Assistant Professor, University of North Texas

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Erica Holeman is an educator and award-winning designer currently teaching graphic design at the University of North Texas. Erica's research centers on empathy and play within design and design pedagogy. Through writing, presentations and her creative practice, she researches the experience of being a designer and design student.

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Holeman earned an MFA in graphic design from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) and BFA from Oklahoma State University. Her diverse professional experience includes working at a non-profit organization and local design agencies, freelancing, and working as a senior designer at Pentagram. Her work has been recognized by Type Director's Club, Communication Arts, Graphis, and more, and has been exhibited across the United States and internationally in more than 15 countries..

The University of Texas at El Paso

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Anne M. Giangiulio is an internationally award-winning graphic designer and Associate Professor of Art, Graphic Design at The University of Texas at El Paso. She is also a wife, mother, mentor, proud daughter of immigrants, environmentalist, and voter. Originally from Wayne, Pennsylvania, she holds an MFA in Graphic & Interactive Design from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. 

Her design expertise includes annual reports, graphic identities, logos, exhibit design, and most recently, exploring the audience experience of augmented reality animation in her posters. She has designed over 30 books, and dozens of annual reports, earning first and second place, Annual Reports category, in the 2020 and 2021 Print Awards presented by Adobe. In addition, her posters have garnered numerous awards from AIGA, Creative Quarterly, Graphis, and are in the permanent collections of institutions including Poster House NYC and Bienal Internacional del Cartel en México. Her passion lies in multidisciplinary, civically-engaged teaching; community-based problem solving; and designing for clients who deserve great design, but cannot afford it. 

Graphic Designer

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Cihan Tamti is an internationally recognized graphic designer from Germany, known for his bold typographic style and experimental visual language. His work has been featured in renowned exhibitions, publications, and competitions around the world. Through self-initiated projects, client work, and his own design books, he has built a strong presence in the global design scene. Cihan regularly shares his expertise as a speaker, workshop leader, and jury member in international design events.

Hubei Academy of Fine Arts

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Zhichu is a Graphic Designers，Associate Professor of Department of Visual Design，and Director of Design and Practice Department in Hubei Academy of Fine Arts. He was the curator of the "East + West" International Poster Biennale. He is the member of Academic Committee of China Advertising Association, Deputy director of the Design Committee of the Hubei Packaging Federation, Member of Hubei Artists Association, Association of Hubei Photographers Member of Wuhan Jiuyi Creation Association, member of Vision Strategic Alliance (China), and member of ADCK Asia and China Design Association.

He is a well-known designer on the China's media. He curated a number of design competitions, and he won many international awards.

Visual Artist, Graphic Designer, Creative Director, Curator

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Radoslava Boor is a Visual artist, Graphic Designer and Curator. Born in Sofia and living in Prague. She is known for her solo poster exhibitions, original environmental project WE ARE EARTH, participation in International exhibitions worldwide and Award-winning posters, and most recently for her curatorial project ARTtention in Prague. 

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She has extensive experience in poster and visual communication with real clients, theatres, operas and festivals, for more than 20 years.

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Radoslava has co-founded an advertising agency in Prague and Sofia, She has worked as a designer for the National Opera in Sofia and the Opera in Varna, for many theatres and cultural institutions, and has rebranded 5 Bulgarian theatres. 

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Her recent poster awards include Gold from Poster for_., NY; Gold and Silver from Poster Stellars, New Jersey; Third Place from the Poster Biennial in Mexico; Honorable mention from the Theatre Poster Biennial in Armenia and the Environmental Poster Biennial in Ukraine 4th Block, participation in the Osaka Poster Fest exhibition and and as part of the international jury of the Poster Fest in Budapest, Novy Sad and Sofia, among others. 

Visual Multidisciplinary Artist 

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Ivan Kashlakov, born in 1993 in Sliven, is a visual artist specializing in web and graphic design, UX/UI, branding, posters, stamps, painting, and drawing. He has participated in over 500 international exhibitions across Asia, Europe, and USA, winning 90 awards, including the Platinum award at Graphis Poster Awards (2024), Golden Bee 16 Global Award(2024), Publicritic Award 1st place (2022). His work is held in major collections, such as the Museum of Modern Art, Toyama, and the Ogaki International Poster Museum. In 2022, he was a jury member for the 10th International Triennial of Stage Poster in Sofia.

Zhou Xu is an animation director, screenwriter, storyboard artist, and art director with a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree from the Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), China. He has been deeply engaged in animation creation and has received numerous international film festival awards.

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Zhou Xu has collaborated extensively with renowned animation director Junjie Zhang, co-creating multiple award-winning animated films that have been recognized at prestigious film festivals worldwide. Their works have won significant honors, including the Jury Award at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, the Storytelling Designation Winner at the Adobe Design and Achievement Award, and a nomination at the CINE Golden Eagle Award. Their films have also received the Best 2D Project award at The Vision Feast and the Distinction Award at the Athens Animation Festival. Additionally, their works have been showcased at major international festivals, including the Animaze Animation Day at Cannes Film Festival, KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival, Corfu Animation Festival, Cutout Fest International Animation and Digital Art Festival, Animasyros International Animation Festival, and Melbourne International Animation Festival.

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Beyond these accolades, Zhou Xu has won numerous other awards in both domestic and international competitions, recognizing his excellence in animation, storytelling, and visual artistry. His works have been celebrated for their distinctive artistic vision and innovative narrative techniques, earning him widespread acclaim in the animation industry.

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Most recently, Zhou Xu served as Co-Director of "Baishan" in the second season of Chinese Tales (中国奇谭), a highly acclaimed animated anthology that explores Chinese folklore and mythology through diverse storytelling and artistic styles. His contribution to the series further solidifies his reputation as a leading creative force in contemporary animation.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Christina Singer is an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at UNC Charlotte. She has been a graphic design professor since 2018. Singer earned an MFA from the University of Florida and a BFA from East Tennessee State University. She started her design career in editorial design, and was formerly the associate art director for EatingWell magazine in Vermont. Her design practice and research now center on equitable design research methods, illuminating queerness through visual design, human rights, and investigating non-Western design and typography. Singer's poster designs have been exhibited in France, Spain, Ukraine, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, South Korea, Mongolia, China, and several states across the USA. Her poster designs have also been awarded internationally. 

Beijing Grain Museum

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Shi Duo is a graduate of the Academy of Arts & Design at Tsinghua University and holds the title of National First-Class Artist. He is a mentor for the Advanced Research Program at Peking University and the Entrepreneurship School at Renmin University of China. Shi Duo also serves as the Deputy Secretary-General of the Aesthetic Education Committee of the China Oriental Culture Research Association, Vice President of the Art and Science Committee of the China Future Research Association, Director of the Beijing Heritage Future Cultural Institute, and Vice President of the Bangkok Academy of Painting in Thailand. Additionally, he is a board member of the French International Association of Artists and Designers, a member of the Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Art Exchange Association, the Chinese Society for the Study of Anthropology of Art, the China Arts and Crafts Society, and the Hong Kong High Talent Service Association. Shi Duo also holds the title of Senior Art Broker under the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and is the director of the Beijing Grain Museum. He is the founder and CEO of Yihuo Aesthetic Education.

October 6 Univeristy

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Mohamed Zakaria Soltan was born in 1973 in Cairo, Egyptian visual artist, designer, and graphic designer. He received his PhD in advertising from Helwan University in Cairo. He currently works as a lecturer at the Faculty of Applied Arts and has participated in several hundred projects and events around the world.

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In his career he has won numerous awards, diplomas and medals including International Contemporary Miniprint of Kazanlak 2015 Honorary Mention, Bulgaria, award ”Acknowledgement for the CGD Graphic Artwork” / ”1st International Bookplate Exhibition” Subotica, Serbia, 2015 Collection Certificates at the Beijing International Biennale 2015 and 2017, award of the R + Gallery of the Szczecin Academy of Fine Arts at the 6th International Triennial of Digital Graphics Gdynia 2019, Poland.

School of Design of Jiangnan University

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Li Zhenyu, PhD degree, Associate Professor, and Master's supervisor.

He is the cultural talent training object of the ‘Zijin Cultural Talent Training Project’ (cultural innovation and excellent youth) in Jiangsu Province of China, and the ‘Taihu Lake Talent Plan and Training Object’ (cultural innovation and excellent youth) in Wuxi of China. He is an expert in the expert pool of the International Economic and Technological Cooperation Center of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China.

He was the professional reviewer for the China Packaging Creative Competition, the Jiangsu Division of the China National University Digital Word Count Design Competition (2023-2026), the China Oriental Creative Star Design Competition (2023-2026), the Milan Design Week China University Design Discipline Excellent Works Exhibition, the China University Student Computing Design Competition (2023-2024), and the 2021 Ministry of Commerce "Time-honored Brand Carnival" Ship Talk Grand Canal Time-honored Brand Cultural and Creative Competition.

He is a member of the editorial board of ‘the International Journal of Arts and Technology’( EI journal) and the youth editorial board of ‘Hunan Packaging Magazine’.

His works have been invited to multiple domestic and international exhibitions, and have won numerous awards in professional competitions both domestically and globally. He has led multiple design and development projects, conducted a range of design research projects, and published a variety of academic articles.

Worldwide Graphic Designers

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Irwan is graduate of design and fine arts at Trisakti University, where he received a Master’s degree at the same University. He is a graphic designer, educator, art curator and jury. He designs posters and visual identity. He has held exhibitions and design events, but also been a jury and participated in various prestigious poster exhibitions, both in Indonesia and abroad (especially in China, Poland, South Korea, Japan, Russia, USA, Greece, United Arab Emirates, Lithuania, Ukraine, Mexico, Ecuador, Hungary, Cyprus). He is the founder and the leader of the Worldwide Graphic Designers community which has held exhibitions in four countries: Cyprus, Greece, Indonesia, Iran. Worldwide Graphic Designers (WGD) is a group of graphic designers which organize projects of poster design with social content. The participants, all established designers from all over the world, are invited to create collaboration posters, aiming the awareness, the sensitization and social reflection. He is also one of the founder of the Type Unite (TU) community (Members consist of several countries from within and outside the country: Indonesia, USA, Poland, Turkey, Ecuador, Hungary, United Arab Emirates and South Korea). TU has held exhibitions in four countries: Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, Ecuador, Turkey.  His works have been presented at over 100 exhibitions. Currently Irwan works as a lecturer at Pradita University especially in Typography course.

University of Macau

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Dr. Wang Xiaofeng is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Arts and Design at the University of Macau. He is theexecutive director of the Shenzhen Graphic Design Association (SGDA) and a director of the Macau Designers Association (MDA). He earned his BA from the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, MA from the Oslo National Academy of the Arts, and his Ph.D. from Tama Art University in Tokyo. Additionally, he has studied at Aalto University in Helsinki and Josai International University in Tokyo. His book, "Chinese & Latin Typography," is a pioneering publication in the field of Multilingual Design. Dr. Wang has collaborated with the international design master Bruno Oldani at Oldani Communication Design in Oslo. His work has received numerous honors, including the GDC Gold Award, the GDC Jury Award, the Japan Good Design Award (G-Mark), the Grand Prix of the Ukrainian Exhibition of Applied and Decorative Art, the Lead of Macau Design Award, and the Finalist of Macau Design Award. His works have also been featured in events such as the "Poster for Fellini" International Invitational Design Project, the Golden Bee Global Biennial of Graphic Design, and the International Poster Biennial in Mexico.

Graphic Stories Cyprus

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Visual Designer / Columnist / Founder, Creative & Art Director of Graphic Stories Cyprus.

Aggeliki is founder and creative directer of Graphic Stories Cyprus, founding member of VCDC.gr, member of the C-IDEA International Design Educators Association and member of the board of the Cyprus Creative Club, which is the Cypriot representative of the Art Director Club of Europe [ADC*E]. She has been a member of the jury for ADC*E as well as a member of the jury for international design contests. She is also partner in the “Worldwide Graphic Designer” & “Like for Poster” groups. She has participated in international poster exhibitions in Greece, Cyprus, Russia, UAE, China, Korea, Indonesia, Ecuador, Serbia, Mexico and Spain with more than 120 personal artworks and has been awarded in the Cypriot Design & Advertising Awards "Pygmalion" with gold and silver distinction.
 

Aggeliki is the founder and Creative Director of the annual International Conference on Visual Communication, Graphic Stories, with the aim of imparting knowledge and specialized technical training, as well as exploring the modern trends in visual communication. She is also the creator and co-organizer of the Design Forum "10 min Design Talks" and has organized the "Behance Portfolio Reviews" in Cyprus. The "Graphic Stories" book is her first authoring work, containing 62 theoretical articles and 28 interviews with important designers.

Buenos Aires University

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Designer and graphic activist, graduated from Buenos Aires University - Argentina, where he also started teaching since 2007. He gives workshops in prisons and in the private sphere. Specialised in Visual Identity and social design. His posters on Human Rights have been distinguished and exhibited in 40 countries and included in the book "The Design of Dissent" by Milton Glaser and Mirko Illic. Speaker at TEDx, Forum Art & Branding Russia, Ibero-American Design Biennial Madrid, and numerous design events.

Qingyun Art Program

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Peng Qu (曲鹏) is an artist and digital media specialist, renowned for his contributions to art education in Dalian, China. As an exceptional art practitioner, Peng possesses extensive experience in the field of art education and has a strong passion for nurturing the next generation of designers and artists. Peng has established several highly acclaimed art education institutions in Dalian and other regions, providing students with expansive learning platforms.

Through his guidance, many of his students have successfully gained admission to these esteemed institutions and achieved outstanding personal accomplishments. 

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