Time is of the essence
He arrives spectacularly late for the recording. So, you might guess, punctuality isn’t necessarily his strong suit and it’s certainly relief all round when he does finally turn up. He’s soft-spoken, cautious. Perhaps a little nervous? His first question, more or less: “So what exactly are we doing here?” He’s the prize-winning designer Werner Aisslinger – my latest guest on Talking Germany.

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It goes without saying that the designer Werner Aisslinger likes well-designed movies. But he hesitates, torn between two choices for his FMOAT: “Blade Runner. No. Not Blade Runner. Blow-Up!” Michelangelo Antonioni’s fashionably-disturbing 1966 masterpiece gets the Aisslinger vote. Good choice!