People-pleasing is boring, passive and inauthentic. Carla creates influential and provocative brand experiences by challenging people to make bold and unconventional statements that acknowledge current social tension, cultivating meaningful connections between progressive brands and socially conscious audiences with high expectations. Working as an independent freelance designer and art director, Carla works predominantly with beauty, fashion, food and lifestyle brands from all around the globe. With an extensive creative network, Carla forms specialist teams that cater to the individual needs of her clients, resulting in strong collaborations and more impactful results. From conception to outcome, Carla uses finely-tuned processes in conceptual design and strategic thinking to execute on aesthetically striking visual identity systems, boutique packaging and thought-provoking advertising.

Fanny Brandauer is a landscape architect and landscape curator based in Berlin, Munich and Vienna. Her work is characterized by its transdisciplinarity, exploring the intersection of landscape architecture, fine arts and the curatorial field. She predominantly investigates and reflects on how landscape can be displayed and sensually perceived in interior exhibition spaces, art and cultural spaces.

Lisa Pepita Weiss is a Swiss graphic designer based in Berlin and Zurich. After graduating at the University of the Arts Zurich in 2009 she moved to Berlin where she is working independently and collaboratively for clients in the fields of culture and businesses – always with a strong focus on conception and much love for typography. In close cooperation with her clients she creates all media experiences and offers solutions in print, web and space.

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I'm a Berlin-based freelance arts writer and editor. My writing has been published by i-D, Elle.com, artnet News, Artsy and Frieze, among others, and I've edited books for various institutions, including SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin and Iwalewahaus at the Universität Bayreuth. I was previously the art and music editor at Interview Magazine in New York.