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  • Mikal Hallstrup Speaker 2014
    Mikal Hallstrup
    Design Consultant / Industrial Designer
    Mikal Hallstrup is the co-founder and chief visionary officer at Designit, one of the world’s largest design and innovation companies.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Thomas Thwaites Speaker 2010
    Thomas Thwaites
    Interaction Designer / Scientist / Speculative Designer
    Thomas Thwaites is a designer whose work examines how technology, science and economics interact with trends.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2013
    Joschua Brunn
    Product Designer
    Joschua Brunn is a product design graduate from ECAL in Switzerland, interested in creating human-centred products.
    Germany, France
  • Veejay Archary Speaker 2004
    Veejay Archary
    Creative Director
    Veejay Archary is a brand consultant at Black Africa Group, and a curator of Design Indaba Expo.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Sonja Bäumel Speaker 2010
    Sonja Bäumel
    Artist / Fashion Designer / Speculative Designer
    Continuing to work on applications for her Masters project, Bäumel's work engages with the boundaries between fashion design, art and biology.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Lucy Orta Speaker 2002
    Lucy Orta
    Artist
    Born in Sutton Coldfield, United Kingdom, in 1966, Lucy Orta is an artist and designer living in Paris.
    Paris, France
  • Richard Hart Speaker 2011
    Richard Hart
    Graphic Designer
    Richard Hart is a designer, illustrator, type nut and – most recently – a weekend artists who is happiest when he is making.
    Durban, South Africa
  • 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
  • Nathan Reddy Speaker 2007
    Nathan Reddy
    Creative Director
    Nathan Reddy is the Digital and Communications curator for Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2005
    Brian Steinhobel
    Industrial Designer
    Brian Steinhobel is the founder of Steinhobel Design, an industrial design and product development consultancy.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2018
    Edel Rodriguez
    Artist
    Visual artist.
    New York, USA
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    Sunny Dolat
    Creative Director
    Fashion curator, cultural producer and creative director
    Kenya
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    Sho Madjozi
    Artist
    Award-wining artist, writer and performer.
    South Africa
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    Paul Cocksedge
    Multidisciplinary Designer
    Multidisciplinary designer
    United Kingdom
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    Led By Donkeys
    Political street theatre
    Anonymous night-time guerrilla poster campaign by four friends determined to expose the lies, lunacy and hypocrisy of Brexit.
    United Kingdom
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    Jeanne Gang
    Founding Principal and Partner, Studio Gang.
    USA
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    Architecture Social Club
    Architecture
    Satyajit Das
    United Kingdom
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    Manu Prakash
    physical biologist
    Physical biologist
    India
  • Olimpia Zagnoli Speaker
    Olimpia Zagnoli
    Illustrator
    Olimpia Zagnoli is an Italian illustrator.
    Italy
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    Patrick Thomas
    Artist / Graphic Designer
    Graphic artist
    United Kingdom
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    Bas Timmer
    Designer
    Dutch designer
    Netherlands
  • Speaker
    Selassie Atadika
    Chef
    Chef and owner of Midunu
    South Africa
  • Speaker
    Nhlanhla Mahlangu
    Composer / Vocalist / dancer
    Vocalist, composer, theater maker, gravity defying dancer and educator.
    South Africa
  • Speaker
    honey & bunny productions
    sustainable food design
    sonja stummerer & martin hablesreiter
    United Kingdom
  • Mikal Hallstrup Speaker 2014
    Mikal Hallstrup
    Design Consultant / Industrial Designer
    Mikal Hallstrup is the co-founder and chief visionary officer at Designit, one of the world’s largest design and innovation companies.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
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