MASSIMO MINALE

Thanks to a motorcycle-mad older brother, Massimo Minale grew up around oily bike parts and grease-smeared overalls. Big brother Marcello used to drag-race around the streets of Naples, where their father, Marcello senior, had been born. “It was just in my blood, I guess,” smiles the 42-year-old designer and architect. “I’ve always loved making things; working out the form and the function and making things look as good as they work… I guess motorbike parts were the epitome of that.”

Creativity certainly courses through the veins of the Minale dynasty. Massimo’s father set up the trailblazing Minale Tattersfield design agency in London. “My father is