Artist Bertil Vallien is one of Swedens most famous artists. He works with a mythical, dreamy and symbolic motive world. His expression moves in a mysterious world, where the objects appeal to reflections about the existential. He is richly represented in the worlds best museums like the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, the National Museum of Art in Tokyo and at The Museum of Fine Art in Montreal. Let´s meet Bertil and hear about his infused symbols and secrets.

The Audi design is defined by premium, sportiness and progressiveness. With Marc Lichte, Head of Audi Design, at the steering wheel the Audi design philosophy will be taken even one step beyond. The Audi design always expresses Vorsprung durch Technik, that harmonize form and function, a solution that impresses with its simplicity. Let´s meet Marc and his designteam in Ingolstadt and hear if it could be possible to have ”Vorsprung durch design” as a cornerstone of Audi as well.

The Araki is a sushi restaurant runed by the Japanese sushi master Mitsuhiro Araki. He shut his three Michelin star restaurant in Tokyo to open up in London in 2014. He is especially famous for his knowledge of tuna. The restaurant offers a single no-choice of a just an Omakase menu. From one of 9 seats at his 200-year-old cypress wood counter you can watch him prepare Edomae sushi in his very own European style. In 2016 he was awarded with two Michelin stars. Let´s meet sushi master chef Araki an hear about his crossover between European produce and quality Edomae sushi.

Chef Joshua Skenes, famous for his cooking on fire, is certainly making a statement on the culinary scene with his refined and minimalistic approach to food. His three Michelin starred restaurant Saison is located in the SoMA district in San Francisco and earned the number 37th spot on the World’s 50 Best Restaurants list in 2017. Joshua believes that for ingredients to reach their fullest flavours, they should be prepared with components from the native land and sea from which they were harvested. Let´s meet Chef Joshua Skenes and hear about how the importance of products, fire and time is his mantra.

Albert Watson has made his mark as one of the world’s most successful fashion and commercial photographers during the last four decades, while creating his own art along the way. Over the years, his striking images have appeared on more than 100 covers of Vogue around the world and been featured in countless other publications, from Rolling Stone to Time - many of the photographs iconic portraits of rock stars, rappers, actors and other celebrities. The photo industry bible, Photo District News, named Albert one of the 20 most influential photographers of all time. Albert’s visual language follows his own distinctive rules and concepts of quality. Meet Albert in his studio in TRIBECA and hear his views on how to conceptualize photography and beyond.

Designer Ross Lovegrove is truly a pioneer when it comes to industrial design. He combines depth and thoughtfulness with emerging technologies and new materials. There is always embedded a deeply human and respectful approach in his designs. His organic design and earth-centric works are inspired by the logic and beauty of nature mixed with social and environmental consciousness. His pieces offer minimal forms of maximum beauty. Let´s meet Ross and hear about his ongoing quest to create forms that touch people’s souls.