Ms. Yang is a leading television anchor in China. She is also the co-founder of Sun Media Investment Holdings, Ltd., one of China’s most prominent private-media groups. In 2005, she founded Sun Culture Foundation with a mission to promote the relief of poverty, advancement of education, and mutual understandings across cultures.

Wang Shouzhi is widely regarded as one of the most prominent figures in design theory studies. His academic activities span almost every aspect of modern design theory. In 1993 he was designated a tenured professor at the Department of Theories Studies, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena and has since been responsible for the Center’s discipline of modern design theory and history.

Hang Jian is a Professor and Vice-President at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tsinghua University. He has published widely on design theories including the History of Chinese Crafting Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Crafts.

David Berman has over 25 years of experience in graphic design and communications and has worked extensively in the adaptation of printed materials for electronic distribution, including Web design and software interface development. Since 1984, David has worked to establish a code of ethics that embraces social responsibility for graphic designers throughout Canada.

Xu Ping is currently the Vice Dean of School of Design, CAFA. He has dedicated himself to the studies of folk art history and design theories. He got his MA and PhD Degree in folk arts and crafts in Nanjing Art Institute (NAI). From 1991 to 1992 he traveled to Japan and studied in the Faculty of Fine Arts, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music.

Professor Newman has held various design and design management positions in Australia and Europe. He was Head of School of Design Studies, at the University of New South Wales and Director & Dean of Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney. He is currently President, Raffles University, at its headquarters in Singapore.

Ma Gang is currently the Vice Dean of School of Design, CAFA. He was the curator and participant in many major media art events in China, including the 2002 MAAP Exhibition, the 2006 “Sign d’Existence” French Photograph and Video Exhibition, the 2009 “Google Creativity China-Beijing” Event.

Don Ryun Chang is an internationally awarded designer. He served as Vice President of the Visual Information Design Association of Korea and was the Executive Organizing Director for the 2000 Icograda Millennium Congress in Seoul. Don advises for many institutions including the Korean Olympic Committee, Seoul Metropolitan government.

David Grossman is a practicing environmental graphic designer - a partner in the Daedalos Design Firm in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is a past president of Icograda and the current president of the Israel Community of Designers. He is a Visiting Professor at Brighton University, co-founder of Vital - The Tel Aviv Center for Design Studies and founder of the Graphic Design Department of Shenkar College. He is co-chairman, with Avital Scharf, of IDW China, providing advanced design strategies to Chinese businesses. He is a frequent lecturer at international design events and a juror in international design competitions.

Xiao Yong is a renowned graphic designer and design educator, currently a professor at Central Academy of Fine Arts, China and a visiting professor at University of Arts London. He has been a speaker in many international conferences including the World Economic Forum. Designated “Top 10 Chinese designers” in 2007, he has designed important works including the Beijing Olympic Medals.

Since 1998 Omar Vulpinari has been a creative director of Visual Communication at Fabrica. He has directed projects for international organizations including United Nations, International Council of Nurses, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Witness. Vulpinari is currently vice president ICOGRADA (International Council of Graphic Design Associations) and member of AIGA.

Design educator, practitioner and Icograda Vice President, Halim Choueiry is currently the Chairperson of the Arts+Design Department at the American University of Science and Technology in Beirut, Lebanon. With his research focusing on Cultural Mapping and Cultural Navigation, Halim also maintains a strenuous focus on research activities contributing to the development of several national design research projects.

Born in Hangzhou China in 1955, Wang Xueqing received his BA degree in graphic design from China Academy of Art, Hangzhou in 1982. He is currently Dean of the Design School of China Academy of Art. Professor Wang’s career has been centered around the innovation of design education in China.

Will Bridge has been Deputy Rector of the University for the past 2 years, prior to which he was Head of London College of Communication for 10 years. As Deputy Rector, Will is leading the development of major University projects, such as the relocation of Central Saint Martins College to a major new £200M campus in King’s Cross. He is also managing the review and recasting of UAL’s 5-year Strategic Plan for the period 2010-15.

Russell is an adviser to the City of Seoul for the 2010 Seoul Design Olympiad. Since joining the Icograda Board in 2003, Russell has been active in the development of the Icograda Education Network, as well as initiating INDIGO, Icograda’s Indigenous design network, launched in October 2007 at the Icograda Congress in La Habana Cuba.

In January 1992, Long Yongtu was appointed Director-general of Department of International Relations, MOFTEC (Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation). He was the Chief Negotiator for China’s resumption of GATT contracting party status and its accession to the World Trade Organization. Apart from his active role in promoting regional economic cooperation, Mr. Long has been invited frequently to economic seminars organized by prestigious research institutes.

Pan Gongkai is a renowned Chinese artist and design theorist. The compiler of Modern Design: A Sourcebook, Pan has been dedicated to the promotion of design education in China. He is currently the president of China Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) in Beijing, and vice president of Chinese Artists’ Association.

Peter Isaacson is the Vice President of Worldwide Education for Adobe Systems. Isaacson oversees a team of business and marketing professionals focusing on K-12 and Higher Education, as well as curriculum, certification and professional development.

While a principal of the design agency Sender LLC, Sol Sender directed a team of designers that created the Obama campaign logo, laying the foundation for a transformative design strategy that powerfully supported a message of hope and change.

Graphic designer Kohei Sugiura was Professor Emeritus at Kobe Design University. He graduated from the Tokyo University of Fine Arts with a degree in architecture and has taught at the Ulm School of Design and Kobe Design University. His work spans the gamut of almost every type of printed media. Sugiura received numerous awards and has written extensively about perception, visual communication and so forth, with a particular focus on the cultural traditions of Asia, which have been considered popular.

Jan van Toorn is one of the most significant and influential Dutch graphic designers to have emerged since the early 1960s. There is the emotional charge in his designs stem from his interest in investigating visual meaning. His work, poses a challenge to visual communication that is relevant today.

Professor Whitney is Dean of the Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology. He has published and lectured throughout the world about how to make technological innovations more humane, the link between design and business strategy, and methods of designing interactive communications. He was chairman of the ICOGRADA Conference in 1978.

Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès is author of Arabic Typography: a comprehensive sourcebook, Experimental Arabic Type, and Typographic Matchmaking. She holds degrees in graphic design from Yale University School of Art and Rhode Island School of Design, and specialises in bilingual typographic research and design.

Marc Alt is principal of Marc Alt + Partners, a design, research and strategy agency dedicated to sustainability and social innovation. Marc Alt was founding co-chair of the AIGA Center for Sustainable Design and serves on the advisory boards of The Designers Accord and Design Ignites Change.

Studio Pip and Co. was established in Melbourne Australia in 2003. It strives to help clients communicate points of difference and connect with their desired audiences. Founder Andrew Ashton has helped many large and small businesses realise their versions of fresh, engaging, and effective communication.

Ann Yu-chien is M. Arch graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, US and a registered architect in Pennsylvania. From 2004 till now she has been the Head of the School of Design of Shih Chien University (SCU, Taiwan), and has been renovating the structure of creative education, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration, and constructing international platform for design exchange.

Peter Bankov graduated from Minsk Art College and then Moscow State Polygraph Institute. In 1996 he founded his design studio "DesignDepot" and [kAk) magazine. Today he carries out his duties as owner and creative director of the studio and editor-in-chief of the well-known Russian design magazine.

His approach is characterised by the strength of his commitment to design as a method of social intervention, through the studio’s production, but also by teaching, writing, and participation in conferences, juries and workshops. His studio, specialises in global identity, orientation and information programmes.

David Berman has over 25 years of experience in graphic design and communications and has worked extensively in the adaptation of printed materials for electronic distribution, including Web design and software interface development. Since 1984, David has worked to establish a code of ethics that embraces social responsibility for graphic designers throughout Canada.

Graduated from China Academy of Art, Bi Xuefeng has been working as a graphic designer since. In 1997 he founded IMAGRAM Graphic Design Co, Ltd. He has won numerous national design awards and his work has been presented in a range of international design festivals.

Ruth is head of the design office Estudio Infinito and is a teacher of Visual Communication at Senac College of Communication and Arts. She was a co-founder in 1989 of the Associação dos Designers Gráficos in Brazil (ADG-Brazil), and has served four terms as its director. She has also been Vice President of Icograda (International Council of Graphic Design Associations) for the term 2003-2007.

American graphic designer best known for his innovative magazine design, and use of experimental typography. He was the art director for the magazine Ray Gun. He was perhaps the most influential graphic designer of the nineties. He now splits his time between the Caribbean, Zurich and Del Mar California, where he keeps a small, mobile studio.

Anne Chick is Director of the Sustainable Design Research Centre and Course Director of the MA Design for Development at Kingston University in UK. Chick is also a co-founder of Greengaged. Her sustainable design research, knowledge transfer and educational work has been acknowledged in a number of international and national reports and publications.

American designer and creative director, Collins was the Chief Creative Officer of the Brand Innovation Group, Ogilvy & Mather, in New York City for nine years, prior to starting his communication and branding firm, COLLINS. Collins is a board member of the VCU Brandcenter and the Art Director’s Club of New York.

Graphic Designer, Founder of Irma Boom Office. Based in Amsterdam, Irma Boom is one of the most well known names in the field of graphic designspecialising in making books. Her most famous work was the 2,136-page book SHV Think Book 1996-1896, celebrating 100 years of SHV.

Base Design is a creative group whose overall mission is the development of brand identity systems for companies, institutions, products and individuals. Base Design specialises in creative direction, art direction and graphic design. Base “thinks globally but operates locally” with offices in six cities: Brussels, New York, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid and Santiago.

Sheila’s work in books, posters, magazines, and newspapers and fine press editions are in the special collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Centre Pompidou. Sheila has been designated “Grandmaster” by the Art Directors Club, and “Design Legend” by the AIGA.

Richard B. Doubleday is an Assistant Professor at the College of Fine Arts, Boston University. He is an award-winning designer and has exhibited his poster designs at many international events and competitions. He also conducts lectures and workshops on design history throughout the world.

Brian Dougherty is a leader in the emerging field of green design and values-based branding. As founder and creative director of Celery Design Collaborative, Brian encourages companies to embrace sustainability as a springboard for innovative thinking and an effective way of building brands.

Founded by Kiko Farkas in 1987, Máquina Estúdio has grown as one of the top design studios in Brazil, working for the most important cultural institutions and publishing houses. Nevertheless, Kiko does his work in a small boutique-like studio. The studio won a national bid to create Brazil’s trademark for tourism.

Leslie Gallery-Dilworth is director of SEGD (Society for Environmental Graphic Design), and editor of segdDESIGN magazine. SEGD, an international membership organization, provides education resources, for designers working on complex wayfinding and sign programs, exhibit and museum design, branding and experience design.

AIGA executive director Richard Grefé is involved in all of AIGA’s activities, although his major contributions are in strategy, formulating new initiatives to enhance the competitive success of designers and advocating the value of design. Ric has been at AIGA since 1995, developing programs that reinforce the relevance of design as an extraordinary creative gift and a critical element of business strategy.

Born in Taoyuan, Taiwan in 1943, Huang is a sculptor by training. He has worked in advertising, the film industry, and as a photographer. For the last 40 years, Huang Yung-Sung has been art director and publisher of Han Sheng Magazine, designing and producing some 200 books and magazines on Chinese folk art and culture, recording for all times the way of life and wisdom of the Chinese people.

Peter Hall is a design critic and has written widely about design in its various forms for publications including Print, I.D. Magazine, The New York Times, and The Guardian. He taught a seminar class on design theory and writing at Yale School of Art between 2000 and 2007.

He Jianping, is a berlin-based Chinese graphic designer, professor and freelance publisher. He is now teaching in several universities including the Universität der Künste Berlin. His poster designs have received numerous awards including New York ADC Award and he serves as judges in many international posters awards and contests.

Dan Hill has been working at the forefront of innovative information and communication technology and design since the early ‘90s. He has conducted significant strategic work as one of the key architects of the BBC, as well as leading design across their web sites and services. He co-founded both Monocle magazine and also runs City of Sound.

Design researcher and practitioner, writer, and curator, Jiang Hua founded OMD Contemporary Design Terminal in 2007 with partner Li Degeng. He is also a lecturer at Central Academy of Fine Arts, China. He was the curator of several influential design exhibitions including the Ningbo International Poster Biennial, "Social Energy-Contemporary Communication Design from the Netherlands" Exhibition.

Kan Tai-keung's art and design works have earned him numerous awards and international publicity through exposures in local and overseas exhibitions. He also actively involves in educating and promoting art and design profession. He is a Fellow Member of Hong Kong Designers Association and member of AGI.

Danish born Jorgensen is a research fellow at the Autonomatic Research Cluster, University College Falmouth, UK. Autonomatic seeks to explore an individualistic and autonomous approach of using digital design tools and manufacturing methods. The research aims to challenge perceptions of boundaries between craft and industrial production and raise the profile of making in 21st century design culture.

Zuzana Lednická studied graphic design at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague. She now works as an Art Director in Studio Najbrt in partnership with Aleš Najbrt and Pavel Lev. She has designed visual styles for design hotels in Prague and other cities in cooperation with renowned architects.

Designer, researcher, writer, and curator, Li Degeng founded OMD Contemporary Design Terminal in 2007 with partner Jiang Hua. Currently he is a lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Tsinghua University, China. Li Degeng's research emphasizes the social impact of design. He is now also presiding over a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary design research project between China and the Netherlands.

Liu Zhizhi obtained his BA from the Department of Design at Central Academy of Fine Arts, China in 2003. He is regarded as one of the most influential new generation graphic designers in China. His work has been nominated several times in international awards and has been presented in graphic design exhibitions in and outside China.

Lou Yongqi holds a PhD on urban design theory and practice from Tongji University; he is the professor and Deputy Head of College of Design Innovation Tongji University. He focuses on interdisciplinary, sustainable design education, research and practice. As the founder and Creative director of Tektao Architecture, Design and Research, he has accomplished numerous architecture, urban design and exhibition design projects.

Lü Jingren, book designer, illustrator, professor at Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University, member of Alliance Graphigue Internationale (AGI), director of Jingren design studio. He was titled as one of "Asia’s top ten designers" and one of "the ten designers who have had significant influence on China’s 50 years’ book design history".

LUST works include traditional print work and book design, abstract cartography and data-visualisations, new media and interactive installations, and architectural graphics. LUST design methodology has been described as generative-systems or process-based, centered upon designing systems which lead to design instead of designing the end-product itself.

Ma Ke is the founder of the fashion design label EXCEPTION de MIXMIND. In 2007, she launched the label “Wuyong” under her name. The “Wuyong/the earth” series was nominated “2007 Annual Design Awards” and exhibited in the V&A Museum in London and JOYCE Gallery Palais Royal.

Laurence Madrelle created in 1987 her studio LM Communiquer in Paris near Bastille. Led by Laurence, the team design visual identities for institutions, communication and sign systems for urban development projects in order to give a better reading of the city to the citizen.

Victor Margolin is Professor Emeritus of Design History at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is a founding editor and now co-editor of the academic design journal Design Issues. Professor Margolin has published widely on diverse design topics and lectured at conferences, universities, and art schools in many parts of the world.

Professor Newman has held various design and design management positions in Australia and Europe. He was Head of School of Design Studies, at the University of New South Wales and Director & Dean of Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney. He is currently President, Raffles University, at its headquarters in Singapore.

N55 is a Copenhagen-based Scandinavian art collective which appreciates the possibilities that modern technology provided for a revival of nomadic living. Over the years, N55 have achieved international recognition for their projects. All of N55's work product is freely accessible on-line and not copyrighted.

Carsten Nicolai was born in 1965 in Karl-Marx-Stadt, and now lives and works in Berlin. In 1992 He co-founded VOXXX – Kultur- und Kommunikationszentrum in Chemnitz. Carsten is known best as visual artist creating paintings, objects and installations. He also publishes records under the pseudonyms noto and alva noto.

For years Ruri Noguchi’s career has been revolving around marketing & product design planning, city planning consultation and product development consultation for local Industries. She currently serves as the honorary adviser of GK Design Group and is a member of Japan Industrial Design Association (JIDA).

Achyut R. Palav is a renowned Indian calligrapher. He graduated from Sir J.J. College of Applied Arts, Mumbai in 1982 and received Research Grant from Ulka Advertising for a study on the modi font (15th - 17th Century). Without the mention of him, the discussion on Indian calligraphy cannot be complete.

David Pigeon’s journey in design is greatly influenced by the way he sees the world. He pursues diversity in clients and output, which employs a curious mix of playful yet intelligent; precise yet intuitive output. His experiments in typographic form are one of the creative threads that draw all his work together.

Qiu Zhenzhong is currently Professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Qiu is famous for his innovative calligraphy without readable Chinese characters. He holds the belief that the charm of Chinese calligraphy lies in its form rather than content. He has published widely on calligraphic theories in Chinese.

In addition to teaching on The Design Interactions Course at the Royal College of Art, London, Fiona Raby is a partner in the design partnership Dunne & Raby where design is used as a medium to stimulate discussion and debate amongst designers, industry and the public about the social, cultural and ethical implications of existing and emerging technologies. Their work has been exhibited at MOMA, the Pompidou Centre, and the Science Museum in London.

David Reinfurt runs from New York O R G inc., a graphic design practice that works for cultural and educational institutions in a range of media. He has been a visiting critic at design schools including University of Texas, Gerrit Rietveld Akademie, Yale University, and Royal College of Art.

Michael Rock is a founding partner and creative director at 2x4 where he leads a wide range of projects including strategy for Prada and Condé Nast in collaboration with AMO/Rem Koolhaas. He is a winner of the National Design Award in the US and was Professor of Design at Yale.

I’m interested in the background and contents of architecture and environment, and recently I have been working on several projects of “human five senses”. On my projects, first I break down the subjects, like natural environment, history, culture, story and art, into human five senses – touch, taste, hearing, eyesight and smell. Then I use them to transform into the elements that have light, sound, fragrance and various materials, to design museums and landscapes.

Rod Roodenburg is the co-founder of Ion Branding+Design. He has earned numerous design awards in all categories from print to interactive media. He is National President of the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (2008-2010), and has been named among the “Top 40 under 40”by Business in Vancouver.

Mehdi Saeedi studied design in Iran and England. In 1998 he opened his private studio working with some of the most prominent cultural centers in Iran. He has participated in numerous domestic and international exhibitions, biennials and triennials around the world. He organized the "Selected 5th Generation Iranian Graphic Designers Exhibition" in 2006 and has attended numerous local and international competitions and exhibitions as jury member and speaker.

Born in Austria, Helmut Schmid studied typography in Switzerland under Emil Ruder at the Basel School of Design and now lives in Osaka, Japan. He is the author of several books on typography including The Road to Basel, Typography Today, Ruder Typography, Ruder Philosophy, and Helmut Schmid: Design is Attitude.

Markus Schneider is CEO of thismedia, Media Consulting and Computer Vision for Architecture and Temporary Spaces.

He has been consultant and curator for institutions, companies and projects, bridging culture and technology for over a decade and was co-founder (with Nicolaus Schafhausen) of Lukas&Hoffmann Gallery.

Ronald Shakespear was one time Chair Professor at Buenos Aires University and founder of Diseño Shakespear. He has given seminars, lectures and workshops at 26 cities in the world. His latest book Señal de Diseño was re-published in 2009. Wayfinding projects of Diseño Shakespear have been published in most important publications of the world and exhibited at many famous art centers.

David Small’s work has been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art, Documenta11, the Centre Pompidou, and the Cooper-Hewitt. He is the principal and founder of Small Design Firm. Recently he also accepted the post of Associate Professor at the MIT Media Laboratory.

Leonardo Sonnoli is involved with the visual identity of private and public companies, with the communication of cultural events, book design, signal systems and exhibitions graphics. He teaches Typography at the Iuav University of Venice and Editorial design at the ISIA of Urbino, living and working between Rimini and Trieste.

Gloria Escribano began her career in journalism thirty years ago. Her area of expertise focuses on subjects related to cinema, architecture and design. She currently works as General Coordinator of the Ibero-American Design Biennial organized at the Central de Diseño in Matadero Madrid Cultural Centre. She is also member of the Directing Board of DIMAD.

M LAB. Managing Partner & Executive Creative Director, Les Suen obtained his MA from Musashino Art University, Tokyo, Japan. He is regarded as one of the most influential book designers in China, awarded many times by organisations including Hong Kong Designers Association and Tokyo TDC.

Isao Suzuki is a renowned Japanese type designer graduated from the Department of Design, Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music. Suzuki worked for Adobe Systems Inc. from 1993 to 2000. He established Type Project in 2001 and released AXIS Font Basic created for the renewal of the design magazine AXIS in 2003. He released AXIS Condensed in 2007, and AXIS Compressed in 2009.

Song Xiewei is professor at the School of Design at Central Academy of Fine Arts, China. A renowned Chinese graphic designer, his work has been presented in international design festivals and events and has won prestigious awards including "the Most Beautiful Book of the World" Award at Leibzig Book Fair. He has served as a jury member in numerous design competitions. In recent years, his interest has extended beyond graphic design to architecture and urban design.

Nille Svensson was educated at the Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design in Stockholm. After graduating in 1997 he has worked as a graphic designer, illustrator and animator. His clients include international big brands as well as local clients in Sweden and his works has appeared in numerous design magazines and design books as well as exhibitions all over the world. He is the co-founder of design agency Sweden Graphics.

Hilton Tennant started his career designing and creating title sequences for South African television and formed his own company Tennant McKay in 2002. In 2005 the company collaborated with fellow Rex to represent Africa in the Coke M5 online project.

Sophie heads up the communication design agency thomas.matthews London, a trail-blazer in innovative sustainable design practice, which she co-founded in 1998. It is now a team of enthusiastic and talented designers that provide award-winning, innovative and highly sustainable communication solutions.

Chair and co-founder of the graduate program in Design Criticism at the School of Visual Arts, New York, Alice, who was born in London and lives in Brooklyn, regularly writes about design for magazines and journals and is an author of books on design. She is committed to providing commentary and criticism that is imaginative, socially accountable and historically informed and to improving design criticism as a discipline.

Andreas Uebele, born in 1960, studied architecture and urban planning at the University of Stuttgart, and graphic design at the Stuttgart State Academy of Art and Design. Since 1995, he has managed his own visual communications agency in Stuttgart, and since 1998, has been a professor for communications design at Düsseldorf University of applied sciences.

Michael Vanderbyl has gained international prominence in the design field as a practitioner, educator, critic and advocator. His firm Vanderbyl Design has evolved into a multidisciplinary studio with expertise in identity, print, digital communications, interiors, showrooms, signage, fashion apparel, packaging, furniture and product design.

Since 1998 Omar Vulpinari has been a creative director of Visual Communication at Fabrica. He has directed projects for international organizations including United Nations, International Council of Nurses, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, Witness. Vulpinari is currently vice president ICOGRADA (International Council of Graphic Design Associations) and member of AIGA.

Born in Hangzhou China in 1955, Wang Xueqing received his BA degree in graphic design from China Academy of Art, Hangzhou in 1982. He is currently Dean of the Design School of China Academy of Art. Professor Wang’s career has been centered around the innovation of design education in China.

Chairman of the board of Artron Enterprises (Group) Limited, Wan Jie’s aspiration is to revive China’s status in the global printing industry as the home of ancient printing techniques. Artron was given the world’s premier printing award, the " Gold Benny Award ”, known as the “ Oscar ” award in the printing industry. It is the first time a Chinese printing group has won such distinction.

Remco Vlaanderen worked as an artist, sound designer, interaction designer, freelance writer, curator of media art and web editor. Since 2005, he has been the senior editor of SubmarineChannel.com – an online production and distribution platform for filmmakers and interactive artists.

Stanley Wong won more than 400 awards internationally and locally. In 2004, Stanley was invited to be member of AGI. For last ten years, his building Hong Kong redwhiteblue project kept promoting Hong Kong's positive spirit.

Xu Bing is the Vice President and Professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts, China. He was the recipient of the MacArthur Genius Award in 1999 and the Lifetime Achievement Award by Southern Graphics Council (US) in 2006. In 2004 Art in America listed him along with 14 others, in their annual "People in Review". In recent years, Xu Bing has permeated his work to areas beyond art, applying art to the realm of public welfare.

Sound artist, producer, curator, art historian, and radio DJ, Yao Dajuin has devoted himself to the theory and practice of “listening.” Yao’s compositions distinguish themselves by their non-expressive nature. He is currently visiting professor of New Media Art at the China Academy of Art, Hangzhou.

A native of Hong Kong, Garson attended the Yale School of Art on the Norman Ives Scholarship in 1985. In 1998 Garson founded yU+co, a design company specializing in motion graphics for film and television. Garson has won numerous awards and honors for his title design and motion graphics work including four Emmy nominations. Garson is also a visiting Lecturer for film title design at many universities.

Professor Hoseob Yoon is currently a professor in the Department of Visual Communication Design, Kookmin University in Seoul, and previously a member of Design Committee for the 24th Seoul 1988 Olympic Games. Together with his students, he creates eco-designs that encourage people to care for the earth.

Zheng Shuyang is currently the deputy president of the Academy of Fine Arts in Tsinghua University. His work includes the Ziguang Pavilion of Zhong Nan Hai, the Chinese embassy in Germany, and the Reception Hall of the State Council. He has published widely on practice and theory of interior design.

Zhu Dake is professor at the institute of cultural criticism of Tongji University. He is regarded as one of the most influential cultural critics in China, known for his avant-garde thinking, sharp criticism and unique discourse. His marked rationality and depth in the scrutiny of cultural status have widespread influence in China's contemporary culture studies. He has numerous publications on cultural studies.

Michel de Boer (1954) has been educated at the Academy of Fine-Arts and Higher Technologies in Rotterdam. In 1989 he became creative managing partner at Studio Dumbar.

In 2000 I completed my DES in Advertising from the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts, ALBA. I went to Japan in 2001. In 2007 I finished my Ph.D. in Comprehensive Human Sciences, Art and Design, in the University of Tsukuba following a degree of Master of Arts in Visual Communication Design in 2004 in the same university. In 2008, after a year of post doctoral research in the University of Tsukuba, I came back to Lebanon where I became a lecturer and a coordinator in ALBA.

Deborah Alden is an Assistant Professor of Visual Communication in the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore. Prior to joining NTU, Deborah was a Visual Information Specialist at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian in New York.

Audra Buck-Coleman is an Assistant Professor of Design at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA. She holds an MFA in design from Cranbrook Academy of Art and a Bachelors of Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Dr. Paula DiMarco is a professor in communication design, at California State University, Northridge, USA. As a design consultant and co- principle of Roadwork Design Associates, she has won awards for her work in editorial design and non-profit branding projects from San Francisco to Los Angeles. She is an active member of the Los Angeles Chapter of AIGA (Professional Association for Designers).

Anne Ghory-Goodman is a Professor at the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. She was awarded Fellowships for both Photography and Design Arts, by the National Endowment for the Arts. She has notably won awards for exhibit design from the Society of Environmental Design for “Thinking and Making: An April Greiman Retrospective” and web design for the NYU Child Study Center site.

Emma’s interest lies with the investigation of strategies to foster students’ visual literacy and self-knowledge, which began during her Degree in Multimedia Design at Northumbria (2003) and lead to the pursuit of the PhD which she is currently completing. Emma has been responsible for researching, as well as creating and capturing the content for the online resources on the Design Collaboration website.

Helmut Langer specialises in cultural and sustainable design projects, and has created many multicultural and global communication projects of international signification. From 1987 to 1993, Helmut Langer has served as President and member of the board of the International Council of Graphic Design Associations (ICOGRADA), the world body for professional communication design.

Xiao Yong is a renowned graphic designer and design educator, currently a professor at Central Academy of Fine Arts, China and a visiting professor at University of Arts London. He has been a speaker in many international conferences including the World Economic Forum. Designated “Top 10 Chinese designers” in 2007, he has designed important works including the Beijing Olympic Medals.

Eric Ligon is president and cofounder of BrailleInk., a non-profit organization that pro-duces dual-use, braille and print children’s books in his patented format that encourages sighted and blind individuals to share reading time.

Having over 25 years of experience as designer and design educationalist, Ian McArthur has held leadership roles in vocational and higher education in Australia and South East Asia. He is a PhD candidate within the School of Digital Media at COFA. He currently coordinates COFA Online's Undergraduate Online Program and lectures in the School of Design studies at The College of Fine Art (UNSW).

Zhang Pengchuan is a professor at Suzhou University. He is the curator of Suzhou University Museum and the president of the Institute of Design and Art of Suzhou University. He is a member of the Committee of the Chinese Institute of Art and Craft.

Ann McDonald teaches in the Graphic Design and Interactive Media programs at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Her research and focus is on encouraging interaction and participation in order to foster meaning and understanding across disciplines and cultures.

Kathryn's research interests are in the area of design pedagogy and she consequently writes books for Wiley Blackwell on the subject of fashion illustration, design process and fashion forecasting aimed at the student audience. She teaches information design, drawing and collaborative projects in visual communication and interactive media.

Born in 1962, Pan Lusheng is the Professor and President of Shandong University of Art and Design. He is a member of the Chinese National Artists' Association, President of the Chinese Folk Writers and Artists' Association, a member of the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Committee.

Simon is a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney, developing and measuring the impact of advanced pedagogical training for online environments upon teaching practice. His continuing research into online education in art and design has culminated in the co-development and supervision of the world’s first fully online international postgraduate art and design degree for COFA - the Master of Cross-Disciplinary Art & Design.

Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall is Associate Professor of Design Anthropology and Associate Dean of Learning and Teaching at Swinburne University in Australia. She leads the field of Design Anthropology: a field that seeks to understand how the processes and artifacts of design help define what it means to be human.

Zhaojian is a professor and the vice president of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He is also the vice president of China Interior Design Association and the vice president of the Committee of Design Education of the Chinese Association of Higher Education.

Michèle Wong Kung Fong is an Assistant professor in the communication design program at the University of North Texas. Her current applied research investigates the intersection of interactive media, information design, cognition, learning style theories and users.

Wang Xiaojie is the former vice president of School of Art an Design, current president of School of Animation at the Shenzhen Polytechnic College. He was designated "Top 10 Young Designers" in Guangdong Province, China. He has won numerous design awards including "the Governor's Cup" and has numerous publication on design theory and practice.

Karin Watson is an architect. In 2008 she received an Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) team citation for “Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning” and in 2009 was part of the team awarded a major ALTC competitive grant titled “Developing high-quality video and text resources to help educators teach online.”

Joyce is a lecturer in visual communication at Northumbria University in the UK. She is interested in the areas of developing design-specific research methods, particularly human-centred research methods for design process and developing a knowledge-based approach to graphic design education in view of emergent media.

Lawrence Zeegen is the Head of School of Communication Design, Kingston University. Zeegen contributes to numerous magazines and publications and is the author of four published books.