As the Chief Creative Officer of Squarespace, David leads the company’s award-winning creative team, whose work encapsulates all brand creative, web design and product design efforts for the company. His personal mission is to build great products and a great brand, while telling compelling stories at the intersection of product, design and marketing. Since joining Squarespace in 2013, David has masterminded four Super Bowl campaigns and won an Emmy award for most Outstanding Commercial of 2017. He has also led the successful launches of Squarespace Logo and Squarespace 7. Prior to Squarespace, David served as Worldwide Digital Executive Creative Director of TBWA Worldwide and led the creation and launch of the Digital Arts Network. Earlier in his career, he worked as a Creative Director at Wieden+Kennedy and AKQA, and as an Art Director at Sid Lee. His work has been recognized by almost every industry award, including the Cannes Lions, ADC, Clios, One Show, D&AD, Webby Awards and SXSW Interactive. David has recently been named as one of the Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company in 2017. He currently serves as an Executive Member of The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences and is on the advisory board at D&AD. He is a frequent judge and gives talks for the ADC, One Show, D&AD, AICP, Webby Awards, SXSW and Fast Company. He graduated from RISD with a BFA in graphic design. A native of Quebec, Canada, David now resides in Tribeca with his wife and daughter.

James Goggin is a Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland)-based British and/or Australian graphic designer from London via Sydney, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Arnhem, Chicago, and Providence. He runs a design practice named Practise together with partner Shan James, working on books, websites, exhibitions, typefaces, videos, textiles, posters, magazines, identity systems, signs, and symbols in Europe, Asia, Australasia, and North America. James is a Thesis Critic at Rhode Island School of Design, writes now and then, and lectures here and there.

Verena Hennig is an internationally working Creative Director and Designer from Germany. Her studio explores and combines the fields of art, architecture and design. Studio Verena Hennig gained international reputation for creating design projects with exceptionally sensory perceptions for their audiences, by investigating the questions of our daily lives and striving to engage with intelligent, compelling and distinctively created design solutions by altering the familiar.  Hennig produces projects for clients ranging from culture to industry, from print scales, products up to architectural installations. 

Deisgner & Creative Director based in London

I am a creative strategist. I have founded Travel Kollekt - a publishing platform and research tool for travelers to create research and inspiration into real physical travel books. I am also the founder of ‘dot the i’ – a micro-global studio and consultancy guiding top executives and decision makers on brand, communication and design strategy. I have also written and curated award-winning cookbooks, travel books, magazines & blogs – both International and Danish. Before my independent work life I worked with Fritz Hansen and GUBI as Communications & Product Manager and Creative Director - Brand & Communications.