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Philipp Albers is a freelance journalist and writer, focusing especially on internet culture, digital media, and cultural history. He frequently reviews books for Breitband and Radiofeuilleton on Deutschlandradio Kultur. In 2011 he co-authored (together with Holm Friebe) Was Sie schon immer über 6 wissen wollten (What You Always Wanted to Know About 6), a popular non-fiction book about number psychology, and MIMIKRY – Das Spiel des Lesens (2016), a literary-salon-game-cum-book, containing a collection of fake beginnings of famous and not-so-famous novels. He was Program Director at the American Academy in Berlin for a number of years and holds an M.A. in American studies, cultural studies, and philosophy.

A graphic designer and illustrator, Martin Baaske has always liked working in the twilight zone between these two professions. This liminal existence has led to an evolving iconic graphic language and an ever-expanding client universe that includes notorious rapper Kool Savas, numerous publishing houses and design agencies, and the world's leading chemical company, BASF. Martin Baaske is an enthusiastic UFO hunter and practices martial arts.

Holm Friebe, economist, author, and strategist, has been one of the chief editors of the award-winning blog Riesenmaschine and a teaching professor of design theory at the Hochschule der Künste in Zurich and the Kunsthochschule Kassel. His non-fiction book Wir nennen es Arbeit – die Digitale Bohème oder Intelligentes Leben jenseits der Festanstellung (co-authored with Sascha Lobo) was a bestseller. His latest work is Die Stein-Strategie - von der Kunst, nicht zu handeln. NEON magazine ranked him among "the 100 most important young Germans" in 2006.

After getting his degree in graphic design in Münster, Thomas Weyres worked as a freelancer for various publishing houses and media companies like MTV, DIE ZEIT, and SonyBMG. In 2011 he co-founded the social reading platform dotdotdot where he is developing the visual identity and user experience of the reading app. Thomas supports exciting projects as a trustee of the Awesome Foundation Berlin and gives workshops for students from time to time.