BARBARA, HOW OLD R U?

BARBARA NASCIMBENIillustrator

How is your bed? it is a  grownup bed, the bedspread has the colour of the sky with white clouds and there are plenty of stuffed animals on it. Which kind of meal you do not like? I hate meat!  And your favourite? I love milk and vanilla cream. Your favorite book to read? "Buon viaggio Geremia" from Patricia Scarry and "Le straordinarie avventure di Baciccia nell'Africa misteriosa" where it is  wonderful to discover all the funny details in the illustrations of Adelchi Galloni Have you got an imaginary friend? No

RODRIGO, HOW OLD R U?

RODRIGO BRENNER, designer, Furf Design Studio How is your bed? The most comfortable place on the PLANET! Which kind of meal you do not like? Octopus with beans. I've never eated both together, but I really don't wanna try it. And your favourite? Anything that starts with a "c" and ends with "hocolate". Your favorite book to read? Brazilian comics called Turma da Mônica! Have you got an imaginary friend? Sure! I live in an imaginary world.

BENEDETTA, HOW OLD R U?

BENEDETTA PATRASSI, stylist, Bubino How is your bed? It is white and soft one in a big bedroom and on a wall there is a big picture of Mowgli and his friends of the Jungle Book. Which kind of meal you don't like?  I hate eggs. And your favourite? I love pasta with tomato souce and Strawberries and cherries! Your favorite book to read? I love listening to my grandmother who tells me the fairy tale "Nanà, Mimì and Lulù".

FLAVIA, HOW OLD R U?

FLAVIA RUOTOLO, graphic designer and illustrator

How is your bed? My bed is a wooden red/orange bed with deep blue blanket. I love to dream and to imagine things when I'm in my bed. But, at night, I would like to sleep in my parents big bed... Which kind of meal you do not like? I hate meat. And your favourite? I love water melon (!), cherry, corn flakes and milk. And ah! chocolate! Your favorite book to read? I love all the books by Richard Scarry. Have you got an imaginary friend? My mother sewed for me all my fabric friends: the pink rabbit and the fluffy elephant, little octopus, and Sansone: the big dog made with an old rough coat.

HUIBERT, HOW OLD R U?

HUIBERT MUILWIJK, designer, Made by MidasHow is your bed?  Just a simple clean box so my imagination can make anything from it. So sometimes it's a boat, than a car, a cabin, islands or a whale etc. etc. Which kind of meal you do not like? I don’t like peas And your favourite? Endive Stew with a hard boiled egg, bacon and mayonnaise, mmmmm Your favorite book to read?  Kees de Jongen  from Theo Thijssen (Kees, the boy) Have you got an imaginary friend? I only have imaginary friends!

DONATELLA, HOW OLD R U?

DONATELLA CAGNA, thekidsboutikHow is your bed? Seen from the outside, my bed is quite normal, but to me it’s my shelter. The place of my dreams, where I make up so many great adventures! I sleep surrounded by my soft toys and every night, like a ritual, I put each of them in the right order around me! Mom gets mad because she’s not allowed to walk out of my room until they are properly arranged! She doesn’t show it, though… Which meal you do not like? I don’t like cauliflowers, scallops, horse and rabbit meat...And you favourite? But I do love tomatoes, which I call “La pom”, mixing up Italian and French. I spend my summer holidays at my aunt and uncle’s farm in the countryside between Rome and Viterbo. And they regularly find me hidden in the vegetable garden eating juicy sun-ripened tomatoes. I love them so much – mom even bought me a skirt decorated with lovely tomatoes! And then I love any type of pasta, cheese and chocolate – strictly black (as a good Belgian should!). Your favorite book? My favourite book is Le Petit Prince and then all the books by Beatrix Potter! Have you got any imaginary friend? Yes, I’ve got many. But, above all, I’ve got a (younger) sister and an (elder) brother… imaginary ones, of course. I’m an only child and I’m so sad about it that I’ve made up a couple of siblings… and I have so much fun with them! And as I am a shy and solitary girl, and a dreamer as well, I spend my afternoons day-dreaming, leading my own incredible and intense imaginary life!

FRANCESCA, HOW OLD R U?

FRANCESCA, fashion designer, Caffè d'orzo

How is your bed? White, with a woolen blanket made by my granma... and I have got a little mosquito net like a princess! Which kind of meal you do not like? I do not like egg! And your favourite? When my mum goes to the butcher and buys ham, I am really happy! Your favorite book to read? The Secret Garden ... Have you got an imaginary friend? Falcor, the Neverending Story dragon.

CECILIA, HOW OLD R U?

CECILIA AFONSO ESTEVES, illustrator

How is your bed? It's an antique bed, made of wood, with some flowers carved in the header. Which kind of meal you do not like? Sponge (for cakes). And your favourite? Medlars from the tree at home. Your favourite book to read? Not reading but looking at the illustrations in some pop-up books for which i don't remember the titles. Have you got an imaginary friend? No.