THIS Visits

As you know I love when companies support artists and designers. And I like it when artists and designers are presented in a nice visual way. This time a company which is one of my most favorite brands ever,…

The Next Promise of Design

Alice Rawsthorn is a design critic from Manchester, UK. She writes columns for the International Herald Tribune which includes the newspaper The New York Times and The New York Times Style Magazine. She was also the jury…

Support for the Creative Industries

The creative industries are growing enormously and politics are noticing it. And it was just about time to support this big field of economy also politically. As I learned in Germany the creative industries are pretty good…

Haldern Pop Festival 2010

Oh well, I was thinking about writing a report about this years Haldern Pop. But it was just too good to not write about it. So, I spend three and a half day at the small and…

SMART – brand workshop

If you are an attentive follower of Better Taste Than Sorry you remember that I took part of a brand workshop of Mercedes a few months ago. I reported about the whole thing. And two weeks ago I…

Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex

Malte shared this video with me via delicious and I must say I love the talk of Matt Ridley about how new ideas are generated:

“It is our habit of trade, idea-sharing

Intimate Strangers

Last night I got lost into the works of some creatives from Florida, USA. For example Danny Jones, he is an Art Director from Orlando and not only one (gentle-)man behind grain&gram but also runs

A tribute to craftsmanship

Well, craftsmanship was always a passion of mine. Something I admire. My grandpa was a carpenter and my dad works with metal. You can say craftsmanship is in my genes. That’s also why I always come up with projects like 

Welcome to Hyper Island

It was just about time to write about Hyper Island. I am following activities and projects of Hyper Island for a while now. Hyper Island is more than a school. It is a network, an attitude, a life…

Open Studio

Last week I was walking through Düsseldorf-Flingern. Not only my home town, but also the neighborhood where I’ve grown up. In the last years this part of town went through some serious gentrification, but I still love it. It is…