Haika Hinze is the leading art director at the German weekly newspaper DIE ZEIT and has been with the newspaper since 1997. DIE ZEIT is Germany’s most successful weekly newspaper, famous for its independent and sophisticated journalism. In 2013, DIE ZEIT won numerous design awards including the first prize of the Society for News Design/USA as the “world’s best designed newspaper.” In 1998, Haika Hinze was part of the team led by Mario Garcia responsible for the new design. Ever since, she has been working on various aspects of design at the newspaper’s publishing house. Initially, she was responsible for the “Leben” department until she became the leading art director of the print version as well as the app “ZEITApp” in 2005.

Jelka Lerche (* 1987) completed her degree in editorial design at the Institute of Design in Hamburg in 2012. A placement at the German weekly “Die Zeit” during her studies led to an inspiring collaboration with the newspaper, where she has been employed as one of four infographic designers since 2012. Among other things, she is responsible for the development and implementation of ideas regarding the weekly infographics page on knowledge. For her portrayal of the Syrian conflict, she was given the dpa Infographics award in November 2014. In addition to her work for “Die Zeit”, she has worked on projects for various agencies and publishers such as Campus Verlag, Thieme publishing group and Gräfe und Unzer.