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Jannes Hendrikz is the compositor and creative director of the Blackheart Gang by night, and TVC director for Shy the Sun by day >

Dwayne Spradlin is president and CEO of InnoCentive Inc, an open innovation community of smart, creative people who provide solutions to tough problems. >

Wicked Pixels was the first boutique studio in South Africa to specialise in the craft of animation, visual effects and motion graphic design founded by Wessels >

Daljit Singh is the founder of digital agency Digit and executive creative director of Conran Singh. >

As managing director of Enterprise IG, David Blyth is responsible for the operational delivery of all strategy and design work across Africa. >

Maira Koutsoudakis is the founder and principal of Life architecture, interiors and creative direction. >

Better known as Zapiro, he has published 11 cartoon collections and held solo exhibitions in New York, London and Frankfurt. >

During his seven years as senior designer, Frere-Jones created many of Font Bureau's best known typefaces, including Interstate, and Poynter Oldstyle and Gothic >

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. >

Ruudt Peters defines himself as a philosopher and an alchemist, his pieces of jewellery being extensions of a person. >

UK artist Paul Davis enjoys commenting on politics, society’s nuances, sex and human behaviour through his work. >

Prof Neil Gershenfeld is the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Centre for Bits and Atoms. >

Martin Lambie-Nairn started his career in the world of television in the 1960s when he joined the BBC as a “temporary holiday relief assistant graphic artist”. >

Undertaking projects of different sizes and scales the design firm has worked in environments as diverse as Alaska, New York, the Okavango Delta and Singapore. >

Madrid-based Jaime Hayón is an artist-designer known for the bold-yet-whimsical look and feel he brings to his work. >

Georgianna Stout is founding partner and creative director at 2x4, leading projects that range from extensive website and identity projects. >

Trained as a sculptor and musician, Watkins took up jewellery design in the early 70s, and has sustained an international recognition for his work ever since. >

Cameron Sinclair is the co-founder and 'chief eternal optimist' (CEO) for Architecture for Humanity. >

Born in Poland but raised in England, Barbara Hulanicki began her career in fashion in the early 1960s working as a freelance fashion illustrator. >

Studying at Leeds and the Royal College of Art, London, Andy Stevens is one of the founding members of Graphic Thought Facility. >

“Alex Steffen, a designing optimist, lays out the blueprint for a successful century.” – The New York Times >

Wendy Ramshaw was given Commander of the British Empire status by The Queen for her service to the Arts and is recognised as one of the world's finest jewellers >

BusinessWeek's "guru", overachiever Tucker Viemeister also founded Smart Design and is a fellow of Industrial Designers Society of America. >

Kita has created anything from furniture, household goods and appliances to LCD TVs and robots for clients including Cassina, Moroso, Sharp and Stokke. >