#creative-communities

#creative-communities

Germany's young creative talents find themselves in a chokehold of diminishing government funding to educational and outreach programmes, threatening to undermine long-standing institutions as well as the renewed international interest in its fashion industry. The mood is decidedly depressed at University of the Arts ( ) in Berlin, one of Germany's leading arts universities. Funding cuts across all of the city's publicly financed cultural and arts programmes have left the school depleted in staff and its facilities' opening hours.

Being a rebel, to me, essentially means parking the industry playbook. It means not necessarily following the herd. So, when people go that way, perhaps you go the other way or in that direction. It's not about chasing clicks; it's not about chasing short-term wins. I think, at the end of the day, it is about giving your audience credit and not dumbing down,

For Anders Braso, chief marketing officer at Monocle magazine and one of our Rebel 50, rebellion is about discipline, not chaos. For Berit Block, head of marketing at WeTransfer, it's about remembering your creative roots and supporting a community that thrives when the rules are bent. Together, their perspectives highlight how rebellion isn't about rejecting everything; it's about knowing what to reject, what to double down on and when to zag while everyone else zigs.