Neil Atherton is a Paris-based photographer and curator from the UK. He has called Paris home for over a decade and still speaks French with an English accent. His personal photography is based almost uniquely on the use of out-of-date film and explores the physical effects of time on memory. He has a large camera collection of ‘70s rangefinders and compacts from the ‘80s and organizes the biannual photography festival Mois de a Photo-OFF.

M.Giesser is a communication, design & strategy practice based in Melbourne, focussed primarily on visual identity.

Adrian Westaway Co-founder & Director of Technology and Magic at Special Projects Adrian is an inventor, engineer and experience designer on a mission to make the human-technology interaction meaningful and delightful. As co-founder of Special Projects he harnesses technology, inclusive research and magic thinking to devise design propositions that feel familiar yet wondrous. A self-taught magician since the age of 11 and full member of the Magic Circle, he relentlessly pursues his conviction that “designers should use magic thinking and try to introduce surprise, delight and fuzzy feeling in the things they create.” After becoming the first ever James Dyson Fellow in 2007, and a Fellow of the Royal Commission of 1851, in 2010, for his work on interactive lighting systems, Adrian built a playground in Peru, had whisky with Derren Brown as a student in Bristol, and tried to make his teachers disappear. His contagious passion for magic and engineering made him a beloved tutor and lecturer in Design & Innovation at Queen Mary University and the Royal College of Art, in London and a visiting faculty member at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design. There he teaches ‘Magic and Design’, a nomadic workshop where students are introduced to methods of using design and technology to create enchanted products and experiences.

Helga Traxler, born 1984 in Austria, also known as Photosalonhelga – is a Freelance-Photographer with a Masters Degree in Visual Communications. Helga has worked with clients such as: New York Times T-Magazine, New York Magazine - The Cut, Ryan McGinley Studios, Rauschenberg Foundation, Walter Schupfer Management, Mac Cosmetics, Sweden Unlimited, Bullett Media, Conrad Rosett, Mango, Ebay, Allianz, amm. Through the experimentation with the medium she is blurring the boundaries between fashion and art. Helga is known for her cautious, calculated approach and varied photographic style with strong attention paid to details and colour schemes. Her focus is squarely on people. Helga is based in Brooklyn/New York City.

Fashion Stylist & Consultant, Co-founder of E.L.V. Denim www.elvdenim.com

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I'm an industrial designer, currently practicing my craft in the city of Copenhagen. My cross-cultural sensitivity led me to experience design in a number of places like Germany, South Korea, and Denmark.

Fille. Co-founder of @idee.fixe | Designer, Creative

Vicki Ling 凌小童 Vicki is a freelance illustrator currently living in New Orleans. She has a strong eye for detail and a unique ability to convey emotion through her fictional imagery. Vicki received her MFA in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in 2013. Having lived in Chicago, London and Shanghai, Vicki has worked with various commercial clients and exhibited internationally. Her drawings have been recognized by American Illustration, the Society of Illustrators, and 3x3 Illustration. Vicki is available for commissions, collaborations, and other such projects.

Copenhagen based interior stylist and set designer

Designer working in Montréal & New York

I’m an architect work in Seoul. 

Designer. Lover of the weird and the wonderful.

Multidisciplinary designer from Sydney, Australia. Focusing on film, theatre, textiles and typography.

Filmmaker from Toronto, Canada.