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Beyond the Road: What the VW Camper Teaches About Staying Relevant

As a talented pair of hands whipped up a fresh cocktail, my eyes wandered to the Volkswagen Camper van, glowing under bright lights.

But this isn’t just a vehicle. It’s a symbol.

First introduced in 1950, it rolled off production lines in 2013, but not before proving its remarkable ability to evolve. It started as a people carrier, then became a parcel transporter, a tourist van, an ambulance, and much more. From the practical to the imaginative, it has done everything possible—and everything conceivable.

To age gracefully, like the VW Camper, means one thing: staying relevant.
And that requires daily reinvention. Self-disruption. A willingness to redraw the finish line—again and again.

It’s not easy. But it’s possible.

Just ask the VW Camper.

(at Pattaya, Thailand)

Poetry. You have just written a poem. It’s simple. All it takes is a piece of paper, a pen that barely writes and a flutter in the mind.
And a poem stares at you.

A few days later you come face to face with a giant factory. Where machines melt metal and products emerge. You talk to some energetic engineers and try going beneath their safety helmets.

You seek answers to several questions in your mind. How did they think up these things? How can brown pieces of metal and a melange of pipes excite the daily day’s arrival? What keeps light in the eyes glowing?

You survey the monstrosity of what they call ‘office’. The scale sends a shiver and creates a flutter.
The flutter brings a realisation : Engineering is poetry with a different name.
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