Weronika Poręba is a product designer from Poland who originally studied industrial design at Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology. In 2019, she was awarded a Fine Arts Masters in furniture design from Poznań University of Arts. One year later, she set up her own business focusing on product design and graphic design. In addition to furniture, she is also interested in packaging design; her main source of inspiration is nature. In her design work, she attaches a great deal of importance to simple solutions, minimalist styles and the emotions experienced by users when interacting with the product.

Trained in design at a School of Art and Design and later at university, Clothilde Verdim devotes a significant part of her career to a design agency, of which she is a co-founder. The multidisciplinary studio, based in Paris, works on projects ranging from interior architecture to product design, with a specialization in the hospitality sector, both nationally and internationally. At the same time, the designer cultivates a more personal creative universe, inspired by nature and the poetic imagination linked to certain everyday objects and artifacts. She places as much importance on the cultural significance of forms and materials as on their aesthetic and technical properties. This is why the objects she designs often carry a narrative dimension, a symbolic meaning that goes beyond their functional purpose.

Rachel Forster graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1997 and founded Forster Inc in Shoreditch the following year. Named 100% Design’s Interior Designer of the Year, her work has been featured in The Guardian, The Times and The Saturday Times Magazine; she also lectures in design. Forster brings her deep personal commitment to sustainability and longevity to every project she works on, reusing and reimagining existing resources within spaces that are often being overlooked or undervalued. Her work focuses on longevity, programmed dismantling and care, with colour playing a central role in her vision ofcreating inspirational, long-lasting objects.

Ella Doran is a designer acclaimed for her innovative approach to designing products and textiles, furniture and decors. Well-known for her keen eye, her lively use of colour and hercommitment to sustainability, Ella adds dynamic energy to each project, harmoniously combining aesthetics and environmental responsibility. As an active designer and tutor at the Royal College of Art, she upholds the principles of the circular economy and ‘mindful manufacturing’, reminding us that designers are the custodians of the materials used in the design process.