2023 Judges
Heather Swift Hunt
Heather Swift Hunt is head of design and technology at online creative campaign community Kickstarter.
Swift works closely with hardware startups, product designers and makers who use Kickstarter to bring new products to life.
Before Kickstarter Swift worked in creative technology for over a decade as a curator and cultural producer at the New Museum in New York, London’s Barbican and FACT Liverpool among others.
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Sabine Marcelis
Dutch artist and designer Sabine Marcelis runs a self-named practice based in Rotterdam harbour.
Minnie Moll
Minnie Moll is chief executive for the Design Council, the UK’s national strategic advisory for design.
Emily Oberman
Emily Oberman is a multidisciplinary designer and partner at the global branding studio Pentagram.
Titi Ogufere
Lagos-based Titi Ogufere is the founder of Design Week Lagos, CEO of Essential Media Group and president of the International Federation of Interior Architects/Designers (IFI).
Rossana Orlandi
Rossana Orlandi is founder and curator of eponymic design gallery Spazio Rossana Orlandi in Milan.
Sophie Sellu
London-based artist and woodworker Sophie Sellu is the founder of Grain and Knot.
Ben Sheppard
Ben Sheppard is a partner at McKinsey & Company, leading design, innovation and development for Mckinsey Europe.
Rooshad Shroff
Mumbai-based Rooshad Shroff is founder and director of eponymic studio Rooshad Shroff Architecture and Design.
StudioTwentySeven
StudioTwentySeven is led by founder and creative director Nacho Polo and director Robert Onsuka.