The world around us seems as turbulent as it has ever been. Tremors across industry, across culture, across the environment, are profoundly reshaping everything we know. We started The Alpine Review as an attempt to understand those tremors from a long-term point of view — to look at how our immediate moment is shaped by the past and will shape us in the future.
A collection of ideas, thoughts and recent developments related to our environment and milieu.
The field of psychological trauma is evolving to recognize that adversity may actually be good for you.
A curated list of interesting makers that caught our eye.
As businesses are caught in the crossfire of the Big Shift, a new archetype is emerging for creating value: The Platform.
Magazines are artefacts; a presence in one’s home, library, cafe, hotel or meeting place. Increasingly, magazines have been using this power to expand their reach into the real world, communicating identity and acting as a platform.
Bought at auction in 1997, Fougaro (which translates to ‘smokestack’) has been under renovation for the past 15 years and has at long last unveiled itself as a creative paradise in 2012.
Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions that make society move.
Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions in the field of economics and society at large — "always on"
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta describes a world that has become increasingly dangerous..
As creativity becomes, arguably, the most valuable resource, city planners do their best to cultivate creative neighbourhoods where innovation can thrive. However, there is more to cultivating creativity than building coffee shops and craft supply stores.
Cities thrive when they successfully service our basic needs with intelligence and simplicity. Recovering from 60 years of automobile-focused development and sprawl, urban planners are taking things in the right direction—backwards.
Quality education and the nordic model: how it is possible to achieve excellence by focusing not on competition, but on cooperation, and not on choice, but on equity
DIY.org is a safe place where kids can connect and learn from each other. It’s also worth noting that DIY is the most recent project of Zach Klein, of Vimeo, CollegeHumor and Founder Collective fame.
In the context of the new chef craze, iconic culinary figure Jacques Pépin underlines the everlasting importance of simplicity and humility, reiterating that the main reason to cook remains the same: to share.
Ideas, thoughts and other curiosities about business and the economy.
It is a common fallacy to believe that the link between decisions and outcomes is causally direct.
What was the role of digital tools in the evolution of the architectural design process? Archaeology of the Digital, a transdisciplinary exhibition at Montreal’s CCA (2012) attempted to craft an answer.
Could it be that our collective obsession with mid-century modern design serves as familiar comfort amidst the overwhelming immediacy of an ever-present, ever-ephemeral now?
When so much of the spotlight is shone on "failure", it’s easy to fall into the trap of equating failure with innovative genius. This is the danger for startup culture, where the mantra “Fail early, fail fast, fail often” reigns supreme.
Boris Anthony and Hugh McGuire discuss how much more might be possible when we truly bring books to digital.
Anchored in high craftsmanship, sober aesthetic with an eclectic touch, Shinola looks to rejuvenate an ancient tradition in the birthplace of American industrialism: Detroit, Mi.
Sam Guelimi, founder of Edwarda, an erotic magazine devoted to the art of desire tells us about mystery, philosophy, discretion and expression.
Visit a ski chalet and find a trail map, likely mounted atop a hearth, the imperfect tree lines and pastel color palette so very familiar, wherever you are in the world. Turns out there’s a guy that makes those. And he’s getting ready for retirement.
Unfinished business with some dreamers of the red planet dream
There is an uncanny feeling that something profound is taking place at this very moment. Massive changes twisting and pulling at the fabric of our world. The Alpine Review — Observing the things that matter.
Is the risk of losing digital identities in a flash really a fair trade for infinite access? Or should we all just defer to the old shoebox to keep photos of grandma safe?
Mind clones. Self-aware digital beings, reconstructed from your life’s digital footprints, able to reason, remember, and feel.
How the evolving relationship between insiders and outsiders shapes our institutions.
Louis-Jacques Darveau, publisher and editor of The Alpine Review, sat down with Chris Fussell to chat about the significant influence Stanley McChrystal has had on organizations, how militaries are similar (and dissimilar) to businesses, and why lower level staff need to be empowered.
Micro-transitions give context and meaning to complex ecosystems. We just need to start looking at the invisible.
