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  • Andile Speaker
    Andile Vellem
    Performance Artist
    Vellem began dancing at an early age inspired by his parents who were ballroom dancers.
    South Africa
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    Hanna Dalrot
    Textile Designer
    Hannah Dalrot wants to create products that clearly demonstrate its handicraft
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • Johanna Jelinek Speaker
    Johanna Jelinek
    Product Designer
    Johanna Jelinek designs products for function, honesty and longevity.
    Sweden
  • Speaker
    Iina Vuorivirta
    Designer
    IKEA’s in-house designer Iina Vuorivirta has learned to challenge briefs and make use of waste materials.
    Sweden, Finland
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    Mikael Axelsson
    Designer
    Mikael has been part of IKEA's design team for the past five years.
    Sweden
  • Picture by Hamish Brown, 2017 Speaker
    Lemn Sissay
    The author of a series of books of poetry alongside articles, records, broadcasts, public art, commissions and plays.
    United Kingdom
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    Reform Studio
    Reform is an award-winning design studio based in Cairo, Egypt.
    Cairo, Egypt
  • Speaker
    Bibi Seck
    Designer
    Bibi Seck is the co-founder of the award-winning design and innovation studio, Birsel+Seck.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker
    Studio Propolis
    architects
    Studio Propolis is a Nairobi-based design workshop set up by husband and wife team, Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner.
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Speaker 2014
    Issa Diabaté
    Architect
    Issa Diabaté is the managing director of Koffi & Diabaté Architects and co-founder of the Koffi & Diabaté Group based in the Ivory Coast.
    Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  • Speaker 2011
    Laduma Ngxokolo
    Fashion Designer / Textile Designer
    Laduma Ngxokolo is a South African textile and knitwear designer, best known for his men's knitwear range inspired by traditional Xhosa beadwork.
    Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg
  • 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
    Moon Ribas
    Avant-garde Artist / Cyborg Activist
    The Catalan avant-garde artist and cyborg activist best known for developing the Seismic Sense
    Spain
  • Speaker 2015
    Sindiso Khumalo
    Fashion Designer
    Sindiso Khumalo is a sustainable textile designer based in Cape Town.
    London, United Kingdom
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    Neil Harbisson
    Contemporary Artist / Cyborg Activist
    The contemporary artist and cyborg activist
    United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2018
    Nicolás Kisic Aguirre
    Sound artist
    Architect and sound artist.
    Lima, Peru
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    Lisa White
    Creative Director
    Lisa White is the head of lifestyle and interiors at WGSN.
    USA
  • Speaker
    Tshepo Mokholo
    Architect
    A South African architect and designer who believes in a human-first approach to design.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker
    Ellie Frymire
    Communication Designer
    Ellie recognised the power of meaningful design and intentional presentation of data.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker
    Kacper Pietrzykowski
    Product Designer
    Kacper is a graduate of the Design and Engineering Master's programme at Politecnico di Milano (Italy).
    Italy
  • Speaker
    Kye Shimizu
    Designer
    A designer who works closely with researchers and designers to inquire upon the relationships of real and virtual, analog and digital.
    Japan
  • Speaker
    Steph Foster
    Artist
    His work combines sound and music with visual media to tell stories of mass incarceration and reconciliation within urban communities.
    USA
  • Speaker
    Carolien Niebling
    Designer
    “Food is fascinating because it is an ever evolving substance where development will never stop.”
    Netherlands
  • Speaker
    Mirjam de Bruijn
    Product Designer
    Mirjam de Bruijn's work questions the way we use our everyday products.
    Netherlands
  • Andile Speaker
    Andile Vellem
    Performance Artist
    Vellem began dancing at an early age inspired by his parents who were ballroom dancers.
    South Africa
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