Die Moderne Wurzel: In the twenties, when german modernism was shaping its most rational statement, literature was doing the same in Germany, a paralleled root which came to establish the structures of ideas that still solidify much of our understanding of today, from Mies van der Rohe to Thomas Mann. Less was more when we were less, now we are more and want more when there is less.

Recycled in Germany: for germans the recycling culture is a must, as they introduced the reusable bag for supermarkets some years ago. Their vast productive economy is well known as an export giant, some products reflect their savoir fair, like plastic bags made for Mango, the clothing giant. Consumerism does not count in reusable bags but credit cards.

Copy the copiers: "I think I'm turning japanese, I think I'm turning japanese, I really think so" says one song. As one of the many globalized cultural supplies from the raising sun country, japanese cuisine came to stay in western palates, as a nice commodity to post-impress him/her/them and eat well. A piece of the chain of habits that consumerist society, even in hegelian-historically conscious Berlin, where hungry for-the-cool-new-tourists also eat healthy old sushi.

Time for Heroes: the credit crunch and the greek debt, the monitoring of banks and the regulation of a new economic order to the rescue of the innocent ones.

From nowhere to anywhere: The FIFA world cup going on in South Africa, the german capital and the raise and fall of nationality and identity. We are all winners, aren't we? Or losers?