Jury
Atlases žūrija
Ieva
Zībārte
Architect and publicist, head of the Development and Construction Project Management Department of the municipal corporation Rīgas nami. As an architecture and design expert in Latvia, Ieva represents New European Bauhaus, the European Commission's strategic initiative, works for the National Architecture Council of the Ministry of Culture, acts as the board member of the Latvian Architects' Union and the Coin Design Commission of the Bank of Latvia. Ieva also writes about architecture, design, urban environment and popular culture.
Edgars
Zvirgzdiņš
Designer, founder of design studio "Associates, Partners et Sons" and co-founder of the Scandinavian brand "Aretai". In addition to his design practice, Edgars is actively engaged in design management processes and development of brand design strategies. His interest field covers the connection of different media and cooperation with a wide range of specialists, creating expressive experiences and products. Numerous projects with Edgars creative involvement have one significant recognition such as the National Design Award of Latvia, the Latvian Architecture of the Year Award and the Red Dot Design Award in product design.
Kirils
Kirasirovs
Graphic designer, founder of the «augusts.co» studio. Kirill's works carry through his very own characteristic minimal, laconic visual language. He has collaborated with numerous culture projects and initiatives - “Arterritory», «Fotokvartāls», «Tactile Baltics», «Punctum» and the Center for Contemporary Art of Latvia. Currently Kirils is the author for graphic design for exhibitions at the Pauls Stradiņš Medical History Museum.
Mārcis
Miķelsons–Germs
UX and service designer, head of the UX design department and partner in digital design, consulting and development company «Cube». Marcis is planning and managing the development of digital products and experiences for large, medium and small sized companies on a daily basis. Such Baltic brands as "Rimi", "SEB", "Elektrum", "Virši", "LMT", "Ergo" and "Circle K" are just to name a few among the long list of “Cube” clients.
Edijs
Ļaksa
Product designer with more than twenty years of experience in graphic design. He runs his own company "D1", which specializes in car design and product visualization. Edijs designed the frame of the world-recognized "Eurofighter" series drift car and the frame of the military vehicle “VR-1-FOX”, which received the National Design Award of Latvia 2023 for the best product design. Eddy also received the "Golden Hammer" award in the interactive category.
Dārta
Apsīte
Creative director, previously worked at the "Wrong" agency, headed the Brand and Design Department of the Riga City Council, while supervising the renewal of the Riga brand visual. During the last two years visual communication campaigns created under the leadership of Darta have won numerous awards for creative excellence in both local and international competitions. Darta's campaigns promote self-esteem and a sense of belonging to Latvia with design and audiovisual techniques.
Baiba
Ripa
Fashion and interior designer, founder of the brand "Baiba Ripa" which specializes on couture knitwear, therefore all collections naturally fit into both cultural heritage and avant-garde fashion worlds. Thanks to careful research into the sustainability of fibers and fashion cycles, Baiba's design approach is highly valued in biggest world fashion meccas such as New York and Paris. During the process of creating private and public interiors, the Baiba Ripa always pays special attention to details and quality.
Didzis
Jaunzems
Architect and designer, head of design office "DJA", lecturer at RISEBA Faculty of Architecture and Design. Before founding his own studio, Didzis worked at OMA, one of the world's leading architectural offices. He has created scenographies for several European opera houses as well as multimedia stages in Latvia. Didzis works with exhibition projects of various scales, including Latvian "EXPO Dubai 2020" pavilion. He has previously won the Latvian Architecture of the Year Award and the National Design Award of Latvia for environmental objects.
Anna
Andersone
Entrepreneur actively working in the design field, one of the major leaders of the start-up ecosystem in Latvia and head of the Riga TechGirls movement. Over 20 years Anna's work has been related to the design field, communication, technology and entrepreneurship. She has co-founded such start-ups as "Froont" and "berta.me", as well as serving on the board of "TechHub Riga". Under her leadership, "Riga TechGirls" trained more than 20,000 people in Latvia and abroad in three years. Anna is a guest lecturer at the Riga University of Economics (SSE Riga), and has led a business school for young entrepreneurs.
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