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  • Speaker 2015
    Sindiso Khumalo
    Fashion Designer
    Sindiso Khumalo is a sustainable textile designer based in Cape Town.
    London, United Kingdom
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    Neil Harbisson
    Contemporary Artist / Cyborg Activist
    The contemporary artist and cyborg activist
    United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2018
    Nicolás Kisic Aguirre
    Sound artist
    Architect and sound artist.
    Lima, Peru
  • Speaker
    Ellie Frymire
    Communication Designer
    Ellie recognised the power of meaningful design and intentional presentation of data.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker
    Kacper Pietrzykowski
    Product Designer
    Kacper is a graduate of the Design and Engineering Master's programme at Politecnico di Milano (Italy).
    Italy
  • Speaker
    Kye Shimizu
    Designer
    A designer who works closely with researchers and designers to inquire upon the relationships of real and virtual, analog and digital.
    Japan
  • Speaker
    Steph Foster
    Artist
    His work combines sound and music with visual media to tell stories of mass incarceration and reconciliation within urban communities.
    USA
  • Speaker
    Carolien Niebling
    Designer
    “Food is fascinating because it is an ever evolving substance where development will never stop.”
    Netherlands
  • Speaker
    Mirjam de Bruijn
    Product Designer
    Mirjam de Bruijn's work questions the way we use our everyday products.
    Netherlands
  • Faith XLVII Speaker 2010
    Faith XLVII
    Artist
    Faith XLVII is an internationally acclaimed street- and studio-based artist currently living in Cape Town, South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lebo Mashile Speaker 2018
    Lebo Mashile
    Performance Artist
    An award-winning writer, presenter, actress and activist.
    South Africa
  • Speaker
    Pascale Theron
    Designer
    Pascale Theron was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, but recently graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
    South Africa, Eindhoven
  • Speaker
    Olof Schybergson
    Design Director / Digital Designer
    An internationally recognized domain expert and thought leader.
    Finland
  • Speaker
    Shaina Garfield
    Designer
    Shaina Garfield’s creative interests are at the intersection of environmentalism, disability studies, and food equality.
    USA
  • Speaker
    Nicole Nomsa Moyo
    Designer
    Nicole Nomsa Moyo is a Zimbabwean born, South African citizen, living and working as an Urban Designer in the city of Toronto.
    Zimbabwe, South Africa
  • Speaker
    Freyja Sewell
    Designer
    Freyja Sewell is a designer who creates for the mind.
    United Kingdom
  • Tin&Ed Speaker
    Tin&Ed
    Graphic Designer
    Tin&Ed are creative directors and artists working between New York and Melbourne Australia.
    Australia
  • Keenan Wyrobek Speaker
    Keenan Wyrobek
    Engineer
    The founder of Zipline, the world's only drone delivery service gets life-saving medical supplies and blood to the most remote places on Earth.
    USA
  • Adebayo Oke-Lawal Speaker
    Adebayo Oke-Lawal
    Fashion Designer
    The founder of Orange Culture, a clothing line movement that covers universal silhouettes with an African aesthetic.
    Lagos, Nigeria
  • Alice Rawsthorn Speaker
    Alice Rawsthorn
    Author / Design Critic
    Design critic and the author of the critically acclaimed books Design as an Attitude and Hello World: Where Design Meets Life.
    London, United Kingdom
  • NM type Noel Pretorius and Maria Ramos Speaker
    NM type
    Typographer
    NM type is a collaborative type foundry between typeface designers Noel Pretorius and María Ramos.
    Sweden, Spain
  • Speaker
    Markus Kayser
    Designer
    The German designer's work focuses on novel design and digital fabrication processes at the intersection of design, technology, and biology.
    Germany
  • Kagiso Lediga Speaker
    Kagiso Lediga
    Comedian / Director / Writer
    Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film director.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Yves Béhar Speaker 2006
    Yves Béhar
    Industrial Designer
    Yves Béhar is the founder of the San Francisco and New York integrated design agency, fuseproject.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Speaker 2015
    Sindiso Khumalo
    Fashion Designer
    Sindiso Khumalo is a sustainable textile designer based in Cape Town.
    London, United Kingdom
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