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  • John Maeda Speaker 2013
    John Maeda
    Educator / Computer Scientist / Artist
    John Maeda is president of the Rhode Island School of Design.
    USA
  • Kiran Bir Sethi Speaker 2011
    Kiran Bir Sethi
    Education Activist
    Kiran Bir Sethi is the founder and director of The Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India, and founder of Design for Change, and aProCh.
    Ahmedabad, India
  • Speaker 2013
    Daan Roosegaarde
    Artist / Interaction Designer
    Daan Roosegaarde is an artist and innovator, interested in exploring the dawn of a new nature evolving from technological innovations.
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Prof John Heskett Speaker 2004
    John Heskett
    Academic
    Prof John Heskett (1937 – 2014) became possibly the most influential person ever within design education through his teaching and books.
    Chicago, USA
  • Andrew Shoben Speaker 2012
    Andrew Shoben
    Interaction Designer / Exhibition Designer
    Andrew Shoben creates art in pubic spaces, bringing art and a form of creative expression to urban areas where is usually nothing of the sort.
    Paris, France
  • Hellicar & Lewis Speaker 2012
    Hellicar & Lewis
    Artist / Interaction Designer
    Pete Hellicar and Joel Lewis use art, design and technology to create experiences that take people into the moment.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2012
    Sissel Tolaas
    Artist / Scent Expert / Scientist
    Scent expert Sissel Tolaas uses aspects of science, art and design to research and create works that relate to the human experience of smell.
    Berlin, Germany
  • Nobumichi Tosa Speaker 2009
    Nobumichi Tosa
    Artist / Performance Artist / Product Designer
    Nobumichi Tosa is a Japanese artist and founder of Maywa Denki, a design firm meets performance art collective.
    Japan
  • Speaker 2012
    Chris Milk
    Artist / Director / Digital Designer
    Chris Milk is an artist known best for his music video work, including the award-winning “The Johnny Cash Project” and Arcade Fire’s “The Wilderness Downtown”.
    USA
  • Teshia Treuhaft. Speaker 2014
    Teshia Treuhaft
    Artist / Communication Designer / Product Designer
    Teshia Treuhaft is an artist/designer with expertise in furniture and object design as well as communications design.
    Michigan, USA
  • Speaker 2009
    Javier Mariscal
    Artist / Graphic Designer
    Since Javier Mariscal took up a pencil in the 1970s to earn his living, his life and career have been characterised by his creative incontinence.
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Speaker 2013
    Jeanne van Heeswijk
    Interaction Designer / Artist
    Jeanne van Heeswijk is a visual artist specialising in interaction design. She will be speaking at Design Indaba Conference 2013.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2012
    Aaron Koblin
    Creative Director / Artist / Digital Designer
    Aaron Koblin leads the Data Arts Team in Google’s Creative Lab and is famed for his work on "The Wilderness Downtown" and "The Johnny Cash Project".
    San Francisco, USA
  • Joshua Davis Speaker 2002
    Joshua Davis
    Artist / Developer / Graphic Designer
    Joshua Davis is a New York-based artist, designer, and technologist producing both public and private work for companies, collectors, and institutions.
    New York, USA
  • Koto Bolofo Speaker 2006
    Koto Bolofo
    Photographer / Filmmaker
    Koto Bolofo is a South African born photographer, whose work appeared in some of the prestigious publications in the world.
    Paris, France
  • Nicolas Roope Speaker 2001
    Nicolas Roope
    Multidisciplinary Designer / Entrepreneur / Artist
    Nicolas Roope is a multidisciplinary designer, creative and entrepreneur.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Terry Jones Speaker 1999
    Terry Jones
    Photographer / Graphic Designer
    Terry Jones is the founder, editor-in-chief, creative director and publisher of i-D magazine.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2005
    Alison Jackson
    Photographer
    Alison Jackson is a fine artist and photographer.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Crispian Plunkett Speaker 2006
    Crispian Plunkett
    Photographer
    Crispain Plunkett was a South African photographer who sadly passed away in 2009.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Jonathan Comerford Speaker 1995
    Jonathan Comerford
    Artist
    Printmaker Jonothan Comerford is a well-respected artist and founder of Hard Ground Printmakers.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2013
    Daniel Charny
    Curator
    Daniel Charny is an independent curator and cofounder of creative projects consultancy From Now On.
    United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2003
    David Doubilet
    Photographer
    David Doubilet is honoured to have his underwater imagery considered to be among the best by editors, peers and colleagues the world over.
    Clayton, USA
  • Speaker 2010
    Wooster Collective
    Curator
    The Wooster Collective are husband-and-wife team Marc and Sara Schiller.
    New York, USA
  • Oliviero Toscani Speaker 2001
    Oliviero Toscani
    Photographer
    Oliviero Toscani is an Italian photographer best known for his controversial advertising campaigns for Benetton.
    Italy
  • John Maeda Speaker 2013
    John Maeda
    Educator / Computer Scientist / Artist
    John Maeda is president of the Rhode Island School of Design.
    USA
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