Smalltalk

19/05/2021

Meet Nik Schulte, co-founder and chief creative officer of ZHEN, blockchain-enabled new solution for art authentication and ownership experience ⛓🤖

19/05/2021

Meet Nik Schulte, disrupting art authentication market with
ZHEN, blockchain-enabled soluiton.

Nik Schulte is co-founder and chief creative officer of ZHEN, blockchain enabled new solution for art authentication. ZHEN is being used for authenticating world-renowned artists: Hajime Sorayama and Daniel Arsham to name a few.

28/04/2021

Meet Johann König, founder of KÖNIG GALERIE and visionary art dealer despite of his impaired eyesight 🖼

28/04/2021

“The success of NFT works is creating a whole new set of challenges for the art market. I am adapting to this and also to the habits of the new buyers, who are very keen on transparency and openness.” Johann König, KÖNIG GALERIE

Johann König is a Cologne born, Berlin based visionary art dealer and founder of KÖNIG GALERIE. König is well regarded for representing radical and thought provoking artists of our time: Elmgreen & Dragset, Chiharu Shiota, Jeppe Hein and Alicja Kwade to name a few.

20/04/2021

Meet Peter Bristol, the designer behind Oculus from day 1 and now leading Facebook Reality Lab.

PETER BRISTOL, INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER LEADING DESIGN OF OCULUS, PORTAL AND AR AT FACEBOOK REALITY LAB, BASED IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

20/04/2021

Meet Calim Bouhadra, CEO at Rebellion Corporation Rebellion Motors Rebellion Racing Rebellion Timepieces.

Calim Bouhadra is COO at Lemo Group - multinational company active in advanced connector technology - and CEO at Rebellin Corporation governing body of brands: Rebellion Racing, Rebellion Timepieces and Rebellion Motors based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

07/10/2020

Gorden Wagener Chief Design Officer at Mercedes-Benz / Daimler AG on Creating Icons. 💫

Gorden Wagener is Chief Design Officer at Mercedes-Benz and all the brands from Daimler AG based in Stuttgart, Germany. Wagener has been leading the company's design team since 2008.

02/09/2020

Franky Zapata, Inventor and CEO at ZAPATA RACING first to cross english channel on a hover board.
📖 https://www.the-smalltalk.com/franky-zapata-flying-man/

02/08/2020

Ai Weiwei, Contemporary Artist and Human Rights Activist.

02/08/2020

John Schoolcraft is Creative Director at Oatly disrupting dairy industry. 🥜🥛

Former copywriter John joined the company, completely reshaped the culture and its entire brand strategy leading the company to where they are today at $2B valuation entity.

22/07/2020

Kerry James Marshall, American Artist well known for his large-scale paintings portraying African-Americans' life and history.

08/07/2020

Ellie Goldstein, British model with Down syndrome for Gucci Beauty campaign in partnered with Vogue. “Representation is very important to me — let the world see that anyone can model and act with a disability. “ 🌹

06/07/2020

Hugh Herr's Human Augmentation and Cyborg MIT Media Lab

02/07/2020

Mike Bloomberg’s Business 101

26/05/2020

Alyssa Carson is the world's youngest astronaut in training, plan to be the first human to step foot on Mars. Carson was at 15 the youngest person ever accepted into the prestigious Advanced PoSSUM Space Academy.

12/12/2019

Apple TV, Audemars Piguet, Cartier, Chanel, Dior, Ed Banger, Morpheus Hotel, Perrotin, Porsche and list goes on.

Thomas Roussel, also known as his alias name Prequell - Roussel's personal works - is a French music composer. Best known for his numerous works in film, fashion, adverting and events with clients: L'oréal, Cartier, Gallery Perrotin, Dior, Chanel, Audemars Piguet, Haha Hadid designed Morpheus Hotel...

09/12/2019

Guillaume Salmon was one of the core member of Colette - art, fashion and culture concept store in Paris (1997-2017) - in charged of public relations and communications activities. Salmon was with the team for about 18 years until its grand finale in 2017, produced numerous events, countless collabo...

28/11/2019

"One man’s lifetime mission" 🧑🏼‍🚀🛰 Photographer and filmmaker Benedict Redgrove on NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration project.

British-born photographer Benedict Redgrove’s 20+ year award-winning career has been established shooting global campaigns and editorials for major automotive and aeronautical companies including BMW, Audi, Aston Martin, Red Bull Racing, BA and BAe; technology giants Hewlett Packard, IBM and GE an...

15/11/2019

Fredrik Berselius, Chef and Owner of Aska “The flavor profile at Aska is primarily based on my memories growing up in Sweden. Yet the menu is New York driven.”

Originally from Stockholm, chef Fredrik Berselius has spent most of his culinary career in New York City. Berselius first opened Aska - Swedish for ‘ashes’ - in 2012. The restaurant earned its first Michelin star within a year of opening its original location and upon reopening in 2016, Aska ear...

08/11/2019

Spike Feresten at Car Matchmaker, Spike's Car Radio, Seinfeld and Saturday Night Live

Spike Feresten was one of the writers behind legendary TV shows, Seinfeld and Saturday Night Live. His passion for car leads him to host some of the most iconic car shows including Car Matchmaker and Spike's Car Radio.

06/11/2019

Richard Kim, design director at Canoo.

Richard Kim is a designer known for his work with BMW of its i3 and i8 Concept. Later served VP of designer at Faraday Future, a company developing electronic vehicles. Today, Richard Kim serves a role as design director at Canoo, the first subscription only electric vehicle.

01/11/2019

Tony Conrad, Partner True Ventures ☕️

Partner at True Ventures in San Francisco Tony Conrad is the quirkiest VC you will ever meet, who is also kown as a coffee nerd among friends.

31/10/2019

Mark Preston, Team Principal at DS Techeetah ABB Formula E "I think the megacities will define the future because I have a statistic which says 60 percent of people will be living in cities by 2040. That means the global GDP will be about cities. That means that’s where the future is."

Mark Preston is Team Principal of DS Techeetah Formula E Motor Racing Team. Having career in motor sports for more than 30 years, Mark joined Formula E in quest of shaping the future.

29/10/2019

“Metropolis (film) tells a great silent story through symbolism about humanity being swallowed up by technology.”
Frank Stephenson, Creative Director at Lilium Aviation. Former head of design at McLaren, Ferrari, Maserati and MINI.

16/10/2019

British Industrial Designer Michael Young Studio about moving into Hong Kong “I’m a complete dyslexic so the language was not the barrier it was beautiful decoration."
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