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.
We’ve been told to watch our weight, count our calories and time our runs for quite a while now; but never before have we had the technology to measure all of our behavior so seamlessly, sensitively, automatically and intelligently.
A collection of ideas, thoughts and recent developments related to our environment.
A collection of ideas and curiosities about science and technology.
Ideas, thoughts and other curiosities about business and the economy.
Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions in the innovation and tech space.
Lately, Moscow’s public spaces have been showing a new hipster swagger. But is a high-minded approach to urbanism masking a darker politics beneath?
That guy from finance with all the ideas? Somebody’s been talking to him about snackwave and witchcraft. Huh. Didn’t see that one coming.
Ideas, thoughts and other curiosities about business and retail.
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.
A creative Berliner looking for a challenge also finds community in post-revolutionary Egypt where chaos is but one story among many.
Faced with limited time, money, space and material, it becomes paramount that we act deftly when it matters most; but first we’ll have to hone our ability to make good decisions together.
A collection of ideas and thoughts that point to the future of architecture and urbanism.
Urban agriculture and community gardens are sprouting up all over the world, creating a breeding ground for learning experiences, community living and a better quality of life.
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
America’s most articulate and passionate farmer, Joel Salatin, tells us about integrity, the new tribalism and why—unless you’re Mr. T—you need to care about agriculture.
Where do you go to get some perspective? In a crowded world, finding fresh air, new paths and eye-opening discoveries is no easy feat.
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.
Tracking interesting signals, ideas and questions that make society move.
Put your weapons down. The gaming industry has been turned on its head by the de-mocratization of development and distribution tools, paving the way for games as a form of deeply personal art. A new wave of standouts signals the way forward for a mature creative medium.
The sharks and cult leaders of Silicon Valley’s sharing economy want you to believe they’re doing something new. Truth is, when it comes to workers’ rights, they’re as old-school as it gets.
Alchemy is either the foundation of modern science or a grand mystic delusion induced by mercury fumes. Can new understandings of ancient ways show us how interconnectedness can exist in harmony with scientific mastery?
A curated list of interesting makers that caught our eye — The Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN)
For those who believe in the theory of the 'great stagnation', the enduring B52 is probably its most iconic attestation. A superb example of good design and engineering but, alas, it also feels like a failure of progress.
A curated list of some of our favourite retail concepts from around the world — we visit Northern Grade and Filson
To maintain any semblance of happiness, the skill most of us will require in the future is sensemaking, the ability to connect discrete insights and synthesize large quantities of often incomplete or conflicting information.
Unfinished business with some dreamers of the red planet dream
Ideas, thoughts and signals shaping the world of media.
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.
Responsible design requires thinking ahead, outside of the realm of today’s definition of normalcy, and bravely facing the risks head-on. Anab Jain of Superflux shares her curiosity for the near-future, superdensity and the power of suspended disbelief.
As a doctor, Rob Gorski’s training and livelihood is intervention. But when it comes to his island, he’s decided to let nature run its course.
