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  • Speaker 2011
    Charlie Todd
    Performance Artist
    As founder of Improv Everywhere, Charlie Todd creates scenes of joy and chaos in public spaces.
    New York, USA
  • OMM design workshop Speaker 2006
    OMM Design Workshop
    Architect
    Together, Andrew Makin and Janina Masojada lead OMM Design Workshop, an architecture practice based in Durban, South Africa
    Durban, South Africa
  • 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
  • Gavin Rajah Speaker 2008
    Gavin Rajah
    Fashion Designer
    Gavin Rajah Atelier design and manufacture high-end luxury garments and accessories, specialising in ready-to-wear and couture.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2009
    Dwayne Spradlin
    Entrepreneur / Information Designer
    Dwayne Spradlin is president and CEO of InnoCentive Inc, an open innovation community of smart, creative people who provide solutions to tough problems.
    Dallas, USA
  • Speaker 2008
    Airside Design Studio
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Musician
    Airside is a cross-platform design agency that works in moving image, illustration, graphic design, digital and real world interaction.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Portrait of architect Clive Wilkinson Speaker 2014
    Clive Wilkinson
    Architect
    Architect and strategist Clive Wilkinson has redefined workplace design by focusing on the social agenda of buildings and how people connect with each other.
    Los Angeles, USA
  • Coin Projects Pro-account
    Coin Projects
    Social Entrepreneur
    Design thinking, cell phones and South African education re-invented.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • David Kester Speaker 2011
    David Kester
    Design Director
    David Kester is the chief executive of the Design Council in the UK. He leads programmes and policies for industry, education and the public sector.
    London, United Kingdom
  • United Visual Artists Speaker 2012
    United Visual Artists (UVA)
    Interaction Designer
    UVA produce work at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, live performance, moving image and digital installation.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2007
    Lindy Roy
    Architect
    Undertaking projects of different sizes and scales the design firm has worked in environments as diverse as Alaska, New York, the Okavango Delta and Singapore.
    USA
  • Jo Noero Speaker 2007
    Jo Noero
    Architect
    Jo Noero is principal at Noero Architects and a tenured professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2018
    Shaakira Jassat
    Design Researcher.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Erik Kessels Speaker 2016
    Erik Kessels
    Creative Director
    Erik Kessels is a Dutch artist, designer and curator with a great interest in photography.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • David Carson Speaker 2004
    David Carson
    Art Director / Graphic Designer / Typographer
    David Carson is the most Googled graphic designer in history and has been named the art director of the era by Creative Review, London.
    USA
  • Speaker 2012
    Mathieu Lehanneur
    Interior Designer / Product Designer
    Mathieu Lehanneur creates breakthrough work at the nexus of design and the human, biological structures, mathematical forms and science.
    Paris, France
  • Oliviero Toscani Speaker 2001
    Oliviero Toscani
    Photographer
    Oliviero Toscani is an Italian photographer best known for his controversial advertising campaigns for Benetton.
    Italy
  • Speaker 2005
    Richard Seymour
    Industrial Designer
    Richard Seymour is one of Europe’s best-known product designers.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Daljit Singh. Speaker 2007
    Daljit Singh
    Creative Director
    Daljit Singh is the founder of digital agency Digit and executive creative director of Conran Singh.
    International
  • Robbie Brozin Speaker 2015
    Robbie Brozin
    Entrepreneur
    Robbie Brozin is a co-founder of chicken fast food chain Nando’s and ran the company for almost 25 years. Now he’s focussing on philanthropic projects.
    South Africa
  • Kate Moross. Image credit: Infringe Magazine and Panos Damaskinidis Speaker 2017
    Kate Moross
    Graphic Designer
    Award-winning, multi-tasking art director and designer Kate Moross is a fast rising-star on London's design scene.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Kyle Kemink Pro-account
    Kyle Kemink
    Graphic Designer / Photographer
    Kyle Kemink, 24-year-old graphic designer, photographer and visual artist born and bred in Johannesburg.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2008
    Anya van der Merwe Miszewski
    Architect
    Anya van der Merwe Miszewski is a director of Van Der Merwe Miszewski Architects Pty Ltd and a professor at the University of Cape Town School of Architecture.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Casey Neistat Speaker 2015
    Casey Neistat
    Filmmaker
    Casey Neistat is a maverick American filmmaker whose wildly popular YouTube videos are redefining the industry.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2011
    Charlie Todd
    Performance Artist
    As founder of Improv Everywhere, Charlie Todd creates scenes of joy and chaos in public spaces.
    New York, USA
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