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

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

Advertising guru Sir John Hegarty is a creative director and founder of Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertising >

Olaf Bender's experimental electronic music paints a sonic postcard that is simultaneously cool, organic, dark and overwhelming. >

Seminal British group Massive Attack consists of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall. >

Design Indaba media partner Core77 is a New York-based industrial design content and community site featuring articles, discussions, interviews and resources. >

Bjarke Ingels is a member of a new generation of architects that combine shrewd analysis, playful experimentation, social responsibility and humour. >

An architecture graduate, Carly Berger contributed to the design and construction of Empowerhouse, an affordable, energy-efficient urban housing project. >

Aaron Koblin leads the Data Arts Team in Google’s Creative Lab and is famed for his work on "The Wilderness Downtown" and "The Johnny Cash Project". >

Sputniko! is an artist and designer who creates machines, films and music that explores technology, feminism and pop culture. >

Landscape designer Dan Pearson is involved in "place making" and draws on an innate understanding of how plants relate to their surroundings in his work. >