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Cheryl Buckley is professor of Fashion and Design
History at the University of Brighton. She was co-
founder of the Centre for Design History—also at
the University of Brighton, former chair of the Design
History Society and editor-in-chief of Journal of
Design History. An interest in gender and feminism
has been intrinsic to her practice as a design historian,
and she remains committed to inter-disciplinarity
and the questioning of dominant narratives about
design history.

Brendan Donnelly is the brand manager of new
automotive brand Lynk & Co., owned by Zhejiang
Geely Holdings group. In 2015 Brendan joined
Geely Auto as a visual design manager and was
instrumental in developing the brand’s identity.
In 2016 he joined Lynk & Co. as the brand manager
overseeing all photography and video, taking the
company to its first product launch “01.” Currently
Brendan is director of Lynk & Co’s open innovation
platform Co:lab in China. His current work involves
building a community of innovators and designers
dedicated to creating sustainable mobility solutions.

Sarah Fox is a presidential postdoctoral fellow at
Carnegie Mellon University in the Human-Computer
Interaction Institute. Her research focuses on how
technological artifacts challenge or propagate social
exclusions, by examining existing systems and
building alternatives. She holds a PhD in Human
Centered Design and Engineering from the University
of Washington.

Tincuta Heinzel is a designer and researcher with
a background in visual arts, Design, and cultural
anthropology. She completed her PhD in 2012 at Paris
1 University Panthéon-Sorbonne (Frankreich) with a thesis
on electronic and reactive textiles’ aesthetics. Sie
initiated, curated, and or coordinated several projects,
such as “Artists in Industry” (Bucharest, 2011–2013)
and “Haptosonics” (Oslo, 2013). Under what she
labels as “aesthetics of imperceptibility,” Tincuta
investigates the aesthetic issues of nano-materiality
and design’s new roles as operator between scales.
She was Fulbright Scholar at Cornell University, New York,
and is presently a senior lecturer at Loughborough
University in the United Kingdom and visiting
professor at “Ion Mincu” Architecture and Urbanism
University Bucharest (Romania).

Juan P. Hinestroza, a U.S. Fulbright Scholar, ist ein
tenured associate professor of Fiber Science and
directs The Textiles Nanotechnology Laboratory at
the College of Human Ecology of Cornell University in
Ithaca, New York. Juan obtained a PhD from the Department
of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Tulane
University and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from
Universidad Industrial de Santander (Columbia). Prior
to pursuing doctoral studies, he worked as a process
control engineer for The Dow Chemical Company.
He currently works on understanding fundamental
phenomena at the nanoscale that are of relevance to
Fiber and Polymer Science. Juan’s scientific work has
been featured in Nature Nanotechnology, MRS Bulletin,
Materials Today, C&E News, National Geographic, Und
ASEE Prism.

Tad Hirsch is a professor of Art + Design at North-
eastern University where he conducts research
and creative practice at the intersection of design,
engineering, und soziale Gerechtigkeit. He earned his
PhD and MSc at the M.I.T. Medienlabor, an MDes in
Interaction Design from Carnegie Mellon, and a BA
in Philosophy from Vassar College. Prior to joining
Nordöstliche Universität, Hirsch was associate
professor of Interaction Design at the University of
Washington and a senior research scientist at Intel
Labs. He was also a founding member of the Institute
for Applied Autonomy.

Eva Knutz is an associate professor at the University
of Southern Denmark. She has a background in inter-
action design and practice-based design research.
Her primary research interests include participatory
Design, games, social design, and design fiction. Sie
has developed a number of probes, Werkzeuge, and research
artifacts, and her work has been published in the art
and design research community and in the communi-
ty of health communication.

Chamutal Leket is a designer and independent schol-
ar in the field of design history. She received her MA
in Design Cultures from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
In 2017 and holds a BDes in Visual Communications
from the Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and
Kunst. Her research interests include Dutch design, con-
temporary fashion, and museums in the digital age.

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Jonathan Lewis is a director at Thinktiv, a strategy
and innovation firm in Austin, TX, and he is an
instructor at the Austin Center for Design. Vor
Thinktiv, Jonathan served as UX Design Director for
HANDSOME. Jonathan is a proud alumnus of Austin
Center for Design’s program in interaction design and
social entrepreneurship. He holds a BA in Psychology
and Communication from Trinity University in
San Antonio, TX, and an MS in Predictive Analytics
from Northwestern University.

Catherine Lim is a designer and researcher who has
worked with non-profits, grassroots groups, Forschung
institutions, and tech startups on topics ranging from
healthcare, civic engagement, economic development,
immigrant rights, and urban planning. She earned her
MDes in Interaction Design from the University of
Washington and a BA in Urban Studies and Visual
Studies from the University of Pennsylvania.

Thomas Markussen is an associate professor of Social
Design at the University of Southern Denmark. In seinem
own work and research, Markussen focuses on how
design can be used as a political and critical aesthetic
üben, notably in the fields of social design, Design
Aktivismus, and design fiction. Among Markussen’s
recent publications are The politics of design activism –
from impure politics to parapolitics appearing in the
forthcoming book Design and Dissent, edited by
Jilly Traganou.

Larissa Nowicki is a visual artist whose practice is
informed by her experience as a book designer. Her
work is in both private and public collections. Sie
holds a Bachelor’s degree of Fine Art in Graphic
Design from Rhode Island School of Design and a
Master’s degree in Communication Art and Design
from the Royal College of Art. Currently, she is a PhD
candidate in the School of Communication at the
Royal College of Art, London.

Hannah Pivo is a PhD student in the Department of
Art History and Archaeology at Columbia University.
She holds an MA in Modern and Contemporary
Art History with a specialization in Design History
from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her
research focuses on histories of nineteenth- Und
twentieth-century design and architecture in the
Vereinigte Staaten, particularly the design of information
and visual communication for business and industry.

Justin J.W. Powell is a professor of Sociology of
Education at the University of Luxembourg. Nach
studying graphic design at Parsons, he earned a PhD
in sociology at Freie Universität Berlin, Deutschland.
Mainly, his research compares education and science
Systeme, and he contributes to Disability Studies. Mit
Liat Ben-Moshe, Justin has researched the history of
the international symbol of access.

Daniela Rosner is an associate professor in Human
Centered Design & Engineering at the University of
Washington. Her research critically investigates the
role design practices play in materializing collective
futures. Rosner’s work has appeared in Public
Culture, New Media & Society, and other journals,
conference proceedings, and edited volumes. Sie
is the author of Critical Fabulations: Reworking the
Methods and Margins of Design (MIT Press).