The Wasted Hour Podcast

Spyros Rennt started out studying electrical and computer engineering. Now, he is a photographer based in Berlin and already released his second book titled 'Portraits'. ‘I just took a different path to get where I’m now’, Spyros says.In today's episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast, Martin visited Sypros on a sunny day in Berlin; they talk about Sypros' life in Berlin and his favorite places in the city and the liberation it offers. Especially how Berlin and his life in Neukölln differs from his childhood spend in Athens, at a time where gay pride and queerness was not celebrated like it is today.Discover insights about the working process of the photographer, his way of selecting images and upcoming projects. Listen in on Martin’s and Sypros conversation about film photography, the journey of becoming an artist and night-life experiences.Buy Spyros' Book ‘Lust Surrender' here.About The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

Marlene Sørensen is a woman of many talents: The Berlin-based free-lance journalist is not only published in magazines like Süddeutsche Zeitung, Myself, Glamour and ZEIT ONLINE, but is ,due to her interest and knowledge in fashion, part of the founding team of the German Harper’s Bazaar. In November last year, she published her third book "Und jetzt? - Fragen an das Leben mit 40. Antworten für immer".In today's episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast, Martin visited Marlene on a sunny spring day; they talk about Marlene’s path of life, from studying journalism in London to moving back to Germany and becoming a free-lance journalist and author. Discover insights about the working process of the author and her source of inspiration, her doubts and fears. Listen in on Martin’s and Marlene’s discussion on the relevance of fashion journalism in Germany and the relevance of social media. [German]Buy Marlene's latest book here:  Rowohlt. About The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

During Paris Fashion, Martin visited the showroom of the plant-based footwear brand Virón, to sit down with co-founder Julian Romer. Together with Mats Rombaut, Julian founded the Paris based brand in August 2020, during full lockdown. In this episode, Julian and Martin discuss how they both got into fashion trough sneaker culture and how they now value independent and artisanal fashion brands and designer. Learn about Virón’s approach to sustainability and their way of educating their costumers, their core values and the philosphy of their material sourcing. Martin and Julian also chat about Techno and Rave culture, and how the values of Techno align with Virón’s.Buy Virón at The Wasted Hour: https://t1p.de/lcwup About The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

During Paris Fashion Week, our creative director Martin sat down with Sigurd Bank – founder of the Danish brand mfpen. In this episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast, Sigurd tells Martin how his passion for graffiti and streetwear brought him to fashion. From starting out as a fashion buyer to his position as a product manger, his experience in the fashion industry led him to founding the menswear label mfpen. Discover insights about the working methods of mfpen, their production values, sourcing and how designers like Maison Margiela have shaped the way the brand is working. Listen in on Martin’s and Sigurds's discussion about 90s metal music, their journey of discovering their favourite bands in their teens and the feeling that comes with listening to those song in their adulthood.Shop mfpen at The Wasted Hour:https://www.thewastedhour.com/collections/mfpenAbout The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

On a sunny day in Copenhagen, our creative director Martin sat down with Saif Bakir – one half of the designer duo behind CMMN SWDN. He launched the Swedish fashion label together with his wife Emma Bakir Hedlund in 2012. In this episode, Saif tells Martin how his family and MTV brought him to fashion and how he first met Emma when they were studying fashion at Central Saint Martins and London College of Fashion. He also reminisces about his experience of working for COS and Kanye West in Paris and compares the fashion and cultural scenes in Malmö and London. Listen in on Martin’s and Saif’s discussion about 90s hip hop music and get some valuable pieces of advice for making a career in fashion and about life in general.Things we talked about in this epiode:  Hussein Chalayan’s Airmail Dress:https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/626150Missy Elliott’s debut album Supa Dupa Fly (1997): https://open.spotify.com/album/6UkdyvPElK6JDkyeRClbI2Kanye West’s Dw collection (2011):https://www.vogue.com/fashion-shows/spring-2012-ready-to-wear/kanye-westShop CMMN SWDN at The Wasted Hour: https://t1p.de/dg6ia About The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

For the latest episode, Martin has a chat with Zoe Latta of Eckhaus Latta. Together with Mike Eckhaus, Zoe launched the American fashion label that captivates with its gender-fluid designs and diverse cast of models in 2011. On the podcast Zoe and Martin discuss vintage shopping and how she and Mike connected over their experimental way of dressing while studying at Rhode Island School of Design. Learn what Zoe considers the most valuable insight she gained from studying textile design, and don’t miss the story of her and Mike’s long-lost Etsy shop. Martin and Zoe also chat about Eckhaus Latta’s approach to sustainability, its gender-neutral pieces, and the challenges and advantages of working bi-coastally.Shop Eckhaus Latta at The Wasted Hour:https://t1p.de/qyfbyAbout The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

For this special episode, Martin leaves the interviewer’s chair to Linda – founder of Ain’t No Trash and his partner in crime at their pop-up store in Hamburg. She asks Martin everything you always wanted to know about the founder and creative director of The Wasted Hour. Learn more about how he went from studying law to starting a fashion store and magazine, why Acne Studios holds a special place in his heart, and the huge influence that music has on The Wasted Hour. They also discuss the importance of the stories behind the carefully selected pieces, having personal relationships with the brands, and why Martin wanted to open a store outside the digital world. [German]About The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

Today, our creative director Martin is joined by Linda Käckermann, founder of the vintage design studio Ain’t No Trash. The two have known each other for quite some time and joined forces earlier this year to open their store Ain’t No Wasted Hour – combining fashion and furniture. So, they set out to tell each other and you more about themselves, and this episode is all about Linda. They chat about her first vintage furniture piece, how she started Ain’t No Trash in a spare room in her own home, and her studio in Hamburg Niendorf. Listen in on Martin’s and Linda’s conversation about starting your own business, their memorable first encounter, and the story of a very special glass table. [German]More from Ain't No Trash:Instagram: https://t1p.de/smp4bWebsite: https://t1p.de/gr4dwAbout The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

Katja Ruge is a woman of many talents: The Hamburg-based photographer not only takes intense & intimate portraits of artists but also makes music herself. In today's episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast, Martin and Katja chat about how the club Front in Hamburg introduced her to the night life, how she got into photography and about the time she met Take That in Manchester. They also discuss what Katja is currently working on:  the Fe:Male Rap Project. [German]More of Katja Ruge: Instagram: https://t1p.de/0l3uAbout The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

The Australian designer duo Kiel Rogers and Rhys Scott have created a culture around their label, which is founded on music. GARBAGEtv is well-known for their avant-garde and DIY aesthetic.To introduce you to the label, Martin had a chat with Kiel in this episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast. They talked about internships with Comme des Garcons, Jeremy Scott, and Walter Van Beirendonck as well as the beginnings of GARBAGEtv. Kiel tells Martin why he had to delete his AirBnB account following the label's first time at Paris Fashion Week, music and illegal raves, and, of course, fashion.Buy GarbageTV at The Wasted Hour:  https://t1p.de/3ascAbout The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

Fiona O’Neill first got into fashion by making a Halloween costume when she was 12. With her self-named label, the Irish designer approaches fashion from an art perspective, and her fascinating prints caught Martin’s eye. In this episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast, Martin and Fiona chat about using Instagram filters to create patterns, eco-friendly fashion, how she initially didn’t want to go to Central Saint Martins but ended up loving it there, and her first customer Björk. They discuss her brand’s future, which includes more printing, more sustainability, and more Ireland. Martin and Fiona also find out that they’re both dreaming of a house on a remote island somewhere in Norway.Buy Fiona O'Neill at The Wasted Hour:  https://t1p.de/l2r5wAbout The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

When a friend gave her a pocket synthesizer, Ela Minus knew that she finally found what she had been looking for. She swapped studying coding at Berkeley for making electronic music. Now, the Columbian-born musician, producer, and artist has turned her passion for experimenting with synthesizers into an album: Acts of Rebellion. In this episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast, Martin and Ela talk about the creation of this record as well as their shared love of Radiohead and dislike for maths in school. They also discuss how Ela’s taste in music has changed, how her style has evolved accordingly and how some music hits different as a teenager.Ela Minus’ new album Acts of Rebellion is out now. More of Ela Minus: Instagram: https://t1p.de/961w About The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

For the latest episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast I talked with Lou Hayter, the London-based musician, DJ and musical director. We talked about her favourite Madonna song, her time as a keyboarder for the New Young Pony Club, the Tomorrow’s World album with Air’s JB Dunckel, her stage fright, the difference between DJing at clubs or at fashion shows and of course her new music. Thank you, Lou, for being part of The Wasted Hour. - MartinCheck out her latest singles Private Sunshine and My Baby Just Cares For Me.About The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

When I started law school in 2010 and landed my first job at a men’s outfitter, I browsed through street style photography for inspiration. Through Tommy Ton’s blog Jak & Jil I came across Milan Vukmirovic and his magazine Fashion For Men. Since I felt like men’s fashion was often treated as second class, this magazine was a complete revelation to me. Until today, I have almost every issue.So, I’m very happy to have Milan on The Wasted Hour Podcast and to share our conversation from September with you. We talked about the last fashion piece he bought, the legendary Paris concept store Colette, working as a designer at Gucci and Jil Sander, shooting his first photos under a fake name and, of course, Fashion For Men.- Martin  Buy Fashion For Men X  at The Wasted Hour:  https://t1p.de/htcy7About The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

For years I always wanted to shoot pictures, but never got to the point of buying a camera and starting to do so.That changed around 2011 - 2012 when I discovered photographs on Instagram that looked exactly like the ideal that I had always wanted to capture. The photos were shot by Tag Christof. His transported mood, the colours and the compositions triggered something in me: The urge to create something. After his VIEW series in January I’m honoured to have him on The Wasted Hour Podcast.We talked about his first post on Instagram, industrial design, the moment he realized he wanted to be an architect, his road trips through America and of course photography.“ - Martin Visit Tag’s VIEW series in our magazine: https://t1p.de/j4njAbout The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

Simon Lextrait and his eponymous label are deeply connected to nature. Since he was a child Simon has been interested in archaeology and anthropology, and after studying fashion design in Geneva & Amsterdam found a way to express his inspirations. With the launch of Simon Lextrait at The Wasted Hour we had a conversation about growing up in the South of France, why telling a story with a collection is important, the Japanese flower pounding technique known as Tataki Zome and much more. - Martin Shop Simon Lextrait at The Wasted Hour:  https://t1p.de/6c0qxAbout The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

Phoebe English founded her label in 2011. The brand's dual roots of sustainability and craftsmanship are crucial to each collection, and Phoebe has actively pursued change within the fashion world in order to improve sustainability within the industry.Certified materials that are free from harmful chemicals, the repurposing of deadstock fabrics, recyclable, biodegradable or home compostable packaging, buttons made from palm nuts and milk protein to avoid unnecessary plastic or natural dyes are just a few examples of how her pieces are produced. With the launch of her Nothing New collection at The Wasted Hour (a collection made entirely from reclaimed materials sourced from designers and studios across London) we talked about her favourite actress, her creative family, her first internship with a couturier in Paris, her studies at Central Saint Martins, how she founded her label in 2011, her commitment to sustainability and much more. - Martin Hufnagel Shop Phoebe English at The Wasted Hour: https://t1p.de/tjycmAbout The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

Sustainability has become an omnipresent word in fashion. It can be a word that’s open to interpretation, but it’s safe to say that Bethany Williams, a fashion designer based in London, takes it to the next level. Not only does she support various charitable causes each season, donating a percentage of her profits, but Bethany and her team are also working together with charity services to develop new materials and fabrics. When we first met in Paris in January, I was amazed not only by the beautiful collection, but also by the stories behind each garment. Recycled toy waste, old bell tents and recycled blankets have been given a new purpose. For the launch of Bethany‘s AW20 collection at The Wasted Hour and our second podcast season, we talked about her background, how she was laughed at when she first presented her ideas, her first collaboration with Tesco (a multinational grocery and general merchandise retailer),  how she’s doing her research for social causes, her upcoming projects with Adidas and much more- Martin Hufnagel Shop Bethany Williams at The Wasted Hour: https://t1p.de/s0tb9About The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

Jun Li is - without a doubt - one of the most promising new designers. Hailing from Shanghai, China he fuses his experience, craftsmanship and inspirations to form beautiful collections.For this episode of The Wasted Hour Podcast, Jun met with our editor in-chief Martin in January during Paris Fashion Week, to talk about how his cousin got him into fashion, studying in Shanghai and later in London, why Jun doesn’t like to do interviews, the difference between womenswear and menswear, and his latest projects. Shop Jun Li’s collection at The Wasted Hour : https://t1p.de/vvwabAbout The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa

The guy who does everything! Actor, rapper, model, entertainer. “I can do everything, I don’t mean to be cocky, but I just can!”Booz can…and does…do everything. In this interview our editor in-chief Martin talks with Booz about his goals and how to reach them, the difficulties of being in the industry, Skylines, his idol Will Smith and his favorite spots in his hometown Hamburg.  About The Wasted Hour: Concept store & magazine, based in Hamburg/ Germany. Special, selected & sustainable. Visit us: Website: https://t1p.de/8jtlInstagram: https://t1p.de/ztskCredits: Interview: Martin Hufnagel - https://t1p.de/p094 Intro, Outro & Mix: Maximilian Ohl - https://t1p.de/wjaa