Pedro Conti is a São Paulo–based director, production designer and 3D visual development artist whose animation work is shaped by the rhythm of city life. Growing up in Brazil’s largest metropolis ...

He was the most famous magician of the 20th century. Yet Harry Houdini’s peers were often scathing about him. His tricks were “awful stuff” and “a bunch of junk”, they sniffed. “Watching him play the ...