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  • Kagiso Lediga Speaker
    Kagiso Lediga
    Comedian / Director / Writer
    Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film director.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Henning Rasmuss Speaker 2006
    Henning Rasmuss
    Architect / Writer / Curator
    Henning Rasmuss designs and implements exhibitions on Johannesburg's architecture and writes on architecture and cities, and lectures on invitation.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 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
  • 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 2008
    Mirko Ilić
    Graphic Designer / Writer
    Bosnian national, Mirko Ilić illustrated and art directed posters, record covers and comics in Europe before moving to the United States in 1986.
    New York, USA
  • 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 2005
    Constantin Boym
    Product Designer
    New York, USA
  • David Goldblatt. Speaker 2014
    David Goldblatt
    Photographer
    David Goldblatt is a South African photographer and the first South African to be given a solo exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2004
    Alexander Gelman
    Graphic Designer
    Alexander Gelman is one of the "world's most famous modern and contemporary artists in all media".
    New York, USA
  • John Hunt Speaker 2006
    John Hunt
    Creative Director
    Zambian native John Hunt is the creative founding partner of TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, widely accepted as one of the leading advertising agencies in the world.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Assemble Speaker 2016
    Assemble
    Architect
    London-based studio Assemble merges art, architecture and design to create artful spaces.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Pauline Saglio Speaker 2017
    Pauline Saglio
    Interaction Designer
    Pauline Saglio is an interaction designer and artist based in Switzerland whose interest lies in the combination of digital and tangible.
    Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Speaker 2011
    Bibliothèque
    Graphic Designer
    Bibliothèque is a design consultancy that produces captivating design solutions, underpinned by conceptual thinking, detail and innovative production.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Lauren Beukes. Speaker 2014
    Lauren Beukes
    Author
    Lauren Beukes, author of Zoo City and The Shining Girls, uses twisty fiction to explore who we are in the world right now.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Ayse Birsel Speaker 2017
    Ayse Birsel
    Product Designer
    Co-founder and creative director of the award-winning design studio Birsel + Seck, Ayse Birsel is also a teacher and the author of "Design the Life You Love".
    New York, USA
  • Naresh Ramchandani Speaker 2016
    Naresh Ramchandani
    Advertising Executive / Communication Designer
    Naresh Ramchandani is the first ever communications and advertising partner at Pentagram.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Eames Demetrios Speaker 2010
    Eames Demetrios
    Design Consultant / Filmmaker
    Eames Demetrios is a filmmaker and the geographer-at-large for Kcymaerxthaere, a parallel universe largely coexistent with our linear world.
    Los Angeles, USA
  • Rahim Bhimani Speaker 2012
    Rahim Bhimani
    Industrial Designer
    Rahim Bhimani is an industrial designer with a keen interest in solving problems using creativity and the collaborative power of design and business.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Speaker 2005
    Jan Kaplický
    Architect
    International
  • NB is an independent, multi-disciplinary branding and communication studio established in 1997 by designers Nick Finney and Alan Dye Speaker 2016
    NB Studio
    Brand Specialist / Communication Designer
    NB is an independent, multidisciplinary branding and communication studio established in 1997 by designers Nick Finney and Alan Dye.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2013
    Steven Heller
    Steven Heller is an art director, journalist, critic, editor and author of more than 150 books on graphic design and popular culture themes.
    New York, USA
  • 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
  • Joanne Thomas Speaker 2001
    Joanne Thomas
    Creative Director
    Respected South African designer and creative director, Joanne Thomas of The Jupiter Drawing Room, also judged the 2011 Let It Out! campaign.
    South Africa
  • Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi of Studio Formafantasma. Speaker 2015
    Studio Formafantasma
    Design Studio / Product Designer
    Italian designers Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin make up this Amsterdam-based product design studio.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Kagiso Lediga Speaker
    Kagiso Lediga
    Comedian / Director / Writer
    Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film director.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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