Interview with Florian Fischer

Peter Rowlands · Issue 147, Nov/Dec 2025 · pp. 39–42

Hi Florian. Thank you for taking the time to be interviewed. I’m looking forward to reading your answers. Your early career in the creative and IT industry, although potentially more lucrative, didn’t seem to inspire you so how does working underwater rekindle that creativity? Is it the environment or the lack of surface interference? I think coming from the advertising world and being a creative person at heart, I see a lot of similarities between what I used to do and what I do now with Behind the Mask. Ultimately, both are about conveying a message or selling a ‘product,’ if you will. The big difference is that before, I was often selling fashion or consumer concepts that sometimes felt a bit superficial to me. I had to create stories to evoke emotions around products that didn’t always have that inherent depth. Now, with Behind the Mask, the ‘product’ I’m sharing is something profoun…