Maria Porro is president of the Salone del Mobile furniture fair and marketing and communications director of Italian brand Porro .
Hassan Rahim is an artist from Santa Ana, California , currently living and working in New York City .
Graphic designer Paula Scher is principal of the New York design consultancy, Pentagram .
Marcel Wanders is the leader of Marcel Wanders Studio, a leading product and interior design studio in the creative capital of Amsterdam .
Min Wang is a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing .
Alia Al-Senussi is a cultural strategist, writer, patron, public speaker, academic and advocate for Middle Eastern design .
Alberto Alessi is president of Italian homeware design brand Alessi and has written numerous books on design .
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 is a London -based artist whose work is informed by cultural insights expressed primarily through textiles and printed matter.