First Turn
The Italian designer of Photosynthesis on how he planted the seeds of his forest-building debut
Interview by Dan Jolin
HJALMAR HACH
BACKGROUND
“I was studying Classical Composition to become a composer, because music is really important to me. But during this time, in 2014, I discovered there were board games. [laughs] New board games. And I remembered that I loved making board games when I was a child – when I was 15 I tried something abstract with triangular shapes, but I could never arrive at something that had any sense. So that gradually took me away from music.”