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    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
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    Steph Foster
    Artist
    His work combines sound and music with visual media to tell stories of mass incarceration and reconciliation within urban communities.
    USA
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    Carolien Niebling
    Designer
    “Food is fascinating because it is an ever evolving substance where development will never stop.”
    Netherlands
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    Mirjam de Bruijn
    Product Designer
    Mirjam de Bruijn's work questions the way we use our everyday products.
    Netherlands
  • Faith XLVII Speaker 2010
    Faith XLVII
    Artist
    Faith XLVII is an internationally acclaimed street- and studio-based artist currently living in Cape Town, South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Ashlee Lloyd
    Industrial Designer
    A textile and lighting designer based in Cape Town, South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lebo Mashile Speaker 2018
    Lebo Mashile
    Performance Artist
    An award-winning writer, presenter, actress and activist.
    South Africa
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    Pascale Theron
    Designer
    Pascale Theron was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, but recently graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
    South Africa, Eindhoven
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    Olof Schybergson
    Design Director / Digital Designer
    An internationally recognized domain expert and thought leader.
    Finland
  • Speaker
    Shaina Garfield
    Designer
    Shaina Garfield’s creative interests are at the intersection of environmentalism, disability studies, and food equality.
    USA
  • Speaker
    Nicole Nomsa Moyo
    Designer
    Nicole Nomsa Moyo is a Zimbabwean born, South African citizen, living and working as an Urban Designer in the city of Toronto.
    Zimbabwe, South Africa
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    Freyja Sewell
    Designer
    Freyja Sewell is a designer who creates for the mind.
    United Kingdom
  • Kordae Jatafa Henry Speaker
    Kordae Jatafa Henry
    Creative Director
    Creative Director and Artist Kordae Jatafa Henry lives and works in Los Angeles.
    Los Angeles, USA
  • Tin&Ed Speaker
    Tin&Ed
    Graphic Designer
    Tin&Ed are creative directors and artists working between New York and Melbourne Australia.
    Australia
  • Keenan Wyrobek Speaker
    Keenan Wyrobek
    Engineer
    The founder of Zipline, the world's only drone delivery service gets life-saving medical supplies and blood to the most remote places on Earth.
    USA
  • Adebayo Oke-Lawal Speaker
    Adebayo Oke-Lawal
    Fashion Designer
    The founder of Orange Culture, a clothing line movement that covers universal silhouettes with an African aesthetic.
    Lagos, Nigeria
  • Mondli Kunene Standard
    Mondli Kunene
    Artist
    The Soweto-born visual artist wants to use his paintings to foster social change.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Madri Scherman
    Designer
    This Stellenbosch graduate went from molecular science into designing her own luxury handbag range.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Tshepiso Mabula Standard
    Tshepiso Mabula
    Photographer
    Mabula is a writer and photographer whose work focuses on human interest stories.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Basetsana Maluleka Standard
    Basetsana Maluleka
    This photographer left her finance studies to pursue her love for photography.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Asanda Mini Standard
    Asanda Mini
    Fashion Designer
    This young, multifaceted creative hopes to gain skills and then give back.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Zinhle Zulu Standard
    Zinhle Zulu
    Illustrator
    The founder of Zuluvisual, hopes to do good through illustration.
    South Africa
  • Mzoxolo x Mayongo Standard
    Mzoxolo x Mayongo
    Artist
    Conceptual artist and activist from Cape Town, based in Johannesburg.
    South Africa
  • Thabiso Joyisa Standard
    Thabiso Joyisa
    Designer
    A Durban creative behind an architectural student movement to transform academic and social space.
    Durban, South Africa
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    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
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