Antonella Autuori
Antonella Autuori is a researcher at SUPSI / University of
Applied
Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland. Her research focuses on the definition of new
methodologies at the intersection of artificial intelligence and design.
Aysun Aytaç
Aysun Aytaç is a design researcher and design ethnographer
working at
HSLU / Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art. She combines approaches from material
culture,
visual ethnography, and design thinking to explore interactions between people and their
environment.
Paul Bailey
Paul Bailey is a graphic designer, researcher and educator. He is
Professor for Design in Visual Communication and Research at HfG Karlsruhe (DE) and pursuing
a PhD in the Arts at KASK & Conservatorium (BE).
Jonas Berthod
Jonas Berthod is a postdoctoral researcher at ECAL/University of
Art
and Design Lausanne, and the coordinator of Swiss Design Network.
Samuel Bianchini
Samuel Bianchini is an artist and researcher. He is associate
professor at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD), PSL Research
University
Paris, where he heads the Reflective Interaction research group of EnsadLab.
Camille Farrah Buhler
Camille Farrah Buhler is a fashion designer, artist and
co-founder of
the podcast Front Row, invested in rethinking fashion through a feminist and decolonial
lens.
Sabrina Calvo
Sabrina Calvo is an author, poet, visual worlds creator, and
experimental fashion couturière, exploring and crafting fantasy worlds.
Serena Cangiano
Serena Cangiano is senior researcher at the Design Institute and
head
of Digital fabrication laboratory of SUPSI / University of Applied Sciences and Arts of
Southern
Switzerland.
Gabriele Colombo
Gabriele Colombo is researcher at the Department of Design,
Politecnico di Milano. His research explores visual formats for critical and collective
analysis
of digital media.
Rasha Dakkak
Rasha Dakkak is a Palestinian researcher and maker leading the
Graphic Design department at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
Sara De Bondt
Sara De Bondt is a graphic designer, educator, and researcher.
She teaches at ECAL and KASK & Conservatorium / School of Arts Gent, where she recently
obtained her PhD.
Adrian Demleitner
Adrian Demleitner is a programmer and researcher in the field of
video game studies.
Meret Ernst
Meret Ernst is curator at Musem für Gestaltung Zürich.
Previously, she was a senior lecturer in Design History and Theory at Basel Academy of Art
and Design FHNW. From 2011 to 2025 she was the co-director of Swiss Design Association,
professional association of Swiss designers.
Aude Fellay
Aude Fellay is a researcher at HEAD – Genève and a writer, whose
work
looks at contemporary image culture, cultural labour theories and fashion.
Davide Fornari
Davide Fornari is a full professor at ECAL/University of Art and
Design Lausanne, where he has been leading the R&D sector since 2016.
Luke Franzke
Luke Franzke is a research associate and PhD candidate at the
ZHdK /
Zurich University of the Arts, where he heads the Physical Computing Lab. His current
research
deals with the design of Intraoral Computer Interfaces.
Max Frischknecht
Max Frischknecht is a PhD candidate at HKB in Bern, and a
researcher
exploring generative design for critical data visualizations in the humanities and lectures
on
data cultures and technology.
Gianpaolo Fusari
Gianpaolo Fusari is an industrial designer with over ten years of
experience in design innovation in healthcare and a senior design associate at the Helix
Centre,
Royal College of Art, London.
Giulio Galli
Giulio Galli is a researcher and PhD candidate at Hasselt
University,
as well as a typeface designer, member of CAST Foundry.
Alexis Georgacopoulos
Alexis Georgacopoulos is a product designer and the Director of
ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne.
Beatrice Gobbo
Beatrice Gobbo is a post-doc fellow at Politecnico di Milano. Her
work and academic interests are positioned at the intersection between information design
and
computer science.
Emily Groves
Emily Groves is a senior designer and postgraduate programme
coordinator at EPFL+ECAL Lab.
Nicolas Henchoz
Nicolas Henchoz is founding director of EPFL+ECAL Lab which
explores
the perspectives of emergent technologies through design research.
Joel Hügli
Joel Hügli works as a sustainable product designer and researcher
at
HSLU / Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art, and is the founder of the mattress start-up
Ecomade. He received the Swiss Design Prize, the Swiss Design Award and various grants for
his
master's thesis ECOMADE - Ecological Mattress Design.
Thomas Huot-Marchand
Thomas Huot-Marchand is a type designer ant the director of
Atelier
National de Recherche Typographique (ANRT) in Nancy.
Thomas Knüsel
Thomas Knüsel is a media artist and educator working in the field
of
machine learning since 2020.
Lucie Kolb
Dr Lucie Kolb is a docent for critical publishing and research
and
co-head of the MAKE/SENSE PhD program at the Basel Academy of Art and Design FHNW, whose
work
involves studying and producing artistic knowledge.
Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken
Anna Lisa Martin-Niedecken is head of the Institute for Design
Research at ZHdK and founded the Digital Health Design Living Lab which collaboratively
involves
different institutions in healthcare to act as a catalyst for research.
Yann Martins
Yann Martins is a ‘debugger’ and researcher currently working at
the
Institute Experimental Design and Media Cultures (IXDM) in Basel. His software practices lie
at
the intersection of debugging, computer music and game design.
Anthony Masure
Anthony Masure is associate professor and head of research at
HEAD –
Genève.
Luna Maurer
Luna Maurer is a mixed-media designer and artist who blends
digital
technologies with physicality to explore human characteristics. She co-founded Moniker.
Émilie Meldem
Émilie Meldem is a researcher at HEAD – Genève and a fashion
designer, who has worked for brands such as Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Peter Pilotto and
Y/Project.
Floriane Fo Misslin
Floriane Fo Misslin is a researcher and design educator. They are
a
PhD candidate in Visual Sociology at Goldsmiths in London.
Anna Niederhäuser
Anna Niederhäuser has been the head of design promotion at the
Federal Office of Culture since 2018. From 2012 to 2020, she served as the president of the
specialist committee of the Bern Design Foundation, and since 2014, she has been a freelance
curator and author.
Valentina Nitti
Valentina Nitti is a PhD candidate at Iuav University of Venice,
specialized in design and typography history.
Guillermina Noël
Guillermina Noël is a design researcher and educator. She is the
head
of the Bachelor Design Management, International at HSLU / Lucerne School of Design, Film
and
Art.
Janna Joceli Omena
Janna Joceli Omena is an assistant professor in Digital Media and
Methods at Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal. Her research focuses on the practice and
theory of digital methods, intersecting with web technologies, software studies, data
visualization and philosophy of technology.
Sarah Owens
Sarah Owens is an award-winning design educator and researcher
whose work centres on social and anthropological aspects of visible language and visual
cultures. She leads the subject area and MA in Visual Communication at ZHdK / Zurich
University of the Arts.
Paola Pierri
Paola Pierri, with a doctorate in Design Anthropology, researches
the
impact of design on society and political engagement, specializing in Anthropology of
Technologies.
Ludovica Polo
Ludovica Polo is a PhD candidate at Iuav University of Venice,
focusing on design history and typography.
Tânia Raposo
Tânia Raposo is a designer, educator and researcher. She is a PhD
candidate at University of Paris VIII in collaboration with ANRT in Nancy.
Dimitri Reist
Dimitri Reist is a researcher and graphic designer. He is part of
the
fashion collective NCCFN (Nothing Can Come from Nothing) and co-founder of the studio for
visual
communication Bonsma & Reist, based in Bern and Brussels.
Delphine Ribes
Delphine Ribes is head of Design for Healthcare and Creative
Coding
at EPFL+ECAL Lab. and specializes in medical image processing and AI research.
Evelyne Roth
Evelyne Roth is a trained seamstress, active designer and
lecturer at
the Institute of Contemporary Design Practice (ICDP), in the fashion design program at the
Basel
Academy of Art and Design FHNW. She is a doctoral student in the Make Sense program, a
cooperation between FHNW and the University of Linz in Austria.
Fabien Roy
Fabien Roy is a Swiss product designer and architect who designed
Robust Nest, a newborn incubator adapted to the context of district hospitals in sub-Saharan
countries, developed in collaboration with EPFL’s Essential Tech Centre.
Vera Sacchetti
Vera Sacchetti is a Basel-based design critic and curator.
Recently,
she co-founded design magazine Fazer, and co-initiated the Design and Democracy platform.
She
teaches at Design Academy Eindhoven, and is part of the Federal Design Commission of
Switzerland.
Alice Savoie
Alice Savoie is a researcher and type designer currently teaching
type design at ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne and supervising research projects
at
ANRT in Nancy.
Tim Shaw
Tim Shaw is an artist and researcher who works with sound, light,
and
communication media. He creates performances, installations, and site-specific
interventions.
His practice spans environmental sound art, digital media, media archaeology, walking, and
installation making.
Matteo Subet
Matteo Subet is a researcher at SUPSI / University of Applied
Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland. His research focuses on human-computer
interaction,
design education and AI-driven systems in the design field.
Ginevra Terenghi
Ginevra Terenghi is a PhD candidate at SUPSI / University of
Applied
Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland and at Brunel University London. She is working on
participatory approaches based on data physicalization to promote data literacy in
healthcare.
Aylin Tschoepe
Aylin Tschoepe is professor of Design Anthropology at the Basel
Academy of Art and Design FHNW, where she connects her experience as an architect, designer,
anthropologist, gender and urban studies scholar.
Andreas Unteidig
Andreas Unteidig is a design researcher and educator. He co-leads
the
MA Eco-Social Design at HSLU / Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art.
Bas van de Poel
Bas van de Poel is the innovation director and co-founder of
Modem,
an Amsterdam based office for design and innovation dedicated to envisioning how
forward-thinking companies and institutions can thrive amidst exponential change.
Vera Van der Burg
Vera van der Burg is a designer, a researcher, and a PhD
candidate at
Technical University Delft. She explores integrating AI into creative processes as a
reflexive
tool for makers.
Eloïse Vo
Eloïse Vo is an artist-designer and PhD candidate in the program
between HEAD – Genève and EPFL. Her work has branched into performance, media installations,
publishing and writing, alongside design commissions.
Cécile Vulliemin
Cécile Vulliemin has been the head of Design at Pro Helvetia
since
2023. Previously she was head of Strategic partnerships at ECAL (2018-2022) and project
leader
for Art/Science programs at Swissnex Boston (2015-2018).
Peter Wiesmann
Peter Wiesmann is an independent jewellery and accessory
designer,
who has worked for brands such as Louis Vuitton, Hermès, Mansur Gavriel and Supriya Lele.
