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  • 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
    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
  • 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 2005
    Constantin Boym
    Product Designer
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2004
    Ross Lovegrove
    Industrial Designer
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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 2009
    Arno Mathies
    Industrial Designer
    As a designer Mathies explores various media and methods, and spent a year working closely with a carpenter to investigate different production processes.
    Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Taku Satoh Speaker 2006
    Taku Satoh
    Product Designer
    Originally studying fine arts, music and design, then joining Dentsu, Satoh established the Taku Satoh Design Office in Tokyo in 1984.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Speaker 2006
    Inga Sempé
    Product Designer
    Inga Sempé is a French product and furniture designer.
    Paris, France
  • Shigeru Uchida Speaker 2006
    Shigeru Uchida
    Product Designer
    As a leading Japanese designer, Uchida has engaged in a wide range of design projects including interior works, furniture, products and urban planning.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Speaker 2005
    Richard Seymour
    Industrial Designer
    Richard Seymour is one of Europe’s best-known product designers.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Hartmut Esslinger Speaker 2006
    Hartmut Esslinger
    Industrial Designer
    Professor Hartmut Esslinger is founder and co-CEO of frog design inc, having studied industrial design at the College of Design in Germany.
    Berlin, Germany
  • Speaker 2013
    Martí Guixé
    Food Designer / Industrial Designer / Interior Designer
    Martí Guixé is a Catalonian interior and industrial designer living in Barcelona.
    Spain
  • Walther Herbst Speaker 1999
    Walther Herbst
    Industrial Designer / Product Designer
    Walther Herbst is the chairman of Herbst Lazar Bell Inc.
    Chicago, USA
  • Dieter Rams Speaker 2005
    Dieter Rams
    Industrial Designer
    Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer known for his design approach "Weniger, aber besser" ("Less is better") and his "10 Principles for Good Design".
    International
  • Speaker 2010
    Tord Boontje
    Product Designer
    Dutch product designer Tord Boontje founded Studio Tord Boontje in London in 1996.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2010
    Marcelo Rosenbaum
    Architect / Interior Designer / Product Designer
    Brazilian designer Marcelo Rosenbaum sees the house as an element capable of increasing the self-esteem of the Brazilian people.
    Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Karim Rashid Speaker 2004
    Karim Rashid
    Product Designer
    Karim Rashid is a leading figure in the fields of product, interior, fashion, furniture, lighting design and art.
    New York, USA
  • 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
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