Reference Studios presents the fifth edition of Intervention, the fashion and culture platform conceived and curated by founder Mumi Haiati. Taking place on February 2nd during Berlin Fashion Week, the programme occupies Kraftwerk Berlin, the former power station now operating as a transdisciplinary site for music, fashion, and contemporary culture.
Across the venue’s ground and first floors, Intervention V brings together runway presentations, panel conversations, and listening formats. The building’s industrial scale and sonic history provide a spatial and conceptual framework for a programme focused on independent practices, international perspectives, and alternative modes of cultural production.
Intervention V opens with the first collaboration between Reference Studios and TED, marking the global platform’s initial engagement with fashion and design. Held at Globus within Kraftwerk, the salon-scale conversations situate fashion within a broader framework of cultural dialogue. Introduced and moderated by Valerie Präkelt and Natalia Sahagún, the programme is as follows:
Panel 1: Sustaining Enthusiasm - Mumi Haiati, Founder and Managing Partner, OBO and Reference Studios CEO
Panel 2: Legibility & Publicity - Artist Dozie Kanu, creative strategist Zainab Jama of Supreme, and artist and writer Kandis Williams
Panel 3: Institutional Speech & Creative Positioning - GmbH founders Serhat Isik and Benjamin A. Huseby, alongside Edward Buchanan
Panel 4: Diasporic Connections -  Cultural platform and creative collective Air Afrique
Alongside the main programme, a four-day experiential pop-up is already underway. Running from 30th January through 2nd February at Potsdamer Straße 100, the Doofer Street Market, conceived and presented by Live From Earth, operates as an expanded cultural site that blurs exhibition, gathering, and performance. Functioning as an independent satellite to Intervention, the pop-up extends the platform into the city, activating the site as a public-facing space for encounter and exchange. Participating brands and collectives include 3661, ABC Dinamo, AbuGlitsch, Baby B3ns, Brutalismus 3000, DJ Gigola, Ganja Haters, Handy Chillen, horsegiirL, Kleidungsmarke, Live From Earth, MCR-T, Monamobile, Slinky, and Social Research. The opening on Friday featured DJ sets from 64meter, Baby B3ns with a hybrid set, and DJ AbuGlitsch, setting the tone for a weekend of sound, style, and community. 
Runway programming unfolds throughout the day with presentations by Buzigahill, Kenneth Ize, Dagger, John Lawrence Sullivan, and GmbH. Presented in sequence, the lineup reflects a spectrum of contemporary practices, foregrounding distinct approaches to form, identity, and production. Dagger founder Luke Rainey is set to make his Intervention debut, and he had this to say on his brand’s upcoming show: “From the very first Intervention, before I even had any right to, I said to my boyfriend, ‘One day, I’ll be part of that.’ It’s kind of surreal that this is now a reality. I cornered Mumi in a restaurant last season and gave him a sixty-second pitch. He got it immediately… and here we are!”
From noon to eight in the afternoon, Globus will also be hosting a Listening Lounge curated by Live From Earth. Drawing together artists and selectors from Berlin’s music ecosystem, the programme positions sound as a parallel format to the runway, tracing how global music movements and local scenes intersect with fashion and cultural circulation.
“Intervention is about creating proximity, between disciplines, geographies and cultures that are rarely placed in conversation,” says Mumi Haiati. “It reflects how culture actually moves today, fluid, interconnected and shaped by globalism rather than geography. Our focus is on amplifying voices and creative realities beyond the established European capitals.”
Intervention is supported by the Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises as part of the official Berlin Fashion Week calendar.