Alejandra Alarcón (she/her) is a interdisciplinary contemporary designer born in Mexico
and based in Helsinki. Her work blends personal narratives, research, and material
exploration. Recently focused on the realm of food and design in its intertwined social,
political, cultural, and sustainable dimensions. Alejandra holds an MA in Contemporary
Design from Aalto University (2023) and a BA in Industrial Design from Universidad
Iberoamericana Ciudad de México (2019). Her work has been exhibited at the Museo
Universitario del Chopo, Helsinki Design Week, Dutch Design Week, and Museo Franz
Mayer.

Elisa Lutteral (born 1992),who is from Argentina and America, focuses her work on reimagining future archaeology through the examination of current social constructs related to power dynamics and the boundaries concerning land, territories, and gender. She is currently based in New York, USA. Lutteral conducts experimental research and employs a material-based approach, utilizing materials such as corn, mycelium, and human hair to challenge established narratives. Her artistic practice encompasses various disciplines, including sculpture, installations, performance art, and film that are intercrossed with textiles. She collaborates closely with living organisms as an integral part of her creative process.

Lutteral attended the University of Buenos Aires (FADU, 2015), where she later worked as a lecturer and teacher (2016). She holds an MFA in Textiles from Parsons, The New School for Design (2023). Elisa has participated in the Sakata Orimono residency in Hirokawa, Fukuoka, Japan, and her work has been exhibited at Talente in Munich, Germany, at L Space Gallery, and at PTM Contemporary, New York, USA. Her work has also been published in Talking Textiles Magazine, and she has garnered recognition as a finalist of the Dorothy Waxman Textile Prize 2022.

She is also a part of a collective, Colectivo de Palabreo, which through events and discussions, works on dismantling traditional approaches to knowledge and material culture studies.

Simon Rogalla is a German product designer, who takes great pleasure in giving designs character and telling stories with them, thus promoting topics such as sustainablity and longevity. As a boyscout, he was always out in nature from an early age playing in the woods and crafting rudimentary structures made from wood and rope and other natural materials while going camping. One key aspect of these builds was that the structures that were created were always dismantled at the end of the stay and the materials reused.
This ethos persisted through his studies in Product and Wood Design at the Angewandte Kunst Schneeberg (BA and MA, 2015 – 2020) and continues to shape his work as an independent designer. He  likes to create products that are sustainable in its core, but are also connecting to people through storytelling and a harmonious design language.