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Naomi Falk is a writer, editor, and book designer whose work fixates on art, intimacy, pain, and the ways in which we engage and disconnect our sensory perceptions. She works at The Museum of Modern Art and Archways Editions, and is the co-founder of NAUSIKÂE, a print magazine and artist collective dedicated to formlessness between the mediums. Naomi is currently finishing her first book of experimental essays, tentatively entitled The Surrender of Man. She's a classically trained pianist and enjoys playing in her free time. She is represented by Mina Hamedi of the literary agency Janklow & Nesbit Associates.

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Herzen Clerge is Haitian American Brooklyn-born model and visual artist. He’s worked for clients such as Louis Vuitton and Telfar. As a critical and community-based thinker, Herzen is currently exploring black futurism, dystopias, and brutalist product design.

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Andrew Derenoncourt (a.k.a. “Sticks”) is a model, visual artist, and stylist from Queens, NY. When he’s not bringing eclectic colors and shapes to life through fashion, he curates vintage and luxury apparel through his upcycled clothing company BrentMore. Sticks has done consulting work for Adidas and Ralph Lauren, and aims to bring a relevant originality to all his creative endeavours. You can find him handing out buckets at your local basketball court!

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Melanie Maynard is a designer and art director currently based in New York City. She is a conceptual thinker, offering a range of skills including branding, print, art direction, UX, packaging, content creation, and experiential design. . She has worked at Milk Studios, Snask (Stockholm), Solidarity of Unbridled Labour, Center Design, Anomaly, and is now providing branding services autonomously for  Wu-Tang Clan and other musical artists. She has been decorated with awards  from Print, Graphis, Adobe, and GDUSA.

Maynard is a hardworking woman, a forever learner, and a dreamer. She has a big heart and big ideas that stem from a deep regard for the human experience, cultural changes, and how our work is affected by them.

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DeAndre Mitchell is a Brooklyn-born, New York City-raised fashion and fine art photographer who seeks to capture the essence of living in the busiest, most money-driven city in the world. His work fixates on what it means to be a minority from New York and needing to express creativity through different mediums. Recently he’s been focusing on the technical aspects of photography as well as on building his clothing and book archive.

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Kelsey Niziolek grew up in New Jersey and is currently based in Brooklyn, where she works as a freelance artist. Her body of work is inspired by the aesthetics of old punk flyers, 90s rave culture, and New Age serenity. It reflects a mix of her current emotions and a nostalgia for the past. Aside from visual arts, Niziolek DJs and has recently started a mix podcast series under her DJ duo Spyware. She also co-designs clothing for her brand Sunday School.

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Serafim Mendes is a freelance graphic designer and 3D illustrator, based in Porto, Portugal. Working mostly with international clients, he focuses on typography, identity, and poster design with a particular interest in 3D illustration/animation. Since his MA, he has also been integrating augmented reality in some of his projects, allowing for the 3D content to be interacted with in real-time.

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With a growing number of screens in the world, there are more opportunities for dynamic expression. Enter Cyrus Cumming, a Canadian motion designer living in New York City. A senior 3D motion designer at Gretel, Cyrus has worked with Nike, Apple, Nat Geo, and Avril Lavigne. He develops kinetic systems for content that won't sit still.