Interior designer and Düsseldorf native Tina Jokisch started out as a carpenter in a backstreet workshop on Pestalozzistraße. She later studied in New York and worked for a large interior design firm for two decades, before making a conscious decision to return to a smaller, independent structure. With VIVID editor Rainer Kunst, she spoke about craftsmanship, leadership, intuition, and the surprising connection between spaces and inner clarity.

Ten Backstreet Boys concerts, Invictus Games Germany, Japan Day and the Ice Hockey World Championship: D.LIVE Managing Director Michael Brill told VIVID how he and his team managed to make Düsseldorf one of Europe's most important event locations.

As CFO and COO of LFDY, Pablo Steingass is contributing to an impressive success story: in addition to five German locations, the trendy streetwear label, which started in a backyard in Flingern in 2013, now also has stores in Amsterdam, London and Paris. Pablo studied international business in Spain and Scotland, among other places, worked in New York and is fluent in four languages. The 42-year-old, who lives with his family in Flingern, appreciates not only Düsseldorf's cosmopolitan nature as he explains in this VIVID interview.