Severin Filek
Severin Filek studied Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (USA), the University of the Witwatersrand (South Africa) and the University of Vienna. Since 1992 he has been managing director of designaustria (knowledge center and interest group). He is co-founder and board member of designforum Vienna and president of the Austrian […]
Bernard Hay
Bernard Hay is a researcher, writer and curator working across contemporary design. He is currently Head of Research and Design Practice at Design Council, the UK’s national strategic advisor on design. Currently, he leads Design Economy – a national programme of research into the social, environmental and economic value of design to the UK – and […]
Anna Whicher
Anna specializes in developing, implementing and evaluating government policies using design methods. As Head of Policy Design at PDR (International Design and Research Centre) at Cardiff Metropolitan University, she is responsible for developing partnerships, drafting proposals, leading networks, conducting research, developing strategies and evaluating impact for government, enterprise agencies, sector councils and trade associations. Since […]
Brigitte Borja de Mozota
Brigitte Borja de Mozota is one of the world’s most prominent scholars in the domain of design management and author of the reference book Design Management – Using Design to Build Brand Value and Corporate Innovation. Currently, a consultant as well as professor and supervisor of MBA “managing by design” theses, she concentrates on mission-driven […]
Päivi Tahkokallio
Päivi Tahkokallio is Founder and CEO of Tahkokallio Design+, a strategic design agency from Lapland, Finland. With her track record on strategic and inclusive design she has often been called the mother of Arctic Design, a design approach to support sustainable development of the Arctic. Päivi was President of BEDA, The Bureau of European Design […]
Gisele Raulik Murphy
Gisele Raulik Murphy, Brazilian designer, has a PhD in public policies for design and innovation. She has worked on design promotion programmes in South America and Europe for Centro Brasil Design, Design Council (UK) and Design Wales (UK), where she established the EU funded SEE project, a collective of European design organisations to share experiences […]
Hanna Harris
Hanna started as Helsinki’s second Chief Design Officer in 2020. Her task is to lead Helsinki’s pioneering work in using design to build the city’s future. Prior to this, she was Director of Archinfo Finland (2016-2020), the national promotion and collaboration platform for architecture. She was Commissioner of the critically acclaimed 2018 Mind-Building exhibition at […]
René Spitz
René is researching the future of design education. He conducted an international study on this topic for the iF Design Foundation, which was published as a white book in 2021. This was followed by an evaluation of design studies from the perspective of public value. The foundation is currently developing the prototype for a design […]
Brandon Gien
Dr. Brandon Gien is the CEO of Good Design Australia, Chair of the Australian Good Design Awards, and Deputy Chair of the Australian Design Council. He has spent the past 25 years passionately advocating for the value of good design to improve our social, economic, cultural and environmental quality of life. He is a qualified Industrial Designer and currently […]
Alok Nandi
Storyteller in multiple media, space and technologies, from high-tech interactive installations to low-tech mise-en-scène. Alok Nandi is a lecturer and invited professor as well as regular speaker at international conferences and events (incl. PechaKucha Tokyo, TEDx Flanders). In parallel, he launched PechaKucha Brussels and IxDA group in Brussels (Interaction Design Association). Alok Nandi chaired Interaction14 […]