Stupid Studio is an award-winning, multidisciplinary design outfit for filmmakers, designers, and communication pros creating impact work for LEGO, Adidas, and IKEA by blending fresh thinking with novel success metrics.
Co-owner Christian Mogensen, based in Denmark, is a playfu,l creative strategist who helps purpose-driven organisations hone their innovation, melding research, design, strategy, communication, and facilitation.
Joëlle is a live-visuals artist and designer who translates sound into minimalist visual compositions. Working with frequencies and simple structures, she crafts imagery shaped by music. She’s the visual artist for electronic musician Richie Hawtin and a resident at London’s FOLD.
Joëlle is interested in visually communicating the feelings she has when she listens to music and exploring the connection between what she hears, feels, and sees.
Tim Rodenbröker is a German designer and creative technologist specializing in generative and procedural animation and design. He skillfully merges programming with graphic design, operating at the intersection of code and creativity.
Tim founded the Creative Coding platform, which offers programming lessons tailored specifically for designers and artists. Through this platform, he fosters a curious and bold community eager to embrace the constantly evolving challenges of new technology. Additionally, Tim produces podcasts where he and his guests explore the full spectrum of creative technologies, design, and programming, sharing insights and sparking thoughtful conversations.
Mélina Poiré is a Montreal-based motion designer known for her bold use of design, typography, and vibrant colors. She gained recognition for creating the 2022 Motion Motion Festival trailer, which features dynamic kinetic typography blending both 2D and 3D techniques.
Mélina actively participates in creative challenges like 36 Days of Type, which helps her evolve her style, experiment with new techniques, and play with shapes and graphic design. She highlights her fascination with typography, noting how fonts can powerfully convey emotions and personalities. Currently, Mélina works full-time with the talented team at Oddfellows.
Motion Design School is an online platform offering courses in motion design, animation, and visual effects, aimed at helping creatives level up their skills. They recently announced Learn2Earn, a new Web3 experience where users can earn tokens by completing courses and engaging with the platform.
These tokens can be used for premium features, buying NFTs, and connecting with clients through a new creative workforce network. The platform is also launching Motion Art Battles in the metaverse, an NFT marketplace, and a Community DAO giving users a say in the platform’s future through decentralized governance.
Patryk is an illustrator, graphic designer, and researcher who teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk. He founded the Art of Design courses and the Karol Śliwka Foundation, and curated the Second Polish Exhibition of Graphic Marks, showcasing Polish design across six countries.
He’s the author of CPN. Logo, Identity, History, and organizes the ILUSTRATOR – Illustrative Communication Festival in Gdańsk. His clients and collaborators include Amnesty International, British Airways, Disney, BMW, Levi’s, Pepsi, New Scientist, Mondadori Libri, Zachęta National Art Gallery, Gdynia Design Center, and New Zealand’s Ministry of Civil Defence & Emergency Management.
Evan Anthony is a New York–based artist whose passion spans design, animation, code, and craft, whether in interactive media, installations, or print. He’s been tinkering with media since his first animations on a TI-83+ graphing calculator and never looked back.
Alongside Jeremy Abel, he co-founded Feral Cat Den, and in 2021, they released Genesis Noir a poetic indie game about pausing the Big Bang to save love. The game earned critical acclaim, snagging Independent Games Festival awards, a BAFTA nomination, and spots on over a dozen “best of the year” lists.
Raquel Meyers is a Spanish artist whose practice, “KYBDslöjd” or “expanded typing,” turns keyboard input into tangible, poetic forms. By using typewriters, Commodore 64s, Teletext, embroidery, and even fax machines, she blurs the lines between digital and analog, riffing on typewriting, concrete poetry, demoscene art, and brutalism.
Since 2004, her work has appeared in galleries and festivals worldwide, questioning our relationship with technology through hands-on, learned “brutal” languages.
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