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  • Rowlinson has furthered his social entrepreneurship efforts by founding the UMBALA baby blanket range Pro-account
    Michael Rowlinson
    Graphic Designer
    Michael Rowlinson is a creative strategist with a background in retail and design, and the creator of the Umbala Baby Blanket project.
    South Africa
  • Alinah Seloane Missouri Pro-account
    Alinah Seloane Missouri
    Fashion Curator
    Alinah Seloane Missouri is an influential force in the SA fashion scene.
    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
  • Pro-account
    Max Bauer Nelson-Tansley
    Graphic Designer
    A graphic designer who is changing the mini-zine publication game in South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Sin designs are for the independent individual who enjoys daring, contemporary clothes that provide directional styling to the wardrobe Pro-account
    Sin by Sandhya Lalloo-Morar
    Design Director
    Sin is the quintessential name in fashion for the modern individual wanting to stand out from the crowd.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2005
    Paula Feferbaum
    Fashion Designer
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Cameron Sinclair Speaker 2007
    Cameron Sinclair
    Architect
    Cameron Sinclair is the co-founder and 'chief eternal optimist' (CEO) for Architecture for Humanity.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Goodwill Mokoka Pro-account
    Goodwill Mokoka
    Graphic Designer
    This creative is a self-taught, multi-disciplinary artist and entrepreneur all in one.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Monde Mabaso is a Johannesburg-based illustrator who draws his inspiration from the eclectic and colourful international city. Pro-account
    Monde Mabaso
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    Monde Mabaso is a Johannesburg-based illustrator and a Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • David Redhead Speaker 1995
    David Redhead
    Editor / Journalist / Writer
    Beginning as Press Officer at design company Fitch, David Redhead moved onto journalism to spend the next 20 years in publishing, broadcasting and design.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Simon Castets Speaker 2014
    Simon Castets
    Curator
    Simon Castets, director and curator of the Swiss Institute, New York, is also the co-founder of the research project 89plus, along with Hans Ulrich Obrist.
    New York, USA
  • GT2P Speaker 2017
    Great Things to People (gt2P)
    Architect
    Chilean architecture, art and design studio Great Things to People (gt2P) experiment with digital crafting to systematise local knowledge and cultural heritage.
    Chile
  • Speaker 2018
    Iwo Borkowicz
    Architect
    Architect.
    Poland
  • 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
  • Pepe Marais of Joe Public United Speaker 1999
    Pepe Marais
    Creative Director
    Co-founder and chief creative officer at Joe Public Johannesburg, Pepe Marais has been at it for over 20 years.
    South Africa
  • Stuart Forrest. Image: Kane Croudace Speaker 2017
    Stuart Forrest
    Animator / Creative Director
    Triggerfish Animation studio CEO Stuart Forrest is the producer of Africa's two most successful film exports: "Adventures in Zambezia" and "Khumba".
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Madri Scherman Standard
    Madri Scherman
    Designer
    This Stellenbosch graduate went from molecular science into designing her own luxury handbag range.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Speaker 1999
    Carlos de Figueiredo
    Information Designer
    Carlos de Figueiredo was an e-business executive at IBM South Africa, and spoke at Design Indaba Conference in 1999.
    South Africa
  • 2018
    Simon Dogger
    Product Designer
    Emotion Whisperer.
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Mondli Kunene Standard
    Mondli Kunene
    Artist
    The Soweto-born visual artist wants to use his paintings to foster social change.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Mohau Modisakeng Pro-account
    Mohau Modisakeng
    Artist / Sculptor
    Mohau Modisakeng is a South African multidisciplinary visual artist.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Chris Gotz Speaker 2014
    Chris Gotz
    Creative Director
    Chris Gotz is the chief creative officer of Ogilvy & Mather South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2002
    Erik Spiekermann
    Writer / Typographer / Information Designer
    Germany
  • Imraan Ho-Yee Speaker 2006
    Imraan Ho-Yee
    Architect
    After he began his career at Louis Karol, within seven years Imraan Ho-Yee became associate, and then partner.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Rowlinson has furthered his social entrepreneurship efforts by founding the UMBALA baby blanket range Pro-account
    Michael Rowlinson
    Graphic Designer
    Michael Rowlinson is a creative strategist with a background in retail and design, and the creator of the Umbala Baby Blanket project.
    South Africa
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