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 …

Interview: Raymond Biesinger

The self-taught Canadian illustrator on the sometimes blurry line between corporate and personal work

Montreal-based Raymond Biesinger is a self-taught illustrator. His work has featured in publications including the New Yorker, Monocle, the Guardian, Time, GQ, Dwell, the Globe & Mail. With such immense commercial success, we recently caught up with Biesinger in his studio for a chat about what it’s like working for “The Man” and how he approaches personal projects. Explain your process on a personal piece …

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 …