In 2016, Antje launched this magazine – undeterred by the chorus of “Print is dead!” Alongside this, she also runs the agency C/O VIENNA Publishing (formerly Redaktionsbuero Ost) and has a passion for exploring journalism in ever-evolving forms. Her secret weakness? Science! Her bedside table is piled high with books on astrophysics. “They calm me,” she says – and she’s entirely serious. As a freelance journalist, she spent years reporting from Eastern Europe, making documentaries, writing books, and teaching the Master Class in Communication Design at the Graphische in Vienna. For Doctors Without Borders Austria, she relaunched their magazine and worked as an editor.

Elisa is our new deputy Editor in Chief and is currently exploring what BERLIN has to offer in terms of fashion and culture. Before that, she studied FASHION JOURNALISM & COMMUNICATION in Berlin and completed internships at Numéro Berlin and Fräulein Magazin. Besides writing, the native Styrian collects INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE and loves to climb mountains.

Lesia is a multimedia creator from Eastern Ukraine. She’s all about the power of co-creation, envisioning a future where biological systems, space, humans, and tech come together in harmony. She is studying for a Master's degree in TIME-BASED MEDIA at the University of Art and Design Linz and her work has been exhibited in galleries and events across Austria, the UK, Brazil, Portugal, and Spain. Obsessed with experimental art, analogue film, alternative coffee and occasionally sharing her night dreams with AI.

Rahel is studying communication design in Wiesbaden since 2021 and has a particular soft spot for designing and conceptualizing magazines. She discovered her passion for writing at a volunteer cultural magazine in the Rhine-Main region. She enjoys reporting on music and feels at home wherever it sounds like indie, rock or new (Neue) Deutsche Welle. When she is not writing or designing, she has been dancing through the world of modern dance since her childhood.

David keeps standing by C/O Vienna Magazine with all his great ideas and sense of humor. As he now teaches Art, his students too will benefit from his creativity and said sense of humor. He studied and worked at the UNIVERSITÄT FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST IN VIENNAand as a freelance artist and photographer. After a longer stay in Tokio, he developed a keen INTEREST IN ANYTHING JAPANESE and an equally great passion for beautiful fabrics.

Julia (Jules) studied THEATER AND MEDIA STUDIES AND SOCIOLOGY in Nuremberg and Vienna. She discovered her passion for journalism through internships at the radio and C/O Vienna Magazine. She loves INTERVIEWING MUSICIANS and writing about the music scene. At night, she can be found either serving drinks in a bar or at concerts, which she prefers to going to a club. Somewhere in between, she practices yoga, dances contemporary dance and is inspired by POETRY. 

In addition to her extensive career as a newspaper, radio, and TV journalist, and as a presenter for Austrian private broadcaster ATV, she has also performed on various stages as a singer. After studying vocal performance at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, she pursued a diploma in textile design – simply because it seemed fascinating – and later became a certified voice coach. She is also the editor-in-chief of the Volkshilfe magazine.

Eva was born in Upper Austria in 1990. She studied theatre, film and media studies as well as journalism and communication studies in Vienna, Copenhagen and Berlin. 2015 - 2017 she worked for BRUT WIEN, today she is an independent PRODUCTION MANAGER in the field of dance and performance. She also works as a freelance editor. She thinks yoga is great, as well as "SAURE RADLER".

Magdalena studied journalism at the Vienna University of Applied Sciences and completed internships at classic Austrian daily newspapers until she committed herself to the cultural sector. She likes contemporary dance, documentary photography, proverbs and excursions outside her cozy, warm bubble. 

The Serbian-Austrian photographer and artist Maša lives and works between Vienna and Berlin. She studied Applied Photography and Time-Based Media at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and photographs for fashion labels, artists like Bibiza, Jugo Ürdens, and Keke, as well as magazines like i-D, ZEIT, and Das Wetter. Her provocative work has been showcased in numerous solo and group exhibitions. In her Vienna studio, Studio Steroid, she creates uncensored works, which she shares with over 26,000 followers on Instagram.

Vivienne is studying Applied Photography and Time-Based Media at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. She focuses on portraiture, finding the intersection of staged and documentary approaches particularly intriguing. When not behind the camera, she spontaneously explores new places (often planning “ridiculously” long day trips), hikes, or cooks for friends. Her favourite retreat? The cinema – three times a week in a good week.

Vitya is part of the photography collective Gorsad Kyiv, founded in 2011 in Kyiv. Their projects have been exhibited in galleries in New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Kyiv, and Athens. Born in Kyiv in 1986, Vitya studied at the Mykhailo Boichuk Kyiv State Institute of Decorative Applied Arts and Design. Since the summer of 2022, he has been living in Vienna. Mermaids, boys and girls, and paradise? For Gorsad Kyiv, these are more than just motifs – they’re statements celebrating freedom, youth, and rebellion.

She graduated from the University of Art and Industrial Design in Linz and spent nearly two decades living and working in New York. Now based in the picturesque Salzkammergut, she works as an artist and cultural manager at the intersection of communication and art for various projects. Until recently, she also served as a curator for the Cultural Capital Salzkammergut.

Daniela studied Linguistics and German Studies at the University of Vienna. Her love for language is evident in her work as a writing coach and editor. In her free time, she enjoys a mix of walking, classical singing, haikus, and heavy metal. She admires the writings of Dorothy Parker and Neil Gaiman.

The Vienna-based branding and graphic studio Seite Zwei, led by Christian Begusch, Stefan Mayer, and Christoph Schörkhuber, has been designing our annual print magazine for years – with great success. Their projects have won numerous international awards. They are also responsible for the new corporate design of C/O Vienna Publishing. Their clients include the Vienna Tourist Board, the Architekturzentrum Wien, the Klima Biennale Wien, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, and the Tyrol Transport Association.

Our new online magazine was developed by the brilliant Vienna-based digital design studio Left. Tobias Zotter and his team of talented designers, developers, and animation specialists work – when they’re not collaborating with us – with international design studios, agencies, and clients from the business and cultural sectors.

Born and raised in New York exile, he began working as a translator at a young age – a profession he has continued for almost thirty years alongside an ever-growing list of other pursuits. Not just beautiful, but indescribably beautiful, is how he describes the German word “herbsteln“.

Since the first online and print edition, the duo based in Vienna has been on board with us as translators.