26 08 Aleksandra Kot is an artist and educator specializing in typography, book design, and spatial forms. She explores how typography intersects with space, time, and sound, treating the written word as a catalyst for performative and participatory experiences. Her projects expand type beyond static form, from experimental books to large- scale installations. As graduate, PhD, and adjunct professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, she leads studios in typography and graphic design. She initiated and leads typtopia, an Erasmus+ project exploring sound, typography, and Joyce’s Finnegans Wake. She has conducted international workshops, including recent programs in India, combining typographic experimentation with embodied, spatial, and sonic practices and presented at major conferences such as ATypI. 09 Ji Zhang and Wenjun Dengare Chinese architects based in Brussels. From the very beginning of our collaboration, we have drawn inspiration from diverse design disciplines. Having lived in diverse societies, we are interested in the way things are formed — and how they can be gently transformed into playful, flexible ways, in constant communication with different contexts and cultures. For us, teaching is not only a means of sharing knowledge but also a way to explore how different ideas can blend and mediate with one another. More information: https://douduo.org/. 10 Jakob grabher (*1994, Austria) is a trained architect focusing on the socioecological impacts of architectural production. He explores circular and bricolage-based design approches as responses to the multiple crisis of our time. His experience spans design-build projects, stage design for music theater, and leading hands-on construction workshops for both children and students. 11 Wendy Wuyts (PhD) is an ecofeminist researcher, writer, forest therapy guide exploring healing through the intersections of ecology, imagination, and design. With a background in political-industrial ecology and a PhD in environmental studies from Nagoya University, Japan, she bridges research and practice through creative methods. She has published widely in environmental science and humanities, and facilitated over 110 workshops across Europe and Asia. 11 Vitalija Povilaityte-Petri (PhD) is a pharmacist and transdisciplinary researcher. She studies how medicinal plants, urban green spaces, therapeutic landscapes and traditional knowledge contribute to human connectedness with nature and regeneration of healthy ecosystems. She divides her time between Lithuania, Belgium and Sweden. 12 Arnaud Naômé is a trained architect, teacher and researcher at LOCI UCLouvain & La Cambre Horta ULB. He founded collective « -esque » with other architects and researchers, which undertakes renovation projects, organizes workshops, and creates speculative projects and furniture. Through its activities, esque conveys an attitude of playfulness that combines design,research through projects, and the culture of representation. esque has recently curated the Brussels Archiweek, have been invited in residency for Across by the VAI, ICA and A+ Magazine. The collective has been involved since 2020 in pedagogical workshops where they collaborated with others (space) practionners or artist and designers such as Théo De Meyer, Arnaud Eubelen, Bram Vanderbeke & Jonathan Muecke in a postdiscipline approach. More information: https://esque.info/Info
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