Jan 29

Jan 29 5th INTERVENTION by REFERENCE STUDIOS

Reference Studios returns with INTERVENTION V, the fifth edition of its fashion and culture platform, taking over Kraftwerk Berlin on February 2nd during Berlin Fashion Week. Founded and directed by Mumi Haiati, the one-day festival brings together runway presentations, conversations, and listening formats inside a former power station that now functions as a site for transdisciplinary cultural production.

The program opens with the first collaboration between Reference Studios and TED. Held at GLOBUS within Kraftwerk, these salon-scale conversations mark TED's inaugural move into fashion and design programming. The partnership signals a wider opening in how culture platforms frame creative practice.

Runway shows take place throughout February 2nd across two floors, featuring collections from BUZIGAHILL, Kenneth Ize, DAGGER, JOHN LAWRENCE SULLIVAN, and GmbH. Presented consecutively, the lineup gives form to independent voices working outside traditional industry structures, with designers whose formal languages reflect global rather than purely European references.

Running parallel to the main event, a four-day pop-up conceived by LIVE FROM EARTH opens on January 30th at Potsdamer Straße 100. The Doofer Street Market functions as exhibition, gathering point, and performance venue, extending INTERVENTION into the city as an accessible cultural encounter rather than an industry-only affair.

Sound becomes its own program strand on February 2nd, when GLOBUS hosts a Listening Lounge from midday to evening. Curated by LIVE FROM EARTH, the program brings together artists and selectors from Berlin's music landscape, positioning sound as a parallel interface to the runway and tracing how music scenes and fashion practice inform each other across geographies.

"INTERVENTION creates proximity between disciplines, geographies, and cultures that rarely share space," Haiati explains. "It reflects how culture actually moves today: fluid, interconnected, and shaped by globalism rather than geography. Our focus remains on amplifying voices and creative realities beyond the established European capitals, recognizing the cultural value already produced across different parts of the world."