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  • Speaker 2010
    Bouroullec Brothers
    Product Designer
    Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are a design team formed by brothers from Brittany in the north-west of France.
    Paris, France
  • Eddie Opara Speaker 2012
    Eddie Opara
    Graphic Designer
    Eddie Opara is a multifaceted designer whose work encompasses strategy, design and technology, with interactive installations, websites and more.
    New York, USA
  • Karlssonwilker Inc Speaker 2008
    Karlssonwilker Inc
    Graphic Designer
    Karlssonwilker inc. is a design studio located in the heart of Manhattan, founded by Icelander Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker from Germany.
    New York, USA
  • Akshar Maganbeharie Pro-account
    Akshar Maganbeharie
    Artist
    Akshar Maganbeharie graduated in Fine Art from the University of the Witwatersrand
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Mikhailia Petersen Pro-account
    Mikhailia Petersen
    Filmmaker / Photographer
    Mikhailia Petersen is an independent, multi-faceted creative.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2003
    Jonathan Barnbrook
    Graphic Designer / Typographer
    Jonathan Barnbrook is a graphic designer and typographer.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Francis Kéré Speaker 2011
    Francis Kéré
    Architect
    Diébédo Francis Kéré is an architect from Burkina Faso. The focus of Kéré’s drafts are climatic adaptation, low building costs and self building.
    Burkina Faso
  • 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
  • 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 2010
    Dunne & Raby
    Technology Designer
    Dunne & Raby is a London-based design studio established in 1994.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Geraldine Fenn Speaker 2005
    Geraldine Fenn
    Jewellery Designer
    Geraldine Fenn is a South African jewellery designer.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • John Maeda Speaker 2013
    John Maeda
    Educator / Computer Scientist / Artist
    John Maeda is president of the Rhode Island School of Design.
    USA
  • Speaker 2012
    Heinrich Wolff
    Architect
    Heinrich Wolff is an architect who believes architecture can and should be used as a force for social change, and to address issues of inequality.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Thomas Chapman is the founder of Local Studio - an architecture firm that creates public buildings and urban design schemes that promote social development. Speaker 2016
    Thomas Chapman
    Architect
    Thomas Chapman is the founder of Local Studio – an architecture firm that creates public buildings and urban design schemes that promote social development.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2010
    Troika
    Interaction Designer
    Troika is a multi-disciplinary art and design practice founded in 2003 by Conny Freyer, Eva Rucki and Sebastien Noel.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2013
    Marian Bantjes
    Graphic Designer
    Marian Bantjes has been variously described as a typographer, designer, artist and writer.
    Canada
  • Michael Wolff, founder of Wolff Olins Speaker 2011
    Michael Wolff
    Design Consultant
    Michael Wolff is a co-founder of one of the world’s most iconic design companies – Wolff Olins – and is recognised today as a leader in thinking on brands.
    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
  • Speaker 2010
    Handspring Puppet Company
    Puppeteer
    The Handspring Puppet Company was founded in 1981 by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2010
    5.5 designers
    Product Designer
    5.5 designers is a design studio started up in 2003 by Vincent Baranger, Jean-Sébastien Blanc, Anthony Lebossé and Claire Renard.
    Paris, France
  • Speaker 2012
    FoxP2
    Advertising Executive / Brand Specialist / Creative Director
    Justin Gomes and Charl Thom are from the independent agency named after the creativity gene, founded by Gomes in Cape Town in 2005.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2012
    Paul Sahre
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Writer
    Paul Sahre (born 1964) is an American graphic designer perhaps best known for his book cover designs and illustrations for the New York Times.
    New York, USA
  • Stefano Giovannoni Speaker 2015
    Stefano Giovannoni
    Industrial Designer / Interior Designer
    Italian designer and architect Stefano Giovannoni has produced a prolific body of work for brands such as Alessi, Magis and Samsung.
    Milan, Italy
  • Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana of Joe Public. Speaker 2015
    Joe Public
    Advertising Executive
    Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana are chief creative officer and executive creative director respectively of advertising agency Joe Public.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2010
    Bouroullec Brothers
    Product Designer
    Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec are a design team formed by brothers from Brittany in the north-west of France.
    Paris, France
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