You are here: Homepage Tag consumerism Articles Foto: Niklas Grapatin/laif Design | Monobloc Chair Today, Gone Tomorrow In Europe, critics consider the Monobloc to be tasteless plastic rubbish. But for many people around the world, it’s the only affordable chair that is actually comfortable By Heng Zhi 04/19/2024 Rebecca Giblin is a professor at Melbourne Law School and author of the book “Chokepoint Capitalism” (2022) Photo: Ivanna Oksenyuk Talking point | AI How dangerous is Artificial Intelligence? What is the most threatening about artificial intelligence? Author Rebecca Giblin points out where the dangers lie. A commentary By Rebecca Giblin 12/06/2023 Chaise longue by Charlotte Perriand, 1940: With the advent of war and militarization, the designer turned away from the industrial metal aesthetic and toward organic materials like wood. Photo: Richard Bryant / arcaid / akg images Make it yourself! In the cultural battlefield From flawless craftsmanship to clumsy do-it-yourself: our ideas of “homemade” are wide ranging. By Justin McGuirk 10/01/2021 A Kintsugi bowl from Japan: the idea of repairing broken pottery with gold, silver or platinum lacquer probably originated in the 15th century Photo: Motoki Tonn / unsplash Make it yourself! A second lease of life for rubbish Why it’s high time for society to rethink its throwaway culture By Tapiwa Matsinde 10/01/2021 Climate ethics | Mexico Climate sinners Politicians and companies like to urge people to do their bit to help the environment, creating a smokescreen for their own failure to act. By Luis Fernández-Carril 03/29/2019
Foto: Niklas Grapatin/laif Design | Monobloc Chair Today, Gone Tomorrow In Europe, critics consider the Monobloc to be tasteless plastic rubbish. But for many people around the world, it’s the only affordable chair that is actually comfortable By Heng Zhi 04/19/2024
Rebecca Giblin is a professor at Melbourne Law School and author of the book “Chokepoint Capitalism” (2022) Photo: Ivanna Oksenyuk Talking point | AI How dangerous is Artificial Intelligence? What is the most threatening about artificial intelligence? Author Rebecca Giblin points out where the dangers lie. A commentary By Rebecca Giblin 12/06/2023
Chaise longue by Charlotte Perriand, 1940: With the advent of war and militarization, the designer turned away from the industrial metal aesthetic and toward organic materials like wood. Photo: Richard Bryant / arcaid / akg images Make it yourself! In the cultural battlefield From flawless craftsmanship to clumsy do-it-yourself: our ideas of “homemade” are wide ranging. By Justin McGuirk 10/01/2021
A Kintsugi bowl from Japan: the idea of repairing broken pottery with gold, silver or platinum lacquer probably originated in the 15th century Photo: Motoki Tonn / unsplash Make it yourself! A second lease of life for rubbish Why it’s high time for society to rethink its throwaway culture By Tapiwa Matsinde 10/01/2021
Climate ethics | Mexico Climate sinners Politicians and companies like to urge people to do their bit to help the environment, creating a smokescreen for their own failure to act. By Luis Fernández-Carril 03/29/2019
