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  • Nkuli Mlangeni Pro-account
    Nkuli Mlangeni
    Textile Designer
    Nkuli Mlangeni is a textile designer and fashion rebel.
    East London, South Africa
  • Speaker 2008
    Mirko Ilić
    Graphic Designer / Writer
    Bosnian national, Mirko Ilić illustrated and art directed posters, record covers and comics in Europe before moving to the United States in 1986.
    New York, USA
  • Joanne Thomas Speaker 2001
    Joanne Thomas
    Creative Director
    Respected South African designer and creative director, Joanne Thomas of The Jupiter Drawing Room, also judged the 2011 Let It Out! campaign.
    South Africa
  • Teshia Treuhaft. Speaker 2014
    Teshia Treuhaft
    Artist / Communication Designer / Product Designer
    Teshia Treuhaft is an artist/designer with expertise in furniture and object design as well as communications design.
    Michigan, USA
  • Pauline Saglio Speaker 2017
    Pauline Saglio
    Interaction Designer
    Pauline Saglio is an interaction designer and artist based in Switzerland whose interest lies in the combination of digital and tangible.
    Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Margaret Calvert. Image: Dan Wilton Speaker 2016
    Margaret Calvert
    Typographer
    Margaret Calvert is a graphic designer known for her design of road signs in the United Kingdom, as well as the typefaces Calvert and Transport.
    United Kingdom
  • Omar Victor Diop Speaker 2015
    Omar Victor Diop
    Photographer
    This Senegalese photographer uses the medium to capture the diversity of modern African societies and lifestyles.
    Dakar, Senegal
  • Speaker 2004
    Alexander Gelman
    Graphic Designer
    Alexander Gelman is one of the "world's most famous modern and contemporary artists in all media".
    New York, USA
  • Dieter Rams Speaker 2005
    Dieter Rams
    Industrial Designer
    Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer known for his design approach "Weniger, aber besser" ("Less is better") and his "10 Principles for Good Design".
    International
  • Nicholas Hlobo at Design Indaba 2013 Speaker 2013
    Nicholas Hlobo
    Artist
    Nicholas Hlobo is a South African artist, fast gaining an international reputation for his experimental use of materials.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker
    Iina Vuorivirta
    Designer
    IKEA’s in-house designer Iina Vuorivirta has learned to challenge briefs and make use of waste materials.
    Sweden, Finland
  • Self-produced singer-songwriter Imogen Heap is an unusual digital diva with rare technical savvy and a personal vision for the future of the music industry. Image: Fiona Garden Speaker 2016
    Imogen Heap
    Musician
    As well as a talented musician, Imogen Heap is a digital master. Her tech innovations include the Mi.Mu gloves and a conceptual platform called Mycelia.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Lauren Beukes. Speaker 2014
    Lauren Beukes
    Author
    Lauren Beukes, author of Zoo City and The Shining Girls, uses twisty fiction to explore who we are in the world right now.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lernert & Sander Speaker 2017
    Lernert & Sander
    Artist / Filmmaker
    Dutch artists and filmmakers Lernert & Sander are known for their installations and high-conceptual art films.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2008
    Tucker Viemeister
    Industrial Designer
    BusinessWeek's "guru", overachiever Tucker Viemeister also founded Smart Design and is a fellow of Industrial Designers Society of America.
    International
  • Giorgia Lupi. Image by Caterina Clerici Speaker 2017
    Giorgia Lupi
    Information Designer
    Giorgia Lupi is an award-winning information designer, artist and the co-author of "Dear Data", a book that visualises the details of everyday life.
    New York, USA
  • Athi-Patra Ruga Speaker 2014
    Athi-Patra Ruga
    Artist
    Athi-Patra Ruga is an artist who explores the border-zones between fashion, performance and contemporary art.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2008
    Jakob Trollbäck
    Creative Director / Motion Graphics Designer / DJ
    Swedish self-taught designer Jakob Trollbäck leads the innovative and highly successful Trollbäck + Company.
    New York, USA
  • Naresh Ramchandani Speaker 2016
    Naresh Ramchandani
    Advertising Executive / Communication Designer
    Naresh Ramchandani is the first ever communications and advertising partner at Pentagram.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Henning Rasmuss Speaker 2006
    Henning Rasmuss
    Architect / Writer / Curator
    Henning Rasmuss designs and implements exhibitions on Johannesburg's architecture and writes on architecture and cities, and lectures on invitation.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2013
    Leanie van der Vyver
    Leanie van der Vyver's designs are bold and provocative. Her Scary Beautiful shoes went viral, with some four million views on Vimeo.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2012
    Tonic Design
    Furniture Designer
    Greg Gamble and Philippe van der Merwe are the creative duo behind Tonic design. They specialise in bespoke interior and furniture design.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Eames Demetrios Speaker 2010
    Eames Demetrios
    Design Consultant / Filmmaker
    Eames Demetrios is a filmmaker and the geographer-at-large for Kcymaerxthaere, a parallel universe largely coexistent with our linear world.
    Los Angeles, USA
  • Speaker 2008
    Mike Schalit
    Creative Director
    Mike Schalit began his career by failing as a rock musician. In 1982 he tried again at TBWA Hunt Lascaris and emerged as John Hunt's deputy in 1991.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nkuli Mlangeni Pro-account
    Nkuli Mlangeni
    Textile Designer
    Nkuli Mlangeni is a textile designer and fashion rebel.
    East London, South Africa
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