Irene Vlachou is a typeface designer working somewhere between Bristol and Athens. She holds an MA in Typeface Design from the University of Reading, UK. She collaborates with international type foundries and corporations as a typeface designer and as a consultant on numerous projects specialising in the Greek script. Since 2013 she has been senior type designer at Type-Together foundry and more recently the variable font expert.

Frank Rausch is a user interface designer, app developer, and typographer. He is co-founder and managing partner at Raureif, an award-winning interaction design consultancy based in Berlin. In his work, Frank Rausch explores how technology and code can shape high-quality digital reading experiences. He teaches app design and typography at design schools in Austria, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland.

Claudia Friedrich focuses on the user experience design for digital products since more than 20 years within the industrial and medical context, for premium consumer products and the logistic area. She is managing director for the business unit interface design at zweigrad Design in Hamburg and develops design strategies for digital products and eco systems.

Titus Nemeth is a type designer and typographer. His internationally recognized practice spans commercial and cultural work, with a focus on Arabic and multilingual design.

Joining Dalton Maag in 2011, Bianca’s passion for font technology and engineering led to her appointment as Head of Skills and Process, a multidisciplinary team of typeface designers, font engineers and software developers. After five years in the role, Bianca was appointed Creative Director, and is now responsible for ensuring Dalton Maag remains at the forefront of type innovation.

Niteesh is Type and Digital Product Designer researching on better typography & standards of future interfaces for AR headsets. He is now exploring ways to implement text with capabilities equivalent to modern tools used for designing user interfaces.

Katharina Seidl is a Munich based design director, typeface designer and lecturer. Besides working as a designer she was involved in different events, such as TDC exhibitions, events by the Typographic Society of Munich and the Granshan conferences. Her first typeface 29LT Riwaya was awarded the third prize for Latin/Arabic typeface families at the Granshan Competition 2016.

Vitaly loves beautiful content and does not give up easily. After working as a freelance designer and developer for 6 years, he co-founded Smashing Magazine back in 2006, a leading online magazine for designers and developers. He is also curator of all Smashing Conferences and works as front-end/UX consultant in Europe and abroad.