Crina Arghirescu Rogard
Interior Architect & Designer, Founder of Crina Arghirescu Architecture
Crina Arghirescu Rogard is an architect and interior designer trained at the Politecnico di Milano, who began her career in Paris with Charles Zana before joining Adam Tihany’s studio in New York. In 2013, she founded her own practice, developing international residential and commercial projects across cities including Paris, New York, Miami, and Casablanca.
Her work combines European refinement with a contemporary sensibility, focusing on light, materiality, and spatial balance to create elegant and highly crafted interiors. Recognised by publications including The New York Times, Architectural Digest, Wallpaper, and Elle Decor, her approach is defined by a balance of rigor and artistic expression, shaping spaces that merge functionality, atmosphere, and timeless clarity.
Sophie Dries
Architect & Interior Designer, Founder of Quartz Café
Sophie Dries is an architect and designer trained at ENSA Paris-Malaquais, Aalto University in Helsinki, and in Contemporary Art at the École du Louvre. After collaborating with Jean Nouvel, Pierre Yovanovitch, and Christian Liaigre workshops, she founded her studio in Paris in 2014, later opening in Milan in 2017.
Her practice moves between architecture, interior design, and collectible design, developing projects and objects that combine spatial precision with artisanal craftsmanship. She works closely with makers and explores materials such as ceramics, textiles, and furniture pieces through an experimental lens.
Following a residency at the Jørn Utzon Foundation in Mallorca, where she developed TRACES, her first rug series, her work has been presented internationally at Salone del Mobile, PAD London, and COLLECTIBLE Brussels, and shown by galleries including L’Éclaireur, Nilufar, and Giustini / Stagetti. Her approach is grounded in Genius Loci, shaping each project through a deep reading of place, context, and material identity.
Lionel Jadot
Architect, Interior Designer, Artist & Filmmaker, Founder of Zaventem Ateliers
Lionel Jadot is a Brussels-based interior architect, designer, artist, and filmmaker whose multidisciplinary practice blends design, storytelling, and experimentation. Working from Zaventem Ateliers, he creates interiors and objects that transform discarded or unexpected materials into new forms, combining wood, metal, and organic matter into hybrid sculptural compositions.
His work draws on retro-futurist, cinematic, and graphic influences, constantly navigating between past and future, where reuse and transformation become central creative drivers. Through both spatial and object-based work, he develops immersive environments that challenge conventional design boundaries, focusing on material intuition, narrative, and transformation over time.
Clive Lonstein
Founder & Principal of Clive Lonstein
Clive Lonstein is the founder of a New York–based design studio located in the Cable Building in downtown Manhattan, known for its refined approach to interiors combining rich minimalism and reductive architecture.
His work is informed by travel, art, fashion, and nature, supported by a strong academic foundation with a Master of Architecture from Harvard University. Prior to founding his studio, he was Design Director at Studio Sofield, leading high-end residential, retail, and hospitality projects for clients including Tom Ford, Gucci, and YSL, and later served as Vice President of Architecture and Design at Tiffany & Co.
Originally from South Africa, he has developed international projects across Aspen, the Bahamas, Tokyo, and Geneva, with work featured in Architectural Digest, Wallpaper, and Elle Decor.
Rafael Prieto
Creative Director & Founder of Savvy Studio
Rafael Prieto is a creative director and founder of Savvy, a design studio based between New York and Mexico City, working across art, hospitality, and retail. His practice is rooted in cultural research and collaboration, building long-term relationships with artisans and artists to shape projects defined by craft, context, and connection. He has recently expanded his practice with Marrow, a lighting design studio exploring the intersection between functional objects and sculptural form, further extending his multidisciplinary approach to contemporary design.
Teo Yang
Designer, Founder of Teo Yang Studio
Teo Yang Studio translates Korean traditional heritage into a contemporary design language. With deep respect for tradition as a living resource, the studio explores how historical aesthetics can be reinterpreted to shape future design narratives.
Rather than preserving tradition as static heritage, the practice seeks to activate it, reframing ancestral techniques and visual languages through a contemporary lens to create new cultural and design possibilities.
