pleasure of putting pen to paper
Episode 9: Neil Gower // Illustration and Typography The pleasure of putting pen to paper
Neil Gower is an internationally acclaimed illustrator of books and maps. He started drawing at the age of eight and hasn’t stopped since Read more...
Episode 8: Leonie Barth // Fashion and design Drafting by hand
Episode 8: Leonie Barth // Fashion and design Drafting by hand
Leonie Barth is a sought-after designer of bags and shoes. She uses pencil and paper to keep track of her ideas, which pour from her by the hundred Read more...
Episode 7: Alexa Hennig von Lange // Literature and history Write down to let go
Episode 7: Alexa Hennig von Lange // Literature and history Write down to let go
Alexa Hennig von Lange comes from a family of chroniclers. Her grandmother dictated her life story onto tapes. Her grandfather kept diaries. The author also writes everything important in notebooks... Read more...
Episode 6: Martin Janner // Forestry and economy The tree writer
Episode 6: Martin Janner // Forestry and economy The tree writer
Martin Janner is a forester. For his work, he needs a sharp memory, imagination and vision. He must know the history of his forests in order to secure their future.... Read more...
Episode 5: Sarah Winkelmann // Expedition and adventure Extreme hiker
Episode 5: Sarah Winkelmann // Expedition and adventure Extreme hiker
Sarah Winkelmann is 28 and pursues an extreme hobby: Arctic expeditions. She and ten other participants crossed the icy wastes of Greenland in 28 days. On every one of those... Read more...
Episode 4: Martin Lotze // Neuroscience Symphony of Synapses
Episode 4: Martin Lotze // Neuroscience Symphony of Synapses
Martin Lotze is a neuroscientist who has put people in MRI scanners and watched their brains write. What did he observe? He explains what he has found out in his... Read more...
Episode 3: Anna Kuen // Art and Creativity On Clarity of Line
Episode 3: Anna Kuen // Art and Creativity On Clarity of Line
Anna Kuen is a visual artist, model and DJ. A life without notebooks is unimaginable for her. She needs pen and paper to process her ideas – and to rid... Read more...
Episode 2: Norman Ohler // Literature and non-fiction Pen, Hand, Paper
Episode 2: Norman Ohler // Literature and non-fiction Pen, Hand, Paper
Norman Ohler’s book Blitzed, which explores drug use in the military of the Third Reich, was an instant international bestseller. His latest book, Tripped, chronicles the history of LSD. Many of his... Read more...
Episode 1: Gesa Hansen // Design and creativity Writing and Drawing Jogs My Intuition
Episode 1: Gesa Hansen // Design and creativity Writing and Drawing Jogs My Intuition
There is probably not a single place in Gesa Hansen’s vicinity without a notebook lying around, waiting to be filled with her countless ideas. The globally sought-after furniture and interior... Read more...