They say “a promise is a debt” and here at BootB we like to pay our dues. A while back, when disclosing the C.O.W winning Solution, we committed to interviewing Aglaia, the designated winner. It is not a first we discover a team behind a BootB username: Kung-Fu Panda, a mushroom and a clean Iggy Pop – this is how Bob, Mariagrazia and Elia describe themselves :)

Probably the most out of the box interview we had so far!

BootB: Rumor has it there were 3 talented Creators behind the winning Solution! Please, introduce yourselves to the rest of the BootB Republic.
Agalaia & Co: Hi, we are Mariagrazia, Elia and Bob. We study Communication Science in Naples. To hide our creative personality, we dress up as normal people and we interpret our alter ego by working.

Elia usually wears a pair of glasses to make himself unrecognizable and works as a barman; Mariagrazia is a babysitter and gives French lessons; Bob gives away double-malt happiness in an Irish pub. All creative jobs. We are, respectively, 25, 21 and 22 years old.

As you can see from our photos, Bob looks like Po from “Kung-Fu Panda” with afro hair, Mary looks like a mushroom and Elia is identical to Iggy Pop before taking drugs.

We know you are all talented. How would you describe yourselves in one word?
Stupidcalifragilisticexpialidocious.

How did you guys find out about BootB?
One of our advertising teachers talked to us about BootB as a chance for us to test our qualities.

What is your definition of creativity?
Creativity is 10% inspiration and 90% transpiration.

How come you decided to work together on the C.O.W Pitch? Was it the first time you teamed up?
We met each other at the university. We immediately understood that we matched mentally and creatively, so we decided to work together. C.O.W. has been our first attempt. We’ve been lucky :)

Who was the leader?
The three of us. We reject the concept of leadership.

Did you had any “storming” moments while working together?
We have only storming moments… Instead of hanging around and get drunk as young people usually do, we say stupid things to make our day.

What was the division of work for the project?
God created the cow… Edison the light bulb… we just stole their own ideas. Bob thought about the acronym, Elia made up the concept and the name, Mary worked on the pay-off. The logo was drawn by the three of us together.

Do you have skills that you wish to develop or talents you wish to perfect?
Mary is the one who works with words languages, Bob plays with concepts and sounds and Elia is the instant idea guy. The only thing we want to increase is the ability to dream about new things, to think different in order to create our own way. We would love to continue this job having fun.

What do you like to do with your free time?
Elia sings in a progressive rock band and is currently working on the release of his second album. He loves to read and to paint; half of his life is taken away by films and tv serials. He gets to sleep at 6 am and gets up at 11 am asking himself why is he tired. He’s the one always having a sigarette in his right hand and a kebab in the left one.

Sir Bob in a bass guitar player with an Mc past. He’s in love with every form of art. Lately he’s been around Naples with a Kandisnky book that weighs more than him. He loves music more than everything, but not more than his mommy.

Mary loves to read. She’s the youngest of the three but claims to be the wisest. She loves to find typos hidden in books and to drink beer. In the past year she’s developed an incredible ability to buy birthday presents. She can make an awesome tiramisu.

What are your plans for the future?
Mary wants to be an editor, break off young literary careers and read as a scrounger. Bob wants to make creativity his own work. Elia would like to become an advertiser, write a script for Warner, publish a cd with Warner, write a book, marry his girlfriend and possibly win a lifetime kebab supply.

We hope you smiled at least as many times as we did when we first read this peculiar interview:)