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  • Speaker 2010
    Wooster Collective
    Curator
    The Wooster Collective are husband-and-wife team Marc and Sara Schiller.
    New York, USA
  • Karin Fong Speaker 2011
    Karin Fong
    Director / Filmmaker / Motion Graphics Designer
    Karin Fong directs and designs for film, television, and environments. She is a founding member of production and design company Imaginary Forces.
    New York, USA
  • Blinky Bill Speaker 2017
    Blinky Bill
    Music Producer
    Nairobi-based "Blinky" Bill Sellanga is a singer-songwriter, beat maker, producer and one fourth of Kenyan art and music collective, Just a Band.
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Speaker 2009
    Keith Helfet
    Automotive Designer
    Keith Helfet is recognised for his work on the XJ-220, XK-180 and the F-Type under Jaguar Cars.
    International
  • David Butler. Photo: Brett Falcon. Speaker 2011
    David Butler
    Brand Specialist
    David Butler is responsible for leading the global design vision and strategy for the Coca-Cola Company.
    Atlanta, USA
  • Speaker 2010
    Boback Firoozbakht
    Design Consultant
    Responsible and sustainable design tactics
    Arlington, USA
  • Speaker 2006
    Valerie Steele
    Writer / Fashion Curator
    Valerie Steele has a PhD from Yale University and is director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), New York.
    New York, USA
  • Carina Bonse Speaker 2017
    Carina Bonse
    Art Director
    Carina "The Wizard" Bonse is an Art Direction and Design graduate from Red & Yellow, South Africa, who won Loerie Awards in her first, second and third years.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2008
    Doshi Levien
    Industrial Designer / Product Designer
    Doshi Levien is a London-based design partnership led by Jonathan Levien and Nipa Doshi.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Drew Haller Pro-account
    Drew Haller
    Creative Director
    Drew Haller is an emerging creative and arts and culture journalist
    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Speaker 2009
    Stephen Burks
    Product Designer
    With Readymade Projects Stephen, Burks has been responsible for creative design direction on projects from retail interiors and events to packaging.
    New York, USA
  • Omar Victor Diop Speaker 2015
    Omar Victor Diop
    Photographer
    This Senegalese photographer uses the medium to capture the diversity of modern African societies and lifestyles.
    Dakar, Senegal
  • Speaker
    Mirjam de Bruijn
    Product Designer
    Mirjam de Bruijn's work questions the way we use our everyday products.
    Netherlands
  • 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
  • Vinay Venkatraman Speaker 2014
    Vinay Venkatraman
    Industrial Designer / Interaction Designer
    Industrial and interaction designer Vinay Venkatraman is the CEO of Leapcraft – a design-driven innovation consultancy based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Helen Borg Pro-account
    Helen Borg
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    Helen Borg is a visual communications graduate with a penchant for the quirky, and a knack for fun conceptual design.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2008
    Maxim Velčovský
    Product Designer
    A graduate of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, Maxim Velčovský focuses on the design of products and their context.
    Prague, Czech Republic
  • Victor Dlamini Pro-account
    Victor Dlamini
    Photographer
    Victor Dlamini is a social observer, writer, photographer and global traveller.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Athi-Patra Ruga Speaker 2014
    Athi-Patra Ruga
    Artist
    Athi-Patra Ruga is an artist who explores the border-zones between fashion, performance and contemporary art.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2012
    Akshat Verma
    Writer / Filmmaker
    Akshat Verma is a screenwriter, who shot to fame with Delhi Belly, a film that is often referred to as the Bollywood version of The Hangover.
    New Delhi, India
  • Speaker 2008
    Jakob Trollbäck
    Creative Director / Motion Graphics Designer / DJ
    Swedish self-taught designer Jakob Trollbäck leads the innovative and highly successful Trollbäck + Company.
    New York, USA
  • Njabulo Maseko Pro-account
    Njabulo Maseko
    Poet
    Njabulo “Kwame" Maseko is a young visual storyteller
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Van Wyk's work has not only had an impact abroad, but has affected home soil in Johannesburg's Maboneng Pro-account
    Jaun van Wyk
    Architect
    Jaun van Wyk is a young South African architect with a passion for the confluence of architecture, art and fashion.
    Cape Town, Bloemfontein
  • Tyler Pratt Speaker 2015
    Tyler Pratt
    Industrial Designer
    Tyler Pratt is a Canadian industrial designer known for his use of clean and simplistic design principles.
    Canada
  • Speaker 2010
    Wooster Collective
    Curator
    The Wooster Collective are husband-and-wife team Marc and Sara Schiller.
    New York, USA
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