CO-FOUNDER/CO STORE DIRECTOR
Sarah Mesritz
BOARD JEWELLERY IN CULTURE FOUNDATION
Frederique Beaumont, Cathelijne Engelkes, Martijn van Ooststroom, Noon Passama
CREATIVE STRATEGY
Frank Verkade
BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR
Jake Finan
BUSINESS COORDINATOR
Babette Kolff
OPERATIONS MANAGER
Hannah van den Elzen
HEAD OF DIGITAL PUBLISHING
Veronika Muráriková
EDITOR DIGITAL PUBLISHING
isabel wang pontoppidan
JUNIOR EDITOR
Dominika Szmidt
ART DIRECTION & GRAPHIC DESIGN
Ieva Jakusa
Minhu Jun
JUNIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Michalina Wojtkewicz
Extended Team
PROJECT MANAGER MJW
Vivian Morad
PROJECT COORDINATOR OBSESSED!
Nadine Helmy Khalif
WORK GROUP OBSESSED!
Kalkidan Hoex, Astrid Ubbink, isabel wang pontoppidan, Jonathan Ho, Hannah van den Elzen, Kelly van Gemert
WEBSITE DESIGN
Ranno Ait
OBSESSED! + MJW WEBSITES
Ranno Ait and Sven Raju of WWW
GEMZ PAGE
Design by Sven Raju; Graphics by Tobias Groot
UNDISCIPLINED PAGE
Design by Ranno Ait; Graphic Design by Linda Beumer; Artwork by Fanja Bouts
CO STORE
Design by Ranno Ait; Typography and design elements by Amelia Haines
PRINTERS
Graphius, Belgium
Rodi Media, The Netherlands
KOPA, Lithuania
DISTRIBUTION
Public Knowledge Books, London, UK
EDITORIAL INTERNSHIPS
Lizzie Abbott, Farah Abdelhamid, Elena Aldrighetti, Rae Brown, Katja van Deurzen, Julia Fischer, Vica Gábor, Maria Geuke, Sonia Górecka, Amelia Haines, Sung Hyun Hwang, Hadar Lioz, Kristina Merchant, Jonas Mindaugas Paberzis, Poppy Monk, Veronika Muráriková, Sofia Nikolaeva, Vivan R. Morad, Namh Paul, Annelisse Pfeifer, Roanne Sanchez-Watts, Rebecca Schena, Samantha Sloane, Greg Sutherland, Dominika Szmidt, Ava Vakili, Michalina Wojtkewicz, Holly Zambonini, Ray Zheng
Contributors
EDITORS
Chris van der Kaap
Margaret Munchheimer
Kellie Riggs
Rebecca Schena
Mariah Tuttle
COPY EDITORS
Clem Edwards
Gemma Doll-Grossman
Nina Moog
Will Pollard
WRITERS
Makiko Akiyama, Liesbeth den Besten, Maurits de Bruijn, Hou Chien Cheng, Aaron Patrick Decker, Clementine Edwards, Gossip Frau, Anna Greer, Adam Grinovich, Jing He, Geralda Jurriaans-Helle, Colombe d’Humieres, Chris van der Kaap, Frank Koolen, Xue Jing Lim, Case Miller & Joris Lindhout, Doris Maninger, Kamal Nassif, Kellie Riggs, Mariah Tuttle, Julia Walter, Huib Haye van der Werf, Anna-Lena Werner, Veronika Muráriková, Rebecca Schena, Ashley Khirea Wahba
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Rachel de Joode, severafrahm – Mirka Laura Severa & Michael Frahm, DAN/NAD – Nhat-Vu Dang & Dang-Vu Dang, Jan Hoek, Christoph Sagel / SAGEL AND KRZYKOWSKI, Emile Barret, Ester Grass Vergara, Peter Thomas, Linda Beumer, PUTPUT, Trey Wright, Nora Turato, Thomas Albdorf, Allyson Riggs, Johan Rosenmunthe, Imke Ligthart, Elza Jo, Peggy Kuiper, Senta Simond, Olya Oleinic
ART DIRECTORS/CURATORS
Marcel van Kan, Sagel and Krzykowski, Evelien Bracke, DEPOT BASEL: Rebekka Kiesewetter, Matylda Krzykowski, Laura Pregger, Elias Schäfer, Moritz Walther, IOIA, Anneleen Swillen
COMMISSIONED PIECE BY PIECE ARTISTS
Noon Passama, Atelier Ted Noten, Boris de Beijer & Lonneke van der Palen, Jasper Griepink & Janneke Raaphorst, Volker Atrops
Special Thanks
Marjan Unger, Marcel van Kan, Jantje Fleischhut, Nhat-Vu Dang and Dang-Vu Dang, Willemijn de Wit, Niki van Rooij, Ruudt Peters, Liesbeth den Besten, Elena Rizzi, Chiaralice Rizzi, Karin De Buysere, René Darmont, Paul Derrez, Ted Noten, Dr. Petra Hölscher, Lissie Kieser, Sylvia Katzwinkel & 84Ghz, Rob Koudijs, Marta Costas Reyes, Rut-Malin Baklund, Sofia Björkman, Bella Neyman, JB Jones, Ashley Khirea Wahba, Pravu Mazumdar, Herman Hermsen, Benedikt Fischer, Stefan Auberg, Fred Mesritz, Fleur Mesritz, Renée van Niekerk, Tatiana Elenskaya, Chris and Lev van der Kaap, Ismail Ahmic, Ulrike Jurklies
STRATEGY
2025-2028 Four-year creative strategy, fund-raising, and creative collaborations by Guusje de Bruin and Frank Verkade
2022+ Financial and fundraising strategy developed by Niels Engel
2021+ overall professionalisation strategy developed by BlueYard, Geert Boogaard and Margot Gerené
2017 professionalisation coaching by Roel van Herpt & Victoria Meniakina of Agency Agency
FORMER TEAM MEMBERS
FINANCIAL COORDINATORS/FUNDRAISERS
Guusje de Bruin (2023-2024)
Niels Engel (2022-2023)
ART DIRECTORS & GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
Sonia Górecka (2024-2025)
Linda Beumer (2012-2024)
Sepus Noordmans (2017-2020)
Anna Hennerdal (2012-2017)
BOARD MEMBER
Alessandra Marocco (2022-2024)
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