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  • Jonathan Comerford Speaker 1995
    Jonathan Comerford
    Artist
    Printmaker Jonothan Comerford is a well-respected artist and founder of Hard Ground Printmakers.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2009
    Jon Stam
    Product Designer
    Jon Stam is a Canadian-born designer based in Amsterdam and Antwerp.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2001
    Daniel Gruenenwald
    Daniel Gruenenwald is everything. Daniel Gruenenwald is God. Daniel Gruenenwald is Fishfinger Cape Town.
    South Africa
  • Mathieu Rivier Speaker 2014
    Mathieu Rivier
    Interaction Designer
    Mathieu Rivier is a Swiss-born media and interaction designer/artist and part of the Pecha Kucha at Design Indaba Conference 2014.
    Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Banele Floyd Mavimbela Pro-account
    Banele Floyd Mavimbela
    Graphic Designer
    This visual artist aims to highlight emotion and honesty in his work.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Picture by Hamish Brown, 2017 Speaker
    Lemn Sissay
    The author of a series of books of poetry alongside articles, records, broadcasts, public art, commissions and plays.
    United Kingdom
  • Keya Murphy Pro-account
    Keya Murphy
    Graphic Designer
    This creative enjoys flexing more than one artistic muscle. He dabbles in street art, illustration, music and video.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nkateko Odysseus Shirindza is the clever set of hands behind the eclectic and Africanesque fashion label Arnreuby. Pro-account
    Nkateko Odysseus Shirindza
    Fashion Designer
    Nkateko Odysseus Shirindza is the clever set of hands behind the eclectic and Africanesque fashion label Arnreuby.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Victoria Wigzell Speaker 2014
    Victoria Wigzell
    Artist
    Victoria Wigzell is a South African artist currently based in Switzerland.
    Switzerland
  • Speaker 2007
    Andy Stevens
    Studying at Leeds and the Royal College of Art, London, Andy Stevens is one of the founding members of Graphic Thought Facility.
    International
  • Speaker 2018
    Ensamble Studio
    Architect
    Balancing education, research and practice.
    Spain
  • Speaker 2002
    Graham Leigh
    Creative Director
    Graham Leigh is director and retail branding specialist for the HKLM Group in South Africa. Leigh uses his architectural background to create cohesive spaces.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 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
  • Lauren Dixon-Paver Pro-account
    Lauren Dixon-Paver
    Entrepreneur
    A young designer eager to share her craft with others through Youtube tutorials.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Speaker
    Markus Kayser
    Designer
    The German designer's work focuses on novel design and digital fabrication processes at the intersection of design, technology, and biology.
    Germany
  • Speaker 2018
    Ini Archibong
    Designer
    Designer.
    Zurich, Switzerland
  • Jamie-Lee Matthews is a design-minded individual who is incredibly passionate about storytelling and using visual communication to send messages about individuality in a cluttered world. Pro-account
    Jamie-Lee Matthews
    Photographer
    Design-minded Jamie-Lee Matthews uses storytelling and visual communication to spread the work about the importance of individuality.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2003
    Tholoana Qhobela
    Director
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Kordae Jatafa Henry Speaker
    Kordae Jatafa Henry
    Creative Director
    Creative Director and Artist Kordae Jatafa Henry lives and works in Los Angeles.
    Los Angeles, USA
  • Speaker 1997
    Dennis Bronner
    Alongside Ian Sutherland, Bronner spoke on Genetic Design at ML Sultan Technikon for Design Indaba Conference in 1997.
    International
  • Basia Dżaman Speaker 2016
    Basia Dżaman
    Industrial Designer
    Basia Dżaman, a graduate from the School of Form in Poland, is finding solutions to current and future problems.
    Poland
  • Shaun Leane Speaker 2006
    Shaun Leane
    Jewellery Designer
    Shaun Leane has worked in the jewellery industry, designing and making for the past 20 years, both under his own Shaun Leane Ltd and otherwise.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Nicholas Coutts Pro-account
    Nicholas Coutts
    Fashion Designer
    Coming from a creative family, this young designer knew from an early age that his future would be in fashion.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Recent graduate from Ruth Prowse School of Art in Woodstock, Cape Town, Carla Latsky is firmly set on her goal of establishing herself as a commercial artist in South Africa. Latsky takes her inspiration from "the little things" and attempts to breathe life into the mundane with her illustrations. Latsky's art is aimed at inspiring nostalgia, but also at initiating conversation through her eclectic body of work. Pro-account
    Carla Latsky
    Illustrator
    "While Carla appreciates messy art and abstraction, she takes pride in her perfectionism and chooses to keep things clean – for the most part."
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Jonathan Comerford Speaker 1995
    Jonathan Comerford
    Artist
    Printmaker Jonothan Comerford is a well-respected artist and founder of Hard Ground Printmakers.
    South Africa
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