Karin Bucher

Karin Bucher is a Swiss scenographer. For more than two decades now, she has been developing exhibition and theatre projects for renowned cultural institutions, theatres and museums. Her scope of work also includes free site-specific projects such as audio walks, theatrical tours and installation exhibitions in collaboration with creative artists from all disciplines. In 2023, […]

Shogo Kawata

Born in 1977, Shogo Kawata graduated in Architecture from Kyoto Institute of Technology in 2003. After graduation, he established his own practice Kawata Architects in 2003 and started collaborating with teamLab the same year. In 2009 he established teamLab Architects Inc, a firm that examines cities for the new era through digital technology, art, nature, […]

Raghuram Venkatesan

Raghuram Venkatesan is the director of Global Projects at teamLab Architects Inc. teamLab Architects is a firm that explores new architecture and spaces through digital technology, art, nature, biology, and spatial boundaries. An international art collective, teamLab navigates the confluence of art, science, technology, and the natural world. Their exhibitions have been held globally, including […]

Sumayya Vally

Honorary Professor of Practice, Sumayya Vally is the founder and principal of Counterspace – an award-winning design, research and pedagogical practice searching for expression for hybrid identities and territory, particularly for African and Islamic conditions—both rooted and diasporic. An internationally acclaimed design practitioner, Vally is the Artistic Director of the inaugural Islamic Arts Biennale in […]

Amanda Talbot

Amanda Talbot is the founder of the Sydney-based Studio Snoop, a creative consulting and design practice. As a trained architect and interior designer she is devoted to focus on a heart-centric approach to design that holds the key values of love, kindness, joy, and in uniting people together. Studio Snoop draws on her diverse background […]

Phillippe Fouche

The director of Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects (SAOTA), Phillippe Fouche graduated in 2001 from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, with a degree in Architecture. Following this, he joined SAOTA as a project architect in 2008. With a foundation in institutional, educational, residential, and urban design, his responsive design approach seeks unique solutions aligned […]

Christiane Lemieux

A New York-based designer and entrepreneur, Christiane Lemieux introduced LEMIEUX ET CIE, her successful European-inspired lifestyle brand into the United States in Summer 2020. Prior to this, she founded multiple brands including DwellStudio, bought by Wayfair in 2013, and The Inside, a D2C home furnishing brand – where she was also the CEO. A revered […]

Joe Doucet

Joe Doucet is a designer, entrepreneur, inventor and creative director based in the USA. After graduating from the Art Center College of Design, Doucet quickly began exporting his vision into product, furniture, environment, and technology to find solutions for daily and societal challenges through design. His work has been exhibited globally, including at the London […]

Sudipto Ghosh

Sudipto Ghosh is a practicing architect and managing partner at 50-year-old firm, S. Ghosh & Associates, in New Delhi, India. A graduate of CEPT, Ahmedabad and the University of Cincinnati, his career spans three continents including India, Switzerland, and the US, where he has been involved with a wide range of projects from museums, townships, […]

Manju Sara Rajan

Manju Sara Rajan is a journalist, editor and arts manager. Her main areas of expertise are aesthetics and lifestyle trends. She is presently a Senior Advisor at Asian Paints and the Editor-in-chief of beautifulhomes.com, India’s largest design and décor content platform by Asian Paints. She is the former CEO of the Kochi Biennale Foundation, where […]

Madhav Raman

Madhav Raman is an architect and co-founder of Anagram Architects, a New Delhi based multidisciplinary architecture firm. Anagram Architects, founded in 2004, is internationally recognized as one of the world’s top emerging practices, with a commitment to delivering deeply contextual designs that encourage sustainable lifestyles. Over the years the practice has garnered much international acclaim […]

Ashwini Deshpande

A 1989 graduate of National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, Ashwini Deshpande is co-founder of Elephant Design, India’s pioneering independent integrated design consultancy. Elephant has been consistently ranked as the No 1 Design Agency in India by The Economic Times Brand Equity for over a decade. She has lectured across more than 20 countries including ICOGRADA […]