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  • William Kentridge. Image: Adine Sagalyn. Speaker 2015
    William Kentridge
    Artist
    William Kentridge is South Africa's most internationally acclaimed artist.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Tony Gum Speaker 2016
    Tony Gum
    Artist / Photographer
    Tony Gum, named by Vogue as the "coolest girl in Cape Town", is an artist in learning.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Marije Vogelzang Speaker 2008
    Marije Vogelzang
    Food Designer
    Dutch designer Marije Vogelzang is the world's first-ever eating designer.
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2012
    Bjarke Ingels
    Architect
    Bjarke Ingels is a member of a new generation of architects that combine shrewd analysis, playful experimentation, social responsibility and humour.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Speaker 2010
    Jonathan Shapiro
    Cartoonist
    Better known as Zapiro, he has published 11 cartoon collections and held solo exhibitions in New York, London and Frankfurt.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2009
    Marcel Wanders
    Product Designer
    Marcel Wanders is a Dutch designer who has been lauded by the The New York Times as the "Lady Gaga of the design world".
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Ferran Adrià Speaker 2009
    Ferran Adrià
    Chef
    Ferran Adrià is the famed head chef of elBulli in Spain, the 3-Michelin-star restaurant that was ranked the best in the world from 2006 to 2009.
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Speaker 2017
    Nelly Ben Hayoun
    Interaction Designer
    Known as the Willy Wonka of design and science, experience designer Nelly Ben Hayoun is a director and creator of the impossible.
    London, United Kingdom
  • "Light is a thing of beauty in that it overcomes darkness" - W&N Studio, London-based image makers, artists and filmmakers Speaker 2016
    Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
    Art Director / Filmmaker / Photographer
    "Light is a thing of beauty in that it overcomes darkness" - W&N Studio, London-based image makers, artists and filmmakers.
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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
  • 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
  • Christian Benimana Speaker 2016
    Christian Benimana
    Architect
    Christian Benimana believes that architecture must go beyond the design of the building and into an understanding of how buildings impact the lives of users.
    Kigali, Rwanda
  • Speaker 2010
    Harry Pearce
    Graphic Designer
    Harry Pearce is a graphic designer and partner at Pentagram's London office.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2010
    Dunne & Raby
    Technology Designer
    Dunne & Raby is a London-based design studio established in 1994.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2009
    Luyanda Mpahlwa
    Architect
    Architect Luyanda Mpahlwa is principal and director of MMA Architects in Cape Town.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 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
  • Speaker 2015
    Selly Raby Kane
    Fashion Designer
    Selly Raby Kane is a Senegalese fashion designer and a central figure in Dakar's new wave of creative practitioners.
    Dakar, Senegal
  • Speaker 2013
    Oscar Diaz
    Product Designer
    Oscar Diaz is a product designer interested in understanding, exploring and questioning objects.
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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
  • Alberto Alessi Speaker 2011
    Alberto Alessi
    Product Designer
    Alberto Alessi is widely regarded as the godfather of Italian design. He believes that design and beauty can help save the world.
    Milan, Italy
  • Sou Fujimoto. Photo: David Vintiner Speaker 2016
    Sou Fujimoto
    Architect
    Philosophical architect Sou Fujimoto blurs the lines between the public and the private in his thought-provoking work.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • 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
  • Hilary Cottam Speaker 2016
    Hilary Cottam
    Social Entrepreneur
    Hilary Cottam is a designer, innovator and social entrepreneur who pioneers the use of design for social change.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2013
    Daan Roosegaarde
    Artist / Interaction Designer
    Daan Roosegaarde is an artist and innovator, interested in exploring the dawn of a new nature evolving from technological innovations.
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • William Kentridge. Image: Adine Sagalyn. Speaker 2015
    William Kentridge
    Artist
    William Kentridge is South Africa's most internationally acclaimed artist.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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