They live in stylish factory floors, drink coffee all day and only work when they are kissed by the muse. They spend their evenings at exhibitions and parties and are either famous or chronically broke. So much for the clichés when it comes to artists or designers. The truth is usually different: Most artists and […]

Bach, Beethoven, Handel, Wagner – the list of famous German composers is long. Philharmonic orchestras around the world still play and interpret their works today. Today’s composers do not limit themselves to operas and chamber music. They always move with their time and expand their repertoire accordingly. For example, they create purely synthetic pieces of […]

Angela Merkel tweets and Barack Obama has a Facebook page. The famous examples show the major changes in our communication in recent years. Smartphones and the Internet provide access to an almost endless amount of information from anywhere in the world. But what are the consequences for our everyday life? Do we meet up with […]

The company’s own website, the flyer for the concert of your favorite band or a poster that makes you want a burger – in today’s media society we are exposed to a veritable flood of information . From the abundance of messages, we subconsciously filter out those that visually appeal to us the most. It […]

At the age of seven, Goethe read the original Illias and was able to translate entire poems from German into Latin. He was therefore not a child prodigy: An education in the ancient languages ​​was a good form among wealthy citizens of the 18th century. Goethe later became a proponent of the humanistic educational ideal […]

Who did what, when, where, how and why? The six W-questions are the working framework of every journalist. The seventh question is, where did I get my information from? This question gives an indication of the journalists’ work ethic. Your task is to inform the population truthfully and as objectively as possible about events in […]

When you think of jazz, images of smoky cellar bars and names like Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday may come to mind. They are among the best-known representatives of the style of music that African American musicians created in New Orleans around 1900. From there it began its triumphal march around the world in the […]

Japan – a country full of contrasts. On the one hand, “the land of the rising sun” is one of the most important industrial nations in Asia . Mega-cities, flashing neon signs, ultra-modern office towers, high-speed high-speed trains and futuristic-looking robot technologies shape this image of Japan. On the other hand, the country has retained […]

Spam emails, bot networks, hackers, worms, viruses and Trojans: more than half of all companies have already been victims of cyber attacks . Competitors and criminals try to spy out internal data, paralyze operating systems or manipulate the company’s own Internet pages. Private individuals are also affected by online crime. So-called phishing is particularly widespread […]

The word globalization is on everyone’s lips. The interrelationships on our globe are becoming more and more intensive and complex. This is particularly evident in the economy. Many German companies have production abroad. They source their raw materials from other countries and have customers all over the world. Study business administration globally A degree in […]

Our century is characterized by increasing global networking on a political, economic, economic and cultural level. Emerging states from Asia are increasingly replacing the USA as an economic and political superpower. International economic relations are becoming more and more complex and confederations of states such as the EU, but also internationally active NGOs and business […]

A business lunch in Japan: the German manager shakes hands with the Japanese manager, they sit down at the table. The German tries to eat as skillfully as possible with the chopsticks and eats the soup silently. After dinner, both parties politely say goodbye, while the manager casually puts the business card of his Japanese […]

Playing the guitar like Jimi Hendrix, the violin eliciting notes like Jascha Heifetz – many amateur musicians dream of mastering their instrument as virtuously as their famous role models. So it’s no wonder that instrumental music has been the most popular artistic field of study for years . This may also be due to the […]

The cozy café on the corner, the stylish designer apartment or Aunt Hilda’s stuffy living room. Rooms have a unique effect on us when we first enter them. If the colors don’t harmonize or if the furniture is too dark, we don’t feel well. We would like to move into other rooms straight away, for […]