Nicola la Noce is an architect and co-founder of the Bengaluru-based architecture and design practice Kumar La Noce. Originally from Italy, he brings a cross-cultural perspective to contemporary architectural discourse, drawing on both European modernist traditions and South Asian spatial practices. His work spans residential, institutional and cultural projects, with a focus on contextual design, material experimentation and ecological responsiveness. Nicola is actively involved in academic and curatorial initiatives and has lectured on architecture and urbanism at institutions in India and abroad.

Matheus Leston is an artist, musician and creative technologist whose interdisciplinary practice spans Brazil and Europe. With a background in multimedia development and a focus on interactive storytelling, his work explores the intersections of digital technology, cultural memory, and ecological awareness. Leston has collaborated with academic and cultural institutions across Latin America and Europe, contributing to projects that integrate design, media, and critical historiography.

Osmond Tshuma is a graphic designer based between Zimbabwe, South Africa and New York. His work is informed by a strong interest in political and social narratives, particularly within the context of African identity and activism. Drawing inspiration from designers such as Paul Peter Piech, Tshuma engages with archival material, typography, and illustration to create posters and visual artefacts centred on activist voices. He has presented his work in international forums and is recognised for his contribution to socially engaged graphic design.

Ishita Shah is trained as an interior designer and an architectural historian. Over the last few years, she has been developing a community-based curatorial practice, focusing on cultural preservation and creative collaborations across individuals, families, and organizations invested in making invisible histories visible from India and South Asia. Her work is situated under the aegis of a self-founded collective, Curating for Culture, where two critical initiatives have emerged: a six-month-long incubation program called Constructing Personal Archives and a digital repository of histories of women practitioners from Indian architecture and allied disciplines, Women of Vaastukala. She is currently a consulting archivist and curator at Pattani Archives, Bhavnagar; Queer India Archives, Mumbai; Glenmorgan Estate, Ooty; and Shreyas Foundation, Ahmedabad. She also teaches across various programs at the intersection of design, history, curation, and technology.

Ishita has previously worked with Biome Environmental Solutions Pvt. Ltd. to curate their recent publication, Biome Diaries: Ecological Architecture from India, as well as collaborated with organizations like the National Centre for Biological Sciences, INTACH Bengaluru, Arthshila Ahmedabad, the Ministry of Culture at Govt. of India; to curate and develop a wide range of public interpretation projects. Before this, she was an educator and the coordinator to the UNESCO Chair in Culture, Habitat, and Sustainable Development at the Srishti Institute of Art, Design, and Technology. She has also been the founding archivist and oral historian at CEPT Archives and worked with the Royal Institute of British Architects (UK), INSITE Magazine, SPADE India Research Cell, and Design Innovation and Craft Resource Centre.

Ishita has been a secondment to the OMHI research project funded by the European Union (2024), a fellowship student at The Alternative Art School (2022), a Khoj CISA Fellow (2021), and a Graham Foundation Grant recipient (2020).