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Paulo Lucas von Vacano has been immersed in the urban and contemporary art scene for decades. As an Italian-German journalist, he contributed to several international magazines and newspapers: Has served as president of both Castelvecchi Publishing Company and Aspenia Magazine (of The Aspen Institute).Nicola Veccia Scavalli, art director and graphic designer, has been working in design, dtp, motion graphics, print and advertising. Domitilla Sartogo has been the Art Director of the Richard Avedon Studio in New York, Executive Director of the Florence Biennal of Fashion & Cinema and Director of Photography for Fabrica, the Benetton Research Centre on Communication. Professor at the Parson School of Design, NY, Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Cooper Union School of Art, NY.

Art publisher and global trend bureau of the international culture system.

Drago is a catalyst for the mind-set of the new CJ’s (Cultural Jockeys), who mix savoir-faire and cosmopolitan Zeitgeist with the cultural vanguard.
Drago is made of ideas dealers, traffickers of information, style pushers, chameleons from different worlds, all acting together and as such, forming the amniotic sack of globalization, promoting communication projects, publishing, exhibitions, events and cha cha cha…

MANIFESTO

Voice of the International Mind-set, Drago promotes the ideas and values of the second pop generation born of the first generation of globalization, a movement which sprung out of a worldwide creative evolution. Drago is a gate keeper of a new cultural movement, which at its base is avant-guard thinking, the movement has been labeled by Drago S.I.C.; “S.I.C.: Systema of Independent Culture”.
The Systema represents the remix of pop culture, the essence of the combination of the two revolutions in todays world, street and internet.
Drago brands projects by creating bespoke and strategic cultural platforms, which generate ideas. Drago represents the mainstream of minorities, where under is over and over is under.

CODE (The Blade of the Dragon)

Based upon the seven principles of BuSChIdo, Drago’s code of conduct is practised by its cultural warriors.
This represents and inspires the modus operandi of all our activities:

SOUL: Every cultural project has a center.

SYSTEMA: To grow a tree, plant a seed.

CULTURE: The ability to generate culture and trends.

STYLE: Drago identifies new lifestyles, new attitudes, new trends.

DETERMINATION: Completion of projects with honor and sincerity.

CARISMA: Quality of results.

COURAGE: Risk-taking intelligence and st