THE PITCH

‘THERE IS A NEW KIND OF ROAMING POWER-TRIBE OUT THERE. THEY ARE COOL AND UNDER-THE-RADAR’

THE IDEA HAD A ROLLING STONE

MICK MARCH MET STONE BILL WYMAN AT THE BAR ‘LA COLOMBE D’OR’ IN THE SOUTHERN FRENCH VILLAGE SAINT PAUL DE VENCE. THEY GOT FRIENDS. WHERE PICASSO AND CHAGALL HAD THEIR PASTIS.

‘GET ME A PEER-TO-PEER CLUB WHERE WE CAN EXCHANGE OUR VERY PRIVATE ROAMING EXPERIENCES.’

THE FIRST VERY PRIVATE NETWORK ‘A COOL WORLD’ WAS BORN.

THE H.Q. IS TODAY ON THE ISLAND ST. BARTHS IN THE FRENCH WEST INDIES. WHERE A CALL TO LEO DICAPRIO, DASHA ZHUKOVA, LARRY GAGOSIAN, SHALA MONROQUE, ANDREA BALAZS, ABY ROSEN, VITO SCHNABEL, PETER LINDBERGH IS A LOCAL CALL.

WORLD OF THE COOL / Intelligence for Contemporary Pirates

UBER SHELTER / PLACES TO HIDE AWAY

THE BLACK.BOOK FOR THE CONTEMPORARY PIRATE + WAYFARER

THE PITCH / MICK’S WORLD

MICK’S WORLD IS VERY MUCH HIS OWN MAKING. HE’S ABLE TO BRING TOGETHER PEOPLE FROM THE ART UNDERGROUND, THE ROCK BACKSTAGE SCENE + FRONTROW OF THE FASHION WORLD IN THE MOST UNUSUAL WAY, AND THAT’S WHY HIS NETWORK SCENE LOOKS SO COOL. NORMALLY THESE PEOPLE WOULD NEVER GET TOGETHER, BUT MICK UNITES THEM.

WORLD OF THE COOL / THE BLACK.BOOK FOR CONTEMPORARY PIRATES

Elle and Mick created the very private connectors platform called ‘OSCAR’S’. The headquarter is the legendary Taiwana Estate at the Flamand strand, the hangout of Roman Abramovich, Dasha Zhukova, Shala Monroque, Larry Gagosian, Peter Lindbergh, Patrick Demarchelier, Andre Balazs, Marc Jacobs, Rupert Murdoch, Richard Gere and Kate Moss. ’We are a very small tribe of influencers + game changers hidden in the global wildeness of the internet. In the future the truly privileged will be those who we know nothing about. But they will be a very small band.’ Max Blenheim, Napoleon Strategic Connections

+ MADE IN ST. BARTH / FRENCH WEST INDIES

RANCA IS AN EXTRAORDINARY WOMAN. SHE HAS AN AMAZING EYE FOR SPOTTING TALENT AND THE COURAGE TO USE IT. HER MAGAZINE AND EVERYTHING SHE DOES IS A SOURCE OF INSPIRATION

— DIANE VON FURSTENBERG

Franca Sozzani, the powerhouse behind Italian Vogue, has made a singular mark on the world of fashion over the last 30 years. Sozzani took over Italian Vogue in 1987, and since then, has transformed the magazine into a platform for celebrating the power of the image and of photography. In the process, she has helped reimagine the medium of the fashion magazine as a kind of cultural lightning rod, and has consistently used both fashion and fashion imagery as a vehicle for tackling social, political, and even environmental issues.

VERYBODY CAN GIVE ME THEIR SUGGESTIONS, BUT AT THE END, THE FINAL RISK IS MINE BECAUSE IT’S MY NAME ON THE MAGAZINE. I LISTEN, BUT I MUST GO MY OWN WAY.

‘I make a difference. I think in a way there’s almost a choice, you know? I don’t think when you work you have to please everybody — you make a choice. It’s not like everybody who is in front of you has to become your best friend. You can be easy, you can be nice … But I always keep my guard up. Only when I know people can I open myself up, so sometimes I even get called shy. I need to protect myself from everybody. I see so many people all day, all demanding their own jobs, their own opportunities, so in a way, I make a distinction. I’m very difficult about opening myself up with people at first … It just takes time.

RANCA IS ONE OF THE SMARTEST PEOPLE I KNOW. SHE IS UNAFRAID TO DARE AND PUSH THE ENVELOPE

— DONATELLAA VERSACE

[ THE CUBE ]

THE ROAMING UBER FOOD SHELTER. THE CUBE IS THE RESTAURANT OF THE FUTURE. IT’S MOBILE + IT POPS-UP AT THE BEST LOCATION.

[ AIRPORT 2020 ]

AIRPORTS OF TOMORROW. THE NEXT CONCEPT: EFFICIENT AIRPORT EXPERIENCE. COMMON USE PLATFORMS WILL REVOLUTIONIZE AIPORT COMMUNICATION

[ AIRMAIL ]

CURATED INTELLIGENCE FOR THE ROAMING POWER TRIBE

[ THE MILLENNIALS ]

THEY ARE CALLED THE NOW GENERATION. THEY WANT REAL TIME INTELLIGENCE AND HIGH SPEED CONNECTION. MILLENNIALS ARE TOO SOPHISTICATED TO BE ‘TRICKED’ BY MARKETERS. THEY TURN TO THEIR PEERS FOR EXPERT OPINION.

[ LIVE COMMUNICATION ]

THE NEXT COMMUNICATION. THE SECRET NETWORK FOR THE UBER CONNECTED POWER TRIBE