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The glamour and coolness of the nineties. The first luxury brand of the twenty-first century. And we have Tom Ford to thank for it all. But that’s how you define new standards of style. An approach.

Just unconventional: Why not use the top boxer engine of the 911 in the mid-engine of the Cayman? Simple idea, elaborate execution. This resulted in a Porsche of historic magnitude. David Staretz has driven this ultimate super Porsche for us.

Quentin Tarantino is a living legend, yet his career is based on very simple principles, as the fifty-nine-year-old director explains. It’s an interesting mix between wanting to do everything on your own and relying on people who know how to do their job.

The journalist Angela Köckritz was sitting on a beach in Senegal when there was a blackout. But her computer still had some power left. So she started writing a book on the topic of joy. In the process, she learned that there were more aspects to joy than she had actually thought – and that you can learn how to feel them. And no, she's not related to our editor-in-chief Michael Köckritz.

For the new rampstyle #25, ramp editor-in-chief Michael Köckritz spoke with British musician James Bay: about his life, his preference for real music and Bay's new album. We also immediately came up with the idea of who could portray him for the new issue: Bryan Adams would be ideal, we thought. And Bryan thought so too.

George Clooney is one of Hollywood's biggest stars - not only because of his Oscar-winning films as an actor and producer, but also because he has a mixture of coolness, self-irony and intelligence that is rare in this industry. Today he celebrates his 61st birthday. We talked to him for rampstyle #25.

Some people know Ewan McGregor from the Star Wars universe, others as an avid motorcycle rider. But there’s another side to him. He also is someone who cares about the environment. Which would explain his affinity for the ID. Buzz. Though he’s also sat at home in the dark because the solar power didn’t last long enough. Five question for the the Scottish actor.

Why not use the 911’s top boxer as a mid-engine in the Cayman? Simple thought, elaborately wrought. The result is a Porsche of historic stature.

If anyone has brought more colour to the fashion world, it was Paul Smith. In an exclusive interview with ramp Editor-in-Chief Michael Köckritz, the legendary designer reveals how his world-famous and eponymous brand came about, how he works - and what good style is for him. And where can you get to know a person better than in his home? Exactly. That's where we met him.

Nobody really needs a mechanical watch. Says Yannick Michot, of all people, head of Patek Philippe Germany since 1998. But that’s exactly why he can say something like that.

When ANA DE ARMAS recounts how she still loves to run around barefoot and that sharp stones certainly won’t stop her from reaching her goals, that’s an accurate metaphor for her ambitions. This might give you the impression that the Cuban-born actress is a rather pig-headed person. But nothing could be further from the truth. She just works hard. As the most recent Bond girl, she quite charmingly upstaged Daniel Craig in No Time to Die. Her next role? Marilyn Monroe.

Honest work. Driving a car in its purest form, with clutch and gearshift, without power steering and electronic driving aids, but with a lot of fire. A simple recipe - and incredibly effective. No question, Kurt Molzer loves the De Tomaso Pantera. And survives the wild affair - at least until it comes to writing down what happened.

There’s probably no better story about when and where an author started writing a book than that of the journalist Angela Köckritz: She had been on a trip to Senegal, sitting on the beach looking out at the sea during a blackout, when she felt that she’d like to write a little something. That little something then turned into a whole book. A book about different kinds of joy and about what happens in our brains when we feel it.