Angelo Benedetto (Head of Graphic Design Department, Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne)

Angelo Benedetto is a graphic designer who lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. He shares his studio with David Rust and Gilles Gavillet (Optimo) and has collaborated with them on several projects. Parallel to his work, he teaches at the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, where he has acted as coordinator for the visual communications department starting in 2003. Since 2009, he has been in charge of the school’s graphic design department.

Zhang Shoupin (Founder and Principal, Max Office, Beijing)

After working for 2x4 in OMA Beijing Office, Shoupin founded Max Office and now leads a multi-disciplinary team for design and research programs. He is a guest lecturer at CAFA.

Beatrice Leanza (Creative Director, Beijing Design Week)

An independent curator and critic based in Beijing since 2002, Beatrice Leanza has been the creative director of Beijing Design Week since 2012, launching the Baitasi Remade Project in 2015. She is also the chief curator of ”Across Chinese Cities,” a research program presented at the 2014 and 2016 editions of the International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.

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