Rural Europe is changing rapidly: young people are moving to cities on a large scale and traditional farming is no longer lucrative in many areas. As a result, millions of hectares of land are no longer being used. A tragic development, but at the same time a historic opportunity to make more space for true wilderness. Rewilding [...]
When young creatives were forced to work from home during the lockdown, HomeForest was born. A kind of digital toolbox to bring nature into the interior; good for relaxation and improving health.Text: Peter van Kester Online editing: Mical Joseph Immersed in natureThe inspiration was the Japanese shinrin-yoku concept: a form of therapy in which the senses [...]
Adventure is something from when you were young. Backpack, peeling travel guidebook, budgeted train ticket and then just see where the wind blows you. But even when you are older and richer, adventure continues to attract, only more comfortable.Text: Ivo Weyel Online Editor: Mical Joseph JOURNEY TO THE BOTTOM OF THE EARTH Adventure is something [...]
In the marshes of southwestern Jutland in Denmark, a fascinating phenomenon takes place every spring and autumn: hundreds of thousands of starlings congregate there during their migratory movement, forming gigantic formations in the air and producing movements similar to a dance.Text: Bart-jan Brouwer Online Editing: Noa Verseveldt INTO THE AIR This phenomenon forms the basis of [...]
Getting around like in a cab, but in the air, four times faster, at a competitive price and orderable via an app. This is what German start-up Lilium hopes to achieve within four years. It designed a prototype for an air cab that has since made a successful maiden flight.Text: Bart-jan Brouwer Online Editor: Mical [...]
Electricity pylons are a blot on any beautiful landscape. The American architectural firm Choi+Shine came up with a more cheerful form for these pylons in Iceland, that of enormous giants, and very appropriately christened the project Land of Giants™.Online Editor: Mical Joseph Serviceable giants "Like the statues on Easter Island, these giants exude authority. They belong to the [...]
'Shaken, not stirred'. When you think of James Bond you think of this iconic phrase and the equally iconic cars he drives. Aston Martin is almost impossible to imagine the James Bond series without. However, the cars are getting older and older, but the Lunaz Group has come up with something on that...Text: Eltjo [...]
In 2019, Le Mans '66 was released, about a feud that Ford and Ferrari fought out on the racetrack. The film portrayed it as the victory of an American underdog over arrogant Italians. It also certainly hurt Enzo Ferrari when his cars, after six consecutive victories in the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1966, [...]
Nature is wild and whimsical, but also soothing and healing. More and more designers are trying to incorporate these qualities into their work. For example, the Swedish design collective Front went into nature to photograph and sketch rocks, trees, lichens and beaches with algae. Through 3D scans, they processed their material into wooden seating objects [...].
Architect and artist Adrien Tirtiaux creates a conversation about social problems through his art. As such, the artwork "The Rich Will Survive" exemplifies what the effects of climate change are on people.Text: Etienne Boileau Online Editor: Mical Joseph BEVOLKING SPIRAMIDE Adrien Tirtiaux (b. BE 1980) was originally trained as an architect, [...]
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