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  • Speaker 2009
    Commonwealth
    Architect / Product Designer
    David Boira and Zoë Coombes are two architecturally trained furniture designers who work together under the studio name Commonwealth, based in New York.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2013
    Masashi Kawamura
    Creative Director
    Masashi Kawamura is a creative director and founder of the creative lab PARTY, with offices in Tokyo and New York.
    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
  • Lara Bohinc Speaker 2006
    Lara Bohinc
    Jewellery Designer
    Based in London, Lara Bohinc is one of the most innovative and exciting jewellers working in fashion today.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2018
    Shaakira Jassat
    Design Researcher.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Kaki King. Photo by Shervin Lainez Speaker 2017
    Kaki King
    Musician
    American guitarist and composer Kaki King is known for her genre-defying percussive and jazz-like melodies and energetic live shows.
    New York, USA
  • Peter Vundla Speaker 1997
    Peter Vundla
    Advertising Executive
    Peter Vundla is the founder of Herdbuoys, South Africa’s first wholly black-owned advertising agency.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2005
    Richard Rodriguez
    Writer
    California, USA
  • Speaker
    Carolien Niebling
    Designer
    “Food is fascinating because it is an ever evolving substance where development will never stop.”
    Netherlands
  • Speaker 2017
    Grace Jun
    Social Entrepreneur
    Grace Jun is designer and self-taught coder. Her work examines functional fashion for inclusion with the aim to anchor wearable tech to the human experience.
    New York, USA
  • Karlssonwilker Inc Speaker 2008
    Karlssonwilker Inc
    Graphic Designer
    Karlssonwilker inc. is a design studio located in the heart of Manhattan, founded by Icelander Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker from Germany.
    New York, USA
  • Naresh Ramchandani Speaker 2016
    Naresh Ramchandani
    Advertising Executive / Communication Designer
    Naresh Ramchandani is the first ever communications and advertising partner at Pentagram.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2010
    Dr J Craig Venter
    Scientist
    Dr J Craig Venter (PhD) is founder, chairman and president of the J Craig Venter Institute.
    San Diego, USA
  • Speaker 2010
    5.5 designers
    Product Designer
    5.5 designers is a design studio started up in 2003 by Vincent Baranger, Jean-Sébastien Blanc, Anthony Lebossé and Claire Renard.
    Paris, France
  • Speaker 2013
    Louise Fili
    Graphic Designer
    Louise Fili is a graphic designer specialising in food packaging and restaurant identities.
    New York, USA
  • Joanina Pastoll Speaker 2001
    Joanina Pastoll
    Joanina Pastoll finds her niche in corporate identity. Having produced great work for clients such as Nando's and Steers under Cross Colours design.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2004
    Vince Frost
    Graphic Designer
    Vince Frost is the founder of Frost* Design, based in Sydney, Australia.
    Sydney, Australia
  • Johan Louw Speaker 2006
    Johan Louw
    Jewellery Designer
    As a youngster Johan Louw had spent hours in his brother-in-law's workshop, watching and learning, developing a love and talent for jewellery design.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 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
  • 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
    Lorenz Bäumer
    Jewellery Designer
    Paris, France
  • Speaker 2010
    Revital Cohen
    Interaction Designer
    As a designer and researcher she develops critical objects and provocative scenarios exploring the juxtaposition of the natural with the artificial.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Twins Cartoon Speaker 2016
    Twins Cartoon
    Cartoonist
    Twins Cartoon is the pseudonym of Cairo-based identical twin cartoonist Mohamed and Haitham El-seht.
    Cairo, Egypt
  • Michel Rojkind Image: © Rojkind Arquitectos, photo by Juan Rodrigo Llaguno Speaker 2014
    Michel Rojkind
    Architect
    Michel Rojkind is an architect and founder of rojkind arquitectos based in Mexico City, a practice that aims to design compelling experiences.
    Mexico City, Mexico
  • Speaker 2009
    Commonwealth
    Architect / Product Designer
    David Boira and Zoë Coombes are two architecturally trained furniture designers who work together under the studio name Commonwealth, based in New York.
    New York, USA
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