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Varia Instruments – Mission accomplished

Last week, Varia Instruments launched their new DJ mixer! After more than a year of development, the final product is on the market. Creative Hub accompanied Simon Schär and Marcel Schneider, the team behind Varia Instruments, during their one-year coaching period. At the end of the coaching year, we reflect and look forward.

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About the Challenges of Self-Employment

Self and employment: Who knows an accurate description of "self-employment"? Anyone who builds their own business knows that the art of self-employment is finding the middle ground, the balance, and to prevent "self-employment" from becoming self-exploitation.

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Call for Projects - Bring Your Own Mask

Hyperaktiv has just invited a selection of Swiss designers for a reinterpretation of the design of the protective mask. The aim is a virtual exhibition in May and a physical vernissage in September.

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The Brave Seamstress - How a Freiburg Woman Makes a Virtue out of Necessity

Anne Tu Quoc sews shoes and accessories for toddlers with her “Petit Mai” label. The Corona crisis brought business almost to a standstill. But when a door closes, another opens in another place: her brother, a doctor at a hospital, requested her to sew protective masks. And out of nowhere, it developed into a real business, with which she still supports the stock of the protective masks in Switzerland.

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Why old is not always old fashioned: A journey into re-looking at the old from the eyes of the new

In the midst of the technological revolution, new, sleek, shiny metal gadgets show the promise of a better life. A better life for us, the consumer. The question remains though, where does that leave the people who can’t afford these gadgets? Is the technological revolution inclusive? Or is it just making the lives of the more privileged, even more privileged? Can we move towards a new future with everyone together?

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Alain Zanchetta - Courageous design for daily use

Products that meet the specific needs of people with disabilities: a beneficial idea, or discrimination? Product designer Alain Zanchetta dared to venture into this field of creative tension. And almost lost his nerve in the process.

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Søren Henrichsen Design Studio – Sudden Twists

Geneva-based product designer Søren Henrichsen has a biography marked by exciting twists and turns. Creative “twists” can also be found in his design objects. On his path to success, he received helpful coaching from Creative Hub.

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A look back at eight years of pioneering work in promoting the creative industries