Meet the Jury

Marsha shapes and leads Aesop’s creative strategy globally, across all touchpoints and customer-facing communications. She leads a team of talented art directors, designers and writers in New York, alongside a studio in Melbourne concentrated on finished art, campaign roll out and regional projects.

Hannah is an interior designer with over 20 years’ experience of designing award winning hotels, shops, offices and homes for leading global brands and institutions. Her work is inspired by the desire to create immersive spaces that look distinct and feel profoundly human.

Andreas is a Swedish architect and designer who has been active since 1999 in a number of different constellations, working within a broad spectrum of architecture and design.

Natacha joined Hermès in 1990, within the Exhibitions department. Her main role is to search for new designers and artists around the world to collaborate with the house and unveil unique windows display, showcasing the imagination and the creativity of the house.

Vincent is a Creative Director at de Bijenkorf, a luxury department store in the Netherlands. With his team of designers he is managing all store design and all the visual, graphic and art projects. Vincent started as an independent designer over 30 years ago and worked worldwide for Dutch brands such as G-star Raw and Marlies Dekkers.

As Design Director at IHG, Caroline is responsible for overseeing the interior design of IHG luxury brand hotels throughout Europe, concentrating on InterContinental hotels. Her role covers new openings as well as refurbishments across the existing hotel estate and overseeing the design from concept to completion.

Marcel Wanders is the founder of the leading product and interior design studio under the same name, located in the creative capital of Amsterdam. Regarded by many as an anomaly in the design world, Marcel has made it his mission to “create an environment of love, live with passion and make our most exciting dreams come true.”

Irene and Alon are founders of award-winning international architecture practice, Baranowitz + Kronenberg, based in Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The studio’s diverse international portfolio spans everything from hotels, nightclubs and restaurants to furniture design and private residences.

Joe has been called ‘Mr. Fashion’ in the capital market, and served as CTBUH’s first jury chair for the category of interior design. With his design concept of Eastern artistic conception in Western form’, which has become popular around the world, he has received myriad internaional design awards for his work.

Cofounders Peter and Signe have shaken up Copenhagen’s hospitality scene, with their studio Space Copenhagen they have worked for all the big names, and branched out globally.

Known for speaking on the 'what's next' within experience design, Howard is the Executive Creative Director and Cofounder of YourStudio. Based in London, Amsterdam & Melbourne; YourStudio create pioneering experiences across retail, hospitality and workspace for leading global brands.

Aura has a well-established interdisciplinary approach, as visible in the wide range of projects she has worked on from architecture, to interior and landscape design with the likes of UN Studio and Benthem Crouwel Architects.

Kees is an acclaimed architect. His research focuses on large complex projects that characterize rapid global urbanization. In 2019 Kaan was appointed Chairman of the Architecture Department. Moreover, he has been Principal Investigator at Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS) since 2016.

Patrik is a company director and a senior designer at Zaha Hadid Architects. His completed projects include the MAXXI Centre of Contemporary Art and Architecture, Rome. Patrik is widely recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders within the fields of architecture, urbanism and design.

Shireen oversees Populous’ work in the Middle East, currently leading the design team for the Qadsiya Stadium in Kuwait. She has become a role model for women in architecture, and an influential figure in the UAE region in the development of major sports venues, helping to raise awareness of the role architects play in creating a better quality built environment.

Mels Crouwel aspires to contribute to a better world, with better buildings, through a combination of innovation and expertise. Applying his personal passion for art and culture, his designs can be seen in the restoration of the Anne Frank House, the Stedelijk Museum and the Bergbau Mining Museum.

Ivy and her team has launched a family of consumer hardware products ranging from smartphones to smart speakers, earning 56 different design awards. This collection of products established a design aesthetic for technology products that is tactile, bold, emotional, and undeniably Google.

Laura works for one of the prime real estate companies in Dubai crafting beautiful environments for exceptionally high-quality lifestyles. Having started her Blog “Luxury Interiors” in 2008 she has become an industry voice across social media on luxury industry trends in residences and hospitality.

Alfredo is an internationally established designer based in Zurich has worked for some of the leading companies of the international design industry such as Alias, BMW and Camper. The works of Alfredo Häberli are swiftly becoming icons of this age: objects and spaces that embody our particular living conditions, rather than those of the future or past.

Cutwork is an architecture and design studio focused on new ways to live and work. The studio was among the top 30 "CleanTech" technology companies in Europe. Cutwork projects have included Station F, the largest startup campus in the world home to more than 1000 startups and the European hubs of Amazon, Facebook, and Microsoft.

An artist, designer and co-founder of Studio Above&Below, Daria is London based and focusing on interactive, digital and spatial experiences.

Shogo heads teamLab Architects, a Tokyo-based collective that explores new spatial experiences through a mix of digital technology, art and nature, working across both commercial and cultural sectors.

Mafalda founded Monncada Rangel, a creative agency and architectural company based in Syracuse, Italy and Porto, Portugal. With an interdisciplinary vision, her professional work ranges from Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape, Design and Curatorship.

The Museum of Modern Art seeks to create a dialogue between the established and the experimental, the past and the present, in an environment that is responsive to the issues of modern and contemporary art. Ramona is responsible for overseeing the entire spectrum of temporary exhibitions and performances.

Based in Milan, Maria has contributed to several magazines and publications including Domus, Vogue Italia, Apartamento and collaborates with a number of institutions worldwide.

Colin is the overall creative lead for BDG, responsible for creating world class environments for all BDG clients, regardless of size or sector. His belief that architecture is most successful when people feel a connection to space is reflected in BDG’s studio culture and evidence based design approach.

Cuckooz Nest is London’s first co-working space with integrated flexible nursery for children 0-4 years old. With a background in media focussing on design & technology, Fabienne is passionate about creating forwarding thinking beautiful spaces for people to live and learn, focussing on innovative design within co-living/co-working sectors.

Currently responsible for driving the global health agenda in HEINEKEN, Herbert Schilthuis continues to develop his expertise in infectious diseases, tropical medicine, health promotion and organization of health care.

Alexander works as a senior researcher at the renowned Fraunhofer Institute in Stuttgart. He is a renowned expert on innovations in the fields of office, hotel, living and future construction, and an author of many publications about working environments and building processes of the future.

As Adidas Vice President Corporate Real Estate Christian leads the global portfolio management, transactions, design and construction for all offices, showrooms and distribution centers. His recent projects include the relocation of the Reebok HQ from Canton to Boston and the new APAC HQ in Shanghai.

Stefan works intensively with materials, technology and is passionate in his quest to fathom out their limitations. Together with his office they develop products that are precise, yet simple and above all are meant to meet human needs. Stefan has worked with brands like Hay, Magis and Vibia.

Pallavi trained architect and sustainability specialist, she’s won multiple awards for work across a range of sectors including commercial, hospitality and residential. She was born in India, raised in Dubai and spent years working in London; her designs reflect these eclectic influences.

Valentina works as a Dealer and Creative mind across the world of Art, Collectible Design and Fashion. Founder of the Home division for LUISAVIAROMA. Her work has been published in various international magazines including Vogue, Wallpaper, NYTimes, BoF and more.

With a background in both banking and marketing, Daniel entered the world of design quite late in life, and run his own architectural studio for three years before joining the team at Note in early 2012. Daniel works across categories with a keen eye for colour, material and finish.

Drawing from a background in operatic Stage Design Apameh Ruckert’scurrent motivation is to develop iconic spaces at the cutting edge of retail and to create strong architectural identities for the global brands ZEITGEIST Group works for.

Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer and change-maker working at the intersection of creative and biotechnology industries. Her London-based biodesign agency catalyses the alignment of DNA-scale engineering with the methods and principles of critical design thinking for the circular economy.

Martha's interests focus on the city of the future and innovation in architecture and design education to make it relevant for the challenges of the 21st century. She has written numerous articles on contemporary architecture and has served on the Board of Directors of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.

Adam Nathaniel's intensely decorated and often outré products and furniture take inspiration from his passionate exploration of the themes of Queerness, colour and ornament as a political-aesthetic project, with his objects being the embodiment of the diasporic, roaming cultures that surrounded him as a child in a culturally mixed household.

Kaave Pour is an award winning creative and cultural entrepreneur. He is a frequent speaker and guest lecturer, sharing his thoughts and experiences about innovation and design with global brands and universities. Kaave is also responsible of Trailerpark I/O, an event where thousands meet to explore the intersection between art, design and technology.

Regine's work is realized over a wide range of scales and building types including building for workplace (industry, office, and master-planning), cultural, housing, event spaces, exhibitions and installations in the public realm internationally. Important milestones are amongst others the Biosphere in Potsdam, Germany and the Trutec Building in Seoul, Korea.