THE EFFING EMPIRE

Cornelia left Romania young and later lived in Denmark for many years before settling in Germany. She has spent her life moving between disciplines, places and ideas. Designer, painter and relentless observer, she is one of those rare people for whom curiosity seems to be a full-time occupation.
 

She reads voraciously, listens widely and, more importantly, remembers what matters. Ideas don’t simply accumulate with her; they get filtered, connected and turned into something useful — a thought, a question, sometimes precisely the piece of advice you didn’t know you needed.
 

A conversation about art, identity, instinct, accumulated knowledge — and what happens when you actually pay attention.