Modulor

A fantastic shop on Geneisau Strasse in Berlin that sells model-making materials. Its not a huge shop, though the things it sells are pretty small too of course. I recoginsed the types of materials on sale from models I have seen already and realised that in some way, the supplier is a factor in shaping the look (and emotion) of a model, through the range they have on offer. This is especially the case with people, who come in white plastic, silver metal, or painted colourful plastic. Though strangely, these always depict white middle class people, and everyone is smiling. No fat people, no women in burkhas, no one made of wood, no-one crying, puking, angry, fighting or wandering despondently. I wondered whether a more reduced / abstract approach might be used ever, like with the simple trees on the Berlin Stadt Modell - maybe matchsticks, pins, skittles...

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