Alain Elkann Interviews

THE CHALLENGE OF QUALITY. Cabinet maker Rémi Tessier has joined the ranks of the world's most admired designers for private boats and planes.

ON THE ROAD WITH DIOR. British menswear designer Kim Jones joined Dior Men as artistic director in 2018. In 2020 he was also named artistic director at Fendi, a position that was previously held by Karl Lagerfeld.

CHINA: A SMART, GROWING, SOPHISTICATED AUDIENCE. Shai Baitel is the inaugural artistic director of the Modern Art Museum (MAM) Shanghai.

CONTEMPORARY DESIGN : ANCIENT CRAFT. Rooshad Shroff founded Rooshad Shroff Architecture + Design in Mumbai, India, in 2011, after he had studied at Cornell University and Harvard University's Graduate School of Design.

THE EARTH IS MY CLIENT. James Thornton is CEO of ClientEarth, an environmental charity using the law to create change that protects life on Earth.

A LONG HISTORY OF VINICULTURE. Giacomo Cattaneo Adorno is engaged in wine making and the other historical traditions of "Castello di Gabiano"

CONTINUOUS TRANSFORMATION. The Spanish contemporary artist Miquel Barceló is known for his relief-like mixed-media paintings, expressive bronze sculptures and ceramics.

THE POWER OF ONE. Maurice Lévy is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Publicis Groupe, the French multinational advertising & public relations company.

A GREAT COMMUNICATOR. David Puttnam is a British film producer, educator, and environmentalist who recently retired from the House of Lords.