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  • Ane Crabtree Speaker
    Ane Crabtree
    Award-winning costume designer and women's rights icon.
    USA
  • Gordon Reid - Design Indaba Conference 2019 Speaker
    Gordon Reid
    Art Director / Graphic Designer
    Graphic Designer, Art Director and the Founder of Middle Boop.
    United Kingdom
  • Morag Myerscough Speaker 2018
    Morag Myerscough
    Graphic Designer
    The UK designer makes large structures with neon geometric patterns often incorporating positive messaging hand-painted onto plywood.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Kate Moross. Image credit: Infringe Magazine and Panos Damaskinidis Speaker 2017
    Kate Moross
    Graphic Designer
    Award-winning, multi-tasking art director and designer Kate Moross is a fast rising-star on London's design scene.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Dong-Ping Wong Speaker
    Dong-Ping Wong
    Architect
    Architect Dong-Ping Wong is the founder and Director of FOOD, a design firm based in New York.
    New York, USA
  • Annabelle Selldorf Speaker
    Annabelle Selldorf
    Architect
    Architect and founder of Selldorf Architects
    New York, USA
  • David Droga Speaker
    David Droga
    Advertising Executive
    Founder & Creative Chairman, Droga5
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2018
    Martha Cotton
    Design Consultant
    Design Researcher.
    USA
  • Lucille Tenazas. Speaker 2002
    Lucille Tenazas
    Graphic Designer
    Lucille Tenazas is the Associate Dean and Henry Wolf Professor in the School of Art, Media and Technology (AMT) at Parsons School for Design.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Speaker 2006
    Satyendra Pakhalé
    Industrial Designer
    Satyendra Pakhalé is a multifaceted designer active in various fields, from industrial design to architecture.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
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    Kgaugelo Rakgwale
    Photographer
    Kgaugelo Rakgwale is a self-taught artist who believes in capturing a message.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Tyla Stallbom
    Product Designer
    An aspiring product designer eager to step onto the scene and establish her own business in South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Tony Brook Speaker 2018
    Tony Brook
    Creative Director
    The creative director established the multi-disciplinary design studio Spin in 1992.
    United Kingdom
  • Image by Earl Abrahams Speaker 2018
    Mark Kamau
    Interaction Designer
    Afro-centric UX Designer.
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Pro-account
    Shamara Brenna
    Product Designer
    A Conceptual Designer with an interest in the way children use toys to learn and grow.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2018
    GetSmarter
    Entrepreneur
    Get to know the entrepreneurs and business partners behind popular learning platform, GetSmarter.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2011
    Hugh Masekela
    Musician
    Born in 1939, South African trumpeter, bandleader, composer and lyricist, Hugh Masekela, is loved by jazz, bebop, funk and Afrobeat fans the world over.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Ntombegugu Peteni
    Fashion Designer
    Ntombegugu Peteni a fashion designer changing up the industry.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Speaker 2018
    Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves
    Design Studio
    SWINE explores themes of regional identity and the future of resources.
    United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2018
    Lonny van Ryswyck
    Product Designer
    A designer that sits at the crossroads of creativity, science and nature.
    Netherlands
  • Tom Dixon Speaker 2018
    Tom Dixon
    Product Designer
    Tom Dixon OBE is a self-taught product designer, based in London.
    London, United Kingdom
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    Jessica Middleton
    Illustrator
    Jessica Middleton a Cape Town-based illustrator is currently making moves in the industry.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    George Gibbens
    Industrial Designer
    An industrial designer with a fresh take on the problems we need to solve with design.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nickita Pro-account
    Nickita Maesela
    DJ / Music Producer
    The designer is here to reinvent and represent.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Ane Crabtree Speaker
    Ane Crabtree
    Award-winning costume designer and women's rights icon.
    USA
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