Alessandro Zambelli lives and works in Mantua, Italy. He studied industrial design and materials engineering at the Cova School of Design in Milan, and his career took off at bathroom designer Agape in 2000. A few years later, in 2003, he founded Alessandro Zambelli Design Studio. In 2006 he worked on the Estetico Quotidiano project, marking the start of his co-operation with the design house of Seletti. Zambelli’s Palace Collection and School Joke Chair followed (for the same client) and won a European Consumers Choice award (2011) and an NYIGF award (2012). During this period, he forged working relations with many other firms in the sector: furniture designer Caimi Brevetti, home accessory and clock manufacturer Diamantini & Domeniconi, Disaronno, Italian new technology designer .exnovo, leather goods designer Rudi Rabitti, home furnishing designer Skitsch and crystal ware manufacturer Swarovski. Zambelli is a co-founder of Padiglione Italia, a designers’ collective which seeks to present the specifics of the Italian design scene. Zambelli has exhibited at the Beijing Design Week, Invito a Tavola (New York), the Tokyo Tableware Festival and F.O.O.D. (Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC) and other international design fairs. He never sees his work purely as an exercise in style. He believes an inner soul must enliven every object .

Andreas Engesvik is a prominent Norwegian designer who has contributed to the resurgence of Scandinavian design on an international stage. After receiving a degree in art history from the University of Bergen, he completed an MA in design at the National College of Art and Design. Andreas Engesvik co-founded the Norway Says studio in 2000. In 2010, he established his own studio, Andreas Engesvik Oslo. The studio’s portfolio includes furniture, home accessories, and tableware as well as industrial design. Through this design firm, the designer collaborates with a wide range of well-known brands, including Iittala, Muuto, Fram Oslo, Asplund, and Fogia, among others. The designer’s work has received many awards and distinctions. These include the iF Product Design Award, Elle Decoration Awards (Norway and Sweden), and Red Dot Design Awards.

Denis Santachiara is an Italian designer known for blending technology, irony, and art in his work. Born in Campagnola, near Reggio Emilia, in 1950, he began his career as a designer for Fiat before moving into more experimental and conceptual design. His creations often explore the boundaries between function and imagination, earning him international recognition. Santachiara’s work has been exhibited at major institutions, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Triennale di Milano.

Erik Magnussen was born in 1940 in Copenhagen. Educated as a ceramist at the School of Applied Arts and Design - graduated with a silver medal in 1960. For a number of years he worked for Bing & Grøndahl and among the latest works are furniture for Fritz Hansen A/S, door handles for Franz Schneider Brakel gmbh, tabletop in pewter for Royal Selangor, tabletop in stainless steel and plastic for Stelton A/S, porcelain lamps for Licht & Form and furniture for Paustian a/s. Erik Magnussen's designs are exhibited in museums throughout the world and he has received the Lunning Prize in 1967 and the Furniture Prize in 1977. In 1983 he was chosen "designer of the year" by the Danish Design Council and his products have several times received the ID-prize by the Danish Society of Industrial Design. Erik Magnussen received the Bindesbøll Medal in 1996 and he has received grants from the Ole Haslund Fund, the Royal Jueweller A. Michelsen's Anniversary Fund and Knud V. Engelhardt's Memorial Fund. In 1997 Erik Magnussen was awarded "The Red Dot" in the "Design Innovations 1997" competition held by Design Zentrum Nordrhein-Westfalen and he won the "Good Design Gold Prize" awarded by Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization.

Canadian designer Francis Cayouette studied Industrial Design at the University of Montreal and at Les Ateliers in Paris. Based in Copenhagen, Denmark, the designer co-founded the Unit 10 Design firm in 1999. Francis Cayouette collaborates with both Scandinavian and international brands on projects that range from lighting and home accessories to furniture and lifestyle products. The designer’s work aims to evoke an emotional response from the user and also carry a deeper meaning. Quality materials, minimalist design, and pure forms combine in products that bring function and refined beauty into living spaces. Francis Cayouette has worked with renowned brands such as Stelton, IKEA, and Normann Copenhagen. His Theo and Heima series have both received iF Product Design Awards.

Hanna Anonen is a Helsinki-based designer with a background in carpentry. She holds a BA in industrial design from the Lahti institute of Design and an MA in applied arts and design from Aalto University in Helsinki. In 2017 she participated in Finnish Design Shop’s FDS Award design competition with her innovative Cocktail chandelier, ultimately coming third. Later, the design was picked up by the Finnish furniture brand Hakola. Hanna Anonen’s designs are often characterised by playful, innovative forms and her uninhibited use of colours. She is perhaps best known for her industrial design work, but she is also a talented spatial designer, having created exhibitions and interiors for a variety of clients. In addition to Hakola, Anonen has collaborated with Made By Choice, Iittala and IVANA Helsinki, among others.

Héctor Esrawe is an industrial designer from the Universidad Iberoamericana (1992). In 1997 he founded the brand Dimo, a new concept of furniture, and in 2004 Esrawe Diseño, a study specializing in the design. He taught at UIA and was director of the bachelor ‘s degree program in Industrial Design at CENTRO. Founding member of the NEL design group, he received the Quórum award, in the categories of product furniture (1999) and commercial spaces (2004). His work has been displayed at the Franz Mayer Museum, the Palace of Fine Arts Museum and the Mexican Design Gallery; and he has been published in journals such as Arquine, Interior Design, Wallpaper, Damn, Frame and Monocle.