Alain Gilles
Signature product & furniture Designer – Alain Gilles Studio
Born in 1970 in Brussels, Belgium. Design as a second life. After studying Political Sciences and Marketing Management, Alain Gilles went on to work in the financial world. But one has to live his own life. So, thanks to the moral support of his wife, he went back to studying Industrial design in France.
He opened his own studio in 2007 in order to pursue his own dreams and develop his personal approach to product design, furniture design, art direction and interior architecture. He has been a jury member or president for many design awards—and has also won multiple design awards. He collaborates with international editors such as Ligne Roset (FR), Bonaldo (IT), Buzzispace (BE), Varaschin (IT), Casamania (IT), Zee (BE), Greenmood (BE), XL Boom (BE), La Chance (FR), Vincent Sheppard (BE), Modular (BE), Another Country (UK), Miniforms (IT), Saba Italia (IT), and more.
Filippo Mambretti
Designer & Lecturer – Filippo Mambretti Design Studio
Filippo Mambretti, an Italian designer born in Como, embodies artisanal culture and modern design thinking. Growing up immersed with his grandparents—master wood and sculpture craftsmen—he cultivated profound sensitivity to materials, meticulous construction details, and the enduring value of handmade craftsmanship. A formative meeting with Bruno Munari during artistic studies inspired his academic pursuit at Politecnico di Milano, where he earned degrees in Interior Design and Furniture Design.
His professional scope includes product design, lighting, furniture, and design research, with enduring collaborations alongside Italian and international companies and institutions. His work employs an essential, contemporary language rooted in function, harmoniously integrating aesthetics, technical innovation, and deep design culture in a coherent, rigorous manner.
Beyond practice, he teaches as a lecturer and trainer at CSIA and SSS_AA, mentoring future designers. Leading his Switzerland-based studio, he engages European and global partners—brands, artisans, architectural studios, and manufacturers—prioritizing quality, bold experimentation, and sustainability.
Jan Goderis
Interior Architect& Designer – Jan Goderis Design Lab
Jan Goderis, a Belgium-based designer, blends architecture, interior design, furniture, lighting, and objects into a thoughtful language balancing material, craftsmanship, and technology. Driven by lifelong passion, he founded Jan Goderis Design Lab in 2021 for distinctive projects. Over 35 years, his conceptual clarity and refined craftsmanship have produced precise, emotionally engaging work across private residences, public spaces, and cultural restorations—like the Godfried heritage warehouse renovation in Antwerp for Dries Van Noten’s offices with DMT Architects.
Now focused on timeless furniture, lighting, and objects emphasizing form, function, and clarity, Jan prioritizes ecological respect for materials, tradition, and sustainability.
His designs have earned numerous prestigious international design awards. Jan contributes to the global design community as a jury member and was named among the world’s leading designers for 2025 by the Designers Accreditation Council (DAC).
Katia Kolovea
Lighting Designer & Creative Director – ARCHIFOS Studio
Katia Kolovea is a lighting designer, creative director, and advocate for the profession, rooted in interior and product design. She views lighting as a spatial and experiential medium bridging objects, environments, and narratives.
As founder and creative director of ARCHIFOS—a London-based boutique agency launched in 2020—she blends communication, marketing, and lighting design. ARCHIFOS partners internationally with lighting businesses on bespoke projects merging strategic storytelling and light’s power, including brand strategy, experiential marketing, content, product launches, events, immersive experiences, and light art installations to shape identities and build audience trust.
Her work covers architectural lighting, events, public art, and brand activations across 16 countries and four continents. She is widely recognized with many distinctions and she’s a frequent speaker on lighting, art, and strategy.
Katia founded The Lighting Police, co-founded Silhouette Awards and VLD.community, and supports Women in Lighting, championing mentorship and advancement.
Stefano Borella
Industrial Designer – Studio Atelier Borella
Stefano Borella is an industrial designer with solid expertise in product design,research and concept development, as well as technical design and development.
With more than 30 years of experience in industrial design, Borella has honed his ability to translate ideas and concepts into concrete designs. He transforms innovative ideas into tangible realities, creating products that harmoniously combine form and function. He works on projects that challenge convention, delivering creative and innovative solutions with a strong focus on sustainability.
Among his most important collaborations are those with Louis Vuitton in Paris, B&B Italia Spa, Cassina Spa, Calligaris Spa, Quadrifoglio Group Spa, Quinti, and Nahu of the Lineafabbrica Group, as well as with many renowned architectural firms for custom projects, including Studio Wilmotte in Paris, Studio Chipperfield in London,
and Paolo Castelli in Bologna.
Some of his projects have earned prestigious international awards, including the Good Design Award and the Prize Design for Modern Furniture + Lighting.
Taras Yoom
Artist & Designer – The Yoomoota Universe
Taras Yoom is a Bangkok-based, award-winning artist and former medical professional, recipient of the Good Design Award and other international honors. His works grace permanent collections at many museums, among them The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design.
Inspired by Leonardo da Vinci and contemporary scientific thought, Yoom crafts biomorphic surrealism—fusing natural forms, inner body structures, and animation into fantastical planets and inhabitants that probe the vast intricacies of human existence, universal emotions, obsessions, modern civilization’s flaws, and socially resonant themes. His immersive Yoomoota universe—a parallel realm blurring visible reality with life’s hidden processes—spans sculptures, paintings, furniture, lighting, and mixed-media, reinterpreting plastic, silicone, acrylic, and wood with surgical precision and exceptional craftsmanship.
Exhibited internationally at PAD Paris, PAD London, Art Busan, Art Miami, Zurich, Seoul, and New York, his art has garnered acclaim in Financial Times, Harper’s Bazaar, Design Milk, Robb Report, Elle Decoration, and GQ.