JURY

• Jolanta Starzak

  Jolanta Starzak is an architect, urban planner, lecturer, and the course leader of the Department of Design - School of Form at the Faculty of Design at SWPS University in Warsaw. Together with Dawid Strębicki she founded architectural studio Atelier Starzak Strebicki, which works on interiors, architectural, urban and research projects. Atelier Starzak Strebicki focuses on a diverse scale of design activities. In particular public buildings: schools, kindergarten and public spaces. In 2016 the studio took part in 15th International Architecture Biennale in Venice, as a part of the Belgian pavilion.

  

• Marco Ferrari

  Marco Ferrari is head of the Information Design course at the Eindhoven Design Academy and co-founder of the interdisciplinary research and design agency Studio Folder. The studio, which he co-founded with Elisa Pasqual in Milan in 2012, works on both commissions in the fields of culture and the arts and independent research projects examining the politics and visualisation of spatial data. In 2019, the studio released A Moving Border: Alpine Cartographies of Climate Change, a publication based on the long-term project Italian Limes. The book was jointly published by Columbia Books on Architecture and the City and ZKM Karlsruhe.

  

• Meret Wacker

  
  Meret is an industrial designer and co-owner of FOND Design, a Zurich-based studio specializing in brand-based product design. She studied Industrial Design at the Basel Academy of Art and Design and graduated in 2020. During her studies, she led the Swissloop design team, which won the SpaceX Innovation Award in the annual hyperloop competition. Her bachelor thesis, an inclusive educational robotic kit for teenagers, received multiple international design awards. Following her graduation, Meret worked as a research assistant at the Academy of Art and Design in Basel. She joined FOND Design in 2021 and became a partner in 2024. She is also a member of the Swiss Design Association.
  

  

• Michael Kampe

  Michael Kampe is a graduate of the prestigious Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Antwerp and currently works as Professor of Design and Management at AMD Düsseldorf, as well as Creative Director in the fashion industry. With over 15 years of experience, he merges bold creativity with strategic structure. His passion lies in storytelling and product, always with a sharp focus on the consumer. Known for his ability to inspire, excite, and lead with vision, Michael brings concepts to life and ideas into action—where imagination meets intent, and design meets direction. Through his lectures and mentoring, he empowers future talent and fosters the next generation of creative leaders.

  

• Vinay Bhajantri

  Vinay is a Senior Sustainability Consultant at Accenture- IndustryX Industrial Design, with an engineering background and over six years of experience in circular economy strategy. He helps global clients reimagine products and systems for circularity—designing for repair, refurbishment, and remanufacturing. Blending technical depth with a designer’s mindset, he translates complexity into actionable concepts, using tools like LCA, rapid prototyping, and circularity. For him, circular design is about building resilience into the very fabric of how we make, use, and retire things.