On WhatsApp he has a portrait of his friend Javi Royo, who is the maximum purification he himself aspires to as a designer: a circle and a cigar. And yes, Mario Eskenazi's bald and shiny head – in every sense – is usually accentuated by a cigarette he's puffing on in his Gothic Quarter studio while reviewing – Banc Sabadell, TMB, Mossos d’Esquadra... – some of his omnipresent projects.