Steffi Maasland is a literary scholar and communications strategist with a pronounced penchant for systemic thinking. No one can really explain her passion for language and theater, positive psychology, heavy metal, Borussia Dortmund and spaghetti …
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What keeps the world together at its core – Who is Steffi Maasland?
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Death: Is the final frontier surmountable?
Text Susanne Gold, Illustration: Cocreation between Susanne Gold and the artificial Intelligence „Dream“ and „Dall-e“ Our world is changing rapidly. Boundaries are decaying and becoming blurred. When we ask what “will change everything”, we are …
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The transformative power of crisis – Who is Sylvia Rieburg-Ganns?
Sylvia Rieburg-Ganns, from the deep west of Germany quick-witted with a big heart, was born in Dortmund and studied textile engineering with a focus on clothing technology. From 1979 to 1998 she worked as an …
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Back to the Future in California – The World in One Hundred Years
Illustration Susanne Gold; Text Bernadette Imkamp Why do we collect visions of the future? You can find out here! By chance I met Michael J. Fox He was sitting in a wheelchair and looked very …
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Orientation in the maze of digitization – Who is Bernadette Imkamp?
Bernadette Imkamp studied business administration and, after 20 years in human resources management, now works as a consultant, coach and mediator. Her love for literature and writing started in elementary school and is allowed to …
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Environments that can tell stories: Who is Jan Reuter?
Jan Reuter is an interior designer who lives and works in Munich. He is a well-known figure in his industry and has attracted considerable media attention with his diverse projects. What drives you, Jan? It …
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Mushrooms on your skin!
Text: Johanna Schlemmer, Fotos: Peter Wolff, Cora Schmelzer Mushrooms to eat? With pleasure. But mushrooms on your own skin? For many, a strange, even disgusting idea. Not for Cora Schmelzer. As a budding product designer, …
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Living sincerely for a positive overall balance – Who is Johann Wiesböck?
After studying general electrical engineering, Johann Wiesböck started as a technical editor at Design & Elektronik in 1987. After three years, he took over as editor-in-chief and developed the event business with a focus on …
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A world in 100 years – a world without beauty ideals.
Illustration Susanne Gold, text Johanna Schlemmer It is the year 2122: I stand in front of the mirror and look at my body. At first without judgments. Then I speak to it with loving affirmations. …
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Fashion as a means of upheaval: who is Johanna Schlemmer?
Johanna Schlemmer is studying Fashion Journalism & Communication at AMD Munich. She was born in Landshut in 2002. She also works as a waitress in a restaurant and as a babysitter. What drives you, Johanna? …
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A better operating system – the world in a hundred years
Illustration by Susanne Gold, text by Stefan Müller 100 years is hardly a period for a reliable forecast, but perhaps for a sketchy utopia There will be a new quality of togetherness between people – …
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From software to people: Who is Stefan Müller?
Stefan Müller was born in 1974 in a small town in the western Palatinate. He grew up in a loving, caring and appreciative home, where he was given both an interest in science by his …
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Learning to deal with crises: What makes us strong?
Text and Illustrations Susanne Gold Soul healing as a research subject and business model Professional and private setbacks are part of life. The art is to deal with them psychologically. Mental resilience is being researched …
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Career – all circus?
Text & illustrations by Susanne Gold When it comes to careers, there seems to be a lot of misunderstanding today. For a long time, the concept of career followed simple rules: Diligence and getting to …
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Train in wooden sportswear: VIDAR SPORTS
Illustration Susanne Gold/ Text by Paula Pröve The textile start-up “VIDAR Sport” from Frankfurt by Christoph Behroz and Rouven Kneipp produces breathable, elastic, tear-resistant and durable sportswear – sustainably from eucalyptus wood. Often heard, even …
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The power of the sun – the world in one hundred years
Illustration by Susanne Gold, Text by Silke Wolf I am sitting in my glider and hovering over a colourful meadow of flowers, happily watching rabbits and deer grazing relaxed on the edge of the forest. …
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Mathematician, coach and resilience expert: Who is Silke Wolf?
Silke Wolf is a coach, consultant and trainer for resilience and healthy leadership. She was born in Würzburg in 1971, has a degree in mathematics and spent 16 years as an IT consultant helping to …
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Plenty of time for respectful design: the world in a hundred years
Illustration Susanne Gold/ Text Andrea Mocellin I really feel that we are part of nature, so we have to accept what nature gives us and takes from us. I am pragmatic and think that respect, …
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Sustainability for health: Who is Krystian Manthey?
Krystian is a web designer, certified relaxation trainer and medical editor with advanced training in “lifestyle medicine” (Doane University) and “systematic and critical literature research” (Cochrane). Since the end of his business studies, the native …
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What you can learn now from visionary entrepreneurs (2)
Illustration by Yohanes Fitri, text by Jörg Puma How do we successfully emerge from the crisis? The examples of KRONES, BioNTech and Tesla in the previous blog post (link), showed how important enthusiasm is for …
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The one who reinvented the wheel: Who is Andrea Mocellin?
Interview by Susanne Gold Andrea Mocellin develops new ways of getting around – including air taxis and arguably the most innovative wheel of our time. Andrea works as a Senior Product Designer at Lilium and …
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Rebecca Minkoff: “Little Minkoff” A woman who shows that the basic problems of the fashion industry are not insoluble
Illustration Susanne Gold/ Text by Paula Pröve We buy, buy, buy – and throw away: fast fashion is no longer a new topic. Many people are already aware of how harmful the production of many …
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DO’s and DONT’S: What you can learn now from visionary entrepreneurs
Illustrations Susanne Gold – Text Jörg Puma We never had so many perfect excuses: Sales down because of lower demand. Profit down because of external supply problems. Europe ordered too few vaccines. All true. But …
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Why Hugo the dachshund sleeps in the aquarium – weird theories with propositional logic
Illustration Susanne Gold, Text Aenne Barnard A little over a year ago – just before Corona – I attended my first yoga class, with lots of “Ooohhmm”, singing bowls, scented oil and chanting. Lilly(name changed) …
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Fine furniture made of tropical wood without any overexploitation – is that possible?
Illustration Corinna Heumann, Text Bernhard Fischer Plant products without overexploitation of nature? “Ex Planta and In Vitro 2121: A glance at the clock – where is the dealer for the tropical woods? He should be …
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A Map of the Future – The World in One Hundred Years
Illustration by Susanne Gold, Text by Punita Parekh However, if we talk about the future, that is 2121 across various fields Technology Everything would be automated from technology to Artificial Intelligence. Computers, Laptops and smart …
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She, that bleeds content – Who is Punita Parekh? (Mumbai, India)
Punita Parekh lives in Mumbai, India and is a communications expert. She believes in humanity and helping others. Punita is an optimist who believes in a bright future and humans ability to build it together. …
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A Thousand Questions for a World Community – The World in One Hundred Years
Illustration and text by Yohanes Fitri (Indonesia) “Me and Myself” (Original: charcoal, acrylic on paper 90cm x 110 cm) A work created from a thousand questions to oneself, ideas are taken from the current state …
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Living for a project: Who is Gitta Peyn?
Gitta Peyn is a German systems and cybernetics researcher who has dedicated her entire life to one project: Together with her husband, the mathematician Ralf Peyn, they develop the FORMWELT system – a programming language …
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Witch Hunt 2.0: High-tech in the computer – Middle Ages in the brain!
Illustration and text: Susanne Gold With digitalization, he came into the world: the “Homo Protestus”, as I call him. You meet him in the social media. And if he had his way, witches would be …
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Autonomy for a better society: Interview with Professor Hüther (4)
Cover photo Vivian Haddad/ Interview Susanne Gold Professor Gerald Hüther is a neurobiologist and one of the best-known brain researchers in the German-speaking world. He is the author of numerous (popular) scientific publications and chairman …
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The one who walks passionately on conscious paths: Who is Kristin Eissfeldt?
Kristin Eissfeldt was born in Munich in 1972 and is the mother of two high school-aged sons. Since completing her studies in socio-economics, Kristin has worked as a personnel recruitment consultant. She started her own …
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Just don’t swim with the crowd: Who is Marie Schmid?
Marie Schmid was born in Regensburg on 4 July 2002. On the American Independence Day. Of course she loves freedom! After graduating from high school, Marie Schmid moved to Munich, where she still lives today. …
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Bioplastics from Mexico: Changing the world with agave fibres.
Reportage by Paula Pröve, cover illustration Susanne Gold It started as a project for the university, the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey. The task: integrate a natural fibre into any material. That …
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Human Relation Manager with Passion – Who is Diana T. Roth?
Diana Roth was born in Siegburg in 1963. She trained as a legal assistant, then went into the diplomatic service and was then transferred to the German Embassy in Bern. Afterwards she trained in HR, …
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Always the right playlist? Whether cheerful or dreary days?
Text and illustration by Susanne Gold Spoilt for choice: the music selection on Spotify seems almost endless. Apparently, Spotify wants to help with the music selection – depending on the mood of the listener – …
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The juggler who likes mistakes and makes others brave: Who is Andreas Gebhardt?
Andreas Gebhardt is a juggler and speaker. Born in Germany, Karlsruhe in 1972, he graduated from the State School of Performing Arts in Berlin and toured the world as a professional juggler for 15 years. …
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Interview with Professor Hüther (3): Childhood and education for a better society!
Cover photo Vivian Haddad/ Interview Susanne Gold Professor Gerald Hüther is a neurobiologist and one of the best-known brain researchers in the German-speaking world. He is the author of numerous (popular) scientific publications and chairman …
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A student who simply wants to be happy: Who is Paula Pröve?
Paula Pröve is a student at the Academy of Fashion and Design. Born in 2002 in the north of Germany, in Braunschweig, moved to Barcelona when she was 13. There she did her Abitur at …
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The one who spins ideas for equal action: Who is Martin Geisenhainer?
Martin Geisenhainer was born in Koblenz in 1964 and facilitates the way to participative learning and work forms in organisations. After studying humanities in Bonn, he worked for many years in human resource development, looking …