Jean Nouvel is one of the most influential architects of the present day. The Frenchman is associated with bold design vocabulary, transparency and audacity.

The Italian architect and designer Matteo Thun is a co-founder of Sottsass Associati and the legendary Memphis Group. From 1983 to 1996 he taught as a professor of design at the College of Applied Art in Vienna.

Ora-Ïto made headlines with a rather unconventional career path: the drop-out student thanks his status as a shooting star of the design scene to a magazine, which published his designer creations for Louis Vuitton, Gucci and Apple –

Jean-Marie Massaud produces large architectural projects as well as individual design objects. In his studio he puts together projects of every size ranging from a perfume bottle to a football stadium.