Fédération de la Haute Couture. (See: https://www.irisvanherpen.com/)
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Horacio Pagani is an Argentinian entrepreneur, Founder and Chief Designer of Pagani Automobili. Founded in 1998, in Modena, the company’s philosophy is based on Renaissance concepts within the works of Leonardo da Vinci where ‘Art and Science are disciplines that can be combined with each other’ and applied together. (See: https://www.pagani.com/)
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Tristan Donaghy and his wife Anne now own and manage this small mill in Kilcar, Co Donegal, after having it acquired it from his father, Kevin, who established the business in 1979. Under their direction, the famous Donegal tweed is still woven on looms dating over 100 years old. But the couple has now extended beyond tradition with new artistic design. (See: https://studiodonegal.ie/)
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Greg Rowland owns and runs a wheelwrighting and coachbuilding business in Devon in the UK that both makes and repairs wheels. He learned the trade from his father Mike; however, his family are traced in the trade back to 1331. In 2005, Mike Rowland & Son gained the Royal Warrant of Approval to HM Queen Elizabeth II and Greg was made a Master Wheelwright in 2010. He is a liveryman with the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights and received the MBE in 2022 for his services to Heritage Craft. (See: https://www.wheelwright.org.uk/)
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Hiroyuki Tsujii was born in Sakamoto, Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan in 1970. After graduating from Osaka University of Arts, he aspired to become a landscape architect and learned a new style of gardening under Ken Nakajima, who created many Japanese gardens all over the world. In 2004, he became president of Tsujii Landscaping Co. Tsujii is a guardian of the Karasaki Pine Tree in his hometown Sakamoto, Otsu City. It is his mission to pass on the history of this sacred tree as well as the appreciation of its guardians who have supported it for nearly 1,400 years. (See: https://genworks.co.jp/)
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O’Donnell + Tuomey is a studio-based practice, with offices in Dublin, Cork and London. Committed to the craft and culture of architecture, they have been involved with urban design, cultural, social and educational projects at home and abroad. They have exhibited six times at the Venice Architecture Biennale. (See: https://odonnell-tuomey.ie/)
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Darina Allen co-founded the famous Ballymaloe Cookery School in 1983 and more recently the Ballymaloe Organic Farm School in East Cork, Ireland. Students come from all over the world to hone their culinary skills at this sustainable, biodiverse Farm-to-Table project. (See: https://www.ballymaloecookeryschool.ie/)
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•Nakamura Shikan is an outstanding tachiyaki actor, who was born in a family of onnagata stars. His art and physical appearance remind us of the prestigious ancestors of his clan, like Nakamura Shikan IV or Nakamura Utaemon IV.
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Jennifer Lee’s hand-built, unglazed pots are distinguished by their condensed language of form and subtle surface treatment and colour, which is integrated into the clay body using mineral oxides. She won the Loewe Craft Prize in 2018 and was awarded an OBE for services to ceramics in 2021. (See: https://www.jenniferlee.co.uk/)
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Paul Goldberger served as the Architecture Critic for The New Yorker from 1997 to 2011, following a 25-year career at The New York Times, where in 1984 his architecture criticism was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Distinguished Criticism, the highest award in journalism. (See: https://paulgoldberger.com/)
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Jeremy Irons won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Claus von Bulow in Reversal of Fortune. He is also a Golden
Globe, Emmy, Tony, and SAG award winner as well as the recipient of an Honorary César Award and a Premio Europa Per il Teatro.
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