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  • Speaker
    Iina Vuorivirta
    Designer
    IKEA’s in-house designer Iina Vuorivirta has learned to challenge briefs and make use of waste materials.
    Sweden, Finland
  • GT2P Speaker 2017
    Great Things to People (gt2P)
    Architect
    Chilean architecture, art and design studio Great Things to People (gt2P) experiment with digital crafting to systematise local knowledge and cultural heritage.
    Chile
  • Stuart Forrest. Image: Kane Croudace Speaker 2017
    Stuart Forrest
    Animator / Creative Director
    Triggerfish Animation studio CEO Stuart Forrest is the producer of Africa's two most successful film exports: "Adventures in Zambezia" and "Khumba".
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 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
  • Speaker 2002
    Muzi Kuzwayo
    Brand Specialist
    Muzi Kuzwayo is a South African businessman, author and professor. He currently holds the position of Non-Executive Director of Spur Corporation Limited.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • NM type Noel Pretorius and Maria Ramos Speaker
    NM type
    Typographer
    NM type is a collaborative type foundry between typeface designers Noel Pretorius and María Ramos.
    Sweden, Spain
  • Speaker 2004
    Fernando Gutiérrez
    Art Director
    London, 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
  • Thandiwe Msebenzi Speaker 2017
    Thandiwe Msebenzi
    Photographer
    South African photographer Thandiwe Msebenzi tackles social problems and culture in her images.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Coin Projects Pro-account
    Coin Projects
    Social Entrepreneur
    Design thinking, cell phones and South African education re-invented.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Speaker 2011
    Fibra Design Studio
    Product Designer
    Fibra is a Brazilian sustainable design studio comprising four university peers: Bernardo Ferracioli, Pedro Themoteo, Bruno Temer and Thiago Maia.
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Yinka Ilori Speaker 2017
    Yinka Ilori
    Furniture Designer
    London-based Nigerian designer Yinka Ilori specialises in upcycled vintage furniture inspired by Nigerian parables and fabrics from Africa.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2011
    Lindsay Kinkade
    Graphic Designer
    Lindsay Kinkade is a teacher, designer, artist and interested in public engagement, public policy design collaborations and data visualisation.
    Providence, 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
  • Osborne Macharia Speaker 2017
    Osborne Macharia
    Photographer
    Osborne Macharia is a self-taught commercial and advertising photographer born and bred in Nairobi, Kenya and with a bachelors in architecture.
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Speaker 2002
    Mark Farrow
    Graphic Designer
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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 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
  • Paul Smith Speaker 2008
    Paul Smith
    Fashion Designer
    Paul Smith is a British fashion designer, best known for his menswear.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2012
    Aaron Koblin
    Creative Director / Artist / Digital Designer
    Aaron Koblin leads the Data Arts Team in Google’s Creative Lab and is famed for his work on "The Wilderness Downtown" and "The Johnny Cash Project".
    San Francisco, USA
  • 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
  • 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
  • Don Albert Speaker 2006
    Don Albert
    Architect
    Albert conducted research in Malaysia, South Africa & the US. The result: a master-planned counterproposal for Malaysia's premier techno-city, Cyberjaya.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Simon Sankarayya Speaker 2003
    Simon Sankarayya
    Creative Director
    Simon Sankarayya is the founder of award-winning interactive design and user-experience agency AllofUs and the president of D&AD.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker
    Iina Vuorivirta
    Designer
    IKEA’s in-house designer Iina Vuorivirta has learned to challenge briefs and make use of waste materials.
    Sweden, Finland
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