Thank you to our local partner this month! 👏🏼
Our next #CreativeMornings takes place at @forumfactory - Thanks for hosting us!
📍Besselstraße 13-14, 10969 Berlin
🗓️Friday, May 29 at 09:00 am (Registration starts on Monday, May 25 at 10:00 am)
Your search for the perfect event location ends here! We are your partner for events in the heart of Berlin. Our flexible spaces offer the ideal environment for efficient meetings, productive discussions, and strategic planning. For cultural and artistic events, we are happy to offer our backspace, which, with its large skylights and rustic style, is perfectly suited for exhibitions and social events. Benefit from our central location and leverage our expertise to achieve your business goals in a supportive sustainable environment. Our dedicated team will assist you with planning and execution to make your event a truly special experience. Your event’s success is our top priority.
🗣️ Meet our #speaker!
Katya Romanova @kat_romanova is a Berlin-based social designer and co-founder of the network re:imagine your city. She holds degrees in Teaching Languages and Visual Communication and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Public Design.
Her practice focuses on urban transformation and in-between spaces, with an emphasis on participatory and community-based formats. In her current role at the citizen participation office Pankow beteiligt, she communicates construction and development projects in the district and explores ways to empower Berliners to take a more active role in shaping their city.
Through her podcast berlin bones, Katya explores the transformation of Berlin’s cemeteries into multifunctional areas, featuring playgrounds, community gardens, beehives, cafés, and exhibition chapels 💀☕️
Talk title: “Designing cemeteries as spaces of encounter?“
Berlin cemeteries are multifunctional urban spaces where life, death, and culture intersect. In Berlin—a city known for its solitude—cemeteries can, perhaps unexpectedly, serve as meeting points, bringing people together through the universal themes of death, mourning, and commemoration.
In this talk, Katya Romanova shares her perspective on the potential role of Berlin’s more than 200 cemeteries as spaces of dialogue, at a time when some of them are being closed or transformed under the city’s cemetery development plan. Drawing from public interventions such as the Deadly Matters pop-up cemetery café and the podcast berlin bones, Katya invites to reflect on these questions: How can we balance making cemeteries welcoming and engaging while maintaining reverence? Where do we draw the line between the living and the dead? What is the future of cemeteries and what role can we as designers and creatives play in shaping the transition?🪁♟️
#creativemorningsberlin #cm_berlin #CreativeMornings
📢 SAVE THE DATE 29.05.2026
May’s global theme is CREATE 🎨
It was chosen in collaboration with our global partner @adobe and illustrated by Ana Grigorovici @designbench.studio
This marks the first time we have ever worked with a global partner to select a monthly theme. Because at CreativeMornings, we believe everyone is creative—and Adobe couldn’t agree more. Together, we’re bringing you the motivation and accountability you need to bring your ideas to life.
For our theme CREATE, we’re throwing a month-long celebration of YOUR passion projects!
We understand the challenges of creating something you love. From fitting it into your busy life to fighting off imposter syndrome; the struggle is real. And one of the biggest hurdles is a lack of accountability. So, let’s come together and support one another!
Join people around the world releasing their creative projects in a global firework display of creativity on Release Day on May 29th!
Create is about making something. Release Day is about sharing it with the world.
#CMcreate #CreativeMornings #berlin_cm
Is there a project you can’t stop thinking about?! 🤔
Why haven’t you launched it out into the world yet? Procrastination, fear, perfectionism? What if we gave ourselves a collective deadline? And supported each other to finally share that special thing? That’s Release Day!
@creativemorning , @creative.quests , and @adobe have teamed up to bring you a month-long program of practical tips, motivation, and accountability to help you bring your project to life.
Let’s share your creativity with the world! Make a commitment to yourself and pledge to share your personal project on Release Day 29 May.
We’re here to support you! We can’t wait to see what you create! ❤️
Sign up on creativemornings.com/releaseday 💪🏻
If you’re wondering why we were so quiet... 🐝
The team is busy-beeing behind the scenes, so no event this month. But don’t worry, CM is always on our mind!💭
We will be back in action on May 29! Save the date - we can’t wait to see you!✨
#creativemornings #funnymemes #berlin_cm
April’s global theme is EMBER. It was chosen by our @cmpoulsbo chapter in Washington and illustrated by @sarahgordondesign 🌸
The literal meaning of ember is a small piece of burning or glowing coal or wood in a dying fire. But as a metaphor, it means so much more.
Our Poulsbo chapter had this to say about the significance of this month’s theme:
“Embers represent the quiet, enduring remnants of fire—what remains after the intensity fades. They carry a smoldering potential, a subtle strength that holds heat long after the flames have gone. As a quieter community outside the city, we may not always burn the brightest, but we never burn out. Our spark lives in reflection, resilience, and the space we have to pause, think, and grow.
In those calm moments, we find what many others miss: the steady glow of ideas, relationships, and dreams that don’t need noise to thrive. Embers remind us that even after challenges or change, something powerful remains—ready to reignite when needed. We hold that same quiet fire within ourselves, and in community with each other, we kindle more.
Together, we tend the quiet fire—fueling one another through presence, care, and shared warmth.”
What ember is quietly glowing inside you? And what new fire will it ignite in your life?
#creativemornings #berlin_cm #CMember
What I think needs to change in our industry.
Excerpt from my talk The Handbook of Non-Toxic Leadership in the Creative Industries at @creativemorning@berlin_cm hosted at @cocreation.loft . Video by @overlayimages 🙏
Next up, catch me at @digitaldesigndays in Milano in May!
#creativeleadership #toxicleadership #creativeindustry #designtalks
Let’s talk about CreativeMornings virtual FieldTrips🪄💻🎨
-a little digital hug for your creative soul-
• What’s the story behind it?
FieldTrips are free online experiences led by the community for the community. We’re made up of beautiful humans who love to learn with and from each other.
• Why jump in?
FieldTrips are an antidote to soul crushing webinars. Our goal? Spark real connection—connection to learning, to self, to each other, to creativity. If you want to experience an energizing, meaningful zoom call, drop in and see what we are making.
• Who is this for?
Not all of our favorite people can make it to an in-person CreativeMornings event. We get it. We love you. FieldTrips brings us together in a safe and supportive environment. Let your hair down, show up in your pjs—however you are, wherever you are is exactly right.
So what are you waiting for? Jump into the next ones: Photoshop sprints, Tarot for breaking cycles, Volunteering 101, and so much more!
📲 Comment “FIELDTRIP” below and I’ll DM you the link to check their weekly schedule✨
Quick recap from yesterday ✨
Big thanks to everyone who ‘swung’ into March with us! A special thanks to @lolettaberlin for sharing her fashion design journey and taking us through every city that shaped the person she is today.
The key takeaway on leadership?
Be a virus—infect everyone with your ideas!
🎥 Video @overlayimages
📍 @smartvillage_com
#creativemornings #berlin_cm
⭐️ NEXT ON STAGE, MARCH 6 ⭐️
🎙️in our conversation, @lolettaberlin tells us how different environments have influenced her creative work and perspective. She also reflects on one of the most significant shifts in design today: the growing tension between rapid digital acceleration and the search for human meaning.
Full interview in the comments 👇🏻
Interview conducted by @aida.mola
