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  • Massimo Morozzi (1941 to 2014) Speaker 2005
    Massimo Morozzi
    Architect / Product Designer
    Massimo Morozzi (1941 to 2014) was the cofounder of Archizoom Associati,
    Milan, Italy
  • Speaker 2007
    Jurgen Bey
    Product Designer
    Jurgen Bey is a Dutch product, furniture, interior and public space designer.
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Denis Santachiara Speaker 2006
    Denis Santachiara
    Product Designer
    Denis Santachiara is an anomalous designer and an outsider of the international outline of design, beginning his career marrying art and design.
    Milan, Italy
  • Speaker 2008
    Toshiyuki Kita
    Environmentalist / Industrial Designer / Product Designer
    Kita has created anything from furniture, household goods and appliances to LCD TVs and robots for clients including Cassina, Moroso, Sharp and Stokke.
    International
  • Shunji Yamanaka Speaker 2008
    Shunji Yamanaka
    Industrial Designer
    Shunji Yamanaka is the founder and president of Leading Edge Design in Tokyo.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Speaker 2009
    Jon Stam
    Product Designer
    Jon Stam is a Canadian-born designer based in Amsterdam and Antwerp.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2006
    Paul Priestman
    Industrial Designer / Product Designer
    Paul Priestman is an industrial designer and founding director of Priestmangoode, an internationally renowned multidisciplinary design studio.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2008
    Tucker Viemeister
    Industrial Designer
    BusinessWeek's "guru", overachiever Tucker Viemeister also founded Smart Design and is a fellow of Industrial Designers Society of America.
    International
  • Speaker 2007
    Maira Koutsoudakis
    Architect / Interior Designer / Product Designer
    Maira Koutsoudakis is the founder and principal of Life architecture, interiors and creative direction.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Jasper Morrison Speaker 2007
    Jasper Morrison
    Product Designer
    Jasper Morrison is a British product and furniture designer born in London.
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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
  • 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
  • Speaker 2009
    Patricia Urquiola
    Architect / Product Designer
    There’s very little Patricia Urquiola hasn’t turned tried in design. Her prolific output has found markets through brands such as De Padova, B&B and Alessi.
    Milan, Italy
  • Speaker 2007
    Front
    Product Designer
    Front is a Swedish design group of three dynamic women: Sofia Lagerkvist, Charlotte von der Lancken and Anna Lindgren.
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • Speaker 2008
    Oona Scheepers
    Automotive Designer
    South African-born Oona Scheepers has established herself as a prolific designer in the automotive industry.
    Germany
  • Speaker 2010
    Frank Tjepkema
    Product Designer
    Frank Tjepkema is the founder of Tjep. design studio in Amsterdam whose expertise includes interior, architectural, product, visual and jewellery design.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2009
    Commonwealth
    Architect / Product Designer
    David Boira and Zoë Coombes are two architecturally trained furniture designers who work together under the studio name Commonwealth, based in New York.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2008
    Oscar E Peña
    Industrial Designer
    Lifestyle, senior creative director at Philips Design, Oscar E Peña has been involved in the design of numerous consumer products.
    International
  • 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
  • Speaker 2009
    BarberOsgerby
    Product Designer
    Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby founded their eponymous design studio BarberOsgerby in 1996.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2013
    Seymour Chwast
    Graphic Designer
    Seymour Chwast is a graphic designer and founding partner of Push Pin Studios.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2011
    Luke Pearson
    Industrial Designer
    Luke Pearson is an industrial designer that believes innovative product design can help to solve many healthcare issues.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2009
    Marcel Wanders
    Product Designer
    Marcel Wanders is a Dutch designer who has been lauded by the The New York Times as the "Lady Gaga of the design world".
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 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
  • Massimo Morozzi (1941 to 2014) Speaker 2005
    Massimo Morozzi
    Architect / Product Designer
    Massimo Morozzi (1941 to 2014) was the cofounder of Archizoom Associati,
    Milan, Italy
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