Julian Hennig : Model of the Month

D&G Pre-​​fall 2008 Cam­paign by Mario Testino

What are you doing out­side modeling?

Julian Hen­nig: Many things. Going out to fish and play­ing golf gives me great plea­sure. I also do vol­un­teer­ing for the Euro­pean Uni­ver­sity Viad­rina as a stu­dent rep­re­sen­ta­tive. Besides [that], I really enjoy going out to new bars and clubs in Berlin. My lat­est dis­cov­ery from last week­end is a brand new lit­tle club called Asphalt in down­town Berlin (Mitte). Learn­ing Por­tuguese is some­thing else I just began and I would like to master.

How would you sum up your expe­ri­ence as a model?

Julian Hen­nig: I’ve met plenty of inter­est­ing and cre­ative peo­ple, I would have never met if I [didn’t start] mod­el­ing. Meet­ing those peo­ple and expe­ri­enc­ing work all over the world with a dif­fer­ent set of peo­ple on a day to day basis influ­enced my views and per­son­al­ity and made my life a lot more exciting.

Prada Spring 2008 Cam­paign by Steven Meisel

List 10 songs/​artists on your iPod.

Lone Wolf — Eels
There is Nobody — Yoav
Imag­ine — John Lenon
Don’t Lost Your Head — Zion I
Nar­cotic — Liq­uido
Remem­ber the Name — Fort Minor
Ohne Dich — Ramm­stein
Rock’n’Roll — Led Zep­pelin
Not Afraid — Eminem
Fox­trot Uni­form Char­lie Kilo — Blood­houng Gang

Photo by Midori Tsunoda

If you were a super­hero, who would you be?

Julian Hen­nig: Chuck Norris.

Describe your per­sonal style.

Julian Hen­nig: I usu­ally try to shoot for a laid-​​back casual style. Right now I love wear­ing my knit­ted wool jumper with raw jeans and rugged leather hik­ing boots.

What do you like to do for down­time on a typ­i­cal day?

Julian Hen­nig: After­noon naps are very under­rated! I like to nap for half an hour or so if I can dur­ing the day. Other than that I enjoy watch­ing soc­cer on TV or live and play some video games with friends every once in a while. Watch­ing movies is also some­thing I enjoy. I went on a date to watch “Gains­bourg” this week and thought it was the best movie in its genre (biog­ra­phy) I’ve seen this year so far.

Photo by Enzo Laera

List 10 things that annoy you.

Julian Hen­nig: My lazi­ness, bro­ken promises, wash­ing dishes (just got a dish­washer, haha), flight delays & can­cel­la­tions, narrow-​​minded peo­ple, com­plaints about things you can not change — like the weather, arro­gance, socialists.…thats about it :)

In all the places you vis­ited, what was your favorite – why?

Julian Hen­nig: Uuhh, almost impos­si­ble to pick one. I very much love Ore­gon for its nature and because of all the great golf courses and fish­ing spots.

What were you like as a child?

Julian Hen­nig: Tough one. You should ask my mom.….or maybe not! Lets just say I always loved ani­mals and had my own rab­bit, aquar­ium, dog and tur­tle by the age of ten. I was already very sportive play­ing soc­cer, ten­nis and track and field.

Depart­ing moment…tell a joke or share some­thing interesting.

Julian Hen­nig: I would like to treat you to this great guide on how to make fire:

Spe­cial thanks to Viva for a month of Julian