Since early 2021, Michael Mühlin has been the owner of Rhein-Taxi, a Düsseldorf taxi company with more than 150 vehicles and 500 chauffeurs. Born in Upper Franconia, he has travelled the world a lot, including living in the desert near Dubai and sailing the Mediterranean for four years - but for good reasons he was always drawn back to the Rhineland.
WeiterlesenAs co-founder and former CEO of Just Spices, Florian Falk has achieved multi-million turnovers within ten years. With the sale to Kraft Heinz at the beginning of 2022, the Düsseldorf-based spice mix start-up continues to grow and progress in becoming a global brand. So it came as a surprise to many people when Florian announced his exit from Just Spices at the end of 2022. VIVID editor Rainer Kunst was keen to find out what prompted his decision, how the entrepreneur is now reinventing himself and where sustainable investments come into play.
WeiterlesenSince autumn 2022, the Langen Foundation, a renowned address for art exhibitions on the grounds of the former NATO missile station near Neuss, takes a closer look at our warming planet: Julian Charrière, an artist for whom nature and its transformation is the basis of his work, has come on board. In his exhibition “Controlled Burn”, he explores in multimedia form the ambivalent fascination with fire: as a symbol of destruction and genesis.
WeiterlesenAltbier is a family affair in Düsseldorf. Local breweries embody the great beer tradition of the state capital. Schumacher Alt has been drunk since 1838 - at carnival, after work and just for the joy of it. A conversation with boss Thea Ungermann about the current challenges facing the hospitality sector, about family and management style, about home and life as a restaurateur.
WeiterlesenFor over 30 years, the “Düsseldorfers of the Year 2021” Christiane Oxenfort and Andreas Dahmen, organisers of the Düsseldorf Festival, have been providing a stage for dance, theatre and modern circus from all over the world. Their white tent in the centre of the old town draws in the crowds at the annual autumn event.
WeiterlesenA truly creative mind buzzing with energy and hip hop in his veins. This sums up Phillip Böndel, the Co-Founder & CEO of “The Ambition” and Managing Director of Digital Consulting at the agency BUTTER pretty well.
WeiterlesenThe individually crafted pieces of jewellery by Ariane Ernst Jewelry enjoy great popularity: there are often long queues of eager customers for specials such as the annual birthdays in the store on Bilker Allee. But it‘s not just business that‘s going well in Düsseldorf; Freiburg native Ariane Ernst now loves living here, too.
WeiterlesenLaila Hamidi is the woman to whom celebrities like Nazan Eckes, Franziska Knuppe and Liz Mohn entrust their beauty and have relied on her beauty and fashion sense for many years. As a self-employed beauty artist, she handled numerous glamorous events and travelled around the world.
WeiterlesenThe street magazine fiftyfifty, founded in Düsseldorf, is known far beyond the region and has many prominent supporters. VIVID editor Rainer Kunst spoke with managing director Hubert Ostendorf about entrepreneurship,
the current Housing First project, civic engagement and the future of fiftyfifty.
Seit Beginn der Spielzeit 2020/2021 ist Demis Volpi (36) Ballettdirektor und Chefchoreograph des Ballett am Rhein, seit Anfang 2020 lebt er auch in Düsseldorf. Bereits in dieser kurzen Zeit hat der Deutsch-Argentinier, der mit zahlreichen Kultur-Preisen ausgezeichnet wurde, die Stadt in sein Herz geschlossen.
WeiterlesenAida Rizvo describes herself as a down-to-earth free spirit. Growing up as a child of so-called guest workers in the Ruhr region, she had a steep career at Henkel and C&A, among others, founded her own consulting company in Asia and is now CEO of the medium-sized company JEMAKO in Münsterland.
WeiterlesenJonas van Blanken is quite a diverse entrepreneur: he is a perfumer and founder of the brand OSKAR Natural Skincare, managing director and co-founder of the film and photo production company CIRCL Studio and managing director and co-founder of the event studio CIRCL Space. The 36-year-old has lived in very different places around the globe – until he lost his heart in and to Düsseldorf.
WeiterlesenDuring a walk in Benrath’s Schlosspark Marie-Eve Schröder ,Group Director DACH Region, spoke with VIVID publisher Rainer Kunst about plans and visions of Meta and the Metaverse, about data protection and fake news on the internet, the role of sustainability in a tech company – and about her love for the state capital.
WeiterlesenDue to a flour dust allergy, he has not set foot inside the bakery for some time. And even in his shops, he will rarely sell Hinkelsteine, Kifferkruste and Elsässer bread from behind the counter due to a lack of time: Josef Hinkel has been deputy mayor of the state capital for more than a year and he will leave his mark as a CDU politician.
WeiterlesenShe learned how to cook and run a household from her grandmother in Poland, but to make a profession out of it? Agata Reul veered between cook and florist. However, when she came to Germany, she trained as a cook in the legendary high-class restaurant “Victorian” a few steps away from Königsallee. Only a year after opening her own restaurant “Agata's” in Düsseldorf, her cuisine was awarded a Michelin star in 2013. Since then, she has been the only Polish woman in Germany to own a Michelin-starred restaurant.
WeiterlesenLucas Sauberschwarz is Managing Director of the strategy consultancy Venture Idea, Director of the Centre for Innovation at the SGMI Management Institute St. Gallen and best-selling author. Because the Düsseldorf native wanted to be at the centre of innovation in Germany, he founded his company in Berlin in 2010. After five years, he moved Venture Idea's headquarters to Düsseldorf - for good reasons.
WeiterlesenHow does an international airport deal with a global pandemic and the restrictions it imposes? Why is this place a key hub for all forms of transport? What role does climate neutrality play? And how can an airport become digitally transformed even further? VIVID publisher Rainer Kunst discussed this and much more with Thomas Schnalke, CEO of the international airport in Düsseldorf.
WeiterlesenSince 2003 he has topped the world rankings four times, at the European Championships he won seven titles in singles and five in doubles, at the World Championships he came third in singles and was runner-up in doubles: Timo Boll is the most successful German table tennis player of all time so far - and a star in China, the country of the table tennis world champions. The 40-year-old is not only popular for his fair play in sport, but also for his great social commitment to people in need. He has been under contract with the top German League team Borussia Düsseldorf since 2006.
WeiterlesenEvery year, about 200,000 people in Germany develop Alzheimer's disease, a condition that is as of yet incurable. Scientists from all over the world are searching for the causes in order to decipher the disease and develop effective drugs. One of them is Annette Limke. She has a doctorate in biology and is investigating the effects of ultra-fine particulate on the risk of Alzheimer's disease. An interview with the 32-year-old about exhaust fumes, the goal of her research project and her love of nature.
WeiterlesenDüsseldorf's Lord Mayor Dr Stephan Keller (CDU) has been in office for about nine months. On a joint racing bike tour, VIVID editor Rainer Kunst spoke with him about a very special start in office, future transport and economic policy, the importance of table tennis for Düsseldorf's health and the need for a 700-million-euro opera house.
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