Author

Alice Savoie is a typeface designer, researcher, and teacher. She holds an MA and a PhD from the University of Reading, where she is currently a Visiting Research Fellow. Her research examines technological change in typographic practice, the place of women in type history, and the role of type design in the digital humanities. She contributes to the research project Reception of the New Typography in Francophone Graphic Scenes, supervised by Professors Catherine de Smet (Université Paris 8) and Davide Fornari (ECAL / HES-SO). She teaches at the Atelier National de Recherche Typographique in Nancy and is a visiting professor on the Master Type Design programme at ECAL / University of Art and Design Lausanne (HES-SO). She lives and works in Lyon.

Kai Bernau has taught type design on the Master Type Design programme at ECAL / University of Art and Design Lausanne (HES-SO), and before that ECAL Master Art Direction, since 2011. His practice, Atelier Carvalho Bernau, designs reading experiences, from typefaces to interfaces, for culture and commerce. Commissions range from publications like the New York Times and Esquire, and publishers such as Walther König and Phaidon, to luxury brand Marsèll, cultural institutions Culturgest Lisbon and Villa Stuck in Munich, to academic clients like Brill publishers, Leiden and University of Warwick. The retail typefaces they created or collaborated on (Neutraface Slab, Publico, Lyon, Atlas, Neutral, Algebra) are used by leading brands and publications around the world. Previous achievements in generative, computer-aided design include a typeface system for Sandberg Institute, and art direction for Octavo publishers, Amsterdam. Kai Bernau holds a Masters degree from Type & Media in The Hague. He lives and works in Porto.

Wayne Daly is a graphic designer and co-director of the design practice Daly & Lyon. The studio focuses on collaborations with cultural and arts clients, producing books, exhibitions, identities and websites. Clients include Barbican Art Gallery, Design Museum, Royal Academy of Arts, Forensic Architecture, Hayy Jameel, Institute of Contemporary Arts, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Sternberg Press, Tate Britain and Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König. He holds an MA in Typographic Studies from the London College of Printing and is currently a visiting professor on the Master Type Design programme at ECAL / University of Art and Design Lausanne (HES-SO), where he co-directs the writing and thesis curriculum. He lives and works in London.

Raphaela Haefliger is a graphic designer specialized in art direction, typography and type design. She holds a BA in Graphic Design from the University of Lucerne and an MA in Type Design from ECAL / University of Art and Design Lausanne (HES-SO). Since 2016 she has been working as an independent graphic designer in the commercial and cultural field. In addition to her self-employment, she works part-time at ECAL, Master Type Design and Research Department, ZHdK, MAS Design Direction and F+F: FA Visuelle Kommunikation.

Sebastian Baez-Lugo is a researcher in user experience (UX), cognitive and affective science. He earned his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of Geneva, conducting his doctoral work at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (CISA), where he investigated the mechanisms underlying human cognition and emotional processes. Driven by a passion for data analysis and visualization, Sebastian applies quantitative methods and insights from cognitive and affective science to explore how people think, feel, and interact with technology. At the EPFL+ECAL Lab, he leads the UX Research and Cognitive Science activities, overseeing projects that connect applied research with human-centred design in fields such as health innovation, artificial intelligence, and environmental technologies. He also mentors early-career design researchers, and builds collaborations between academic institutions and industry. He lives and works in the Lausanne area.