Javier Peña Ibáñez is an architect based in Madrid and working as a curator, researcher, educator, and consultant in the fields of architecture, design, and urbanism. He is Founder and Director of Concéntrico, the International Festival of Design and Architecture in Logroño, Spain. Nick Axel is an architect, editor, educator, and curator. He is Deputy Editor of e-flux Architecture and Head of the Architectural Design department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam.