Laura Pregger (CH/D)

Director

Pregger Laura (* 1984) completed her studies in ‘Jewelry and Daily Objects’ at the University of Design in Pforzheim, Germany. Today she lives and works in Basel. In 2009 she founded a design laboratory: ‘Laura Pregger DesignLab’. This focuses on the interface between industry and craft.

www.laurapregger.ch

Moritz Walther (CH)

Infrastructure

Moritz Walther (*1987) studied at the Hyperwerk Institute, Project Design at the School of Art and Design in Northwest Switzerland. Afterwards he worked at the de-lay GmbH, agency in marketing and design management in Basel. Here he contributed to the study of Basel creative industries. Today he works part time at the ‘ProgrammZeitung’ also in Basel, is part of a design collective and works on various different projects.

Matylda Krzykowski (PL/D/NL/GB)

Coordination

The initator, curator and designer Matylda Krzykowski (*1982) is primarily interested in design as a vehicle for communication and content distribution, particularly in connection with the designers themselves. She creates a variety of projects in which she emphasises aesthetics and personality, based on the moment of experience. She has created an extraordinary arena for contemporary design with her ‘firsthand design journalism’ ​​blog, where she introduces designers to the ‘drawn interview.’

www.matyldakrzykowski.com

Elias Schäfer (CH)

Finances

Elias Schäfer (*1984) holds a Bachelor in International Affairs and Governance form the University of St. Gallen. He worked with the trade an crafts association Basel as policy consultant, and amongst other projects, he was responsible for the creative industries.

Katharina Altemeier (D/CH)

Contributor

Katharina Altemeier (*1976) studied German Literature, Political Science and Media Law in Munich. She volunteered at the Bavarian Broadcast Corporation, where she worked afterwards as a radio and TV journalist with a focus on cultural activities. In her role as an editor at the Form Magazine (2007-2009) she did extensive studies in the field of product, furniture and graphic design. As a freelance journalist, Katharina continues to write about design – for publications such as Form, TEC21 or www.goethe.de. She is also reporting from Switzerland as a cultural correspondent, for the Bavarian Radio and Swiss Radio DRS2. She lives in Basel and is a member of ‘Designjournalists – Global Correspondents for Design and Architecture’.

Julia Landsiedl (AT)

Contributor

Julia Landsiedl (*1976) began her design career with a Master in Law – as copywriter in advertising and brand development. She studied then Product and Process Design in Vienna and Berlin, where she received a degree in Master of Arts. After course-related internships in Wolfsburg, Berlin, Zurich and Arnhem, she worked at IDEO in Silicon Valley. Since 2009 she workes as a freelancer in Vienna. Her main focus are product development, design research, and scenography/storytelling.
www.jeplus.at

Rebekka Kiesewetter (CH)

Contributor

Rebekka Kiesewetter (*1976) studied art history and economics in Zurich. After an editorial internship, she worked as an editor for Ideales Heim/Atrium, then she implemented and managed the Interiordesign-blog (interiordesign.blog.nzz.ch) of the NZZ and wrote for the NZZ am Sonntag (Stil, Magazin Z) about design. Today she is responsible for the department ‘Housing & Interior Design’ at Annabelle and writes for several publications in Switzerland and Germany (i.a. Hochparterre, DADI, Weekender).