The jury is made up of more than 50 world-class creatives who are active in their communities. It is important that each category has a jury who are diverse in background, mentality, approach and opinion. If the jury encounters projects outside their field of knowledge, we will bring in specialist additional jury members as needed.
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Liza is Partner and Creative Director at Studio Dumbar/DEPT®, an international agency with a Dutch heritage, specialising in visual branding and motion. Liza is directly involved with all main projects such as the visual identity for Amsterdam Sinfonietta, D&AD Creativity festival, brand refresh of the van Gogh Museum and co-initiator of DEMO – Design in Motion Festival.
Debbie Millman is a designer, author, educator, curator, and host of the pioneering podcast Design Matters. Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, and a “woman of influence” by Success Magazine, Debbie Millman has built a remarkable career at the intersection of design, storytelling, and cultural commentary. Debbie is the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the first and longest-running podcasts in the world. Over the past two decades, she has interviewed more than 700 of the world’s most creative thinkers and maker.
Jaemin Lee is a graphic designer and a full-time dad to three beautiful cats. He graduated from Seoul National University and founded his design studio, fnt, in 2006. As an art director, he plays a pivotal role in shaping and overseeing the visual identity of diverse projects. His extensive experience includes collaborations with cultural institutions and events such as the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, National Theater of Korea, and the Seoul Record Fair.
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Based in Paris, Spassky Fischer is a graphic design studio founded in 2014. Combining graphic design and art direction, the studio works primarily in the artistic, cultural and architectural fields. Its work includes numerous books, large-scale identities and visual communication for renowned art institutions and fairs, both in France and abroad.
Koto make ambitious ideas for ambitious businesses. Five offices, one studio, united by optimism, collaboration, and craft. Dan Witchell is a London-based multidisciplinary practitioner, he serves as Executive Creative Director at Koto London, leading the studio’s design practice, shaping creative excellence and ensuring strategic alignment across all work. With over 20 years in the industry, Dan is known for building strong client relationships and bringing optimism and ambition to every project.
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Bráulio Amado is a Portuguese Graphic Designer and Illustrator currently living in New York City. He works for clients such as André 3000, Harry Styles, A24, Robyn, Apple, HAIM, Frank Ocean and many more.
Eva is a 3D Artist and Animation Director from The Netherlands. My playful, graphic CGI style combines with my unique design sensibility to create charming, joyful worlds of fun. Adorning a multitude of different mediums, my signature elements and characters can be found in the form of digital art, sculptures, murals and apparel.
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Located in Nantes, France, and created by Donald Choque & Yoann Le Goff, the atelier is working across the fields of art direction, graphic design and type design. Our process is mainly focused in crossing knowledges, practices and techniques with a particular attention on typography.
Stephanie Specht (°1982) is a Belgian graphic designer who has worked independently since 2006, after graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Her career, shaped by experiences in cities such as Cape Town, Brussels, Princeton, and New York, reflects a continual pursuit of freedom and reinvention. Guided by intuition, Stephanie’s work blends clarity with experimentation and has led to collaborations with clients including Google Design, Nike, and Dazed.
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Wanwai Shum (CN) is a visual designer currently based in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
Koos Breen is an interdisciplinary designer, art director and artist based in The Hague (NL). He produces work in graphics, objects, and spatial installations, both by commission and autonomously.
Jonathan Castro Alejos (Lima, PE) is a graphic designer and multidisciplinary artist based in Rotterdam who works with sound, video, installation, and performance. His explorative practice oscillates between the real and the fictitious, assembling and reassembling collected raw materials embedded with different qualities and identities to reconstruct them into surfaces, objects, visual languages, and soundscapes.
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Giliane Cachin’s focus is on designing visual identities as well as editorial design and research-oriented projects. Her compositions, based on an analytical approach, are inspired by data sets and technical drawings. Rhythmic sequences and a feel for detail and formal order characterize her work. For the designer, grid systems serve not only as tools but also as visual elements. Instead of seeing specifications and rules as limitations, she uses them as a structural framework within which surprising design processes can unfold.
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Bijan Berahimi is an Iranian-American graphic designer, curator, and the founder of FISK, a multi-faceted creative studio based in Portland, Oregon USA. He graduated with a BFA in graphic design from the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) in 2013. With an emphasis on typography, image-making, and design systems, Berahimi has developed identities and campaigns for the world’s leading brands and musicians.
fiskprojects.com @fiskprojects
Not Always Right Ideas. It’s our stance against sameness. We’re NARI a creative and branding agency working with clients worldwide to build brands that connect with people. When everyone follows the same idea, brands lose meaning. The most powerful brands aren’t built on what’s expected, but on what’s true to them – that’s what people connect to. True authenticity. We partner with teams who share that ambition, those who want their brands to be unmistakable. Together, we create brands that earn a place in culture and endure beyond trends or moments. Work that people feel, not just see.
Foreign Policy is a Singapore-based strategy, brand and design office founded in 2007 by Yah-Leng Yu and Arthur Chin. We work across naming, identity, spatial, and editorial design to help brands speak with clarity and purpose.
Koto make ambitious ideas for ambitious businesses. Five offices, one studio, united by optimism, collaboration, and craft. Dan Witchell is a London-based multidisciplinary practitioner, he serves as Executive Creative Director at Koto London, leading the studio’s design practice, shaping creative excellence and ensuring strategic alignment across all work. With over 20 years in the industry, Dan is known for building strong client relationships and bringing optimism and ambition to every project.
Untitled Macao is a design studio founded in 2017. They are keen on branding, visual identity, web design, wayfinding and signage system design. Throughout the years, the company has successfully created outstanding high-quality design solutions which have been recognized by multiple renowned international committees and awards.
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Jaemin Lee is a graphic designer and a full-time dad to three beautiful cats. He graduated from Seoul National University and founded his design studio, fnt, in 2006. As an art director, he plays a pivotal role in shaping and overseeing the visual identity of diverse projects. His extensive experience includes collaborations with cultural institutions and events such as the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, National Theater of Korea, and the Seoul Record Fair.
Al Webb is a Creative Director at Made Thought where defining and guiding the creative vision across the creative team is the heart of Al’s role. Ensuring the team challenge the brief, themselves and the target consumer by creating thoughtful, relevant and emotive design solutions that people can connect with. Inspired and motivated by the opportunity to tackle complex brand and communication challenges with simple, iconic and timelessly relevant design solutions, Al has been instrumental in the creation and ongoing evolution of the work within the Made Thought studio.
Stephanie Specht (°1982) is a Belgian graphic designer who has worked independently since 2006, after graduating from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp. Her career, shaped by experiences in cities such as Cape Town, Brussels, Princeton, and New York, reflects a continual pursuit of freedom and reinvention. Guided by intuition, Stephanie’s work blends clarity with experimentation and has led to collaborations with clients including Google Design, Nike, and Dazed.
Based in Paris, Spassky Fischer is a graphic design studio founded in 2014. Combining graphic design and art direction, the studio works primarily in the artistic, cultural and architectural fields. Its work includes numerous books, large-scale identities and visual communication for renowned art institutions and fairs, both in France and abroad.
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Sara Andreasson is an illustrator and designer based in South East London, UK. She is one of the co-founders of FRONDA, a nomadic gallery with roots in Stockholm and London.
Raman Djafari is an illustrator, animator and filmmaker working in both 2D and 3D, currently living in Berlin, Germany. Through colorful imagery and fragmented narratives they are hoping to reach into a realm of honest emotionality and willful fragility, creating surreal worlds and characters that oscillate between the familiar and the fantastical.
Rui Pu is an illustrator and designer working between Shanghai and London.
Jack Sachs is a visual artist living and working in Berlin, originally from London. While studying as an illustrator Jack had a serious injury to his hand that stopped him drawing, so he looked to 3D graphics in order to finish his studies, hes since then drawing and CGI have combined to become the pillars of jack’s practice.
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Studio for visual communication with a strong focus on typography and motion design, blending the disciplines of type, motion and code to approach visual communication with a systematic aesthetic.
Loulou is a visual storyteller with a soft spot for bold colors, tender weirdness and layered characters. Inspired by her Congolese roots, she sees Blackness as a dynamic, evolving technology that shapes how she creates, moves and connects.
Daisy Chain is a new motion studio co-directed by Harry Butt (Butt Studio) and Connor Campbell (CC Studio) with a focus on playful, experimental, vibrant aesthetics. We work with 3D, 2D and generative animation to create music videos, brand identities and typography in motion.
YONK is a 3D animation studio specializing in Virtual Reality Sculpting to create bold, visually striking artworks, animations, and character designs. Their innovative use of this technology has led to a unique style that fuses raw, childlike sculpting with polished, vibrant aesthetics. YONK is driven by a mission to break free from traditional 3D boundaries, crafting work that’s playful, maximalist, and delightfully strange.
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Al Webb is a Creative Director at Made Thought where defining and guiding the creative vision across the creative team is the heart of Al’s role. Ensuring the team challenge the brief, themselves and the target consumer by creating thoughtful, relevant and emotive design solutions that people can connect with. Inspired and motivated by the opportunity to tackle complex brand and communication challenges with simple, iconic and timelessly relevant design solutions, Al has been instrumental in the creation and ongoing evolution of the work within the Made Thought studio.
Mat Bogust, founder and design director of Think Packaging, is a New Zealand-based creative specialising in structural packaging design. Originally from England, Mat transformed his passion for cardboard engineering into a globally recognised practice known for blending precision, functionality, and creativity.
Ferran Ollé is a graphic designer, creative director and founder of FAENA, a design studio focused on branding and packaging design. Originally from Barcelona and based in Mexico for over 12 years, his work reflects a strong cross-cultural perspective and a deep understanding of visual language.
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Matter of Sorts is a typographic practice helmed by Vincent Chan and assisted by a slew of co-conspirators. Our interests revolve around notions of commoning, design, pedagogy and type and where they might overlap, co-mingle and meld. Matter of Sorts offers a library of retail typefaces and has developed custom fonts for a diverse range of clients across commercial and cultural sectors, in Australia and abroad.
Klim Type Foundry is an independent typeface design studio led by Kris Sowersby and is based in Wellington, New Zealand.
Jacob Wise is an English-Dutch graphic designer specialised in type design. He splits his time between freelance work spread across cultural projects, music and branding as well as designing and publishing typefaces on his own foundry WiseType®. In 2022, Jacob graduated from the Type and Media masters programme at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. He lives and works in Rotterdam.
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F451 is a Paris-based, award-winning design studio founded by Domitille Debret and Quentin Creuzet in 2016, specializing in custom website design, programming, and consulting. They blend digital design with technical development to create bespoke, often research-based projects that challenge web conventions, focusing on information structure and user experience.
Vera van de Seyp is a computational designer, artist, and educator working at the intersection of graphic design and code. Her practice focuses on generative design systems, experimental typography, and custom tools that explore how computation can help shape visual language.
Maximilian Kiepe is a web designer & developer. He was one of the Co-Founders of Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann which he ran together with David Liebermann and Jana Reddemann from 2014-2024. Maximilian now operates the design-led web development studio hypertextincontext.
hypertextincontext.com @maximilian_kiepe
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Ruohan Wang is a Chinese-born, Berlin-based artist and designer whose practice transcends traditional boundaries, translating bodily movement into a highly recognizable visual narrative. Through the interweaving of painting, illustration, and fashion collaborations, she explores themes of simplicity, universal humanity, and coexistence from a multicultural and multidisciplinary perspective. As a leading figure among a new generation of international artists, Wang was inducted into the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) in 2022. Her work exemplifies the vitality of contemporary art in crossing borders and transcending cultural symbols, seamlessly stitching together Eastern and Western aesthetics with sophisticated harmony.
Vera van de Seyp is a computational designer, artist, and educator working at the intersection of graphic design and code. Her practice focuses on generative design systems, experimental typography, and custom tools that explore how computation can help shape visual language.
Raman Djafari is an illustrator, animator and filmmaker working in both 2D and 3D, currently living in Berlin, Germany. Through colorful imagery and fragmented narratives they are hoping to reach into a realm of honest emotionality and willful fragility, creating surreal worlds and characters that oscillate between the familiar and the fantastical.
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Emily Oberman is a graphic designer who has shaped some of the world’s most recognisable and beloved brands. Her work crosses disciplines and encompasses visual identity, motion graphics, brand strategy, naming, packaging, editorial, and advertising.
Gina Guasch is a Barcelona-based art director and graphic designer, and founder of the queer creative studio Gina Guasch Team, established in 2019. Her work focuses on visual identities and graphic projects for music, art and culture through an experimental, playful and activist approach, with clients including Nike, DICE and Sony Music. She is also co-founder and art director of MARICAS, a queer electronic music collective recognised worldwide. In 2023 she was recognised as Best Emerging Artist at the Premis Time Out Cultura and teaches Art Direction at Elisava.
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Jacob Wise is an English-Dutch graphic designer specialised in type design. He splits his time between freelance work spread across cultural projects, music and branding as well as designing and publishing typefaces on his own foundry WiseType®. In 2022, Jacob graduated from the Type and Media masters programme at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. He lives and works in Rotterdam.
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Brodie Kaman is an Australian-born graphic designer and creative director based in Paris. His practice spans graphic design, creative direction, and independent artistic work. He has worked extensively within the music industry, contributing creative and art direction as well as design to major international projects.
Bráulio Amado is a Portuguese Graphic Designer and Illustrator currently living in New York City. He works for clients such as André 3000, Harry Styles, A24, Robyn, Apple, HAIM, Frank Ocean and many more.
Daisy Chain is a new motion studio co-directed by Harry Butt (Butt Studio) and Connor Campbell (CC Studio) with a focus on playful, experimental, vibrant aesthetics. We work with 3D, 2D and generative animation to create music videos, brand identities and typography in motion.
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Debbie Millman is a designer, author, educator, curator, and host of the pioneering podcast Design Matters. Named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, and a “woman of influence” by Success Magazine, Debbie Millman has built a remarkable career at the intersection of design, storytelling, and cultural commentary. Debbie is the founder and host of Design Matters, one of the first and longest-running podcasts in the world. Over the past two decades, she has interviewed more than 700 of the world’s most creative thinkers and maker.
Eva is a 3D Artist and Animation Director from The Netherlands. My playful, graphic CGI style combines with my unique design sensibility to create charming, joyful worlds of fun. Adorning a multitude of different mediums, my signature elements and characters can be found in the form of digital art, sculptures, murals and apparel.
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Maximilian Kiepe is a web designer & developer. He was one of the Co-Founders of Liebermann Kiepe Reddemann which he ran together with David Liebermann and Jana Reddemann from 2014-2024. Maximilian now operates the design-led web development studio hypertextincontext.
hypertextincontext.com @maximilian_kiepe
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Emily Oberman is a graphic designer who has shaped some of the world’s most recognisable and beloved brands. Her work crosses disciplines and encompasses visual identity, motion graphics, brand strategy, naming, packaging, editorial, and advertising.
Ruohan Wang is a Chinese-born, Berlin-based artist and designer whose practice transcends traditional boundaries, translating bodily movement into a highly recognizable visual narrative. Through the interweaving of painting, illustration, and fashion collaborations, she explores themes of simplicity, universal humanity, and coexistence from a multicultural and multidisciplinary perspective. As a leading figure among a new generation of international artists, Wang was inducted into the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) in 2022. Her work exemplifies the vitality of contemporary art in crossing borders and transcending cultural symbols, seamlessly stitching together Eastern and Western aesthetics with sophisticated harmony.
Gina Guasch is a Barcelona-based art director and graphic designer, and founder of the queer creative studio Gina Guasch Team, established in 2019. Her work focuses on visual identities and graphic projects for music, art and culture through an experimental, playful and activist approach, with clients including Nike, DICE and Sony Music. She is also co-founder and art director of MARICAS, a queer electronic music collective recognised worldwide. In 2023 she was recognised as Best Emerging Artist at the Premis Time Out Cultura and teaches Art Direction at Elisava.
Multidisciplinary Swiss/Danish artists duo with a deeply rooted fascination for everyday life, working primarily with conceptual still-life photography, sculpture, and improbable objects.
