Change

Berlin is a manifestation of all that The Alpine Review thinks about: It lives the notions of a flat, networked world, of constant remixing of ideas, of crafts and technology and culture intersections. Its only natural that it was our city in focus for Issue 1.

What is home? This question is particularly pertinent in today’s global world, where people not only travel, but spend long swathes of time living in a foreign country—sometimes nomadically. Why do they choose to do so? Are they running to or from?

A timeless audio essay by Alan Watts seemed so in-tuned with the current state of the world, we made it into a special insert called "The Process of Life".

One could view everything in our world as a collection of prototypes available to be changed. In these interesting times, we have all the tools in the world, all that is needed is a conversation to start the (re)making. Welcome to Berlin’s Makerplatz.

How the evolving relationship between insiders and outsiders shapes our institutions.

The informal economy thrives on chaos and ambiguity, so it’s no surprise that with today’s landscape it is providing new jobs, products, services and platforms at speeds and in places the formalized economy can’t bend to reach.