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  • Nondwe Nyathi is a self-taught designer from Cape Town, inspired by the jewels of the African continent. Pro-account
    Nondwe Nyathi
    Jewellery Designer
    Nondwe Nyathi is a self-taught designer and founder of her own jewellery brand, Indwe Designs.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 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 2010
    Harry Pearce
    Graphic Designer
    Harry Pearce is a graphic designer and partner at Pentagram's London office.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Simon Waterfall Speaker 2007
    Simon Waterfall
    Digital Designer
    Simon Waterfall has been a creative director since he was 16. Still at school, his company wrote the first computer games for Commodore 64 and Amigas.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2003
    Fabio Ongarato
    Art Director
    Melbourne, Australia
  • 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
  • Gary Harwood Speaker 2006
    Gary Harwood
    Director
    Gary Harwood is a director at the brand agency Harwood Kirsten Leigh McCoy (HKLM).
    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 2013
    Pieter-Jan Pieters
    Pieter-Jan Pieters is a recent Design Academy Eindhoven graduate interested in innovation, design, technology, engineering and fun.
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Nandipha Yanta Pro-account
    Nandipha Yanta
    Artist
    Nandipha Yanta currently studying Art in Fine Art at the University of Witwatersrand
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2002
    James Victore
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Animator
    New York, USA
  • Stefano Giovannoni Speaker 2015
    Stefano Giovannoni
    Industrial Designer / Interior Designer
    Italian designer and architect Stefano Giovannoni has produced a prolific body of work for brands such as Alessi, Magis and Samsung.
    Milan, Italy
  • David Butler. Photo: Brett Falcon. Speaker 2011
    David Butler
    Brand Specialist
    David Butler is responsible for leading the global design vision and strategy for the Coca-Cola Company.
    Atlanta, USA
  • Nkuli Mlangeni Pro-account
    Nkuli Mlangeni
    Textile Designer
    Nkuli Mlangeni is a textile designer and fashion rebel.
    East London, South Africa
  • Riyaadh Ismail Pro-account
    Riyaadh Ismail
    Fashion Designer
    Riyaadhs Yaad is a streetwear fashion house, focusing on inclusivity, culture, sustainability and tailoring.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Porky Hefer Speaker 2012
    Porky Hefer
    Product Designer
    Porky Hefer is a designer, activist and agitator committed to promoting change. Hefer is a creative doer that believes in keeping things simple.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Didintle Ntshudisane
    Stylist
    Didintle Ntshudisane shines light on being a creative stylist.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2007
    Paul Davis
    Illustrator
    UK artist Paul Davis enjoys commenting on politics, society’s nuances, sex and human behaviour through his work.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Dong-Ping Wong Speaker
    Dong-Ping Wong
    Architect
    Architect Dong-Ping Wong is the founder and Director of FOOD, a design firm based in New York.
    New York, USA
  • BANC is a furniture and homeware range characterised by Hardy’s use of slim, household copper pipes and French oak wood. Pro-account
    Josie Hardy
    Furniture Designer
    Josie Hardy's family has a legacy of carpentry, and she's carrying the torch high in the contemporary design world.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2017
    Grace Jun
    Social Entrepreneur
    Grace Jun is designer and self-taught coder. Her work examines functional fashion for inclusion with the aim to anchor wearable tech to the human experience.
    New York, USA
  • Maxwell Mutanda Speaker 2016
    Maxwell Mutanda
    Architect
    Multi-talented architect Maxwell Mutanda uses design to address real-world issues.
    Harare, Zimbabwe
  • OMM design workshop Speaker 2006
    OMM Design Workshop
    Architect
    Together, Andrew Makin and Janina Masojada lead OMM Design Workshop, an architecture practice based in Durban, South Africa
    Durban, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Thaakierah Abdul
    Graphic Designer
    This graphic designer has a playful approach to breaking design principles and having fun with every colour in the crayon box.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nondwe Nyathi is a self-taught designer from Cape Town, inspired by the jewels of the African continent. Pro-account
    Nondwe Nyathi
    Jewellery Designer
    Nondwe Nyathi is a self-taught designer and founder of her own jewellery brand, Indwe Designs.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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