University Professor

www.ferriere.org

A specialist in the history of luxury in modern times and in particular culinary arts and food culture through innovation, as well as consumption and transformation patterns. After 5 years as a high school teacher, Marc de Ferrière became a curator and archivist at the Musée de l’Orfèvrerie Bouilhet-Christofle silverware museum on which he wrote his thesis. A former lecturer in economic history at the University of Lille 3, since 2004, he has been a Professor at François-Rabelais University in Tours, where he specialises in the history of food.

Designer

Lukas Wanner is a brand designer and runs a design studio in Zürich. He drafts and creates brand profiles for businesses and products. He was raised in Bern and studied visual communication at the historic FHNW Academy of Art and Design in Basel. He spent 10 years working at creative agencies in Basel, Bern and Zürich, receiving several international design awards. Lukas Wanner is a member of the SGV (Association of Swiss Graphic Designers). 

A graduate in geography from the University of Lausanne, Diana Danko has been working as a freelance photographer and author since 2015. She prefers reporting techniques and shots in natural light. When not busy with her pen or camera, she likes taking time to drink tea, dance and smile at life.

Researcher, Educator

Shivani Bothra recently graduated from Florida International University, Miami, with an MA in religious studies. She is trained in yoga and Preksha meditation.

Journalist

Martin Beglinger has worked since 2003 for the Tages-Anzeiger magazine; it was here that his text about the festivities at Persepolis was first published.

Director of REDD

Pascal Bernardoni’s work has focused on supporting farmers associations and governments to adopt strategies for achieving product quality in the Balkans, the Caucasus, and more recently in Africa and Latin America.

Artist

Timon Botez (b. 1973) is a Norwegian-born jack-of-all-trades. When not busy making sausages for the Tantrum Sausage Club, he runs the Storck Gallery in Oslo, Norway.

Designer, educator

Sanjeev Bothra has a design studio in Jaipur (India), yet still travels around the world designing, teaching, learning and experiencing a great deal. Through the traditions of meditative living, he seeks to find a balance in the contemporary world.

Author

Nicolas Chatenier is a renowned observer of world cuisines. Over the past ten years he has worked with some of the world’s best chefs. He promotes their expertise through his agency Peacefulchef and his restaurant Table Ronde, which is located in the Marais in Paris