Berlin-based visual communications agency flora&faunavisions pitches convincingly and lands much contested TUI Cruises job

Leigh Haas and her flora&faunavisions team are happy to announce that at the beginning of this year they have won the pitch for an exciting new project: in line with a new cruise concept developed by recently formed cruise company TUI Cruises, flora&faunavisions is designing the video content that is to be used on the show stages of TUI Cruises’ new four star plus cruise liner which goes by the name “Mein Schiff”. The ship’s christening is scheduled for May 15th, 2009.

Aboard “Mein Schiff” flora&faunavisions in co-operation with TUI Cruises Entertainment & Stage Productions will supply a varied selection of video projections that is set to elate the luxury liner’s future voyagers.

To insiders the decision pro flora&faunavisions is hardly surprising, since the company is widely considered as the place to go when it comes to any sort of visual design. Image trailers, motion graphics and interactive 3D installations are key traits amongst flora&faunavisions‘ capacities.

Are you interested in digital composing and retouching? Want to learn from one of the best? Here is your chance! Uli Staiger will be doing a workshop at Delight Studios

Uli Staiger is a photographer and author. Although he originally specialised in stills, he has been focusing on digital composing for more than twelve years now. Staigers works, based mainly on photoshop, have won many awards and been published in numeous magazines and books. His almost surreal pictures are created in his studio “DIE LICHT GESTALTEN”. His clients include various publishing houses and several international advertising agencies.


After a presentation lasting around 30 minutes, during which you learn a lot about preparing for the actual translation of motives using Adobe Photoshop, the crative part of the workshop starts: Based on a few pictures, you will construct a spectacular composition, at the same time learning numerous tricks and gaining insights that you can use for your own works.

Workshop: Saturday, 18 April 2009 / 10:00H Venue: DELIGHT RENTAL STUDIOS
Part 1: 10.00 – 14.00H / Part 2: 15.00 – 19.00H (lunch with drinks is available between
part 1 and 2)
Price: € 175.00 (incl. 19% VAT). |

Registration: workshop@delight-rent.com

Women models Jamie Bochert, Hannelore Knuts & Christina Kruse will appear in an editorial in next month’s W Magazine. The editorial that will spread over ten pages in W Magazine’s April ’09 Issue was shot by photographers Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin at Pier 59 Studios in New York, on December 11 & 12, 2008. Camilla Nickerson was the stylist in charge.

Just take a look at the amazing outcome…

Jan Welters photographed Kasia Struss for German Vogue on February 5, 2009 at Studios Daylight in Paris. It´s all about summer!!!

German Vogue Editorial
Model: Kasia Struss
Photographer: Jan Welters
Stylist: Lynn Schmidt
Location: Studios Daylight, Studio #2
30, Rue Moret
F-75011 Paris

Be young… be beautiful… and be carefree in America. The only true state of being.

Tyler Riggs and Callum Turner for British GQ Magazin

Photos: Guzman
Styling: Jo Levin

Red Model Management , New York

Elite’s Lydia Hearst plays Stella in Director Steve Clark’s newest project, The Last International Playboy. The film went to Sundance this year and will hit the screens on May 29, 2009 – be sure to check it out!