Postcards from Berlin examines the idea of being an outsider

The Postcards from Berlin project was orchestrated by Timelapse, a public art project helmed by writer Tim Free and designer and painter Brian Neish.

The pair collaborated with two Berlin-based artists to create pieces including oil paintings, text and photography. "It's been over two years in the making, and a labour of love at times," says Free.

The Timelapse Project is based on the spirit of the UK’s Mass Observation Movement, which ran from 1937 until the 1950 and "sought to generate material records of the everyday lives of people and their environment, in both urban and rural communities," as Free puts it.

The book is now stocked by the Southbank Centre in London, and it's hoped the project will soon develop into an exhibition or short film.

We came across this wonderful work in a roundabout way, via another brilliant artist, Jack Medley, who met Free on a train platform at stupid o'clock in the morning and got in touch with us to shout about his work. The moral of the story? Keep sending postcards, and always talk to strangers on train platforms.