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Pedro Silva | Winner 2023
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Pedro Silva is a cross-media designer and researcher at the Computational Design and Visualization Lab. He holds a BA and MA in Design and Multimedia from the University of Coimbra, Portugal.
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Lily Taggart | Winner 2023
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Lily Taggart is a visual and performing artist based in New York City. She utilizes her experience in performance to create dynamic designs focused on turning the ephemeral into something tangible.
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Vianey Diaz | Winner 2023
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Vianey Diaz is a Houston-based graphic designer that specializes in print and motion design. Her work is influenced by minimalistic Swiss design and the grunge aesthetics of the new wave and punk era.
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Monique Smit | Special Mention 2023
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Monique Smit is a first-year student and mom of two completing a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design at Greenside Design Center in Cape Town, South Africa.
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Nicoletta Corbett | Special Mention 2023
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Nicoletta Corbett studies Graphic Design at Falmouth University in Cornwall, England. Corbett works across various mediums including photography, printmaking, and bookbinding.
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Marysia Kosacka | Special Mention 2023
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Marysia Kosacka is a first-generation Polish American designer with a focus in web, editorial, and experimental design. She currently works at Rottet Studio as a graphic designer.
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Kiara dos Reis | Special Mention 2023
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Kiara dos Reis is currently a first-year student studying Graphic Design at the Greenside Design Center in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Brendan Leask | Special Mention 2023
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Brendan Leask is pursuing a BA in Multimedia Design at Greenside Design Center in Johannesburg, South Africa. His current work focuses on UI and interaction design and animation, but he is also interested in coding and game design.
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Abby Manchaca | Special Mention 2023
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Abby Manchaca graduated from the University of Houston with a BFA in Graphic Design in 2023. She enjoys a mixture of analog and digital media for minimalistic, ephemeral, and thoughtful work.
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Farida Foda | Winner 2020
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Farida Foda is an Egyptian designer living in Dubai and studying at the American University of Sharjah. She is interested in the way system failures represent themselves digitally and utilizing that error as a design tool.
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Ayaha Kato & Chisaki Yuki | Winner 2020
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Ayaha Kato was born in Kyoto; Chisaki Yuki was born in Osaka. They are both studying design at Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto and participated with their class in 2020.
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Maurice Meilleur | Professor
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Maurice Meilleur is Assistant Professor of Graphic Design in the Department of Art at Appalachian State University in Boone. He participated the project in fall 2016 with the class “Sign/Symbol/Image”—a course on design semiotics.
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Marion Fink | Professor
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Marion Fink is Professor of Visual Communication at the Academy of Art and Design Basel (HGK Basel). She participated the project in fall 2017 with the class “Information Design”.
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Andrea Sara Gallo | Winner 2019
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Andrea Sara Gallo is a visual communicator based in Lugano, Switzerland, whose innovative design projects reflect her curiosity about the world around her.
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Ghida Nadar | Winner 2019
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Ghida Nardar is a graphic designer studying at the Lebanese American University. She participated in the project in fall 2018 with her winning 45 visuals, 3al Lebnene.
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Alisa Strub | Winner 2018
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Alisa Strub is a highly motivated Swiss graphic designer from St. Gallen. She participated in the project in fall 2018 with her winning 45 visuals entitled Space Junk, submitted while a student at the Academy of Art and Design Basel (HGK Basel).
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Nico Liebig | Winner 2018
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Tenth-grader Nico Liebig did not think of himself as an artist last fall, when his computer science teacher told him about the open call 18/19. With his inquisitive mind and spirit of fun, the German high school student decided to explore smartphones and their uses, and wound up creating, along with classmate Vivien Jirschik, the winning 45 visuals that comprise Mobile Unlock.
Phaistos Talks are conversations with participants of the project — teachers and students — to give more visibility to our global community, learn from each other’s experiences and facilitate future collaborations. We discuss what it means to be a designer today and what the future might bring to our discipline. This is a growing platform/archive—please send us an email if you’d like to join the conversation.