Anhembi Morumbi University

Professor Sergio Nesteriuk is Head of Research and Postgraduate studies in Art and Design at University Anhembi Morumbi, Brazil. He is one of the pioneers of games design studies in Brazil and an academic researcher, independent producer, script and project consultant with international experience, and particular interest in game design, animation, film, television series and transmedia. 

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Auckland University of Technology

Marcos Mortensen Steagall is a senior lecturer at Auckland University of Technology. He is the Communication  Design Postgraduate Strand Leader and Programme Leader of the Communication Design bachelor at AUT South Campus.  He holds a Master (2000) and PhD (2006) in Communication & Semiotics acquired in PUC-SP, Brazil, and a PhD in Art & Design granted by AUT in 2019.  His research interests are connected to visual semiotics; practice-led research ; Lens-based image-making and indigenous epistemology.

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Auckland University of Technology

Dr. Tatiana Tavares is a lecturer in Communication Design at AUT University in Auckland, New Zealand. Her artistic doctoral thesis is concerned with the potentials of polyvocality and interactive digital narrative. She is a research associate for Cultural Spaces and Design (HyperWerk Institute – Switzerland) and a researcher collaborator with the Palliative Care & End of Life Research (University of Auckland).

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Auckland University of Technology

Robert Pouwhare is a television director/producer and app developer with 40 years of production experience in broadcasting. As an artist, he has exhibited paintings and a sculptural installation at The National Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa and the Wellington Art Gallery. He has also composed music and is the lyricist for over 50 original songs aimed at kohanga reo (Māori language immersion pre-school) children in a concerted effort at language revitalisation.

Auckland University of Technology

Fiona Grieve is an Academic Leader and Creative Director with 20+ years’ experience in design education, research, and consultancy. She is engaged in projects that utilise collaborative processes to comprehend and distill information into visual systems. Her practice positions publication design as a reflective and reflexive research platform to facilitate educational discourse and examine practice-based research and industry contexts.

Anhembi Morumbi University

Priscila is a professor in the PPG Design at Anhembi Morumbi University, a coordinator and professor of the Art Course: History, Criticism and Curatorship at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo (PUC-SP), and is a collaborating researcher at the USP Contemporary Art Museum (MAC-USP). As a researcher, critic, and curator in the field of contemporary art, she has been collaborating with institutions, associations, and magazines, developing national and international projects.

Auckland University of Technology

Cassandra Loh is a graduate of Auckland University of Technology's Bachelor of Design programme. She is an AUT Teaching Assistant for Communication Design. Currently she is undertaking a Master of Design, where she is researching poetic expression through digital poetry and specific properties in the digital space.

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Auckland University of Technology

After graduating from Masters at Central Saint Martins, David co-founded start up design business two:design London and has 25 years design experience across Music, Arts and Publishing. Alongside industry work David has 15 years Communication Design lecturing experience. He is currently on the Designer's Institute New Zealand (DINZ) Board as Education representative.

Auckland University of Technology

David van Vliet holds a Master's Degree in Design from the Auckland University of Technology (AUT). He is a lecturer at AUT, teaching Communication Design in its South and City Campuses. His practice is associated with post-photography and its overlap with other lens based media.

Auckland University of Technology

Charlotte Murphy is an emerging designer currently in her final year of study as part of Auckland University of Technology's Bachelor of Design programme, majoring in Communication Design. She has a particular interest in branding, identity, and design for social good.

Auckland University of Technology

Corto is a French-Kiwi student in his final year studying Communication Design at AUT. His work includes creating hand-drawn illustrative storytelling through the medium of comics and graphic novels. Topics of interest include fantasy settings, science fiction, history, mythology, geography, and adventure. His current research focuses on how sequential art can be used as an effective form of media for communication. 

Auckland University of Technology

Hazel Hewison is a senior Communication Design student at Auckland University of Technology. She is preparing to begin a Master of Design, pursuing research into the opportunities of new technologies in an artistic space. Her practice lies in illustrative storytelling and web design.  

Auckland University of Technology

Ezra Baldwin is a non-binary designer in their final year of their Bachelor of Communication Design. They intend to continue their studies into a Master of Design, using an autoethnographic approach to explore how the design world can benefit from adopting a non-binary perspective. Their practice involves collage and topics including social design and LGBTQI+ design.