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Ambassadors of the Maker Library Network, Thingking are an award-winning design company based in Woodstock, Cape Town. >

Touching the Earth Lightly (TEL) by Stephen Lamb is a call to action that combines people, design and conservation. >

Lawrence Zeegen is the Dean of Design at London College of Communication, University of the Arts London. >

Inscape Education Group is the oldest multidisciplinary private creative arts institution in South Africa. >

Daniel Charny is an independent curator and cofounder of creative projects consultancy From Now On. >

Kingston University’s Design School has a well-established and internationally renowned research culture. >

Steven Heller is an art director, journalist, critic, editor and author of more than 150 books on graphic design and popular culture themes. >

Michael Grigoriev is a design strategist exploring the role design plays in catalysing social change. >

Bland Hoke is a recent graduate of the Transdisciplinary Design MFA programme at Parsons the New School for Design. >

Ben Terrett is head of design at the Government Digital Service, Cabinet Office for the UK Government. >

Egodesign.ca is Canada's first bilingual webzine dedicated to global design. >

Lisa White is the head of lifestyle and interiors at WGSN. >

John Maeda is president of the Rhode Island School of Design. >

Andy Chen is a graphic designer and ethnographer who advocates for marginalised populations. >

Libere Foundation creates beautifully handcrafted products from waste material and found objects, designed by children and manufactured by unemployed people. >

Porky Hefer is a designer, activist and agitator committed to promoting change. Hefer is a creative doer that believes in keeping things simple. >

Clive van Heerden is interested in research initiatives that identify long-term systemic shifts, and anticipate changes in future lifestyles. >

John Bielenberg believes that "thinking wrong" as a means of making the world a better place, through design. >

Colour Africa, part of graphic design studio Design for Development, exhibits "Colour Africa Proverbs", a colouring book of beautifully illustrated proverbs. >

See-Saw-Do is a social enterprise that uplifts and transforms environments where children live, learn and play. >

Fibra is a Brazilian sustainable design studio comprising four university peers: Bernardo Ferracioli, Pedro Themoteo, Bruno Temer and Thiago Maia. >

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. >

Lindsay Kinkade is a teacher, designer, artist and interested in public engagement, public policy design collaborations and data visualisation. >

Deborah Szebeko is the founder of thinkpublic. She combines design and social entrepreneurship to seek solutions to many social challenges. >

Kiran Bir Sethi is the founder and director of The Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India, and founder of Design for Change, and aProCh. >