Guest Overview

Born in Panama, raised in Brooklyn from age 13, a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War, a self taught photographer who’s captured iconic images of music, art, and fashion for over 5 decades, is this week’s guest Roberto Rabanne.  

In part two we delve into how Roberto continues to evolve his career into new multimedia expressions of his art as well as his pursuit of a new entrepreneurial venture that’s centered around the development of hemp-based products and in particular a new supercar the Rabanne 420. 

I hope you enjoy the humor, eloquence, generosity of spirit and expansive vision of Roberto Rabanne

What we discuss 

• His reinvention of his archive work in new mediums
• His creative partner
• Using his imagery on Leon Speakers
• His evolving business model
• Inspired by blotter acid paper   
• His Off the Grid Flat Pack House inspired by Phillip Johnson’s Glass House 
• Rabanne 420 Hemp Car HyperCar 
• Henry Ford Hemp Car 
• Expanding his work into Hemp material development 
• Imagination to make it happen
• The impact of climate change and Hemp as a solution 
• Conscientious Objection to the Vietnam War 

Social Links

Instagram 

Links In the Show

Greta Thunberg

Richard Avedon 

Guy Bourdin 

Helmut Newton 

Alex Liberman 

Henry Ford Hemp Car 

Henry Rollins Testing a Hemp Car 

Claudia Berk 

Noah Kaplin 

Phillip Johnson Glass House

Whole Earth Catalog 

Stewart Brand

Mandela 

Gavrilo Princip 

The Heart of Darkness 

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