MiNiMONO FAMILY #3 - JULIETA, DIRK, CLOE (14), OLIVIA (5) AND LEVI (9)

1- HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR FAMILY?

WE ARE SOMEHOW SIMILAR BUT ALSO HAVE VERY DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES. SOMETIMES WE NEED OUR OWN SPACE AND OTHER TIMES WE LIKE TO BE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER. WE MAKE A LOT OF JOKES AND SOMETIMES GET VERY MAD AND ANGRY, BUT WE WANT TO BELIEVE IT IS BECAUSE WE LOVE EACH OTHER VERY MUCH.

2- WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

OUR HOME IS IN BERLIN, IN PRENZLAUER BERG BUT RIGHT NOW WE ARE SPENDING THE SCHOOL YEAR IN MADRID, WHERE JULIETA COMES FROM.

3- WHAT IS YOUR MOST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOUR HOME?

LIGHT!

4- HOW DO YOU FIND BALANCE AS A FAMILY?

WE EAT TOGETHER EVERY NIGHT, THAT GUARANTEES THAT WE AT LEAST SPEND SOME TIME TOGETHER AS A FAMILY EVERY DAY IN OUR OTHERWISE VERY DIFFERENT SCHEDULES. WE HAVE OUR FAMILY VALUES (THAT WE WROTE TOGETHER A WHILE AGO) HANGING IN OUR KITCHEN TO REMIND US HOW WE WANT TO BE WITH EACH OTHER. WE TRAVEL TOGETHER AND WE ALSO SPEND TIME ONE ON ONE IN ALL THE POSSIBLE COMBINATIONS.

5- WOULD YOU SHARE YOUR NUMBER 1 FAMILY DINNER RECIPE?

FINDING A MEAL THAT WE ALL LOVE AND THAT WE (PARENTS) FIND HEALTHY(ISH) IS NOT EASY, ALSO ONE OF US IS VEGAN AND THE OTHERS ARE NOT SO WE MOSTLY HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOODS ON THE TABLE TO COMBINE AND MAKE YOUR OWN PLATE, OUR CURRENT FAVORITE IS "MAKE YOUR OWN RAMEN": VEGETABLE STOCK WITH RAMEN NOODLES, CARROTS AND PAK CHOI AND DIFFERENT TOPPINGS TO PUT ON: TOFU, BOILED EGGS, PEAS AND GREEN BEANS, PEANUTS, ONIONS...

6- AT YOUR HOME WHO IS USING YOUR MiNiMONO AND WHAT FOR?

WE ALWAYS HAVE DIFFERENT MiNiMONOS THAT KEEP CHANGING, MOSTLY WE BRING PROTOTYPES HOME AND KEEP THEM FOR SOME TIME FOR ALL OF US TO TRY, SINCE WE HAVE VERY DIFFERENT SIZES AND BODIES IF IT WORKS FOR US USUALLY IT DOES FOR MANY OTHERS TOO!

PHOTOS BY: JULES VILLBRANDT

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