Asserting herself as a woman, standing up for herself and expressing herself creatively were and are essential elements that have shaped and continue to shape Cecilie Bluthardt. She began to get creative with various tools at an early age. Wood carving, sewing, the art of graffiti, hand lettering charcoal, oil, acrylic and watercolor painting were techniques that she learned and was able to use to express herself. As a child, she quickly began to express her emotions and experiences through art. Born and raised in the state capital Stuttgart, Cecilie yearned for new inspiration in 2015 and moved to Berlin. She strongly challenged conventional gender constructions and developed her own image of femininity and what it means to show femininity and love one’s own body. Since Cecilie Bluthardt already painted abstractly with oil and acrylic paints as a child and mixed this with the art of collage, it was natural for her to express her new ways of thinking in abstract art. Through her bachelor’s degree in media publishing at the Stuttgart Media University, she learned graphic design techniques that are used in her digital artwork. As an artist, she draws inspiration from her experiences, insights and reflections. Art is her platform on which she can let go, give free rein to her thoughts and express them in her own individual way.

The fascination for creativity linked to technique and technology, the craze for art and functional aesthetics led Vincent IFRAH to create NEPTO, a company that is above all oriented towards product design. The inspirations and ideas that dictate his projects, past and future, are intimately linked to his family origins and his new social life in Berlin. The family business has indeed played a crucial role, since his parents, who were passionate about motorbike mechanics and car design, passed on to him their love for this blend of aesthetics and technology. They passed on to him a taste for detail, the importance of keeping functionality in design and the usefulness of technology in a product. A final value can be added: using technology to make a product effective in simplicity. This approach was developed during his training in materials engineering and later validated in the presentation of his first products. In fact, the first NEPTO watches are pure, light and thin, comfortable and aesthetic.