The Manifesto of the Cloud Appreciation Society
Ode to clouds | May 2006 Read More...
Treat life as a workshop to find out who you are
By: Jurriaan Kamp, Editor-in-chief Nigerian novelist Ben Okri tackles the really big questions of our time: inequality, immigration, education and, yes, love. He does this by looking at the world and then deep inside himself until he touches the source of his own truth. We live in an age when sound Read More...
Beware of the white man
Filmmaker Michael Moore is certain that most of the world's problems are caused by whites: 'Every time I see a white man coming towards me, I get nervous.'Michael Moore | June 2003 issue I don’t know what it is, but every time I see a white guy walking toward me, I tense up. My heart starts Read More...
The beauty of diversity
A cultural mix spawns creativity and abundance. Marco Visscher | June 2003 issue The public debate over immigration is dominated by fear. Fear of the loss of one’s own culture, rigid beliefs and anxiety over economic decline. But why, asks journalist Pascal Zachary, did Germany and Japan lose the Read More...
It's not sexy being green
A sense of fun is your best strategy for changing the worldJay Walljasper | March 2006 issue Sooner or later every idealist, activist and anyone else interested in changing the world comes face to face with a hard fact: Most people aren’t idealists and activists. There are only a few Gandhis and Read More...
When possessions become a burden
The richer we get, the fewer possessions we have. A contradiction? Futurist Jeremy Rifkin predicts that owning things is quickly becoming outmoded. Access and use are the key words for tomorrow's economy.Juurd Eijsvoogel | March 2006 issue“Just look around you,” says Jeremy Rifkin. Read More...
When bad art is good art
Now that we can make a 'perfect' design with a few mouse clicks the industrialised world is hankering for 'imperfect' designs. Artist and composer David Byrne on the importance of bad art. David Byrne | June 2003 issue Bad design is good design. And tasteful good design, likewise, is bad. Not Read More...
When one plus one equals one
A wedding gift guides a young couple towards the discovery of true love.Michael Datcher | April 2006 issue I once received a pet rock as a gift. It wasn’t the kind of pet rock that came in a designer box with a name tag. It was low end. Literally, a chip off an old block with alley origins. Read More...
Editor's letter
Contagious enthusiasm is what creates progressJurriaan Kamp | April 2006 issue When I was young, I used to have a pair of slippers with leather soles. The upper part was a colourful pattern of knitted wool. Those leather soles were important. They meant I could slide along the slippery wood floors Read More...
Just do it
It is a misconception that meditation is difficult Tijn Touber | April 2006 issue “Everyone says I should meditate. All spiritual books end with the advice to take time for meditation. But no one tells you how!” The young man who stood before me was completely stressed out. For months he had Read More...