Eppur si muove!

Thomas Lassner

Even if some admonishers currently fear a loss of importance of the sciences in society since the degree of social delusion and irrationality is increasing with the trend of current crises, there is rather little reason to worry that science could lose its role as a yardstick for rationality and truth. The paradigm of modernity holds unbroken that only what can be measured first and calculated second is true.

Mass and Pattern

Thomas Lassner

If someone were commissioned to produce a film about the coronavirus pandemic that would convey the simultaneity of drama and tristesse in lockdown, it would almost certainly not be a box office hit. This is because the experience, probably shared by most people in this situation, was one of isolation and uncertainty.

Where do artists get their ideas?

Interview with Johannes Hess, Artist at freeters

Anyone who deals with growth or development, and particularly with man-made developments, will come across this question sooner or later: Where do these ideas, brainwaves, and strokes of genius come from? Or: Under what circumstances do I have good ideas and when not? Is there fertile soil, conducive circumstances, or even a recipe for this?
As a start-up campus for Robert Bosch GmbH, grow is an institution that is often confronted with these questions. After all, a start-up campus is the place where entrepreneurs and engineers develop ideas, which in the best case do not even exist on the market yet. But firstly, there need to be ideas.

Hello, we’re stuck. We need some AI!

Melusine Reimers

If you have Freeters do a workshop, a design, a consultation, or even if you just spend an afternoon with them on-site (at Magic Ground), you can be sure that you will lose your sense of certainty there. In the most positive sense, the approach of Freeters confuses and unsettles the original ideas or plans one has made.

Signet Ring

Not everyone gets or has a signet ring, for it is a symbol of the elite and of power, in short, it sets the wearer apart from the common rabble. Basically it can be used as proof of authenticity and as a safety precaution.

Lollipop

When looked up in the glossary, the adjective “creative” and even the noun “creativity” are listed as “forbidden words.” Therefore, in the following, these words will be referred to as “cr.”

Kantenöl/Cutting Oil

During the development of our objects, often a chair or a table, cooperating with safety officers is not always mandatory but often unavoidable. At least in Germany, the edge radius of a tabletop is checked by safety officers to help prevent injuries.

Essenz des Rizzenwassers
/Essence of Crack Water

How we came up with essence of crack water is no longer clearly traceable. Probably the idea developed over a long period of time until this multiple was added to the Funny Products portfolio.

Y-Kicker

hinking outside the box, playing out of bounds, or simply subverting a
game by adding a third party – the Y-Kicker is a fascinating way to play around with these ideas.

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