Laural Schwulst is an artist, designer, and writer interested in ambience and the internet. Last year, she pubished a tutorial film on how to build a kite in the shape of a bird on The New York Times. Previously, she was creative director of Kickstarter's The Creative Independent , and designer at studio Linked by Air. She was appointed lecturer in interactive design at Yale in 2013. SInce then, she has also taught at Princeton, California College of Arts, Rutgers, and has given lectures and workshops internacionally.

Clo S. is the founder of This Too Shall Grow, where as a certified digital wellness coach, she helps people build better relationships with their devices. Her background in tech gives her an astute understanding of how digital platforms’ mechanisms can be detrimental to our mental health. Through her writing, readers learn to foster a more
balanced digital life, and designers learn how to create mindful products that protect people’s wellbeing.

Everest Pipkin is a game developer, writer, and artist from central Texas who lives and works on a fruit orchard in southern New Mexico. Their work both in the studio and in the garden follows themes of ecology, tool making, and collective care during collapse. When not at the computer in the heat of the day, you can find them in the hills spending time with their neighbours— both human and non-human.

Lucy Black-Swan & Andres Colmenares are the co-founders of IAM, a creative research lab helping citizens and organizations make better decisions by using futures as tools for anticipation, participation and collaborative learning, while researching, building networks and curating conferences and conversations about the socio-ecological
impacts of digital technologies and net-worked infrastructures.

Anne-Laure Le Cunff is a writer, entrepreneur, and researcher. As a PhD candidate at the Institute for Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, she investigates how different brains learn differently. She also founded Ness Labs, an online school for knowledge workers to achieve more without sacrificing their mental health.