Tag: globalization
Report: The colorful boxes of globalization
Shoes, shirts, televisions: whatever is shipped across the oceans ends up in containers. The steel boxes have made shippers and ports rich, but these days ships are often stuck –…
French publisher "hachette": Before taking over
In France, the second largest publisher wants to swallow the largest. Should that succeed, a new European giant would emerge. .source site
Formafantasma: Cambio exhibition in the Museum for Design Zurich – Culture
Did you know that the book you are reading right now is most likely made out of eucalyptus wood? That the common spruce has similar tonal qualities as the rare…
Monobloc: Hauke Wendler’s grandiose podcast series about the plastic chair – culture
Made billions of times, cheap and ugly: “Monobloc” is the bad boy of design. A journalist sacrifices eight years to make a book, film and podcast out of it. Why?…
“Monobloc” in the cinema: The white plastic chair in a documentary culture
At the beginning there is a white plastic chair in a backyard of a German city. Rain pelts down on him, a bale of hay blows past. The chair can…
Trade: when bicycles are suddenly in short supply
The demand for bicycles has been huge since the pandemic – also in Munich. But the dealers are missing the goods and the prices are rising. Can customers hope for…
Philosophy of Translation – Culture
When Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb” appeared in German translation at the beginning of the year, half the republic set out for a popular parlor game: Find the…
Coronavirus: A pandemic can only be fought globally. – Culture
Over and over again the end of the pandemic was hoped for, but a new variant always appeared – the eternal dance of loosening and lockdown continued. Why should that…
Gift shortage: what could run out before Christmas – economy
Home business Consumption and Commerce What employees want Business trip reloaded Hybrid working world Press portal October 29, 2021, 6:51 p.m. consumption : What could be scarce before Christmas Open…
Still to be saved? Josef H. Reichholf on “Rainforests”. Review. – Culture
The tropical rainforests: You can hardly pronounce these words today without pain. For in the global catastrophe that capitalist humanity has instigated, its rapid annihilation seems to be the most…