A woman sitting on a wall, outside a tiny Berlin cinema.

Found on the wall of Intimes Kino in Berlin, this small painted figure immediately caught our eye. A red-haired woman sits with her knees drawn up, cigarette in hand, surrounded by a dark, almost velvet-like background.

Intimes Kino has been around since 1909 and is known as one of Berlin’s smallest cinemas. The name suddenly makes sense. Nothing grand, nothing oversized. Just an intimate place that has spent more than a century letting people sit in the dark and watch stories unfold.

The artwork feels perfectly at home there. The woman looks as though she might be waiting for the next film, thinking about the one she has just seen, or perhaps simply enjoying a cigarette outside. She is slightly melancholic, slightly seductive, a little tired, and very Berlin without needing to announce it.

The colours stay restrained. Red hair, soft skin tones, brown shadows and a black background create just enough atmosphere without disturbing the quietness of the image.

That is what caught our eye. It feels less like a traditional wall painting and more like a small cinematic moment that happens to be sitting outside the cinema. A character without a script, left there for passers-by to imagine.

When translated into textiles, we kept that same quiet, cinematic mood. The figure becomes a small scene rather than a loud print, with warm tones and dark contrasts moving softly across the fabric.

A woman sitting on a wall, looking like she knows exactly how the story ends.