Design

Alia Al-Senussi

Alia Al-Senussi is a cultural strategist, writer, patron, public speaker, academic and advocate for Middle Eastern design.

Alberto Alessi

Alberto Alessi is president of Italian homeware design brand Alessi and has written numerous books on design.

Marjan van Aubel

Marjan van Aubel is an award-winning innovative solar designer bringing solar energy into daily life, combining the fields of sustainability, design and technology.

Yemi Awosile

Yemi Awosile is a London-based artist whose work is informed by cultural insights expressed primarily through textiles and printed matter.

Priyanka Sharma and Dushyant Bansal

Dushyant Bansal and Priyanka Sharma are the founders of design practice Studio Raw, which is based in the desert plains of western India..

Lara Bohinc

Lara Bohinc founded Bohinc Studio in 2016, exploring furniture and object design.

Chila Kumari Burman

Chila Kumari Singh Burman is mixed media artists celebrated for her radical feminist practice examining representation, gender and cultural identity.

Rosey Chan

Rosey Chan is a virtuoso pianist and composer who works closely with the design world.

Naomi Davenport

Naomi Davenport is head of programme and content at London Craft Week, a city-wide festival celebrating creativity and exceptional craftsmanship from around the world.

Mario Eskenazi

Mario Eskenazi is a Barcelona-based graphic designer with a portfolio that includes collections for Paidos Publishers, Banco Sabadell and Palau Robert.

Gitta Gschwendtner

Gitta Gschwendtner runs an independent London design studio specialising in design for exhibitions, furniture and installations.

Rolf Hay

Rolf Hay is the co-founder of renowned Danish furniture and homeware brand Hay.

Meneesha Kellay

Meneesha Kellay is a London-based curator and writer. She is currently the contemporary programme curator at London's Victoria and Albert Museum.

Suhair Khan

Suhair Khan is a designer and technologist at Google who leads numerous global projects with artists and cultural institutions for Google Arts & Culture.

Alice Stori Liechtenstein

Alice Stori Liechtenstein is the founder and director of Schloss Hollenegg for Design and a curator specialising in contemporary design.

Nifemi Marcus-Bello

Nifemi Marcus-Bello is a Nigerian designer known for his community-led and ethnographic conscious design approach.

Moran Munyuthe

Moran Munyuthe is an architect, furniture designer and founder of design lab and light manufacturer Saba Studios.

Jeremy Offer

Jeremy Offer is the chief design officer at British electric vehicle manufacturer Arrival.

Nifemi Ogunro

Nifemi Ogunro is a Nigerian American designer based in Brooklyn, New York who creates Functional Sculptures.

Dominique Petit-Frère is the co-founder and creative director of Limbo Accra, a collaborative spatial design studio focused on architectural projects, art installations and urban design across West African cities.

Maria Porro

Maria Porro is president of the Salone del Mobile furniture fair and marketing and communications director of Italian brand Porro.

Hassan Rahim

Hassan Rahim is an artist from Santa Ana, California, currently living and working in New York City.

Paula Scher

Graphic designer Paula Scher is principal of the New York design consultancy, Pentagram.

Marcel Wanders

Marcel Wanders is the leader of Marcel Wanders Studio, a leading product and interior design studio in the creative capital of Amsterdam.

Min Wang

Min Wang is a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing.