Born 1983 in Mainz (Germany), lives in Berlin (Germany). He was raised in Sao Paulo (Brasil) and Mainz (Germany). After finishing high school, he attended university. Initially studying architecture, he changed focus and ultimately completed his Bachelor in Fine Arts in 2014 at the Berliner Technische Kunsthochschule and has since participated in several international shows. He has lived, travelled to and worked in South America, Europe, South East Asia, Western Africa and North America. Thomas Friedrich Schaefer had the opportunity to observe different social and familial environments within distinct communities. Since moving back to Germany, he has tried to assess his memories and his past within his images. He recently finished a long-term photographic project creating and documenting elaborately staged environments that play on the essence of fragmented childhood memories. The project required him to construct staged rooms using technical skills which he obtained early in his studies while studying architecture and engineering. Thomas continues to stage images in his studio in Berlin. His work includes hyper-realistic sets that provide the narrative framework to moments of interpersonal relationship. What seem like irrelevant and forgettable moments take on an importance and poignancy. 

Animation artist based in Berlin, originally from Taiwan.

Designer and Developer

Ümit Caglar is an interior architect and designer specialised in interior architecture, furniture design, yacht design and media & digital arts. Thanks to his multidisciplinary training he likes to space across design fields and artistic approaches. He was raised by a carpenter family, and he is now following their footsteps. Thanks to the creative atmosphere he grew up in, he worked towards defining his own design language. Ümit’s approach seeks to combine organic lines with natural shapes and materials. He is especially fascinated by merging traditional craftsmanship with new technologies to achieve an innovative design.

Born in a small city in Finland, Riikka now lives and works as an illustrator in Berlin, Germany, where she also earned her Masters in Illustration at the Berlin University of Arts. She has worked for clients including ZEIT Campus, Der Spiegel, Plansponsor, Handelsblatt, Psychologie Heute, Hohe Luft, Daily Telegraph and Nido.