Berlin’s Nightlife Inspires New Nike Air Max 180
At the end of the 1980s, the fall of the Berlin Wall unified Germany. A year later, the city regained status as the nation’s political capital. Simultaneously, its status as a cultural center was blossoming. Artists, designers and more flocked to Berlin, and with them, one of the world’s leading electronic music and club scenes thrived. The hard-hitting 12” records of the '90s remain in faithful rotation by the city’s DJs today, as do elements of the unique aesthetic that developed alongside the sounds. "Berlin has always been a very liberal place, or even something like a fantasy land. West Berlin felt like an enclave until the wall came down, like a place with its own rules. And after the wall came down, the means of freedom in both parts of the city translated into a creative anything goes mentality. A perfect breeding ground for subcultures, with Techno being one of the most important and steady ones," share members of Berlin's Keinemusik collective. Th...