1. Odette da Silva is a doctoral researcher in Design Aesthetics at Delft University of Technology. She combines conceptual and experimental approaches to studying how people's aesthetic appreciation of products is affected by their knowledge of the designers' intentions or intended effects. Her research is part of Project UMA ().
2. Nathan Crilly is a senior lecturer in Engineering Design at the University of Cambridge. His research interests are in the areas of design, technology and communication. He employs an interdisciplinary approach to studying how artifacts are developed, the properties they exhibit, and the ways in which people respond to them.
3. Paul Hekkert is a full professor of Form Theory in the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology. He conducts research on the ways products impact human experience and behavior. He is co-editor of Product Experience (2008) and co-author of Vision in Design: A Guidebook for Innovators (2011).