Shigeru Ban (born 1957 in Tokyo) is an accomplished Japanese and international architect, most famous for his innovative work with paper, particularly recycled cardboard paper tubes used to quickly and efficiently house disaster victims.

Thomas Heatherwick trained in 3D design at Manchester Metropolitan University and the Royal College of Art. He founded Thomas Heatherwick Studio in 1994 to bring together architecture, design and sculpture.

Christien Meindertsma graduated from the Eindhoven Design Academy in 2003. Exploring products and raw materials in unusually thoughtful ways, her work aims to regain an understanding of processes that have become so distant in industrialisation.

Manchester-born Mark Farrow has been called one of the heroes of the creative industries by Creative Review magazine and deservedly so.

Harry Pearce joined Pentagram’s London office as a partner in 2006 having co-founded and grown Lippa Pearce to become one of the UK’s most respected design agencies over the previous 16 years.

Trained as an architect at Oxford Brookes University and the Bartlett School of Architecture, Jason Bruges brings environmental awareness and technical skill to his creative projects.

The collaboration between brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec is a permanent dialogue nourished by their differing personalities and shared perfectionism.

Yves Béhar is the founder of the San Francisco and New York integrated design agency, fuseproject.