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  • Speaker 1997
    Dennis Bronner
    Alongside Ian Sutherland, Bronner spoke on Genetic Design at ML Sultan Technikon for Design Indaba Conference in 1997.
    International
  • Happy Ntshingila Speaker 2004
    Happy Ntshingila
    Director
    Happy Ntshingila founded South Africa's first black-owned agency, HerdBuoys, in 1991. He is now the CEO of Supersport.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Jody Brand Speaker 2014
    Jody Brand
    Photographer
    Jody Brand is a Cape Town-based photographer and art director.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 1995
    Sophie Soveno
    Brand Specialist
    Soveno was a managing director of KSDP Pentagraph DV Amsterdam.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Jenny Ehlers at Design Indaba Conference 2007. Speaker 2007
    Jenny Ehlers
    Creative Director
    Jenny Ehlers is creative director and equity partner of King James RSVP, the design and promotions arm of the King James Group.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker
    Iina Vuorivirta
    Designer
    IKEA’s in-house designer Iina Vuorivirta has learned to challenge briefs and make use of waste materials.
    Sweden, Finland
  • Chido Govera Speaker 2017
    Chido Govera
    Social Entrepreneur
    Zimbabwean activist and social entrepreneur Chido Govera uses coffee waste to grow mushrooms and provide sustainable income for orphans.
    Zimbabwe
  • Speaker 2002
    Michael Stallenberg
    Graphic Designer
    Michael Stallenberg is a South African art director. Working for Interactive Africa, he started Design Indaba Magazine in 2001.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Denis Santachiara Speaker 2006
    Denis Santachiara
    Product Designer
    Denis Santachiara is an anomalous designer and an outsider of the international outline of design, beginning his career marrying art and design.
    Milan, Italy
  • Speaker 2005
    Alison Jackson
    Photographer
    Alison Jackson is a fine artist and photographer.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 1997
    Ian Sutherland
    Alongside Dennis Bronner, Sutherland spoke on Genetic Design at ML Sultan Technikon for Design Indaba Conference in 1997.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2013
    Louise Fili
    Graphic Designer
    Louise Fili is a graphic designer specialising in food packaging and restaurant identities.
    New York, USA
  • Joanina Pastoll Speaker 2001
    Joanina Pastoll
    Joanina Pastoll finds her niche in corporate identity. Having produced great work for clients such as Nando's and Steers under Cross Colours design.
    South Africa
  • Haroon Gunn-Salie Speaker 2014
    Haroon Gunn-Salie
    Artist
    Cape Town-born artist Haroon Gunn-Salie translates community oral histories into artistic interventions and experiential installations.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Keenan Wyrobek Speaker
    Keenan Wyrobek
    Engineer
    The founder of Zipline, the world's only drone delivery service gets life-saving medical supplies and blood to the most remote places on Earth.
    USA
  • Rahim Bhimani Speaker 2012
    Rahim Bhimani
    Industrial Designer
    Rahim Bhimani is an industrial designer with a keen interest in solving problems using creativity and the collaborative power of design and business.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Juliana Rotich Speaker 2014
    Juliana Rotich
    Computer Scientist
    Juliana Rotich is co-founder and executive director of Ushahidi, a non-profit tech company that build tools for democratising information.
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Noel Cottrell Speaker 2001
    Noel Cottrell
    Creative Director
    Chief Creative Officer at Fitzgerald & Co.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2002
    Teresa Roviras
    Creative Director
    London, United Kingdom
  • Hailed as one of the world’s greatest chefs, Elena Arzak manages to combine traditional cooking with modernity. Speaker 2016
    Elena Arzak
    Chef
    Hailed as one of the world’s greatest chefs, Elena Arzak succeeds in ingeniously combining traditional cooking with contemporary food design.
    Spain
  • Simon Sankarayya Speaker 2003
    Simon Sankarayya
    Creative Director
    Simon Sankarayya is the founder of award-winning interactive design and user-experience agency AllofUs and the president of D&AD.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 1997
    David Jack
    Architect
    David Jack spoke on architectural design at the V&A Waterfront in a case study entitled The Designer Harbour, at the Design Indaba Conference in 1997.
    South Africa
  • Sir John Hegarty Speaker 2013
    Sir John Hegarty
    Creative Director
    Advertising guru Sir John Hegarty is a creative director and founder of Bartle Bogle Hegarty advertising
    London, United Kingdom
  • Lucille Tenazas. Speaker 2002
    Lucille Tenazas
    Graphic Designer
    Lucille Tenazas is the Associate Dean and Henry Wolf Professor in the School of Art, Media and Technology (AMT) at Parsons School for Design.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Speaker 1997
    Dennis Bronner
    Alongside Ian Sutherland, Bronner spoke on Genetic Design at ML Sultan Technikon for Design Indaba Conference in 1997.
    International
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