by Anne Lise Kjaer | Feb 21, 2009 | - Dimensions, All, Economics, Emotional, Emotional, Lifestyle & Consumption, Scientific, Scientific |
Personally I am quite excited about this new chance to review my life. It has been evident for some time that the unsustainable economic growth in the west was going to come to an abrupt u-turn. Financial Tsunami? Now that the bubble has burst it’s time to welcome a...
by Anne Lise Kjaer | Jan 17, 2009 | - Dimensions, A Better World, All, Emotional, Emotional, Lifestyle & Consumption, Social, Social, Social Structures |
There is so much complexity and an excess of meaningless choice in today’s society. To survive in the jungle of consumption we must adapt a culture of intelligent reduction. People-Centric The most successful brands and companies of the future will be people-centric,...
by Anne Lise Kjaer | Jan 16, 2008 | - Dimensions, All, Emotional, Emotional, Lifestyle & Consumption, Quality of Life, Spiritual, Spiritual, Wellbeing |
Once my mother noted that if coffee were to run out in Denmark the nation would close down. She had a point as Scandinavians consume almost 10 kilos of coffee per capita annually, compared with the global 3 kilo average. The Coffee War London’s contemporary coffee...
by Anne Lise Kjaer | Aug 7, 2006 | - Dimensions, All, Emotional, Emotional, Future Report, Interview, Lifestyle & Consumption |
“Companies will have to make it possible for consumers to build their own meanings into products and services.” An Interview on Meaningful Consumption and Time To Think Q: How would you define Meaningful Consumption? Olesen: I would define it as something that goes...
by Anne Lise Kjaer | Jul 31, 2006 | - Dimensions, All, Emotional, Emotional, Future Report, Interview, Lifestyle & Consumption |
“In the future companies face a balancing act…upholding their social and ethical responsibilities…and still delivering a profit” An Interview on Meaningful Consumption and Time To Think Q: How would you define Meaningful Consumption? Wilkinson: This is an interesting...
by Anne Lise Kjaer | Jul 24, 2006 | - Dimensions, All, Emotional, Emotional, Future Report, Interview, Lifestyle & Consumption |
“Design frequently emerges as a cut-price way to solve problems that require much more substantial investment” An Interview on Meaningful Consumption and Time To Think Q: How would you define Meaningful Consumption? Woudhuysen: This is a contradiction in terms....