Interview: Giorgio Biscaro of FontanaArte

The art director of the Italian lighting brand discusses its recent relaunch and future

by Stefano Caggiano Nominated as FontanaArte‘s first art director ever, Giorgio Biscaro had 12 months to pick up the heritage of the historical lighting company that boasts Gio Ponti and to bring it to new levels. He spent the first month thinking about the direction to take and reading Ponti’s thoughts made him take the plunge and opt for the risk-taking strategy of innovation. He …

Pick a Porsche

Design "the most personal car you'll own" with the German company's Customer Consultation Program

by Katharine Erwin “I never understood someone who says, I want the blue car with the beige interior and buys the black car with a grey interior. I never get that, but it happens all the time.” These are the words of Sascha Glaeser, the US manager of Porsche’s Customer Consultation Program. His mission is to give the Porsche customer exactly what they want, in …

Bomma’s Hi-Tech Crystal

Czech designers stray from tradition to produce an innovative collection of precision-cut glassware

by Adam tch The Czech Republic is famous for traditional handmade glass. Czech glass is associated with precise, handmade work created in old-fashioned factories using time-honored techniques. But two years ago the forward-thinking company Bohemia Machinelocated in Svtl, the cradle of genuine Bohemian cut crystallooked to create a way of producing high-end glassware using robotic technology. Bohemia Machine was founded in 1992 as a company …