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Robin Monotti Graziadei is an Italian architect and film producer based in London. He is the managing partner of Robin Monotti Architects, a firm that he founded in 2007. In 2010, Monotti won the RIBA and Royal Parks Foundation's International Drinking Fountain Design Competition with his Watering Holes fountain design.[1] In 2016 Robin co-founded the film production company Luminous Arts Productions...

Monotti is married to Vera Filatova. They live in London with their son and daughter. He is the grandson of lawyer Ercole Graziadei and great-grandson of Antonio Graziadei, one of the founding members of the Italian Communist Party

I'm not an "anti-lockdown activist". I am simply pro-normal life & bodily sovereignty. Strange how wanting the old normal life back is now considered as some kind of extremely radical revolutionary position..

Samir Ceric, Robin Monotti Graziadei and Rowan Fisk

18 March 2013

Another one off FAD’s occasional interviews with people leading companies that are changing the very fabric of the art world , up now is Samir Ceric CEO and Founder of Debut Contemporary.

1 Samir who are you and what have you done in the past ?

I would like to think of myself as a serial entrepreneur with social enterprise ethos and philosophy. I feel I have done a variety of things, from volunteering in a Bosnian refugee camp, working with the British Foreign Office and The Ministry of Defence, I was appointed CEO of a national airline at the age of 29, set up telecom and insurance businesses and then ventured into the art industry almost 10 years ago.

I recently co-founded an award winning fashion business with my wife and my collectors, Wolf & Badger, which led to us winning a Walpole Brand of Tomorrow, highlighting us “as one of the future business leaders in the global fashion industry”. Having exited the business at the point of the business archiving a multi-million pound valuation by raising close to £1miilion inside the 18 months of its launch, I then co-founded Debut Contemporary with my wife Zoe Knight, a renowned fashion designer.

2 What is Debut Contemporary ?

Debut Contemporary is the only professional development platform in the art industry designed to help artists turn their creative practice into a viable business. It’s been labelled as the business academy of the art world where we assist artists in identifying commercial and creative opportunities as well as teaching them how art derivatives could assist one’s career both in terms of additional revenue streams as well as critical acclaim. Artists are taught PR and marketing and social media strategies, copyrights and IPRs, artist resale rights, accountancy, business planning, as well as how best to approach galleries, curators, collectors and art critics, and from long term relationships that will serve them for a long time. The platform acts as an incubator of creative start-ups and prepares artists to become an investable art business.....

8 Has been being successful in the fashion industry helped you in the art world ? have you found many differences ?

Indeed. The business model and the concept we piloted in the fashion world, we pretty much replicated in the art world. There are a lot more similarities than differences between art and fashion, to be perfectly honest. I run something called ‘Creative Business Surgery’ at the Electric House on a monthly basis as we have a very close working relationship and partnership with the Soho House group where I also give talks on creative entrepreneurship and invite other successful entrepreneurs to do ‘In Conversation With’ me talks. The next one is scheduled to be with Peter Tullin of Culture Label on 19th March 2013. That’s where I come across many creative entrepreneurs from fashion, art, design and other creative disciplines and it always amazes me how similar these businesses actually are on all levels of business modelling and scalability.

The Perfect World Foundation is a non-governmental organisation that raises awareness and supports efforts to prevent the global ecological crisis. The organization was founded by Ragnhild Jacobsson and Lars Valentin Jacobsson in 2010. The organization conducts ten annual events as part of its strategic plan "The Final Count Down". The events commenced in 2020 with the "Climate Aid" event in Gothenburg, Sweden.[1][2][3]

In 2014, Perfect World's "Save The Rhino" event in Gothenburg was the first large-scale fundraising event in support of wildlife to take place in Scandinavia. It attracted five hundred paying guests, was supported by one hundred volunteers and was attended by Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden.

The The Perfect World Award is given annually, by The Perfect World Foundation, to a person who has raised significant attention to wildlife and nature conservation. Since its inauguration in 2014, it has become one of the most prestigious conservation award in Scandinavia. The recipient also receives The Fragile Rhino prize, a rhinoceros sculpted in glass. In her role as ambassador for The Perfect World Foundation, Sarah, Duchess of York has presented the award since 2017. The recipients to date have been:

2014 Mark Shand the brother of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall and Elephant Family, jointly, for their work to protect the Asian Elephant.

2015 Dame Jane Goodall for her work in animal conservation, especially the chimpanzee. [see my Parvati Foundation posts]

2016 Dr Richard Leakey for his work to save the African elephant

2017 Dr Sylvia Earle for her work in marine conservation at the "Save The Ocean Gala", Gothenburg [Parvati Foundation/NXIVM]

2018 Sir David Attenborough at the "Polar Bear Ball", Gothenburg.

2019 Greta Thunberg for having succeeded in creating global awareness of the climate issue.

2020 Wangari Maathai for her progressive work for environment, democracy, and women’s rights

Lars Jacobsson (born May 11, 1965) is a Swedish entrepreneur,[1] inventor,[2] philanthropist, and conservationist. Jacobsson initially worked in the petroleum industry,[3] where he was involved in starting up storage, trading and shipping companies, as well as being the inventor of the oil Contango market in the early 1990s.[4][5][6]

In early 2000s he sold his oil related businesses.[7][8] Since 2005, he has, among others, been involved in starting up two solar energy companies.[9][10] In 2010, Jacobsson founder United Sun Systems International, a London-based company which develops solar energy technology

Samir Ceric is a serial entrepreneur, investor, mentor, philanthropist, public speaker (inc London Business School TEDx talk entitled ‘Innovation in Global Art Market’), alumni member of George Soros Foundation, The Open Society, guest lecturer and mental health campaigner focused on blockchain technology and innovation in the fields of structured finance, investment, creative industry (film, music, fashion and art) and sport; aiming to create more transparency and openings in these industries for high level investments.

He has been involved in M&A deals over the past 20 years since graduating with Masters in Mathematics. In addition to that, working with a number of institutions and individuals as a mental health campaigner supporting initiatives Prince Harry, Prince William and Princess Kate put together called Heads Together as well as Mind charity led by Stephen Fry and Anna Freud charity. Ceric appeared live on ITV, BBC, NBC News, N1 (regional CNN), Al Jazeera, FACE TV, FTV, BH Radio as well as in articles in The Times, The Financial Times, The New York Times, Reuters, Time Out London, the Guardian, The Sunday Times, Vogue Italia, Vogue UK, Madame Figaro. He was labelled as one of the ‘UK’s Most Powerful People in Art & Fashion’ by the Times Magazine and ‘London’s Top Tastemaker’ by Time Out London.

...During the times of Covid19, Ceric has been engaged with a number of educational institutions assisting them to best design online learning programs and motivating both students and alumni members of these institutions drawing from his own experience that stems from the war in the ex-Yugoslavia where his own people of city of Sarajevo were in both self-isolation and quarantine for 1425 days, the length of time Sarajevo was under siege between 1992-95.

Ceric is married to a renowned British fashion designer and they have three children. He enjoys theatre, opera and ballet and often visits exhibitions, auctions and art fairs both in London and internationally.

Together with their world-class team, they have created a superior new standard in high-end art curation and inspired events management. Their exclusive global clientèle call all the modern world’s major cultural centres home, from London to Monte Carlo, Paris, New York and Dubai, and exciting new frontiers in China and Southeast Asia.

Our two founders are accomplished experts in their fields, and they have exemplary academic credentials to match. Like magical colours in Impressionist canvasses, Andreea’s artistic vision and Cosmina’s flawless events combine to effortlessly illuminate each client’s unique genius, as expressed through the most beautiful and glamorous medium of all.

https://belsta.co.uk/events-management/

Recent clièntele we are proud to have served:

Save the Children:Art Auction dinner organised in London to raise funds for Syrian refugees; Elite guest list of over 300 attendees.

Galeries Bartoux: Gallery opening event in London; full event and press management; 500 VIP collectors invited and attended.

Julius Baer Dubai Polo Gold Cup: Special commission arranged with a talented East European artist to create thirteen Polo-related works exhibited during the event, on behalf of a VIP family in Dubai.

Hofit is a Fashion Entrepreneur and dedicated charity campaigner working for Global Angels and several other causes helping children. As a business woman in the fashion industry, she has partnerships with British designer labels such as Core, Revisitation, ASH, and Scott Henshall. As a model, she is also currently signed to Elizabeth Grant skin care company, a brand that also proudly supports her charitable endeavours. She has worked in Television in Canada, USA and London and now has her own show in the US. Hofit was born in Israel and now lives between London and NYC.

Hofit Golan won a Voice for Good Award at the 2013 Global Angel Awards.

Count Ercole Graziadei (1900–1981) was an Italian lawyer. Son of Political Economist Antonio Graziadei and founder of the International Law office Studio Avv Ercole Graziadei. He was instrumental for the legalisation of divorce in Italy. Among his clients were Ingrid Bergman, Maria Callas, Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Rossellini, Anna Magnani, Charlie Chaplin, the state of Israel, and the Pirandello estate.

He was the first President of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) from 1966 to 1969. The CCBE represents lawyers through the bar associations and legal societies of 41 countries, in two membership tiers: full member and observer.[1]

He was president of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore in 1976.

Ercole Graziadei financed 50% of the costs of Vittorio De Sica's film Bicycle Thieves

Eric Clapton wrote a letter detailing his "dire" reactions to the coronavirus vaccine - blaming what he called "propaganda" that promoted the safety of the vaccine.

Clapton detailed his experience in a letter to Robin Monotti Graziadei, an Italian architect and film producer with a history of going after the Covid-19 vaccine - calling his reactions "disastrous".

"In February of this year, before I learned the nature of vaccines, (and being 76 with ephezyma [sic]) I was at the forefront," he wrote in the letter, which has been shared on Telegram and verified by Rolling Stone . “I took the first shot of [the AstraZeneca vaccine] and immediately had a severe reaction that lasted ten days, I finally recovered and was told it would take twelve weeks before the second.

He continued to detail his reactions, saying that "his hands and feet were either frozen, numb or hot, and pretty much useless for two weeks."

"I was worried that I would never play again," he wrote, citing his peripheral neuropathic disorder and adding, "But the propaganda said the vaccine was safe for everyone."

Common side effects of AstraZeneca vaccine include general flu-like symptoms, "generally feeling unwell", "joint or muscle pain" and other less common symptoms such as "abdominal pain" and "enlarged lymph nodes" .