Danylo Haidamakha

Danylo graduated from Taras Shevchenko KNU Institute of Journalism in Media Production (2021); Ukrainian Catholic University in History (2023). Has been blogging about the Ukrainian language and identity since 2017, becoming the first Ukrainian-language blogger with more than 100,000 followers on TikTok. He filmed short videos about the rules of the Ukrainian language, patriotism, and recommendations on how to switch from Russian to Ukrainian. He is currently working on the radio blog “Sign of Transition” on Radio Culture.

She has been engaged in calligraphy since 2015, a graduate of the majority of courses at the “Art i Ya” school. She studied Chinese calligraphy with master Chi Shaoting. Currently, she is the curator of the course on calligraphy with a minibrush pen at “Art i Ya”. Having 8 years of experience in graphic design, Anna successfully combines it with calligraphy skills. She creates book covers and works with fashion brands. She participates in Ukrainian and international exhibitions.

Kateryna has a personal brand — Salve scriptorium. She creates book miniatures, copies of historical initials, and popularizes medieval written culture. She collaborated with Vitalii Mitchenko on the book “Calligraphy: Interactions of fonts…” (Laurus, 2018). Since 2018, she has been a participant in reconstruction festivals. She is engaged in researching the forms and decoration of Latin initials in the Middle Ages. A graduate and teacher of courses at the “Art i Ya” calligraphy school.

I am 55 years old. The city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region. More than 30 years of experience in librarianship. Director of the KZ “Nikopol City Centralized Library System” — 9 years. We work under shellings, we make sure the population of the city is together with the reading and writing community of the country and the world. Thanks to the initiative of the Ukrainian PEN, we replenish the funds with Ukrainian- and English-language literature. We are working for victory.

Olena was born on December 5, 1967. In 1985, she graduated from secondary school No. 2 in the city of Zaporizhzhia. In 1992–1997, she studied at the Kharkiv State Institute of Culture. In 1991, she started working at the Zaporizhia Regional Universal Scientific Library as a librarian; in 2002, she was the head of the department of documents in foreign languages; and since 2014, she is the deputy director.

Born and living in Kyiv, Oleksii worked in glossy print publications — he followed an interesting path from a designer to editor-in-chief; later he gained experience as an art director in international advertising agencies, managed design departments in Ukrainian techno-retailers and biotechnology multinational companies. 25 years of experience in visual communication design plus love for technocraft inspired him to found the first Ukrainian RISO studio.

Deputy Director for International Cooperation of the Ukrainian Book Institute, Coordinator of the Translate Ukraine Translation Support Program, ENLIT (European Network for Literary Translation) member. She has more than 13 years of experience as a leading marketing specialist in one of the biggest publishing houses and bookstore chain in Ukraine.

Anna Ivanenko has been working as an illustrator since 2013. She mostly works with the media, draws for books and advertising projects. Between 2015 and 2021, she has also been a curator of an illustration course at Projector design school in Kyiv. In 2015, together with Zhenya Polosina, she founded the Seri/graph studio. Together they work on comics, create zines and various exhibition projects.

Kutsenko was born in Vinnytsia in June 1981; he got a high education degree in economics. By 2018, he had around 20 years of professional activity in business. Since 2014, he has become a volunteer to help Volunteer fighters and AFU. In 2022, he continued volunteering, and also has joined the international journalist community to cover Russian aggression and war crimes.

Born in 1965 in Mariupol, Oleg graduated from school with honours. He graduated from the aviation technical school, and worked as an aircraft mechanic in Donetsk for 10 years. He self-studied the basics of graphic design, since 1995 he worked as an art director in RA. In 2003, he founded his own graphic design studio. In 2014, because of the war, he moved to Kyiv. In 2015, he started teaching graphic design and branding at the European Design School Ukraine. In 2023, he founded the first risography studio in Ukraine.