Headline & Editorial
Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
Profit with culture
Magazine -> #5 The Dictatorship of the ConsumptionSwarovski, 14,000 employees, revenue 1.67 billion euro, but also 800 events organised every year in Italy alone. Not only an economic organism, but also a conveyor of culture. How does it feel today to be defined as a multinational company? Proud or flattered? Uneasy. In any case, it’s a word that has been outdated by what is now called globa...
continue..Dec 22, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: awareness, beauty, company, cost, cost of life, countries, dna, economic, effort, emotions, environmental, ethic, events, exhibitions, expectations | Leave A Comment »
Innovage: the purloined article
Magazine -> #26 Re-Evaluate The ErrorHere then is yet another new word, “innovage”, born of the marriage of “innovation” and “vintage”. It’s really not all that surprising that so many new words are being thrown up every day. “The times they are a-changin’”, as the song goes, and in a really big way, be it in environmental, social, economic, or cultural terms. P...
continue..Dec 03, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: added value, bialetti moka, brands, catchword, cultural, economic, environmental, experiential commodities, ideas, innovage, innovation, knowledge economy, luca de biase, postindustrial age, reality | Leave A Comment »
Useful waste
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologyAndrea Segrè, dean of the agricultural faculty at Bologna University, is one of the founders of Lastminutemarket. The association was established in 1998 with the scope of recovering waste and turning into an opportunity. It does this by withdrawing food products close to their expiry date but still on the shelf from chain stores and other sources...
continue..Dec 01, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: andrea segre, being good, best before, bikes, bologna, cheese, children, detergents, economic system, edible food, environmental, food, good looking, haccp, health | Leave A Comment »
BMW: a naturally sustainable leader
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologyThere are certain criteria involved in buying a car nowadays; some of these we could define as “mathematical”, such as price or performance, easily comparable between makes and models. There are also more subjective factors, that depend on our personal tastes, such as the shape, or the combination of lines and colours that define a car’s styl...
continue..Dec 01, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: bavarian, bmw, car, carbon dioxide, cars, clean, colours, company, customers, dingolfing, dow jones, efficiency, environmental, flexibility, german | Leave A Comment »
