The studio of Christian Jankowski is located in the east of Berlin on the Spree, between many other studios. It’s all white on the inside, rather narrow, but very high. There are three floors and a lot of windows – not only on the wall (facing the Spree), but also on the ceiling (facing the sky). On the second floor there is even a window in the floor, through which we can look at the desks of Christian’s assistants on the first floor.

The studio of the artist duo Quadrature (Sebastian Neitsch and Juliane Götz) is located in Kreuzberg, very close to the Museum of Technology. We quickly find out why this fits so well during our conversation. But first Sebastian shows us the room where he works with Juliane (who is unfortunately sick today). The two have a child and have been making art together for a very long time – partly because they complement each other so well.

Hayes-Chute’s studio is located on Karl-Marx-Strasse in Neukölln, between a construction site and a playground – and even from the inside it looks a bit like a mixture of construction site and playground: the walls are lined with shelves crammed with a wide variety of materials, books, machines and tools.

For once, we visit Christina Krys Huber not in their studio, but in their solo exhibition “Darling You Should Feel Lucky” at Display – an exhibition space in Schöneberg, where they are currently showing their work. Some of the luminous paintings hang near the wall and others in the middle of the room, on heavy chains. They are large (certainly larger than us) and look mysterious. At first glance, what strikes us most are the bright colors and flowing shapes.

Today we are in a very special place in the middle of Berlin - right next to the Brandenburg Gate. Here, in the Max Liebermann Haus, Michael Wesely just has a big exhibition with hundreds of pictures and even his own photo studio!

Nadine Schemmann's studio is quiet in a very special way. This is certainly due to her soft voice and alert, thoughtful gaze, but also to the room itself. On the wall hang a few fabrics, on which flowing colors and shapes can be seen.

Ulrich Vogl's studio is located in a large old building in which many artists work - we can see this from the large wall in the stairwell, which is filled with different mailboxes. Ulrich welcomes us with a very broad and friendly smile. He invites us in and admits that he is a bit excited and spent four hours cleaning up before we came.

Lilla von Puttkamer’s studio is a real treasure chest: The floor glows with splashes of color; the walls are full of pictures; there are homemade machines that make sounds; a two-dimensional chandelier made of wood hangs from the ceiling and we discover all kinds of household objects, paints, paintbrushes as well as telephones and other everyday objects made of clay.

In Lena von Goedeke’s studio, it’s only when we take a second look that we realize: nothing here is what it seems! We discover a life jacket made of concrete, blocks of ice made of glass and feet made of plaster. Sometimes it gets even more confusing, for example, there is an arm made of plaster that Lena has painted with pencil so that it looks like metal. Some of the objects are funny, others a bit scary.

Wie-yi T. Lauw’s studio is located in bustling Neukölln, between playgrounds, bars and workshops – and somehow the city lives on in her studio. Various masks and statues are scattered around the room, for example small Buddhas that Wie-yi bought in a Vietnamese supermarket, and even a real motorcycle stands in the corner!

Stella Geppert welcomes us to the sunny backyard of her studio with a mischievous smile that we will see more of today. As a greeting, she shakes our hands one by one. This feels quite normal and a bit strange at the same time – after all, people have come up with the craziest things in recent years to avoid any touching.

The house where kate-hers RHEE’s studio is located is hidden in the backyard of a very large, new building in Treptow. When everything was extensively renovated here, kate-hers and the other artists* fought for a long time that the studios could stay and not be converted into expensive apartments. Luckily, because there is a lot to discover here – kate-hers is a great collector!

Tomás Saraceno’s studio consists not of a single room, but of many. In fact, it’s a whole house! It needs the space, too, with all the people who work here. There is a kitchen, workshops, storage rooms, offices and even a laboratory where very special “artists” live. To get to know them, however, we have to be patient for a while.

Today is a very special Ephra on the road day, because we are not guests in a studio, but exceptionally in a museum – the New National Gallery. Actually, you don’t have to go inside the imposing building to see the exhibition of the artist Barbara Kruger: Through the huge glass panes, we can already see from outside that the room is almost empty, except for a few screens and thousands of letters that cover the entire floor in red, black and white.

In Jeppe Hein's studio, it already smells deliciously like lunch in the morning. That's because we meet in the large kitchen, where cooking takes place for the many people (currently 15) who help Jeppe turn his often crazy ideas into objects or architecture, exhibit or sell them, and keep track of the many projects.

Nicole Wendel’s studio is on the outskirts of Berlin, in an old brick factory building with high, long windows and an even higher and longer chimney. But there's not much sign of factory work anymore – today it's much quieter here than in the otherwise bustling city. But the real quiet returns only after we have climbed the countless steps to Nicole's studio. The room is bright and quiet, and that's certainly also due to Nicole, who radiates warmly and speaks thoughtfully, so that you can listen to her well.

Ayumi Paul is currently working in a special place: the Gropius Bau, where art is not normally created but rather exhibited. Through the basement of the building, she leads us up a long spiral staircase to the very top of her studio. As we enter the bright room, it is filled with violin music. Ayumi has been playing the violin since she was a child, but her concerts are different from those played in large halls in front of many people.