Mojca Perše
Associate professor and BIG SEE Nominator Mojca Perše is an architect, designer, and academic who serves as the Vice Dean for Artistic Activities at the Faculty of Design in Ljubljana. She combines professional practice with
Francesco Zurlo
Professor Francesco Zurlo, Full Professor of Product and Strategic Design and Dean of the School of Design at Politecnico di Milano, and BIG SEE Nominator, offers a timely reflection on the evolving role of
Zuzana Pastirčák Duchová
Zuzana Pastirčák Duchová, art historian, PhD in Spatial Planning, editor-in-chief of Koncept Magazine, and BIG SEE Nominator, reflects on the ethics of measure and scale, and on architecture’s responsibility to define what is truly “just
Jasna Hrovatin
Jasna Hrovatin is an architect, designer, and professor at the Faculty of Design in Ljubljana, and a BIG SEE Nominator. Her distinguished career spans architecture, interior, and industrial design, earning her numerous national and
Iasmina Onescu
Iasmina Onescu is an architect, researcher, and lecturer at the Polytechnic University of Timișoara, specializing in the vulnerability assessment of historical buildings. She is a PhD supervisor in architecture, a CNATDCU member (2024–2028), and
Saimir Kristo
Prof. Assoc. Dr. Saimir Kristo is Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences and Creative Industries at Barleti University and Executive Director of the Architecture Fund in Albania. A practicing architect, he co-founded the
Ivan Mirkovski
Ivan Mirkovski, a BIG SEE Nominator, is a Macedonian architect, urbanist, and educator focusing on the social and ethical aspects of architecture. He is Professor of Urban Design at the University American College Skopje
Etleva Dobjani
Architect and urban planner Etleva Dobjani, BIG SEE Nominator and Lecturer as well as Head of the Department of Architecture and Design at Barleti University in Tirana, Albania, brings a critical academic perspective to
Gerdi Papa
Gerdi Papa, architect, product designer, researcher, and professor, serves as Head of the Department of Creative Industries at Barleti University in Tirana, Albania, and is a BIG SEE Nominator. He shares his reflection on
Nataša Perković
Product designer Nataša Perković from Sarajevo, founder of Studio Nataša Perković and educator at the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo, shares her thoughts for our 2026 festival theme “Too much? What is just
Alberto Campo Baeza
Architect Alberto Campo Baeza from Estudio Arquitectura Campo Baeza shares a short video reflection for our 2026 festival theme “Too much? What is just enough?”, answering the question: What does “just enough” mean to
Tadej Glažar
The question “Too much? What is just enough?” opens a reflection on the boundary between excess and balance in life, space, and culture. Excess is not always obvious – it can hide in information overload, in