Naoise Nunn was living in Belfast, working odd jobs after finishing a politics degree before doing a “little bit of work” on Sky Cat Laughs comedy festival in 1996.

A design agency with their finger in all of the creative pies: architecture, furniture, exhibition making and photography.

Douglas Carson is co-founder of Carson and Crushell Architects which he runs with his wife Rosaleen Crushell who began their collaboration in 2003.

Independent curators Rosie Lynch and Hollie Kearns are based at Callan Workhouse Union, Co. Kilkenny.

Emmet Condon is Creative Director of Homebeat, a music promotion and production outfit with a particular interest in non traditional spaces. Homebeat started off as gigs in your living room.

Manchán Magan is a writer, traveller and television maker. He has made over 30 travel documentaries focusing on issues of world culture and globalization.