Consumerism
Seen as a necessity, the fridge is turning into a luxury item. Has it become a guilty environmental consumer trap?
Read moreThis gargantuan project has aroused public enthusiasm and anger in equal measure, and continues to hold lessons for understanding people’s relationships with cities.
Read moreA report from Finland on textiles and the clothing industry’s future in a circular economy.
Read moreThe economic crisis that most of the western economies are facing is digging a breach in our consumer’s narratives. Signs of transition to a new kind of society are numerous in the USA as in Europe and Japan. Despite the claims of prominent development economists, a high mass-consumption society is not the endpoint of history. Could it be that a postconsumerist era is already creeping on us?
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