Venice Art Biennale 2011 Highlights
The 54th International Art Exhibition features the works of 83 individual artists from around the world, as well as 89 country pavilions. Here are our highlights plus some place picks for where to eat, drink, stay and explore in the City of Bridges. Britain Mike Nelson’s large-scale sculptural installation for the British Pavillion is a…
Global Roaming: Neighbourhood favourites
Qantas Travel Insider A booming boho scene, Prussian prowess and communist influences have all collided to create the fusion of avant gardearchitecture, daring design and contemporary dining that is Berlin 2010. Destroyed, divided then finally reunited in 1990, this is a city that has been home to more Kaisers, artists and dictators than it cares…
Global Roaming: Moorish Málaga
There is a local Andalusian saying that once you have been to Málaga, you belong to Málaga. It may have something to do with the Roman conquerors, Phoenician traders, Moorish marauders, or English industrialists who have all left traces of their heritage on this cosmopolitan city on Europe’s southermost tip. Not to mention its two…
Rising to the challenge: 21st-century games of wit and endurance
Already finished Angry Birds: Star Wars and looking for a new challenge? Healthy competition comes in all shapes and sizes — and isn’t only to be found on a screen. Take on a few contenders in this selection of 21st-century games of wit and endurance, curated by Wired.
Dual Families: Serving Two Masters
A new law is expected to let a generation of foreigners born in Germany after 1990 become dual citizens… but what does it really change?
Berlin’s Newest Co-Working Spot, Mindspace, Comes Of Age
Behind the scenes at Berlin’s newest co-working space. On first blush, it seems like a quintessential co-working space: there’s lots of laptops but the clickety-click-click of the keyboards seems less dominant. There’s exposed metal pipes without being too clinical or cold. There’s a 1960s-inspired bar in the middle of the room with forest-green book shelves…
How Packaging-Free Supermarket Are Changing The Way We Shop
Bring your glass jars and paper bags. The idea of “waste not, want not” has been drummed into us since we were children. We were taught to finish our dinner before we had to get up off the table and throw the scraps in the bin. Even at most Australian primary schools, rubbish monitors made…
ADP PodCast Host
Together with 4 senior leaders from ADP Germany, we recorded 4 episodes on a muggy Frankfurt Summer’s day in the brilliant LOFT Studios in East Frankfurt, an up and coming creative media and tech hub. We didn’t see the sun for about 10 hours in the middle of the German heatwave. Listen to the Podcasts by…