The Power of Interdisciplinary Teams

If you face a problem, one way to look for a solution may be to ask people from different fields. A lot of time a solution doesn’t present itself because the knowledge you have in a specific field also acts as a boundary for your imagination.

Before I continue talking about the subject itself, let me start with a story.

Many people have commented on the ‘Liquid’ shelf system my very good friend Sascha Ulber designed, in spring 2003. As trivial as it looks, the way it was conceptualized and most things about it were about five years ahead of the curve then.

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Published on 8. of September 2010 13:45.
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Planet Japan

I arrived in Tokyo last week but due to the sensory overload this city imposes on the brain, particularly on a geek’s brain, I needed some time to contemplate (read: process) my impressions before writing anything about it.

Let me start by saying that I feel utterly stupid, by now, for not having visited Japan earlier. My aunt is Japanese; through her I got to watch “Nauscaä of the Valley of the Wind” (in Japanese, w/o subtitles), when I was 11 years old, in 1985, the year after the movie came out. The images never left my head and I believe they were part of the reason I ended up pursuing a career in film.

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Published on 28. of September 2008 18:21.
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“Django”

I found a surprise parcel in my mailbox this evening. As it came directly from Amazon UK, I had no idea who sent it to me.

It turned out to be a DVD of the 1966 movie Django. It apparently was a late x-mas present from Aghiles Kheffache, lead developer of 3Delight.

In honour of this masterpiece of the spaghetti western genre, the current 3Delight release 7 is named ‘Django’.

This is the movie that made Franco Nero a star. Don’t forget to watch the trailer!

Published on 14. of January 2008 20:07.
Filed under: Moritz’ Life & Work