If a magazine or a newspaper is a shop—as American writer John Jay Chapman once claimed—then do you read me?!, tucked away on a quiet stretch of Auguststraße in Mitte, could be considered a cultural laboratory. Inside, a selection of hundreds of magazines, journals and books from more than 20 countries offers a central depository of contemporary literature along with the odd copy of The Picture of Dorian Gray.

Conceived by Mark Kiessling, a graphic designer, and bookseller Jessica Reitz as a contemporary of Artwords Bookshop in London and the magazine selection at Colette in Paris, do you read me?!’s selection spans architecture, interior design, film, food and creative cultural works—Kiessling’s recent favorites include the Berlin-based cultural magazine 032c, interior lifestyle bi-annual Apartamento and German architecture periodical Arch+. The store recently served as the launch space for Italian art quarterly Kaleidoscope and offers an ordering service for out-of-stock publications. “We discover a lot of magazines through customers coming in and asking about them,” Kiessling says. “In our days printed matter has become such a lively thing again, that it is hard to keep track of it all.”