Culture Shifts Magazine
Episodes
Creativity as Strategy: Inside Vienna’s Investment in the Creative Industries with Elisabeth Noever-Ginthör
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vienna is known for its classical beauty, but behind the historic façades, a new creative economy is reshaping the city. In this episode of the Cultu...
A Capsule in Time: Marina Tabassum on Architecture with Lasting Impact
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Architecture is often seen as something static — a monument, a statement, a symbol of permanence. But for Marina Tabassum, it’s something else ent...
Beyond Growth: A New Vision for the Future with Till Kellerhoff
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if we stopped treating climate change, inequality, and economic instability as separate problems, and started seeing them as symptoms of a system...
From Structure to Story: Beatrice Galilee on Rethinking Architecture's Narrative
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Architecture is more than just buildings – it’s a powerful lens through which to understand our world. In this episode of the Culture Shifts Podca...
Rethinking Museums: Bart van der Heide on Innovation, Impact & Cultural Agents
02 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Museums are no longer just exhibition spaces – they are evolving into cultural agents that shape contemporary discourse. But how can they break free...
Beyond Aesthetics: Alice Rawsthorn on How Design Can Solve Global Challenges
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
To kick off our Solutions season – where we explore how to address today’s most pressing challenges – I’m joined by Alice Rawsthorn, an award-...
Trailer Season 4 – Solutions
16 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This season, the Culture Shifts Podcast is dedicated to one key theme: Solutions.In conversations with leading thinkers, visionaries and innovators we...
Understanding Trends & Communities: An Observation with Cultural Strategist Matt Klein
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest today: Matt Klein — a cultural researcher, writer and strategist who's always a step ahead of the cultural curve. From his base in Ne...
From Pencils To Pixels: Christoph Niemann on Art, Technology, and the Human Touch
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today, we’re joined by the artist and illustrator Christoph Niemann, whose work blends creativity with technology in ways that constantly push the b...
Designing with Purpose: Inside Formafantasma’s creative process
12 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We are delighted to be joined by Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi, the visionary duo behind the acclaimed design studio Formafantasma, with studio...
Shaping Culture & Sustainability. A chat with cultural entrepreneur Ruggero Pietromarchi
27 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Ruggero Pietromarchi, the visionary founder of Threes Productions and Terraforma Festival, joins us to discuss his journey in cultura...
Navigating & Growing Business Ecosystems. A conversation with Miruna Turbatu
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Today we are exploring the fascinating world of business ecosystems with Miruna Turbatu, Director of Brand & Business Ecosystems at TLGG Group. Mi...
Talking AI, Art & Technology with Hans Ulrich Obrist
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Art, technology and artificial intelligence working together! For more than a decade at the Serpentine Galleries in London. Join us for a conversation...
Decoding Trends: Amy Daroukakis & Chloé de Ruffray on cultural strategy and trend forecasting
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What's the next big thing? And how to prepare for it? In this episode, cultural strategists & trend forecasters Amy Daroukakis and Chloé de ...
Chameleon Cars: Stella Clarke, BMW Group engineer, on creativity, machine learning and colour-changing vehicles
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine a vehicle that adapts to your mood, the weather, or even your outfit. We kick off our "The New Creativity" season and welcome Stella...
Trailer Season 3
01 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We're happy to introduce our third season "The New Creativity". This year in our Culture Shifts Magazine Podcast we will be talking to ...
What we do
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Fast-paced social change calls for new approaches in corporate communication. Brands need to adapt, too: "Cultural Branding" is the buzzword...
Matteo Andreas Lorenzoni, Head of Sales, D-Orbit
21 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What experiences will be possible in space? What do space companies contribute to the technological innovations of the future? And what strategies can...
Fabio Cherstich, theater & opera director and set designer
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our next guest is Fabio Cherstich, an Italian theater and opera director, set designer and writer. He has worked with theaters all over Europe and h...
Emma Greer, architect & urban designer
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The first guest of our new season is Emma Greer. Emma is an architect & urban designer based in Milan. She was born in the Canadian Midwest and ha...
Trailer Season 2
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a new season of Culture Shifts Magazine Podcast. Culture Shifts magazine provides insights into relevant areas of culture, society & b...
JOIN IMPACT
01 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guests on this podcast are Malte Bedürftig and Thomas Noppen in Berlin. Both are founders and CEOs of GoVolunteer – Germany's largest volu...
Laura Aalto, CEO Helsinki Marketing
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on this podcast is Laura Aalto in Helsinki. Laura is CEO of Helsinki Marketing. Helsinki Marketing is the City of Helsinki’s owned company...
Laila Binbrek, Director National Pavilion UAE, Biennale di Venezia
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Our guest on this podcast is Laila Binbrek in Dubai. Laila has been the Coordinating Director of the National Pavilion UAE, which presents the United ...
Various Others Vol. 4
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the fourth Culture Shifts Magazine + Various Others podcasts episode we speak to the Munich based gallerists Matthias Kunz and Nir Altman about run...
Douglas Rushkoff, author and media theorist
06 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During this year's Corona lockdown we interviewed American media theorist, writer, columnist and academic Douglas Rushkoff. He is known for his c...
Various Others Vol. 3
30 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of Culture Shifts Magazine + Various Others podcasts we speak to Patrizia Dander, chief curator at Museum Brandhorst and Maurin D...
Various Others Vol. 2
22 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The guests of our second Culture Shifts Magazine + Various Others podcast episode are Eva Huttenlauch, Head of Collections and Curator, Art after 1945...
Various Others Vol. 1
16 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In our first Culture Shifts Magazine + Various Others podcast episode we speak to two of the founders of the Munich initiative for contemporary art. T...
Chiara Costa, Head of Programs of Fondazione Prada
16 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the third Culture Shifts Podcast, we speak to Chiara Costa. She is an art historian, researcher and the new Head of Programs of Fondazione Prada. W...
Attilia Fattori Franchini, independent curator and writer
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the second Culture Shifts Podcast we speak to curator and writer Attilia Fattori Franchini about her work, the complexity of cultural structures in...
Thomas Girst, Head of BMW Group Culture
30 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the first Culture Shifts Podcast we speak to Dr. Thomas Girst, Head of BMW Group Culture about cultural partnerships at BMW and changes in the inte...