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  • Fernando Pro-account
    Fernado
    Interaction Designer
    Fernado describes himself as a concept developer. He has also taught himself 3D modelling.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Andrew Shoben Speaker 2012
    Andrew Shoben
    Interaction Designer / Exhibition Designer
    Andrew Shoben creates art in pubic spaces, bringing art and a form of creative expression to urban areas where is usually nothing of the sort.
    Paris, France
  • Speaker 2011
    Oded Ezer
    Graphic Designer / Typographer
    “My name is Oded Ezer and I am a typoholic”, is how typographer, type designer, artist and teacher Oded Ezer introduces himself.
    Givatayim, Israel
  • Speaker 2002
    Erik Spiekermann
    Writer / Typographer / Information Designer
    Germany
  • Speaker 2015
    Sindiso Khumalo
    Fashion Designer
    Sindiso Khumalo is a sustainable textile designer based in Cape Town.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2009
    Marcel Wanders
    Product Designer
    Marcel Wanders is a Dutch designer who has been lauded by the The New York Times as the "Lady Gaga of the design world".
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2015
    Selly Raby Kane
    Fashion Designer
    Selly Raby Kane is a Senegalese fashion designer and a central figure in Dakar's new wave of creative practitioners.
    Dakar, Senegal
  • Speaker 2013
    Marian Bantjes
    Graphic Designer
    Marian Bantjes has been variously described as a typographer, designer, artist and writer.
    Canada
  • Speaker 2015
    Emily Oberman
    Brand Specialist / Filmmaker / Multidisciplinary Designer
    Emily Oberman’s work in the entertainment and hospitality industries has demonstrated how design can be integral to the creation of brand identity.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2010
    Frank Tjepkema
    Product Designer
    Frank Tjepkema is the founder of Tjep. design studio in Amsterdam whose expertise includes interior, architectural, product, visual and jewellery design.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Mikhailia Petersen Pro-account
    Mikhailia Petersen
    Filmmaker / Photographer
    Mikhailia Petersen is an independent, multi-faceted creative.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2013
    Masashi Kawamura
    Creative Director
    Masashi Kawamura is a creative director and founder of the creative lab PARTY, with offices in Tokyo and New York.
    New York, USA
  • Peter Saville Speaker 2004
    Peter Saville
    Creative Director
    Peter Saville is the kind of designer that legends are built around. He is best known for his work designing record covers for Factory Records.
    International
  • David Kester Speaker 2011
    David Kester
    Design Director
    David Kester is the chief executive of the Design Council in the UK. He leads programmes and policies for industry, education and the public sector.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2013
    Oscar Diaz
    Product Designer
    Oscar Diaz is a product designer interested in understanding, exploring and questioning objects.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2010
    5.5 designers
    Product Designer
    5.5 designers is a design studio started up in 2003 by Vincent Baranger, Jean-Sébastien Blanc, Anthony Lebossé and Claire Renard.
    Paris, France
  • Jaime Hayon Speaker 2016
    Jaime Hayón
    Artist / Industrial Designer / Product Designer
    Madrid-based Jaime Hayón is an artist-designer known for the bold-yet-whimsical look and feel he brings to his work.
    Valencia, Spain
  • Haldane Martin - photo by Guido Schwarz Speaker 2007
    Haldane Martin
    Furniture Designer / Industrial Designer / Interior Designer
    Haldane Martin is a Cape Town-based designer known for his iconic furniture and interior designs for his eponymous company.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 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
  • Speaker 2012
    FoxP2
    Advertising Executive / Brand Specialist / Creative Director
    Justin Gomes and Charl Thom are from the independent agency named after the creativity gene, founded by Gomes in Cape Town in 2005.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 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
  • Speaker 2013
    Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
    Artist / Speculative Designer / Writer
    Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg is an artist, designer and writer investigating futures for design.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Agatha "Agi" Haines. Speaker 2014
    Agi Haines
    Speculative Designer
    Agatha Haines is a speculative designer and part of the Pecha Kucha at Design Indaba Conference 2014.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2013
    Pieter-Jan Pieters
    Pieter-Jan Pieters is a recent Design Academy Eindhoven graduate interested in innovation, design, technology, engineering and fun.
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Fernando Pro-account
    Fernado
    Interaction Designer
    Fernado describes himself as a concept developer. He has also taught himself 3D modelling.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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