There is a commanding photograph of an oversized golden screw hanging on the wall in Ricardo Pessoa’s office. It is strangely beautiful and perfectly in keeping with the atmosphere he has created in the warehouse of Coolnvintage (CNV), the unique business he runs in Lisbon, Portugal.
The company’s website provides little detail of what it offers, and certainly no information about how much it costs to undertake one of its projects. But that is part of the point. Pessoa takes on 12 clients a year, 14 at most. The waiting list is up to three years long and not just anyone can join.
