Culture A keeps company with an incredible set of creative people across the globe. Each month, we interview innovative artists, designers, and creatives with a set of 5 provocative questions. Learn more about what fuels the ideas and dreams of these contemporary leaders.
Romain Bernini is a French born painter with an Italian name. Romain studied at the Université Paris I Sorbonne, was a resident at the Villa Medici in Rome, and now teaches painting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris.
Serena Weaver is an entrepreneur in the field of sustainable business development. She is a lover of hospitality and uses her unique background to question existing systems within the industry.
Liliya Lifanova has a multidisciplinary practice that encompasses performance, video, painting, drawing, and sculpture. She received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL (2010), and the Fulbright Fellowship in Installation Art (2011-2012).
Tim Braden is a London based painter. He studied at the St Petersburg Academy of Art, Russia; Ruskin school of Art, Oxford and the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam. He works in both painting and sculpture, incorporating various techniques and materials across media. Using different types of paint, support, and application to explore subtle shifts in space, mood and tone, Braden’s work is ultimately drawn from a close reading of his environment and an attempt to depict the act of looking at things.
Sarah-Linda Forrer is an Amsterdam based Creative Director and Founder at Sarah-Linda. Rooted in the French Art de Vivre, her passion for eating well, celebrating life, and enjoying a true connection to our food has blossomed into collections of sensual tableware and interior accessories.
Mark Cazalet is a London Based artist and lecturer. He works with fabricators in materials as varied as mosaic, mural, stained glass, etched/engraved glass, textiles, and lino woodcut limited edition books.
Ese Erheriene is a writer of short stories, fiction and poetry. Her life-writing has been published in The Wall Street Journal.
Josh Geffin is a musician and writer based in London currently studying a Masters in Creative Writing at Goldsmiths, University of London. His poetry explores themes of attention, humour and memory.
Faryal Aslam is the artist and creator behind Knottinger, a slow fashion and design company in Leeds, England. She uses traditional techniques to consciously create knotted jewelry and decor in gorgeous, rich colors.
Tristan du Plessis’s eponymous studio caters to international luxury dining, hospitality, and tailor-made residential design…
Emma Powell loves the great outdoors. If you’re in search of wild swimming, remote wanderlust, and a general appreciation for lush nature, she’s your first call. What makes Emma unique…
Chris Soal is an award-winning, emerging artist living and practicing in Johannesburg. Using unconventional found objects, such as toothpicks and bottle caps, in conjunction with concrete and other industrial materials…
Karel Kingsley is a multidisciplinary artist and entrepreneur who lives in Belgrade, Serbia, with her partner, photographer Stefan Ćulafić. She is passionate about visual arts and storytelling.
Dan Wong is a photographer based in London. His documentary-style photography spans diverse subjects, from the small details of everyday street scenes to portraits of musicians and actors…
I visited Sky Pape in her upper Manhattan studio in 2009. She was working on a commission with us for Tiffany & Co…
Marc Haers has never met a stranger. At least, that’s the impression he gives when meeting you for the first time, as we did a few months ago…
With a firm interest in psychology, Galician-born Sabela Peinado explores human interaction through the digital worlds of VR and social media…
I snuck in a studio visit with Camille Rousseau 3 days before The Netherlands went into its first lockdown…
Carlos Peñalver is a Spanish artist based in London. Born in Alicante, Carlos studied architecture between Alicante, Ljubljana, and Shanghai….
Malika Ali Harding laughs deep from the gut. The sound is varied - a spontaneous and melodic rhythm you find in people with a story worth telling.
Richard Holland is the director, co-founder, and architect at Holland Harvey Architects…
Cassandra Handley and I met during my brief, but memorable move to Savannah, GA in 2015. Strong, self-aware, confident, and loyal: Cassandra is exactly the new friend you want to make when undergoing a big move…
Ben Wiseman creates dynamic illustrations where the composition - at first glance - looks deceptively simple, but is actually a brilliant way of layering shadow and silhouette…
MISSY MILLS is a Zimbabwean digital producer working at the intersection of arts, technology, and impact. Her work seeks to explore how technology can enable people to find creative expression in the arts - to be surprised and delighted.
Marti Gottsch is a merrymaker. It would be cliché to say she’s got that Midwestern charm, but…well, she does and she gathers friends and allies with little resistance….
Henri Lacoste is an architectural designer from Norfolk and currently based in Berlin. His talent and interests as a maker cross many fields, including art and product design. Henri works for world-renowned studio Random International…
Sarah McLaughlin is a people person. And not in the stick-a-smile-on-your-face-be-a-pushover kind of way, but in the authentic-empathizing-I-see-you kind of way. 5 Things We Learned features creatives in all arenas, and we see Sarah as a true creative in her refreshing and holistic approach to therapy. She keeps it real…
Astrid Krogh’s studio lies within the Islands Brygge district of Copenhagen, towards the south near the area of Havenstaden. It’s easy to get lost (and I did).