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  • Michael Wolff, founder of Wolff Olins Speaker 2011
    Michael Wolff
    Design Consultant
    Michael Wolff is a co-founder of one of the world’s most iconic design companies – Wolff Olins – and is recognised today as a leader in thinking on brands.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Hilary Cottam Speaker 2016
    Hilary Cottam
    Social Entrepreneur
    Hilary Cottam is a designer, innovator and social entrepreneur who pioneers the use of design for social change.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Safia Qureshi Speaker 2016
    Safia Qureshi
    Architect / Entrepreneur
    Safia Qureshi is an award-winning architect, social designer, entrepreneur and one half of Studio [D] Tale.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Danish artist Thomas Poulsen, who goes by the alias FOS Speaker 2016
    FOS
    Artist
    Danish artist Thomas Poulsen, who works under the alias FOS, creates unusual spaces that rely on human interaction to really come to life.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Speaker 2013
    Daan Roosegaarde
    Artist / Interaction Designer
    Daan Roosegaarde is an artist and innovator, interested in exploring the dawn of a new nature evolving from technological innovations.
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Francois Knoetze Speaker 2016
    Francois Knoetze
    Artist / Performance Artist / Sculptor
    Francois Knoetze is a performance artist, sculptor and filmmaker. His work traces the life cycles of discarded objects.
    Grahamstown, Cape Town
  • Hellicar & Lewis Speaker 2012
    Hellicar & Lewis
    Artist / Interaction Designer
    Pete Hellicar and Joel Lewis use art, design and technology to create experiences that take people into the moment.
    London, United Kingdom
  • René Redzepi Speaker 2012
    René Redzepi
    Food Designer / Chef
    René Redzepi is the founder and head of Noma restaurant in Copenhagen, and one of the most influential people on the international food scene today.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Karlssonwilker Inc Speaker 2008
    Karlssonwilker Inc
    Graphic Designer
    Karlssonwilker inc. is a design studio located in the heart of Manhattan, founded by Icelander Hjalti Karlsson and Jan Wilker from Germany.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2007
    Milton Glaser
    Graphic Designer
    Born in 1929, Milton Glaser is among the most celebrated graphic designers in the United States.
    New York, USA
  • Naoto Fukasawa Speaker 2014
    Naoto Fukasawa
    Industrial Designer
    Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa is one of the world's most influential designers.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe Speaker 2016
    Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe
    Design Studio
    With a laser-sharp focus on the future, Dutch designers Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk are on the pulse of concept design.
    Netherlands
  • Maxwell Mutanda Speaker 2016
    Maxwell Mutanda
    Architect
    Multi-talented architect Maxwell Mutanda uses design to address real-world issues.
    Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Speaker 2009
    Javier Mariscal
    Artist / Graphic Designer
    Since Javier Mariscal took up a pencil in the 1970s to earn his living, his life and career have been characterised by his creative incontinence.
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Speaker 2002
    Shigeru Ban
    Architect
    Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect renowned for his innovative work with, particularly, cardboard.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Alfredo Brillembourg is an architect and urban designer redefining the socio-economic system to overcome the emergent challenges in rapid urbanisation. Speaker 2016
    Alfredo Brillembourg
    Architect / Urban Designer
    Alfredo Brillembourg is an architect and urban designer redefining the socio-economic system to overcome the emergent challenges in rapid urbanisation.
    Caracas, Venezuela
  • Massimo and Lella Vignelli Speaker 2007
    Massimo and Lella Vignelli
    Graphic Designer / Product Designer
    Massimo Vignelli (1931 to 2014) and his wife and partner Lella cofounded Vignelli Associates, and Vignelli Center for Design Studies.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2010
    Revital Cohen
    Interaction Designer
    As a designer and researcher she develops critical objects and provocative scenarios exploring the juxtaposition of the natural with the artificial.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Pia Nyakairu Speaker 2016
    Pia Nyakairu
    Industrial Designer
    Ugandan industrial designer Pia Nyakairu focuses on remote rehabilitation for breast cancer patients.
    Toronto, Canada
  • Speaker 2016
    Kazuya Kawasaki
    Fashion Designer / Speculative Designer
    Kazuya Kawasaki is a fashion designer and a student in Keio University’s SFC X design programme. He is trying to create a new era of "speculative fashion".
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Speaker 2005
    Campana Brothers
    Product Designer
    Inspired by Brazilian street life, the Campana Brothers combine everyday objects with advanced technology to create a specifically Brazilian approach to design.
    Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Vera de Pont Speaker 2016
    Vera de Pont
    Fashion Designer / Speculative Designer
    Futuristic fashion researcher Vera de Pont explores the relationship between the human body and its surroundings. She works in both fantasy and reality.
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Sean O'Toole Speaker 2006
    Sean O’Toole
    Editor / Journalist / Writer
    Sean O’Toole is a Cape Town-based journalist and editor.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2013
    Oscar Diaz
    Product Designer
    Oscar Diaz is a product designer interested in understanding, exploring and questioning objects.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Michael Wolff, founder of Wolff Olins Speaker 2011
    Michael Wolff
    Design Consultant
    Michael Wolff is a co-founder of one of the world’s most iconic design companies – Wolff Olins – and is recognised today as a leader in thinking on brands.
    London, United Kingdom
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