Interplay

weld+vision or.22 - Nothing exists for itself alone

“Interplay” – what a lovely word! There’s something almost “playful”, and definitely very harmonious, about it. After all, interplay is just that – harmony, a state where many different forces are in balance. And as such it is the most natural of the principles governing how we all live together. In the natural realm, interplay mostly functions entirely of its own accord. In human society, though, it requires a certain amount of effort. In this edition of weld+vision, you’ll find many different varieties of interplay coming into play. Right at the outset in our cover story, we’ll be looking at everything from “dream teams” to universal geniuses, interdisciplinarity, product quality and self-sustaining ecosystems. The theme is continued in other articles: Like in our case study “Behind the scenes at the Vienna State Opera”, where the term “interplay” acquires a rather literal significance besides its relevance to the unusual welding tasks described here. Or in Klaus Fronius’ essay on the interplay taking place in a company, on self-contained systems of teams, customers, products, innovations, markets and the environment. And also in the article looking at all the services provided by Fronius. At any rate, this edition has something playful about it. A reminder, perhaps, that for all its gravity, the underlying principle of the universe is also meant to lend a playful note to our lives...