Britta Boyer, PhD, is a researcher and designer with a history of accolades, including the Whistles New Designer of the Year (2006), IDEA (1998), and Barker Brown Creative Industry awards (1997). She is a true pioneer, leading the fashion sustainability movement in 1995 with her innovative work with post-consumer denim waste for her brand, Earth 33. 
 
Britta's work has a real-world impact, and her unique ability to mediate the intersection of practice, enterprise, and academia is informed by her extensive experience in Indonesia. She has been deeply immersed in the local culture and creative ecologies for the past twenty years, having founded three international fashion start-ups working with Indonesian partners. 
 
Britta's design anthropological lens draws upon various transnational experiences and creative practices, informing her qualitative research 'methods of change'. From creative arts practices (CAPS) to experimental ecologies, ethnography, visual research, sensory methods, and participatory practices, her versatility underscores her comprehensive understanding of research methodologies and ability to adapt to different contexts. 

https://www.brittaboyer.com/

James is a chartered accountant with a 20-year career in frozen food manufacturing, electronic engineering and creative industry businesses. 

Since selling his last company, James has operated as a freelance business adviser and has held several board-level positions in the food, drink, and catering industries.

Britta and James have a proven track record of successfully managing previous business operations and research projects. James has managed Britta’s financial and business affairs for over 18 years.

Judith is the course leader of MA Regenerative Design (MARD) at Central Saint Martins, UAL UK) focussing on building an international cohort that builds regenerative communities and place-based transformation. MARD contributes to a world where designers practice collectively within communities, making positive ecological and social change, strengthening living systems and building relational ecologies.

In addition to her work at Central Saint Martins, Judith brings +15 years of int. expertise and is an avid lecturer and consultant working with partners worldwide, supporting vision and developments. She received her MA at the Royal College of Art (UK) and has since worked in design, research and education. Through her PhD, which she developed at the MMU in Manchester, she contributes new relational frameworks for regenerative practice through the lens of ecocentrism and understanding the living in living systems.

Judith is proactive in making collaborations happen and connecting people and places. She co-founded UFƟ Unidentified Facility as a research ‘collaboratory’ to investigate future ecologies and experimental methodologies. In 2021, Judith became a fellow at the Bio-leadership Fellowship, which addresses regenerative practices and nature-led leadership.
 
https://csmregenerativedesign.com/about

Markus Wernli, PhD, works on convivial soil-to-soil economies that contribute to local communities and ecologies. At PolyU School of Design in Hong Kong, he researches food-enabling urbanism, community-directed resource care, and cross-sectoral rural development at the intersection of collective behaviour and interspecies health.
 
Markus has received commissions for design-led research with rice farmers in Japan, coffee growers in Vietnam, social compost enterprises in Hong Kong, kelp growers in Korea, and clam cultivators in Taiwan. 

http://markuswernli.org​

Adhi Nugraha, PhD, is a teacher, researcher, and designer-maker. He was trained as a product designer at ITB Indonesia. After his graduation, he worked for several years at a design firm in Germany. He earned his MA in Craft Design in 1995 from the University of Art and Design Helsinki UIAH Finland. Later, he completed his doctoral studies in 2012 at the same university (today, Aalto University).
 
After moving back to Indonesia in 2013, he has been actively involved in development projects for crafts and creative industries in Indonesia and teaching in ITB.
 
Nugraha also works independently as a designer in his design studio and workshop (previously named Navetta Design) in Bandung. His interests are craft, design, community development, creative economy, sustainability, sociocultural aspects, and tradition-based design.

https://www.adhinugrahadesign.com

Florence has over 25 years of globe-trotting experience, working for numerous aid agencies. She is our 'go-to' production advisor for film and videos, supporting and documenting the impact of our work. Florence's consultancy advice includes conceptualizing outputs, script writing, production, and amplification. 

https://www.pixandstory.com