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Bjarke Ingels worked for OMA in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He then co-founded PLOT Architects in 2001 and founded BIG Bjarke Ingels Group in 2005. Through numerous award-winning projects, he has earned a reputation for designing cost- and resource-conscious, yet programmatically and technically innovative buildings, including the Crown Prince of Denmark's Culture Award in 2011, the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2004, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Award for Excellence, among others; in 2016, TIME magazine named Bjarke one of the 100 most influential people in the world today.

NIGO founded his own clothing brand in 1993, which gained immense popularity around the world and laid the foundation for the "street fashion" scene that continues to this day. In 2010, he launched a new brand HUMAN MADE, and in addition to serving as creative director for other companies, NIGO has also been active in various fields from music to food and beverage. From 2020 to 2021, he presented two collections with LOUIS VUITTON. In September 2021, he was appointed artistic director of the Parisian fashion brand KENZO.

Snøhetta is a transdisciplinary practice including architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, art, product design, graphic and digital design, often integrating a combination of disciplines across its projects. From the beginning in Norway in 1989, Snøhetta's approach has been framed by environmental and cultural sensitivity, inspired by the Brundtland Commission's UN report on sustainability, released in 1987.