Previously, Eva lead the interior design team at Tom Dixon’s Design Research Studio delivering large scale projects in Europe, Australia and Japan. Projects included restaurants, bars and residential schemes including an extensive portfolio of micro living projects in the Nordics. Prior to Tom Dixon, she worked with Ilse Crawford at her multidisciplinary practice Studioilse. Whilst designing projects across private residential and commercial sectors, she here most memorably collaborated with the mental health charity Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families to design and deliver a new centre.

With a passion for diversity, making a difference and helping people reach their full potential, Eva is applying her experience in design and leadership to projects that empower the ones who need it most.

Hugo is a writer and strategist based in Hastings. A former editor at Wallpaper* and Monocle, and brand director at Studioilse, today he has his own consultancy working with people and brands to help articulate what they do and why it matters. He has worked at founder/CEO-level with clients including Airbnb, Instagram, Ikea Food, Erdem, IDEO and The School of Life.

Hugo met Eva whilst working together at Studioilse.

Ian has over a decade of leadership and design experience across global retail and brand environments in Europe, China, the U.S. and Australia. He has led high calibre ventures and organisations in the built environment, consumer products and technology.

Eva and Ian met when he headed the restructure of the renowned Tom Dixon, Design Research Studio.

Eva and Greg met in London where he was a partner and creative director at the London based design office Zak Group from 2012 to 2019. He lead a wide range of design projects including large-scale visual identities, publications and exhibitions.

His clients include among others Princeton University School of Architecture, Royal College of Art, Frank Ocean, CCS Bard Center for Curatorial Studies, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Hessel Museum of Art and Astrup Fearnley Museet.
Since moving to Kyoto, he has worked to forge links between France and Japan and regularly collaborates with the French Institute of Japan - Tokyo, the Villa Kujoyama and Ishinomaki Laboratory. He frequently works in collaboration with the sociologist Joël Vacheron, in order to develop projects addressing issues that relate more specifically to social and environmental issues.

She is a founding member of Kai Lab, a design practice based in East London that creates sonic, electronic and mechanical artworks. Alongside her role at Kai, Ruby works as a freelance fundraiser with a range of artists and agencies.