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  • Speaker 2012
    Bjarke Ingels
    Architect
    Bjarke Ingels is a member of a new generation of architects that combine shrewd analysis, playful experimentation, social responsibility and humour.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Tom Dixon Speaker 2018
    Tom Dixon
    Product Designer
    Tom Dixon OBE is a self-taught product designer, based in London.
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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
  • Speaker 2002
    Shigeru Ban
    Architect
    Shigeru Ban is a Japanese architect renowned for his innovative work with, particularly, cardboard.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Arron Nathan Moos Pro-account
    Arron Nathan Moos
    Photographer
    Arron Nathan Moos is a 24-year-old photographer
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2010
    Troika
    Interaction Designer
    Troika is a multi-disciplinary art and design practice founded in 2003 by Conny Freyer, Eva Rucki and Sebastien Noel.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Hat-trick Speaker 2011
    Hat-trick
    Creative Agency
    Hat-trick is led by Jim Sutherland and Gareth Howat. Their enduring enthusiasm for design sees them over-deliver of every project that goes through tthe studio.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Sou Fujimoto. Photo: David Vintiner Speaker 2016
    Sou Fujimoto
    Architect
    Philosophical architect Sou Fujimoto blurs the lines between the public and the private in his thought-provoking work.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Speaker 2008
    Paul D Miller
    DJ
    Paul D Miller is a New York-based musician, conceptual artist and writer best known by his stage name DJ Spooky that Subliminal Kid.
    New York, USA
  • Naomi Zwane Pro-account
    Naomi Zwane
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    Johannesburg-based Naomi Zwane is a graphic designer, artist and illustrator
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2003
    Neville Brody
    Typographer
    Neville Brody is a renowned designer, typographer, art director and brand strategist. He is also an educator and a passionate voice in the design community.
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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 2011
    Dror Benshetrit
    Product Designer
    Dror Benshetrit has developed an interdisciplinary practice specialising in innovative design projects, spanning architecture, interiors and art direction.
    New York, USA
  • 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
  • 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
  • Shubhankar Ray, global brand director of G-Star RAW Speaker 2015
    Shubhankar Ray
    Creative Director
    A thought leader in branding, Shubhankar Ray has pioneered a counter-intuitive approach to developing modern brands.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Geraldine Fenn Speaker 2005
    Geraldine Fenn
    Jewellery Designer
    Geraldine Fenn is a South African jewellery designer.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Pia Nyakairu Speaker 2016
    Pia Nyakairu
    Industrial Designer
    Ugandan industrial designer Pia Nyakairu focuses on remote rehabilitation for breast cancer patients.
    Toronto, Canada
  • 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
  • Speaker 2015
    Ng'endo Mukii
    Filmmaker
    Ng’endo Mukii is the Kenyan artist and animator behind the critically acclaimed short film "Yellow Fever".
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Speaker 2013
    Martí Guixé
    Food Designer / Industrial Designer / Interior Designer
    Martí Guixé is a Catalonian interior and industrial designer living in Barcelona.
    Spain
  • 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
  • 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
  • "Light is a thing of beauty in that it overcomes darkness" - W&N Studio, London-based image makers, artists and filmmakers Speaker 2016
    Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
    Art Director / Filmmaker / Photographer
    "Light is a thing of beauty in that it overcomes darkness" - W&N Studio, London-based image makers, artists and filmmakers.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2012
    Bjarke Ingels
    Architect
    Bjarke Ingels is a member of a new generation of architects that combine shrewd analysis, playful experimentation, social responsibility and humour.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
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