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  • Karma Elston Pro-account
    Karma Elston
    Illustrator
    Graphic designer, illustrator, chocolate enthusiast and semi-professional napper.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Coin Projects Pro-account
    Coin Projects
    Social Entrepreneur
    Design thinking, cell phones and South African education re-invented.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Jessica Bosworth Smith Pro-account
    Jess Bosworth Smith
    Graphic Designer
    A visual artist exploring the multi-dimensional field of illustration.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Marko Ahtisaari Speaker 2017
    Marko Ahtisaari
    Interaction Designer / Social Entrepreneur
    Tech entrepreneur Marko Ahtisaari is the CEO and co-founder of The Sync Project, which investigates the therapeutic effects of music on the body and mind.
    New York, USA
  • 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
  • Despite life's crippling blows, Ishaarah Arnold has become an inspiring graphic designer and illustrator – much to the creative world's delight. Pro-account
    Ishaarah Arnold
    Illustrator
    Despite life's crippling blows, Ishaarah Arnold has become an inspiring graphic designer and illustrator – much to the creative world's delight.
    South Africa
  • Kaja Solgaard Dahl, Product and Interior Design, Beckmans College of Design, Sweden Speaker 2017
    Kaja Solgaard Dahl
    Product Designer / Scent Expert
    Kaja Solgaard Dahl is a product and furniture designer working with a wide range of products and materials that are all inspired by our senses and nature.
    Oslo, Norway
  • Gwendolene - illustration Pro-account
    Gwendolene - illustration
    Graphic Designer
    Cute, unique and whimsical illustrations.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Marcus Engman Speaker 2017
    Marcus Engman
    Creative Director / Furniture Designer
    The head of design at IKEA challenges the way traditional products are made.
    Sweden
  • Ashlee Ainsley Lloyd Pro-account
    Ashlee Ainsley Lloyd
    Industrial Designer
    A textile and lighting designer based in Cape Town, South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lincoln Inc. Pro-account
    Lincoln Inc.
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    A visual artist specialising in illustration, graphic and web design, and photography.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Monique van Zyl Pro-account
    Monique Vee
    Furniture Designer
    Monique Vee is the founder of a contemporary interior and spatial design studio based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • WEEF | Handmade Leather Ties Pro-account
    WEEF | Handmade Leather Ties
    Fashion Designer
    At WEEF we believe that leather is timeless. We use the medium to make bold, new statements.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Turner studio Pro-account
    TURNER STUDIO
    TURNER STUDIO develops experimental textiles and garment construction techniques to create luxurious yet unconventional artefacts.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Lindiwe Matshikiza. Image: Stephanie O'Connor Speaker 2017
    Lindiwe Matshikiza
    Performance Artist
    Lindiwe Matshikiza is an artist, performer, director and writer based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Johannesburg, 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 2011
    Jen Bilik
    Entrepreneur
    Jen Bilik is the founder and owner of Knock Knock, a company that creates smart, well-designed gift and stationery products.
    California, USA
  • Banele Floyd Mavimbela Pro-account
    Banele Floyd Mavimbela
    Graphic Designer
    This visual artist aims to highlight emotion and honesty in his work.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Kamila Iżykowicz Speaker 2017
    Kamila Iżykowicz
    Jewellery Designer / Product Designer
    Kamila Iżykowicz is a poetic designer, creating with a mixture of skill, knowledge and intuition. Her work is based on the senses and an understanding of time.
    Poland
  • Helen Isibor-Epega, otherwise The Venus Bushfires, is a Nigerian-born, London-raised composer, singer-songwriter and performance artist. Speaker 2016
    Helen Isibor-Epega
    Artist
    Helen Isibor-Epega, otherwise The Venus Bushfires, is a Nigerian-born, London-raised composer, singer-songwriter and performance artist.
    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
  • Freestyle Love Supreme Speaker 2017
    Freestyle Love Supreme
    Musician
    Freestyle Love Supreme is an American hip-hop crew with a TV show in which five performers take the crowd on a non-stop, hip-hop improv ride with no script.
    South Africa
  • Thebe Magugu Pro-account
    Thebe Magugu
    Fashion Designer
    Thebe Magugu is a South African fashion designer, photographer and stylist.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Jesper Brodin Pro-account 2017
    Jesper Brodin
    Design Director
    Jesper Brodin is the CEO of range and supply at IKEA of Sweden.
    Sweden
  • Karma Elston Pro-account
    Karma Elston
    Illustrator
    Graphic designer, illustrator, chocolate enthusiast and semi-professional napper.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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