White Paper by - English Issue 13

If there is one thing people dream about at any time of the year, it is summer vacation, this time around featuring extreme temperatures in Madrid and the rest of the world. There was no greater joy than that moment in the car when you saw yourself arriving to that immense bathtub that is the sea. But the dream did not come true, because the sea was there indeed, but it was full of jellyfish and seaweed with a temperature of 30 °C, so all of us beachgoers were looking at the shore, crowded with people, as if we were looking at a shop window full of sweets. We had already started this issue, which does not focus on sustainability or ecology, but on people, brands, foundations, artists, etc., who…

Juan Diego Botto’s greatest birthday present would come a few days after this interview, when he stepped on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival to present his first feature film as a director. Therefore, the celebration of his 47 years, spent mostly in front of the spectators who saw in him an icon of nineties rebelliousness in Stories from the Kronen and Martín (Hache) and accompanied him through his artistic blossoming in film, theater, and television, has been more intimate than usual. “I celebrated with my wife, my daughter, my mother, and my sisters… I’ve had such a busy few weeks that the last thing I wanted to do was to be with a lot of people,” says the brand-new filmmaker, with a reflective voice, a calm tone,…

Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza, (Lausanne, Switzerland, June 7, 1958) is today one of the leading figures in the art world, both as a patron of the arts and as a collector. This year she has been awarded with the Collecting Award in the category ‘Philanthropy and International Collection’ granted by the ARCO Foundation, and in 2021 she received the Honorary Order of Distinction from Jamaica for her efforts in marine ecosystem restoration of Portland. In a clear commitment to continue with the family tradition, as she already represents the fourth generation, her own art collection includes more than 1,000 works, and more than 200 commissions of contemporary art, in whose production she herself has been involved, accompanying the creative process with the artists. To this end, she regularly participates in major biennials,…

“Architecture is a profession that involves service and a lot of responsibility” For years now, speaking in architectural terms of respect for the natural milieu or environmental integration has no longer been a requirement or condition but an obligation. And rather than an obligation, it is something that goes without saying and is taken for granted to the point of affirming that architecture can only be sustainable and integrated into nature, or else it cannot be. But this was not the case a few decades ago when a young Mexican born in 1948 by the name of Javier Senosiain came out of the National Autonomous University of Mexico as an architect, having overcome some doubts that motivated and motivating professors, such as Mathias Goertiz, were in charge of dispelling. What…

David Hockney used to say that “the mind is the limit”, and that there is no more powerful tool to accomplish anything than to believe 100% in achieving it. In light of the facts, both Molly Molloy, former creative director of Marni, and Lucinda Chambers, former fashion director of British Vogue, can attest to the accuracy of this statement. Indeed, by the time they decided to leave their positions of privilege and become a professional duo back in 2018, the task of turning Colville into a global fashion industry reference was not an easy one. Coined thus in homage to the London street frequented in the 70s by the brilliant painter from Bradford -and that joined them to it decades later-, this collaborative project has achieved its goal by betting…

Artsi Ifrah, a nominee at the Arabian Art & Fashion Awards held this coming October 20 for the latest collection of his firm, Maison ARTC, was born in the city of Jerusalem in 1992 and trained as a ballet dancer. His parents, both Moroccan immigrants living in Israel in the 1960s, became the main reference point for a culture that he had always made his own. The twenty years he spent traveling all over the world as a dancer only strengthened his love for design and for Morocco, where he returned more than a decade ago. Upon his arrival, he was captivated by the movement and its various forms, which he would later honor by creating garments inspired by them, as well as by the colors and scenery of the…