DING number two is on the road. Are souvenir t-shirts always embarrassing? Are road trips romantic? What do the Junior Woodchucks Guidebook and the Swiss Army knife have in common? Can you use your friends’ packing ...

How do objects affect us and which role do they play in our lives? How does their design matter? Which are especially precious? How important can objects get? Which are closest to us and why? We show the various ...

A tribute to classic donaldism and the secret blending of ours and the duck ...

"Only Anarchists Are Pretty". Thank you, punk. Thank you for this milestone in cultural history. Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren, that most cutting-edge of couples, already knew this in 1974. They were never hippies in ...

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“You will notice that Fjällräven's equipment does not follow fleeting trends, but stands for durability year in and year out.” A beautiful quote from the rustic website of a Swedish outdoor equipment company. A sweetly ...

In a few hours from now, the sounds from the Paradiso bar, where Freddy Mercury and David Bowie once raised their glasses, will rise up from below. Then S. might be sitting with her legs tucked up on a creaking kitchen chair, drinking a ...

Rainer Langhans is still a symbol of the ‘68 student movement. He was a charismatic squatter in Berlin’s Kommune 1 in which he proclaimed the eroticism of politics and the publicization of the ...

Good old work-life balance. The classic 9-to-5 job is turning into a 24-hour condition as aggressive as a wolverine. Temporally and spatially contained office hours are being individually retrofitted. Always available, always ...

Another day on the plane. Someone attaches “wake me for meals” on the seat in front of them and closes their eyes. As they fall asleep, their head jerks forwards and from side to side. That would never ...

Rubber is neither permeable nor glamorous. You can depend on it to keep water or bogs at bay and sweaty feet close at… hand. When fishing or mucking out stables, this is clearly a good thing. Politicians have always liked to wear rubber boots at ...

“Brigitte! What are you doing in Kuala Lumpur? Isn’t it gorgeous here?” Some people enjoy such reminders of home. For the rest of us, these chance encounters are pure agony. More than anything, they reveal the ...

Like no other object it is a symbol of perfection in travel accessories, multi-functionality and Swiss quality. The famous tool was designed by Carl and Victoria Elsener in 1896 and they began supplying the army with ...

Apart from ambitious girls who have just screwed up a match, crying and volleyball don’t usually go together. But anyone who’s watched the film Cast Away has experienced this spectacle for himself. The plot: castaway Chuck ...