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  • Loyiso Mkize Pro-account
    Loyiso Mkize
    Artist
    Loyiso Mkize is a Cape Townian visual artist and painter.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2018
    GetSmarter
    Entrepreneur
    Get to know the entrepreneurs and business partners behind popular learning platform, GetSmarter.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Haroon Gunn-Salie Speaker 2014
    Haroon Gunn-Salie
    Artist
    Cape Town-born artist Haroon Gunn-Salie translates community oral histories into artistic interventions and experiential installations.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2002
    John Pace
    Creative Director
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Malcolm Garrett Speaker 2003
    Malcolm Garrett
    Design Director / Graphic Designer
    Malcolm Garrett's iconic and intelligent design is recognised as a major influence on contemporary English graphic design.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 1999
    Ken Cato
    Graphic Designer
    Sydney, Australia
  • Caroline Vieira Pro-account
    Caroline Vieira
    Ceramicist
    Caroline Vieira is a Johannesburg-based ceramic artist and teacher.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Margot Janse Speaker 2014
    Margot Janse
    Chef
    Margot Janse is the executive chef at the award winning, Relais and Châteaux Le Quartier Français Hotel in Franschhoek.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Ozwald Boateng Speaker 2003
    Ozwald Boateng
    Fashion Designer
    Ozwald Boateng OBE is an English fashion designer of Ghanaian descent, known for his trademark twist on classic British tailoring and bespoke style.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2013
    Jessica Hische
    Illustrator / Graphic Designer
    Jessica Hische is a letterer, illustrator, and self-described “avid internetter”.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Speaker 1997
    Amrik Kalsi
    Amrik Kalsi is the director of sustainabilityAFRICA and consultant to various United Nations Organisations.
    Kenya
  • Benjamin Hubert: Layer Design Speaker 2016
    Benjamin Hubert
    Industrial Designer
    Benjamin Hubert is an award-winning British design entrepreneur and founder of LAYER. He focuses on human-centred design.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker
    Freyja Sewell
    Designer
    Freyja Sewell is a designer who creates for the mind.
    United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2009
    Lynda Relph-Knight
    Writer / Editor
    Lynda Relph-Knight has been editor of the UK’s Design Week since 1989.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Thebe Ifakeng Speaker 2006
    Thebe Ikalafeng
    Director
    Thebe Ikalafeng is a recognised and award-winning brand builder, and managing director of brand strategy consulting firm, Brand Leadership.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2008
    Oona Scheepers
    Automotive Designer
    South African-born Oona Scheepers has established herself as a prolific designer in the automotive industry.
    Germany
  • Tuami Zulu Pro-account
    Tuami Zulu
    Architect
    With a passion for the abstract, this designer creates unusual & innovative artworks.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 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
  • Tin&Ed Speaker
    Tin&Ed
    Graphic Designer
    Tin&Ed are creative directors and artists working between New York and Melbourne Australia.
    Australia
  • Gaby de Abreu Speaker 2006
    Gaby de Abreu
    Advertising Executive / Creative Director
    Co-founder and executive creative director of one of South Africa's foremost multidisciplinary brand consultancies, Switch Brand Agency.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 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
  • Blue Forest Collective Pro-account
    Blue Forest Collective
    Filmmaker
    Blue Forest Collective is a multitalented group of creative people based in South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2002
    Luba Lukova
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    New York, USA
  • Hans Ulrich Obrist Speaker 2014
    Hans Ulrich Obrist
    Curator
    Hans Ulrich Obrist is one of the most influential individuals working in the world of art today. He is committed to redefining notions of contemporary art.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Loyiso Mkize Pro-account
    Loyiso Mkize
    Artist
    Loyiso Mkize is a Cape Townian visual artist and painter.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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