Afsaneh has been actively working in the magazine world since 2005. She served as both the editor of nico magazine and associate publisher of Twin magazine, and has passionately written about the creative industries since then. In 2018 she decided to launch Icarus Complex and fill a gap in the market: there is increasing talk across many media platforms about various parts of the climate issue, but there is no dedicated publication that gathers all of this discourse within one umbrella while targeting a mainstream audience.

Sérgio Alves is an art director and designer at Atelier d ́alves, a studio he founded in 2013 in Porto. Since 2017 he has been teaching at ESMAD - School of Media Art and Design. He has worked on several publications as an art director, such as the newspaper Jornal Universitário do Porto, Drama magazine and Comunicae journal. In 2016 he was the Art Director invited by Cofina Media to develop a special edition with The New York Times.

Yatou Sallah is a Senegambian writer and editor with a background in cultural anthropology and political ecology. Her work explores how our culturally-informed relationships to land can guide the planning of climate-resilient futures. Now based in London, Yatou focuses on amplifying stories that contribute to climate action and environmental justice. Beside writing she enjoys playing guitar, photographing trees, and practicing capoeira. Yatou joined Icarus Complex as digital editor.

Helena St John has a Master’s degree from LSE in Environmental Economics and Climate Change. She joined Icarus Complex Magazine in January 2024. She is a researcher for the magazine, developing ideas for upcoming podcast, The Value Paradox. Helena researches stories for and manages the Icarus LinkedIn page. She has also helped launch a bookclub focusing on Environmental Economics literature.

Madeleine Bazil is a multidisciplinary artist and writer interested in memory, intimacy, and the ways we navigate worlds—real and imagined. Her directorial debut, Grandpa Ernest Speaks, has screened in film festivals globally and has been described as a ‘nuanced poetic representation of an intensely subjective experience’. As a photographer, she has exhibited in the UK, US, and South Africa. Her essays and criticism have appeared in Where The Leaves Fall, ArtThrob, and elsewhere, and her poetry has been anthologised and published in various journals. Her work is shaped by open questions of memory and of place, and how these questions shape identities and relationships—and she is consistently interested in creative, holistic, and non-anthropocentric understandings of the natural world. As Photo and Video Producer and editor for Icarus Complex, Madeleine sources, produces, and edits visual work for the magazine’s digital presence.

Mary is a Graphic Designer with a drive to make socially and environmentally conscious work. This translates across all of her work, which primarily takes the form of printed matter, film and interactive design. She takes inspiration from the world around her, often responding to local as well as global issues. In 2023 she graduated from Communication Design at The Glasgow School of art, and her work was nominated for GSA's Sustainability Award. She joined the Icarus team in 2024 as Social Media Manager.