ZEITmagazin Titelgeschichte, 7. Januar 2021: Die Mutter wählt die Grünen, liest Zeitung und hilft Geflüchteten. Dann rutscht sie nach und nach ab in die Welt der Verschwörungsideologien. Nach 15 Jahren voller alternativer Fakten und Wunderheiler fragt sich ihre Tochter: Was hält unsere Familie noch zusammen?
Creative mental health: what toll did 2020 take, and what have we learnt for the year ahead?
It’s Nice That, Jan 2021: International designers and artists share their personal experiences with lockdown, financial stress and a dramatic upturning of work life, by way of catharsis, reflection and advice for 2021.
How Germany Tamed Covid-19
MIT Technology Review, August 2020: A graphic story of how Angela Merkel turned things around, both for herself and for her country.
Blazing Trails in Augmented Reality’s Wild West
Adobe Create, December 2018: Illustrator Nadine Kolodziey is perhaps best known for her physical work in fused plastic foil. Now she's exploring completely new terrain: augmented reality (AR). On a recent cold morning, I joined Kolodziey in her Berlin apartment. We ate her mother’s Christmas cookies while we discussed AR; Kolodziey's Undrawn Drawing Tour; and how the relationship between illustrators and their work is like the one between humans and their dogs.
The Fight for Freelance Protections in Germany Is About More Than Just Regulation
Eye on Design, October 2018: It will take freelance creatives banding together with freelancers from other industries to see meaningful change.
Labouring the Point: Immigration in Germany
Monocle 117, October 2018: The news that The German Interior Ministry had proposed an immigration law that would allow more foreigners to apply for jobs in Germany took everyone by surprise.
Driving Me Crazy: Berlin's Embattled Streets
The Escapist, June 2018: Sip your morning coffee on any street corner in Berlin and you’ll soon enjoy a vivid scene. As delivery lorries double-park next to other vehicles and cars get stuck at the crossroads, impatient cyclists swerve perilously around them. Horns honk, bike bells ring and, occasionally, an angry cry pierces the air: “Arschloooch!” You have witnessed a daily battle in Berlin’s culture wars.
Top of Die Welt
Monocle Drinking & Dining Directory, Spring/Summer 2018: We tour the tower-top Berlin bar of publisher Axel Springer. It’s a watering hole for the powerful and well-connected that also welcomes junior journalists (as long as they’re dressed for it).
Keeping It Reel
Monocle 107, October 2017: In a vast archive deep in the Black Forest we meet the men charged with safeguarding German history.
Poll Position
Monocle 106, September 2017: Nothing encapsulates German self-image like the country’s car industry. With voters set to decide between more Merkel or a change of direction, we considered what the contenders’ rides say about their popular appeal.
The world is deluded if it thinks Angela Merkel is the salvation of the liberal order
Prospect magazine, August 2017: She sells her strengths abroad, but weaponises her blandness at home.
Back to the Future
Monocle 104, June 2017: We travel back to a time when there was still hope for Berlin’s new airport and find out why it still hasn’t got off the ground, look ahead to the arrival of driverless cars – and ask whether they’re driving a future that anyone really wants – and discover the decisions that rendered the electric vehicle the perennial “car of tomorrow”. Let’s get a move on.
Andreas Murkudis
Monocle 103, May 2017: Meet the entrepreneur and shop owner redefining Berlin street by street.
Into the Blue
Monocle 103, May 2017: There’s a particular colour that is in demand: it can convey a brand’s honesty, suggest authority and even lift our mood. But because of this popularity, it’s increasingly difficult to find a truly new hue. Monocle goes in search of its own slice of blue heaven.
Nation building – Burkina Faso
Monocle 103, May 2017: Francis Kéré’s dreams of a new parliament in Ouagadougou, the Polish government’s power grab and a new name in Korean politics.
Testing, Testing...
Monocle 101, March 2017: Whether they’re deciding on olive oil or a new mattress, Germans see what Stiftung Warentest has to say first.
Germans are keen cyclists – but it’s a journey of discovery that comes with potholes
The Escapist 2016: From Colombia to Moldova and a fair few places in between, we take stock of what makes the world go round – and yes, manicures and underwear both feature prominently.
Read MoreState of the Nation: Germany
Monocle 94: Merkel may be in murky waters at home and in Europe but her country is on the up.
Read MoreDiving Deeper: Mare Magazine
In Monocle 94: Open the pages of a sumptuous German publication that pays homage to the high seas.
Read MoreOver Dinner, 9 Experts On The Refugee Crisis Contemplate The ‘Right Way’ To Help
“The most radical thing you can do right now is help one person”