Biographies

Elise Coudré is a designer and artist who specializes in creating mesmerizing and playful experiences. Trained in industrial design (University of Antwerp) with experience in service design, communication & photography she loves to get involved in a variety of fun & meaningful projects. Elise has a body of personal projects where she creates playful and provocative art around food and organizes experiential eating activities. Usually she taps into sensorial and experiential elements to make people experience and value what is already present.

Mie Goffin is a Future Food concept creator. As a creative foodstylist, food developer, food writer and herbalist, MiE Goffin has built up in-depth knowledge of the food industry and the culinary world during her 20-year career. Her work has always been driven by her passion for food and her mission to make people aware of healthy eating behavior and sustainable food choices. She has specialized in developing bold flavors experiences with a unique culinary
touch and has a keen eye for the aesthetics of food.

​Workshop: #1 Meal can Do

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Sally Stone is the Professor of Adaptive Reuse and Innovative Pedagogies at the Manchester School of Architecture. Her work explores sustainable adaptation, issues of heritage, the history of adaptation, and the disconnected yet similar approaches that artist and architects take to the existing built environment. She is the author of Inside Information (RIBA Publications 2021), UnDoing Buildings (Routledge, 2019), ReReadings Volumes 1 +2 (RIBA Publications, 2004, 2018), and Emerging Practices in Pedagogy (Routledge, 2021). Sally is the leader of the MA Architecture and Adaptive Reuse programme.

Joan Beadle is a UK based Artist and Educator with 30 years of extensive experience teaching Art and Design, previously holding roles across a range of UG and PG programmes at Manchester School of Art, MMU - 85-2021.
Joan is a Senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is a co-founder of INFE- International Network of Foundation Educators. She is currently working with the charity Arts Emergency in the UK, helping young people gain access to Art Education.
Recent education projects include curating ‘The Exploded Studio’ Exhibition as Part of the 21st Annual GLAD Conference, Manchester (2019) , directing a live online collaborative project ‘The Big Studio - Dynamic Draping’ between Manchester School of Art and the British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow- Re-purposing fabrics donated by Alexander McQueen (2021) and co-ordinating - INFE ‘Past /Present/Future of Foundation Education’Symposium at Futurelab Shanghai (2021)
Recent practice-based projects have involved the production of artists books which document a photographic exploration of Clothing and the Archive - the public, personal and private. These Photographic works have been exhibited nationally and internationally, with examples held in a number of public and private collections including those of the Tate and the British Library.

​Workshop: #2 SPECULATIVE MAKING: Creative Alchemy for Redundant Garments.

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Wouter Eggink is a design professional and assistant professor of Industrial Design Engineering at the University of Twente and coordinator of the master track “Human Technology Relations”. His research centers around the relationships between design, technology and society. His approach is based on the collaboration between design research and philosophy of technology, for which he coined the term “the practical turn”.

Casper Boks is professor in Design for Sustainability at NTNU Norwegian University of Science and Technology. He is rather a design researcher than a designer per se, and interested in finding out where and how design can intervene in everyday situations to make things happen in more sustainable, healthy and social ways. His approach is now at the crossroads of design, behaviour, shame and societal narratives about what is OK and not OK.

​Workshop: #3 (De)Sign for (Un)Ethical (Dis)Comfort​

Industrial designer JanWillem Hoftijzer worked for several design agencies in the Netherlands. Today, he teaches and manages education and staff concerning design drawing and visualisation, at the faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, and he is a co-chair of the international Special Interest Group ‘Design Sketching’.
JanWillem believes that sketching is a crucial competence for all designers, even more so for design students. Citing John Ruskin (1856): “the discipline of drawing tunes the sensitivity of the drawer to a higher pitch, it refines the drawer’s vision”, he believes you need draw to be able to see. Next to his job that concerns the design drawing discipline, JanWillem works part-time on his PhD research project called ’Designing for Do-It-Yourself’.
​www.delftdesigndrawing.com​

​Workshop: #4 Sketching things and stories​

Ward Mertens and Nicholas Erreweyaert work as product designers at RAAK Design Studio, where they engage with local and international clients. The studio is renowned for its commitment to simplicity in design, with a strong emphasis on attention to detail and aesthetics. They strive to approach technical and complex products with simplicity, constructing them in a logical and straightforward manner, thereby bringing elegance to complicated products while optimizing them for mass production. 

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In addition to industrial design, they place significant emphasis on product visualization. Clean studio renders and high-quality prototypes ensure that even the simplest products exude a strong and recognizable character. Both designers completed their product development education at the University of Antwerp. They are passionate about contemporary design and maintain a vast library of products ready to impart knowledge to students.

Workshop: #5 Simplicity in everyday life

Filip Fransen is the Sr. Category Director Foodservice at deSter.​
Over 20 years creating customer experiences and product offerings together with talented multidisciplinary teams, in the aviation in-flight industry, foodservice and electronics market. With a global perspective having lived in Belgium, Singapore and Hong Kong, Filip brings international product development expertise to the table.

​Workshop: #6 Pack it better​

Chiara Percivati, clarinetist and performer, is an interpreter dedicated to the music of our time. Her work as an artist and artistic researcher focuses on exploring, questioning, and expanding
the symbiotic relationship between performer and instrument. She holds master’s degrees from the Conservatory of Milan and the Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts. She conducts research in the field of clarinet preparation and augmentation as a PhD candidate at the Orpheus Institute and the University of Antwerp. Additionally, she works as a researcher at the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp, where she is currently developing a research on clarinet augmentation and digital forms of clarinet and bass clarinet preparation.

Valerio Lorenzoni received a B.Sc. degree in aerospace engineering from Università La Sapienza in 2005, a M.S. degree at TUDelft in 2008 with specialization in aeroacoustics, and worked till 2014 at Siemens Wind Power on aeroacoustics of wind turbines. In 2019 he received a Ph.D. in Art Science from UGent, focusing on human-computer interaction and musical bio-feedback systems. He has been active in the design and development of 3D printed saxophone mouthpieces and on (electronic) music interfaces. At the moment he is working as postdoctoral researcher at the department of Electrical Engineering at KULeuven, focusing on binaural auralization for an art installation. On the side, he has been playing the saxophone at a semi-professional level for over 20 years.

Workshop: #7 Future Shock Orchestra

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​Gert Verheule graduated in 1996 at the faculty “Product development” in Antwerp. He worked in different companies as a mechanical designer: www.theo.be, www.dupont.com, www.nokia.com, verhaert.com,  www.niko.eu and www.commscope.com. Since 2009 Gert works as an independent consultant in product development for various companies. His main focus as a professional designer is mechanical conceptional design and materialisation of ideas in high volume markets. In his spare time he likes to make stuff and spend time on the Tatami or in the snow.

Workshop: #8 Building light structures

Sees order in chaos / Loves to be challenged / Dad in an all-girl family /Has more shirts than days in a month. 

Bart Verleije holds a master's degree in industrial design, from Antwerp university (1999, Belgium). After 6 years working as a consultant in the design and engineering industry, he started working for Voxdale, first as a designer but later evolved to project manager and afterward to COO. The position he holds now within the company is more focused on helping companies nurture and grow their ideas into market-ready products. During his career, he has been (co-) inventor of several patents and designer of award-winning designs, such as " Henri van de Velde" and "Red Dot" awards. And he is, in collaboration with Voxdale, also involved in several start-up companies.

​Workshop: #9 Urban Air Mobility

Felipe Roo Clefas has been working as a creative person in the international design industry for more than 25 years. He is specialized in designing car interiors but he also worked for product, film and jewelry design. As a designer he is passionate about everything related to art, design, automotive, graphics, illustration and 3D.

Workshop: #10 R2/D2. Robot Ride / Digital Drive.

Jochen Schollaert graduated in 2000 as a Master in Product Development at University of Antwerp. He started his career as automotive designer at Honda Access Europe. Now Chief Development Designer, he is busy researching trends, exploring concepts & designing all kinds of items big & small for Honda automobiles. He always keeps in mind that “A good design tells a good story”.  Besides since 2009 he has his own business to enjoy photography as well as graphic & web design. 

Workshop: #11 IGNITE YOUR IMAGINATION

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