Valerio Berruti was born in Alba, Italy. He received a degree in Art Criticism from D.A.M.S. in Turin. He lives and works in Verduno, Italy, in a deconsecrated 17th-century church, which he bought and restored in1995. His works have been shown in several exhibitions since the mid-nineties, including the Quadriennale di Roma Anteprima. In 2004 he was the recipient of SEAT's prize for the cover of the Yellow Pages in Italy. He is currently a grant recipient of the I.S.C.P. International Studio & Curatorial Program, New York, NY. First solo museum show: Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Israel. His last group show was the Crave exhibition in London.
www.valerioberruti.com

François Berthoud was born in Switzerland and graduated in graphic design in Lausanne. He then moved to Milan to work for Conde Nast Italy. In the mid 80's he started working for himself, developing his highly recognizable style with his fashion illustrations and distinguishing himself through his ability to unite the language of graphics and painting. His early work has been  published by Vanity directed by Anna Piaggi, and then in Numero, The NewYorker, Harper's Bazaar, The New York Times Magazine, Mixte, V magazine, Amica, Uomo Vogue, Vogue Italy, Vogue Nippon, Visionaire. His work has been exhibited worldwide in solo and group shows and has appeared in many reference books. Francois Berthoud lives and works in Milan and New York.

David Blandy  lives and works in London, using video, performance and comics to address how identity is constructed. A recipient of an Artsadmin Artists Bursary, Blandy has exhibited widely both in the UK and abroad at venues such as at Gasworks, London; FACT, Liverpool; PS1 Gallery, New York; and the Centre d'art Contemporain, Geneva. Blandy has a solo show at Cell Project Space in London early in 2007 as part of Jerwood Artists Platform.

Birgit Brenner  lives and works in Berlin. She studied at Graphik-Design, Darmstadt, and Hochschule der Künste (HdK), and on a ‘Rebecca Horn’ scholarship. She is now represented by Eigen+Art in Berlin. Recent solo shows include  ‘Arario’, Chungcheongnam, Korea 2006, ‘Verein für Junge Kunst’, Wolfsburg 2005, ‘Roman in großer Schrift’, Virtuell-Visuell e.V., Dorsten ,’Die besten Jahre’, Galerie EIGEN + ART, Leipzig 2003, Stadthaus Ulm (C) Galerie EIGEN+ART, Berlin, German, 2001, Galerie EIGEN+ART, Leipzig, Germany, and numerous other solo and group shows in Germany and internationally. She lives and works in Berlin.

Jason Brooks grew up in Brighton, England. He took an M.A. in Illustration at the Royal College of Art. Afterwards, he began to get work as a fashion illustrator on the strength of his travel sketchbooks from journeys through Europe and Central America. He produced illustrated reports for the Independent Newspaper from the Couture Shows in Paris as well as shows in New York for Visionaire and Max. He lives in London, where he produces images using Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator, and is widely credited with being one of the key initiators of the boom in computer lead fashion drawing.

Veronica Botticelli was born in Rome  and   studied  at the  city’s Academy of Fine Arts.  In 2005 she gained the first prize in the national visual arts competition organized by Anmil/Inail. Her work has been exhibited in Palazzo della Cancelleria in Rome, and in 2006 she had a solo show in the Villa Mercede, Rome. Her work has appeared in the Esedra Gallery ‘Sottovetro’ show, and images from her work have been used for advertising the Ambra Jovinnelli Theatre. She currently works in the collection of the Civic Museum of Palazzo D'Avalos with the ‘Vasto Grant’.  She is participating in the Pastificio Cerere Foundation.
www.pastificiocerere.com

Simonetta Capecchi born in Milan, graduated in Architecture in Venice. She completed her Phd in Naples, where she works as an illustrator and lectures at the Faculty of Architecture. In 2006, she curated an exhibition at the Castel dell'Ovo in Naples, including a section where more than 50 Moleskines were distributed to travellers of all ages, with a view to recounting the City of Naples. She will participate in the 7th Biennale du Carnet de Voyage at Clermont-Ferrand in November 2006. A number of images from her travel sketchbooks, and from those of the other authors featured in exhibitions she has curated are visible on her blog:
http://inviaggiocoltaccuino.blogspot.com/

Kitty Chan is an illustrator. She was born in London works for corporate and editorial clients around the world.

Lisa Chappell is Printstudio Coordinator at Londonprintstudio, a printmaking and digital resource for artists. In her own practice she is fascinated with tattoos and works with lithography, etching and screenprint to explore the iconography of convicts, sailors and seaside tattoo parlours. She lives and works in London.

JJ Connelly is a novelist and screenwriter from London. His London crime novel Layer Cake was the basis for the stylish and much appreciated 2004 movie Layer Cake, directed by Matthew Vaughan. The novel is about a successful cocaine dealer who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite and plans an early retirement from the business. JJ Connelly is currently writing screenplays for Hollywood, but he lives and works in London.

May Cornet was born in London. She studied at Camberwell College of Art and at Goldsmiths College, B.A. Hons. Fine Art Textiles. After a scholarship from The Italian Cultural Institute, in 2001 she spent a year in residency with Wolverhampton Art Gallery, and was short-listed for Sotheby's International Young Artist Award.  First show in Italy was at the (h)films in 2005 and AKA gallery in Rome, both curated by Raffaella Guidobono. Other shows include ‘Giardino’, Palazzo delle Arti, Naples, ‘Cabinet du dessin’, Museé d'Art Moderne of Saint Etienne, both curated by Lorand Hegyi. The last shows include Passionate Collectors at Walsall New Art Gallery, and From Now On at Bagnai Gallery accomplished by an Artbook conceived and curated by Raffaella Guidobono. She lives and works in London.

Antoine Cossé is a French illustrator living in London.
He graduated in illustration from the Camberwell College
of Arts in 2006. He is interested in the absurd and the unexpected in our day-to-day lives.

Paul Davis Born 1962 Somerset, England. His work is featured in Creative Review, Time Out, Graphics International, Print (US) , Barfout (Jap), Dazed & Confused, Self Service (Fra), Illustration (Jap), Bibel (Swe), Doing Bird (Aus), Independent On Sunday.I.D., Arena, Blueprint, Clear, Eye Magazine, The Believer, PPaper, Varoom. Recent exhibitions in Tokyo New York Paris and London include: The Ganzfeld Unbound, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York. New Work, Colette, Paris. Improved, Rivington Gallery, London. Gelman/Davis, Andrew Roth Gallery, New York. It's Not About You, The Wapping Project, London. Nihonbashi, Tokyo, IID Gallery, Tokyo. The Wig Has Gone Out, SEA Gallery, London. He also published Them & Us in July 2004 by Laurence King and Princeton Architectural Press in America. And just self-published a broadsheet with Alexander Gelman. Printed book of the year for Blame Everyone Else God Knows by Browns, London, 2005. THINK4: The Thinking of Paul Davis, Browns with Howard Smith Paper, London 2005. Drawings editor of quarterly newspaper The Drawbridge, he lives
and works in London.
http://www.copyrightdavis.com

Chris Dent is an illustrator fascinated by city environments. He uses a range of intricate mark making, creating energetic visions of city life. Chris recently graduated from Camberwell College of Arts where he gained a BA in Illustration. Chris is the co-founder of a new collective called HYBRID BUNNY – a group of illustrators and designers which is responsible for icy2.com, a project for all illustration students at Camberwell College of Arts to show off their portfolios. Chris has been invited to appear in 3x3's 'New Talent Gallery' and is featured in October's ‘Dazed and Confused’ interviewed by Jason Jools.

Chris J. Dent was born in Sydney, where he now lives and works as art director having worked for several ad agencies as a creative director.

Paul Dewis is a printmaker who lives and works in London. He has a strong interest in technical aspects of fine art printmaking and his work has been exhibited in a number of galleries in London.

Stefano Faravelli was born in Turin. After his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, he graduated from the University of Turin. Since 1987, he has worked as stage designer and painter at Guido Ceronetti's "Teatro del Sensibili". He displayed his works at many exhibitions in Italy and abroad. In 2000 he presented "De Contrapuncto Triumphi" at the Galleria Jannone, for which Giorgio Soavi announced him best artist of 2000 (Il Giornale dell'Arte, January 2001). His works appear in a wide number of publications, and critical appreciations of his work have been written by Giovanni Arpino, Guido Ceronetti, Fabrizio Dentice, Nico Orengo, Massimo Rosci, Vittorio Sgarbi, Giorgio Soavi, Marco Vallora, Renata Pisu.

Nerina Fernandez is a graphic designer born in Buenos Aires. She has worked as a freelance designer for several years. Nerina Fernadez was  born in Buenos Aires in 1966, where she receives education in art designer at Panamericana Art School. She  moves to Rome, where she lives and works now, to conclude her studies at the European Institute of Designer.She worked with Achille Bonito Oliva to realize Contemporary Art Catalogues on various italian and foreign artists, Enzo Cucchi, Masson and Mario Schifano.In the italian music field she is an author of cover songs for artists from BMG Music, Sony, Virgin, Emi Music e Fandango.In the fashion world she has been realising Andy Warhol by Cultura and Otitude Ed Ethic collections for five years.Since 2000 she is the Art Director Villa Celimontana Musical Jazz Festival in Rome, New York, Pechino and he still holds this position. The entertaining sentimental diary about London of the Argentine graphic designer Nerina Fernandez

Harrie Fieber lives and works in London. Graduated last year at the Nottingham Trent University, he participated in the group show Circa Now in Notthingham, and since then he undertook autonomous work and research, focusing on graffiti and writing for public commitments as well as non-institutional spaces. The three-dimensional letters of different styles come out from the Moleskine in a powerful graphic whirlpool

Mike Figgis was born in England and raised in Nairobi, Kenia, where he lived until he was 8. He is an eclectic film director, writer, and composer.  He started his artistic career in music playing keyboards for Bryan Ferry's first band. After working in theatre, he made a splash with the thriller Internal Affairs (1990). He achieved widespread critical acclaim and box-office success for Leaving Las Vegas (1995), starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue. Recent credits include: Guilty Pleasure (2006), The Sopranos - Episode: Cold Cuts (2004), Cold Creek Manor, (2003),
The Blues (2003), The Battle of Orgreave (2001),
Hotel (2001), Timecode (2000).

Claire Forsyth originally trained in Printmaking, and uses a variety of media to explore the urban environment. Her photographs play on the solitary nature of both artist and viewer, while her screen prints often explore patterns in a bold graphic style. She lives and works in London.

Marianne Fountain born in New Zealand is a photographer and sculptor living and working between Paris, Rome and London. After the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture and Design, Elam School of Fine Arts, NewZealand she shows at The Senate, Paris, Galerie d’Art d’Ailleurs d’Aujourd’hui, rue de Seine, Paris,- Ambassade de Nouvelle Zélande, Paris, Edmiston Duke Gallery, Auckland NZ, Judith Anderson Gallery, Hawkes Bay, NZ, Levallois-Perret, Paris, Simmons Gallery, London,  Furstenberg Gallery, St-Germain des Prés, Paris, Museo Archeologico Numismatico, Milano, National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Cabinet of medals. Since 1990 she got many acquisitions from British Museum, Smithsonian Museum, Auckland Museum, York Museum, and receives Prizes from International Art Symposium, Ecole de Commerce, Paris. She is member of the Fédération Internationale de la Médaille (FIDEM) Member of the British Art Medal Society (BAMS) Former Fellow of the Society of Numismatic Artists and Designers (FSNAD) Royal Society
of British Sculptors (RBS)
http://www.marianfountain.fr.fm

Annie Freud, poet and writer. Her first home was in Maida Vale where she lived with her parents, Lucian and Kitty Freud. Her parents separated in 1952, shortly before the birth of her sister, Annabel. Her great-grandfather was Sigmund Freud, the founder of psycho-analysis. Annie lived with her maternal grandparents, Jacob and Kathleen Epstein in term-time, until her mother was remarried to the economist, Wynne Godley in 1955 and they moved to Chelsea. Throughout her childhood, Annie grew up aware of the arts as part of her daily life. She received her education at the Lycee Francais de Londres and at Cobham Hall, Kent. She studied English and European Literature at the University of Warwick . After the birth of her daughter May in 1975, she worked as a gallery assistant for Anthony D'Offay and worked in the Rights Department of Heinemannn Educational Books Ltd for four years. Her poems have appeared in a number of magazines and web-sites and in 2005, a small collection of her poems was published by Donut Press, under the title: A Void Officer Achieves the Tree Pose. She is frequently asked to give readings of her poetry. Her next book Best man in the world will be published in 2007.

Kasia Fudakowski After the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art at Oxford University she was awarded by Ania Galliaccio for the Mitzi Cunliffe Prize for Sculpture. She shows at Albion Stables Gallery in London, the British Embassy in Tokyo, and Modern Art Oxford., and her work appear in the Group show Tournament in Spitalfield Space 2006. She now lives and works between London and Berlin.

Luigi Gallo and Roberto Caracciolo. Gallo is a writer
(but his real job is dentist). Caracciolo, born in New York, lives in Rome. He studied at United World College of the Atlantic, Istituto d'Arte di Urbino and at New York Studio School. Currently he teaches at the New York University of Florence. Solo Exhibitions include: 2004 Galerie Blancpain Stepczynski (Ginevra), Galleria Fenderesky, (Belfast). Group exhibitions include: 2005 XIV Quadriennale,
Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, (Roma), T.E.C. Le tecniche esecutive dell’arte contemporanea, Scuderie Aldobrandini,(Frascati).

Jaime Gili was born in Caracas, Venezuela, in 1972. He then moved to Europe, where he lived and studied in Barcelona, gaining his BA in 1995 and a PhD from Universidad de Barcelona in 2000. Jaime Gili has been based in London since 1996, when he began his studies at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1998.
In the last year, during two residencies and an Arts Council fellowship, Gili has developed various projects which link artists and art groups in Europe and Latin America, including two public poster series. Recent exhibitions include the experimental series of shows curated by Paul O’Neill Coalesce at Redux, London, 2005, and Modelarts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, 2004.     
www.jaimegili.org

Patrick Holland Goddard was born in London, studied in Bath (2003-2006)  and now lives and works in Shoreditch, East London. Primarily theatrical sculptural installations, his work is often concerned with ethical questions relating to ecological and social issues. Politically charged, his pieces play with black humour and the uncanny to express the perception of the mundane and extraordinary in contemporary life and is occasionally controversial or shocking. The Moleskine notebook was approached from a far more autobiographical perspective and contains short true stories and sketches from his life rather than the overt social commentary common in his sculptural work.

Ted Goff is a cartoonist living in the United States. His cartoons appear in a wide variety of business publications, and are used in ads, presentations, T-shirts, newsletters, textbooks and posters by businesses and ad agencies around the world. He works from home and spends lots
of time with his family. You can see more of his work at www.tedgoff.com

Antonio Josè Gonçalve runs his own project www.subway-life with updated com-live comics. Born in Lisbon, he graduated in Graphic Design from the Lisbon School of Fine Arts and took a Master's degree in Theatre Design at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. Through the 80's and the 90's he has been publishing Graphic Novels in books, newspapers and magazines in Portugal, Spain, France and Italy. He also designed sets and costumes for several theatre productions. Recently he created the Subway Life Project and has been developing work with stage performers doing digital drawing and projection (real time). The ‘City Nosebook’, a collection of portraits created by cutting out the profiles of faces from the edges
of the pages

Steven Guarnaccia is the Art Director for the Op-Ed page of The New York Times, part of the founding faculty for SVA's MFA Design Program, and a member of the American Institute of Graphic Artists (AIGA) and Alliance Graphique Internationale. He has also chaired the Objects of Design jury at the AIGA, and been a member of illustration juries for American Illustration, the Society of Illustrators, and the AIGA. He also teaches at Parsons The New School for Design.

Curtis Holder was born in London and has just produced a guide to student welfare whilst studying postgraduate courses for University College London. www.curtisholder.com

Abigail Hunt trained at Loughborough University
School of Art and Design and now lives and works in London. Her work often uses text and books and relies
on the need for repetitive process, yet continually questions notions of finite detail and artistic integrity. Recent pieces have seen whole books cut meticulously
into fine strips and others, hand cut into delicate
patterns. Since exhibiting in the prestigious EAST International in Norwich, Abigail has continued to exhibit around the UK, including shows at Angel Row in
Nottingham and England and Co. London. Her first solo show 'Hiatus' was at the Michael West Gallery,
Quay Arts, Isle of Wight in 2003.

James Jarvis was born in London in 1970. Jarvis studied at the University of Brighton and at the Royal College of Art and has worked for international clients including Sony, and Nokia. His exhibitions include one-man shows in Tokyo, Nagoya and Hiroshima. In 1998, Jarvis created the plastic toy figure 'Martin' as a promotional item for Silas, a London-based fashion company, unwittingly helping to kick-start the 'Designer Toy' phenomenon. Jarvis subsequently created a dedicated toy company. Most recently Amos published the comic book adventure story 'Vortigern's Machine', co-written with Russell Waterman.

Maira Kalman was born in Tel Aviv. She is  the author/illustrator of 10 children's books  including the celebrated series about Max Stravinsky, the poet dog who travels around the world. She was commissioned to do a series of murals housed in Grand Central Terminal during its historic renovation. She is a  contributor to the NewYorker, the New York Times, Atlantic Monthly, and has designed fabrics for Isaac Mizrahi and mannequins for Ralph Pucci. Permanent exhibits of Kalman's work are in the Children's Museum of Manhattan and at MOMA. Kalman is now the CEO of M&Co, a multidisciplinary design studio whose clients include the MOMA, and Barnes & Noble. She currently lives in New York.

Todd Kelly. Graduated in Architecture at Andrews University, Berrien Springs and MFA at the School of Visual Arts, New York and Full Fellowship Residency at the Vermont Studio Center. He now lives and works in London and in the last 2 years his work was featured in the group show ‘Hidden Talents’ at the National Portrait Gallery, London, George Polke Invites, Vertigo Gallery, London, SevenSeven Contemporary, London, and a Solo Show at Idiom Gallery, New York, Broadway Gallery, NY, Visual Arts Gallery, NY (SVA).
fmsartst@hotmail.com

David Kerekes is co-founder of Headpress and co-author of the books Killing For Culture and See No Evil. He remembers vividly the first record albums he ever bought: Let It Be by the Beatles and Monster Mash by Bobby (Boris) Pickett and the Crypt-Kickers -- too young to fully appreciate one; too grown up to like much of the other. He has written for numerous publications in the mainstream and alternative press.
www.headpress.com

Anita Kunz was born in Toronto in 1956, and attended Ontario College of Art. Since then she has worked for international magazines, publishers and advertising agencies, including The New York Times, GQ, Sony Music, and Random House. Using a combination of watercolors and gouache, she has produced critically acclaimed paintings which have been featured in galleries world wide. She conducts lectures at universities and institutions and has been honoured with prestigious awards. Her works are in the permanent collections at the Library of Congress and Musee Militaire de France in Paris. She currently lives in Toronto where she continues to work and teach. www.anitakunz.com

Egon Lastad was born in 1979 and he studied graphic design at the University College for the Creative Arts at Epsom from 2003 to 2006. Entered the D&Ad Global Student Awards 2006 in the category Graphic Design, Environmental Poetry, and was published in the D&Ad Global Student Awards, 2006 Student Annual. Published in Digit "New Blood 2006 D&Ad Graduate Showcase Special Edition" (No 102, July, 2006). He works in the fields of pictogram design, font design and logo design in the company Quack.
He lives in Oslo, Norway. E-mail egon@quack.no

Simon Levandowski was educated at the Royal College of Art. Recent solo shows include: Seconds: the imperfect artwork, Ireland, Crimes of Futility No.8: The Artstmachine, Leeds City Art Gallery, Crimes of Futility No.8: The Artstmachine, Mediateca Brera, Milan, and There is No Promised Land Stay Where You Are, Cologne. Simon has also curated a number of shows, including Random Aggregate by Ben Woodeson, public sound installation for Leeds Fine Art Projects, Steve Bell Does Art, Leeds University Gallery, and Art To Make & Do.
www.lewandowski.lowtech.org

Ross Lovegrove was born in Wales and studied design at the Royal College of Art, London. In the early 80's he worked as a designer on projects such as walkmans for Sony and computers for Apple. When he moved to Paris he was invited to join the Atelier de Nimes, consulting to - amongst others - Cacharel, Louis Vuitton, Hermes and Dupont. Returning to London he has completed projects for many furniture, industrial, and product manufacturers. He is the winner of many international awards and his work has been published and exhibited internationally including the MOMA in New York, the Guggenheim Museum NY, Axis Centre in Japan, Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Design Museum in London.

Jake McGowan was born in Brighton and is currently living in Brixton London. He is working on his own publication "Scraps Of Why" after graduating from University of Arts London, with a (BA) in Photography. His work has been recently featured in Missbehave Magazine and has been exhibited along with a host of international artists as part of Beastmangoats, '6x4xloads' exhibition. He has also worked in collaboration with the playwright Oladipo Agboulage to produce work as part the Photo/Monologue project for the Soho Theatre London.
He has done illustration and imaging work for books including The Lip Man Virus Collection.
Solo shows are planned for New York and London.

Javier Marías Franco is a Spanish novelist, translator and columnist, born in Madrid. After attending the Complutense University of Madrid Marías turned his attention to translating English novels into Spanish. Some of the authors whom he translated include John Updike, Thomas Hardy, Vladimir Nabokov, and Robert Louis Stevenson. In 1979 he won the Spanish national award for translation for his version of Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy. After returning to original composition Marías won the 1997 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for his 1992 novel A Heart So White.
He was elected to armchair 57 of the Real Academia Española (Royal Spanish Academy) in 2006.

Mary Ellen Mark was born in Philadelphia and now resides in New York. Mark is a photojournalist known for her social documentary portraits. Her images of our world's diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography. She is a contributing photographer to The New Yorker and has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as LIFE, New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. Recently, Mary Ellen was presented with the Cornell Capa Award by the International Center of Photography. She has also received, among others, the Infinity Award for Journalism and a Walter Annenberg Grant.
www.maryellenmark.com

Girolamo Marri was born in Rome, Italy.  Girolamo Marri currently lives and works in London, where he complains a lot about the quality of food. Graduated at BA Fine Arts at Central Saint Martins School of the Arts in 2006, he is now working between Italy and U.K. He has an Illustration Diploma from Ecole Saint Luc in Brussels. Ongoing Exhibitions include ‘Cologne Online Film Festival’ and ‘Knee-jerk’, a group show at Byam Shaw School of Art.  In 2005, The Bus Stop Exhibition was a group show in bus stops on the 55 bus route 55 in London.

Kenneth Mckenzie is a Scottish man fashion designer living and working in London.  He is the founder and lead designer of the cult menswear company Sixeightsevensix, which is appreciated in many different countries. www.sixeightsevensix.com

Sandro Mele lives and works in Rome and Buenos Aires, having studied at Accademia Belle Arti in Venice. Represented by the Gallery L'union in Rome, he recently had group exhibition Layers at AKA Rome and solo shows in Todi Arte Festival and Area24 Gallery in Naples. People, and the individual in particular, are the theme of research of Sandro Mele, who combines several media, languages, between photography and painting.
www.lunion.it

Martina Meluzzi, architect, joined Sir Norman Foster's studio in 1999. After 6 years she has just set up her own studio Mai Architect and works as the Director with various commissions around the world.

Alessandro Mendini, architect, was born in Milan. In the 1980s, his theoretical contributions were important in promoting a renewal of Italian design called Nuovo Design. Significant objects put into production include the Vassilij armchair (1978-1979), tea and coffee services for Alessi (1983), the