Foto: Bastian Lange

Coming out of the Crisis – A maker’s story from Digbeth, Birmingham

Consider Digbeth a post-industrial area close to the centre of Birmingham, a place where people have found home then moved on over the years, a location with a century old history of artisan crafts and trades. Steve Harding looks at strategies of  designers and makers to cope economically with the lockdown. 

Coming out of the Crisis – A maker’s story from Digbeth, Birmingham

Foto: Meret Batke

Experimental mobilities: temporary bikelanes in Berlin

In Berlin new wider bike lanes are literally popping up or old ones are painted green to make them more visible and safe. But did it first need a crisis and such an exceptional situation as Covid-19 and the lockdown?

Experimental mobilities: temporary bikelanes in Berlin

Foto: Mai Anh Ha

Of reclaiming freedom of mobility and speech as egocentric action.

Berlin and the first of May have a special history and relation. The Covid-19 pandemic induced restriction of public speech, demonstrations and individual rights – which challenged this relation a lot. Since imposed state sanctions of demonstration bans have started to be loosened since 11 of May 2020, a paradoxical situation occurred, as Mai Anh Ha reports.

Of reclaiming freedom of mobility and speech as egocentric action.

Foto: Bastian Lange

Berlin: Coping with the Corona-crisis – experimenting with small-scale solutions

What can we learn during Covid-19-pandemia from Berlin as a city, that is known for its experimental attitude? Bastian Lange argues for small scale attempts how to cope with the crisis. What is needed, and how can creative labs generate ideas and solutions to improve our lifes?

Berlin: Coping with the Corona-crisis – experimenting with small-scale solutions

Foto: Dr. Steve Harding

Business not as usual – Immediate responses by three Birmingham Enterprise Support Organisations

For Birmingham (UK) three organisations are highlighted to give a snap shot of responses highlighting actions and approaches.

Business not as usual – Immediate responses by three Birmingham Enterprise Support Organisations