Half Japanese Editor/Journalist (WSJ, Newsweek, Modern Farmer etc); contributing editor Monocle magazine. Based in London and occasionally, Tokyo. Founding member of UK/Japan design studio Anyhow. 

Julie Piatt aka “SriMati” is a mystic mother, musician, artist, chef, author and healer who has lived her life immersed in devotion and expansive creativity. She is the founder and creator of SriMu; Do Life, Not Cheese. A sacred offering of healing our world, SriMu's mission is to create the best cheese in the world via an artisanal black label NOT cheese food offering that lavishly nourishes and sublimely satisfies every craving of cheese lovers everywhere. SriMu is the next evolution of cheese and is Universal; paleo, vegan, gluten free and dairy free.

Founder and Creative Director of Blok Design in Toronto.

Benjamin Critton is an American designer, art director, typographer, publisher, writer, editor and curator. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, where he makes graphic design from a studio in a neighborhood called Greenpoint. Before moving to New York, he attended the Yale School of Art. Before that, he went to Hamilton College. Before that, he went to William H. Hall High School. Before that, he went to King Philip Middle School. Before that, he went to Morley Elementary School. Before that, he went to Knight Hall Nursery School.

Co-founder of RYOKO senses salon in Berlin-Neukölln. Fascinated especially by the wonder and ability of our sense of smell, I am a creator of natural perfumes, also as a massage-beauty-aroma therapist I see how our senses interact within our body system and impact on our body, mind and sprit. Born in Japan, used to live in Paris, Sydney and I have been in Berlin since 2013.

Academic Head - Cape Town Creative Academy (www.ctca.co.za) Associate - Creative Leadership Consultancy (www.creativeleaderhsipconsultancy.com)

Justin Poulter is a commercial illustrator and lettering artist. Growing up in a village by the sea and completing his studies in Cape Town he landed his first job for an award-winning studio in London. After spending 3 years here he moved back to his homeland and headed up a studio in Cape Town. In 2014 he went freelance where his style of illustration and lettering won him a number of international clients. In what might be the final move he recently came back to London where he now works out of his studio in Stoke Newington. Clients include: National Geographic, Google, Vans, Uber, Nike, Coca Cola, Knorr Foods, Bacardi, Wieden and Kenndy, Delta Airlines, Red Bull, Nedbank, Bonnier Publishing, The Webby Awards and Men's Health. Justin is represented by Snyder NY in the USA, Canada and Parts of South America and JSR Agency in the United Kingdom and Europe.

Founder of Agence Canuel - Representing Gab Bois and Samuel Pasquier

resist much, obey little.

Art Director at Sgustok Studio. Record Producer at Sgustok Music. Editor in Chief at Sgustok Magazine. Currently based in Moscow, he is working as a Product Designer in Revolut.

Marta Sasinowska is a designer and photographer, curator and event coordinator based in Chicago. She’s also the founder of Practice Studies, where she documents artists and makers and their creative processes as she travels the world. Instead of focusing on the final product, she focuses on highlighting the “ways to get there,” showing how much work goes into each handmade piece. She’s driven by the idea of connecting, sharing and building community bound by creative passions.

Hsiao-Ron Cheng is a Taiwanese illustrator living in Taipei, Taiwan. She attended Taiwan University of Art from 2007-2010, receiving her BFA in Fine Art. Her work alludes to the deformation that physically separates human from plants. The environments and situations that she paints are often of surrealist nature, reminiscent of school, and partly based on phantasy.

Leading Kutarq studio, architect and designer Jordi López Aguiló designs lighting, objects and furniture with a unique and pragmatic perspective. Each project involves a methodical process that emphasizes both material and research. With the constant challenge of revealing the "soul" behind his objects, he offers their users not just an aesthetic piece but rather a design with personality and a life of its own. After spending time abroad collaborating with prestigious architecture and design firms in Paris and Copenhagen, he finished his master in Barcelona and decided to finally settle down in his home town Valencia where he's been leading his own studio since 2012. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at Paris Design Week, Milan Design Week, Frankfurt Light & Building and the Stockholm Furniture Fair.

Claudia Rubín is a graphic designer from Puerto Rico, based in Brooklyn, New York.

Contemporary artist.