Interviews
Charlie Porter’s Nova Scotia House: A Raw Portrait of Queer Survival
“A portrait of queer life in 1990s London, exploring the impacts of love and loss, while rejecting nostalgic narratives in favour of survival". An interview with Charlie Porter on his...
Approaching conscious young customers: Bvlgari jewels become an ethical icon
Lucia Silvestri: «I can use my position as Creative Director to share my experience, but I don’t consider myself a role model: my story proves that following real passions is...
Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian: Interstellar Communication as Cultural Resistance
In Piccadilly Un:Plugged, Nelly Ben Hayoun-Stépanian uses noise, public installations and scientific inquiry to explore decolonization, interstellar communication and identity
“I am not a painter”: an Interview with Daniel Buren
“Many painters, few geniouses” says Daniel Buren. His investigation began in the 1960s with the use of vertical stripes, each measuring 8.7 cm: interventions on fabric, glass, wood, flags
Blood, Sweat, and Synths: How Pol Balances Brotherhood, New Wave Music and Fashion
If you discard being raw, it becomes boring. The Pol brothers grew up apart from music but found raw inspiration in the shapes and sounds of runway shows, blending post-punk...
Stefano Baisi on Crafting the World of Luca Guadagnino’s Queer: Making Love Into a Film Set
Luca Guadagnino takes William Lee’s story and does something unexpected — from miniatures, millipedes, and Mexico City, the production designer of Guadagnino’s 2024 film discusses turning William S. Burroughs’ life into a...
Chinese Espresso: how migration from China changed the face of Italian bars
Author and anthropologist Grazia Ting Deng recounts foaming milk, Occidentalist fantasies, and the socio-economic journey that has brought Chinese-run coffee bars to prominence in Italy
Villa La Medusa, toward Frank Lloyd Wright’s organic architecture
Camaiore, Lucca. Villa La Medusa reflects its dual etymology. The root is ancient Greek: μέδω, meaning to care for, to protect, but also to bewitch. Villa La Medusa protects its...
