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Born in Tokyo in 1972 and raised in Chigasaki, Manabu Mizuno studied graphic design at Tama Art University. After graduating in 1996, he joined the advertising company Pablo Production and then went on to join Draft Corporation where he worked in advertising and design. In 1999 he established “good design company”.

For a man who’s been in advertising for 19 years, John Pace still has a surprisingly good head of hair. He started his career at Ogilvy & Mather in 1982, where he worked as an art director and later as a creative director. In 1996 he co-founded Bull Calvert Pace as creative partner.

Teresa Roviras has lived and worked in London since she graduated from Elisava Design School in Barcelona in 1987. She joined Michael Nash Associates, where she remained for six years, and in 1993 she jointly received a gold D&AD her collaboration on the packaging for Harvey Nichols’ Food Hall.

Graham Leigh is director and retail branding specialist for the HKLM Group in South Africa.

Born in Seoul, Korea, and raised in Sao Paulo, Brazil, art director and designer, Ji Lee now lives and works in New York.

Michael Thibodeau is one of the world’s foremost brand identity designers.

Nathan Reddy studied design in Natal at the ML Sultan School of Design. He began his career as a junior designer at FCB design where he remained for three years before moving to TBWA Hunt Lascaris as the head of design.

Roger Smythe began work at the Clearwater Group, holding the positions of creative director and new business development manager between 1997 and 2002. Then, with Reot Reolon, he co-founded motion design house Masters & Savant to service television channels, advertising agencies and corporates alike.

Jannes Hendrikz is the compositor and creative director of the Blackheart Gang by night, and TVC director for Shy the Sun by day. Completely self-taught, Hendrikz began his career at Refinery before moving to BlackGinger.

Daljit Singh is creative director and founder of Digit, one of the world’s longest established digital agencies. Working with brand leaders including Coca-Cola, Gucci, Habitat and Unilever, Digit creates award-winning online environments and content punctuated with humour and personality.