WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU DO IN THE MORNING?
I drink a glass of warm water.
WHAT IS THE LAST THING YOU DO AT NIGHT?
I stop thinking.
WHO ARE YOUR IDEAL GUESTS?
Animals.
WHAT ARE YOU BORED BY?
Boredom itself.
WHAT SHOULD WE BE READING?
Ourselves and others… with attention, analysis, and critical maturity.
WHAT DO YOU COLLECT?
Almost everything.
THE BEST ARTHOUSE FILM(S)
Antonioni's Blow-Up. It is the definitive film on the gaze and on doubt.
WHAT STANDS THE TEST OF TIME?
True love.
WHAT IS YOUR PERFECT MEAL?
Something simple, from the sea, eaten outdoors by the sea.
WHO ARE YOUR INSPIRATIONS?
Radical thoughts and actions.
WHAT TAKES YOU TO CLOUD 9?
A delicate and pleasant scent, that of the sea.
DO YOU HAVE A SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE?
The entire discography of Suicide.
WHERE WOULD YOU FIND YOUR DOPPELGÄNGER?
In an art bookstore in Athens, or at a flea market at dusk.
WHAT IS GOOD DESIGN?
The essential sobriety of a function, in a fascinating form…
WHERE DO YOU FIND GOOD DESIGN?
In Nature.
WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?
Everything I like.
WHAT DOES YOUR HOUSE SMELL LIKE?
Patchouli, Palo Santo wood, or flowers.
WHAT DOES YOUR HOUSE SOUND LIKE?
The sound of footsteps on wood, electronic textures, and the muffled sounds of Milan drifting in through the windows.
WHAT IS DEAR TO YOUR HEART?
Alain, my white cat… and intellectual honesty.
WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO?
I don’t know yet, I’m still thinking about it.
WHAT IS A RULE THAT SHOULD NEVER BE BROKEN?
All rules in Nature
WHAT IS A RULE THAT SHOULD ALWAYS BE BROKEN?
Respecting wicked rules.
WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST?
Very strong black coffee with a homemade cake.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WORD IN ANY LANGUAGE?
Libertà (Freedom).
WHAT IS MOST DIFFICULT TO FIND IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE?
Imagining the culture to come.
WHAT DO YOU FIND MOST EXCITING IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE?
"Uncontemporaneity," and the cross-pollination between disciplines: when art meets science or technology.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CANDY?
Pure liquorice.
WHAT THOUGHTS CURRENTLY OCCUPY YOU?
How to spread tranquility, kindness, beauty, and quality… on a planet that seems to prefer speed.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL?
All of them, but especially the Donkey.
WHAT IS STILL A MYSTERY?
Past, present, and future.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE REPRESENTATION OF SIMPLICITY?
An egg, or a high-quality blank sheet of paper.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE REPRESENTATION OF COMPLEXITY?
An ice crystal.
WHERE IS HAPPINESS FOUND?
In moments of suspension, when time seems to stand still.
WHAT DO YOU SEE OUTSIDE YOUR WINDOW?
Everything I want.
WHAT MAKES YOU FEEL NOSTALGIC?
Peace.
WHAT DO YOU FIND HUMOROUS?
The naked human being.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SLOGAN?
One word is too little, but two are too many.
DO YOU HAVE A SOUNDTRACK TO YOUR LIFE?
The entire discography of Suicide.
WHAT IS IN YOUR HOUSE?
It would be quicker to say what isn't there.
WHAT IS MODERN?
The "uncontemporaneous."
WHAT DO YOU LOOK FORWARD TO?
The next discovery—and immediately after, a hot bath.
WHAT IS YOUR FIRST MEMORY?
A luminous sound.
WHO ARE YOUR HEROES OR HEROINES?
Those who have the courage to have doubts and change their minds.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE MISTAKE?
The ones that lead to a design solution I would never have reached rationally.
WHAT IS THE BEST CULT CLASSIC?
Sallie Gardner at a Gallop, the first experimental footage by Eadweard Muybridge in 1878.