Branko Lukic is an AI Visionary, and an award-winning designer and innovator. Most recently Branko was AI and Design Fellow at the Swiss-American multinational Logitech where he cofounded the Creative & Design AI Lab. Prior to that he founded NONOBJECT studio, a design and innovation studio focused on positive disruption. Branko is also the author of the book Nonobject, published by MIT Press and by Tsinghua University Press in China. His focus in on AI product vision and innovation • Human AI collaboration • Team leadership • Cross functional AI design • Model in the loop prototyping • AI Workflow research and development • AI Transformation • Taste and judgment.

Building the missing layer between human creativity and frontier AI

Branko is an AI Visionary who builds the layer that is missing between human creativity and frontier AI. This is the layer that transforms how people amplify their design and innovation impact - without losing their creative fingerprint.

Borja Martinez Pérez founded the graphic design studio Lo Siento in Barcelona in 2007. Its philosophy is based on creativity, innovation and constant experimentation, with a strong commitment to artisanal processes. Taking a multidisciplinary approach—branding, typography, illustration, packaging, and art direction—the studio tackles each project with originality, attention to detail, and a manual touch that gives each piece a unique dimension. It has worked for brands such as The Washington Post, Adidas, El Bulli, Audi and Disfrutar, and has been recognised with Laus, Graffica, ADCE and D&AD awards. With identity as its central axis, Lo Siento fuses graphic and industrial design in material and emotional proposals, defending its essence: branding with a sense of touch. Borja is an AGI Member from 2016.

HAND THINKING

"Hand Thinking" is a conference that champions the value of manual and artisanal work in the digital age. I will present how, at Lo Siento, we continue to focus on craftsmanship as a creative force and distinctive feature in the field of graphic design and brand creation. A conscious countertrend to the digital tsunami, demonstrating that hands remain a living, relevant and essential tool for creation.

Mouna Andraos and Melissa Mongiat are the duo behind Daily tous les jours, an award-winning art and design studio working in an emergent field of practice that combines interactive art, storytelling, performance, and urban design to reinvent living together for the 21st century. Established in Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal in 2010, with permanent and temporary installations created in more than 60 cities around the world, their work encourages citizens to play an active role in the transformation of their cities, with the public spaces we share everyday as their canvas.

Strangers Need Strange Moments Together

In a world of crisis, what does it mean to create meaningful work? How do we question our preconceptions, bring about impact and change, while working actively to infuse optimism and joy into whatever comes next? As designers and artists, how can we rethink our practice so that it more actively contributes to a future worth living in?

Building on existing projects and case studies, this talk will explore how art and technology can emphasize the joyful, whimsical, and unexpected, to create moments that become catalysts for more resilient communities. Bringing bodies, minds and spirits together in laughter and joy is a proposition we need for the survival of what’s left of our humanity. Enchanted moments as resistance.

Robert Hodgin is a digital artist and co-founder of Rare Volume. His work blends simulation, data, and generative systems to explore movement, erosion, and visual complexity. He has created large-scale installations, interactive experiences, and real-time visualizations for museums, festivals, and brands worldwide. His recent talks focus on creative process, computational aesthetics, and the shifting role of the artist in the age of AI.

Why Bother: Creativity After AI

A couple years ago, I spent weeks hand-building a generative system. I adjusted constraints, obsessed over details, and waited through long renders. Then I asked an AI to try something similar. It produced results in seconds. The results were good enough that I found myself asking a question I never expected to ask. Why bother? This talk starts from that question. It is not a rejection of AI, but an attempt to understand what still matters when creative labor becomes fast and automated. I will share examples from my own work and argue that meaning is no longer just in the output, but in the process, the problem-solving, and the struggle along the way.