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  • Freestyle Love Supreme Speaker 2017
    Freestyle Love Supreme
    Musician
    Freestyle Love Supreme is an American hip-hop crew with a TV show in which five performers take the crowd on a non-stop, hip-hop improv ride with no script.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2018
    Johannes Torpe
    CEO and Creative Director behind Johannes Torpe Studios.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • ReVel Productions Pro-account
    ReVel Productions
    Performance Artist
    ReVel productions is a homegrown performance production company, with budding international reach.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Unlabelled strives to showcase authentic South African street fashion and style in a hip and edgy way by drawing inspiration from Joburg street culture. Pro-account
    Phendu Kuta
    Publisher / Writer
    Unlabelled magazine strives to showcase authentic South African street fashion and style in a hip, edgy way by drawing inspiration from 'Jozi' street culture.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2003
    David Doubilet
    Photographer
    David Doubilet is honoured to have his underwater imagery considered to be among the best by editors, peers and colleagues the world over.
    Clayton, USA
  • Lindiwe Matshikiza. Image: Stephanie O'Connor Speaker 2017
    Lindiwe Matshikiza
    Performance Artist
    Lindiwe Matshikiza is an artist, performer, director and writer based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Prof John Heskett Speaker 2004
    John Heskett
    Academic
    Prof John Heskett (1937 – 2014) became possibly the most influential person ever within design education through his teaching and books.
    Chicago, USA
  • Ze Frank, Speaker 2006
    Ze Frank
    Performance Artist
    Ze Frank is an artist and humourist who is said to be a genius in creating online experiences.
    New York, USA
  • 2018
    Simon Dogger
    Product Designer
    Emotion Whisperer.
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2007
    David Blyth
    As managing director of Enterprise IG, David Blyth is responsible for the operational delivery of all strategy and design work across Africa.
    International
  • Speaker 2002
    Luba Lukova
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2013
    Howard Chambers
    Howard Chambers is a recent graduate of the Transdisciplinary Design MFA programme at Parsons the New School for Design.
    New York, USA
  • Ozwald Boateng Speaker 2003
    Ozwald Boateng
    Fashion Designer
    Ozwald Boateng OBE is an English fashion designer of Ghanaian descent, known for his trademark twist on classic British tailoring and bespoke style.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Standard
    Rolecia Janse van Rensburg
    Product Designer
    The interior and product designer sees things on the quirkier side of life.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Blue Forest Collective Pro-account
    Blue Forest Collective
    Filmmaker
    Blue Forest Collective is a multitalented group of creative people based in South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2013
    Bland Hoke
    Bland Hoke is a recent graduate of the Transdisciplinary Design MFA programme at Parsons the New School for Design.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2003
    Sujata Keshavan Guha
    Graphic Designer
    International
  • Speaker 2013
    Daniel Charny
    Curator
    Daniel Charny is an independent curator and cofounder of creative projects consultancy From Now On.
    United Kingdom
  • Ross Chowles. Speaker 2006
    Ross Chowles
    Creative Director
    Ross Chowles is executive creative director and founding partner of The Jupiter Drawing Room in Cape Town.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Cecelia Martin, Lava Lab Speaker 2016
    Cecilia Martin
    Digital Designer
    Cecilia Martin, co-founder and curator of Lava Lab in Amsterdam, is an innovator by nature. Her motto is "what if...?"
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2018
    Shaakira Jassat
    Design Researcher.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Wally Olins Speaker 2007
    Wally Olins
    Brand Specialist
    Wally Olins (1930 – 2014) was one of the world's most experienced practitioners in corporate identity and branding.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2003
    Fabio Ongarato
    Art Director
    Melbourne, Australia
  • Kjetil Thorsen Speaker
    Kjetil Thorsen
    Architect
    Kjetil Thorsen is a founding partner of the Norwegian architecture and landscape design firm Snøhetta and leads their Oslo-based office.
    Oslo, Norway
  • Freestyle Love Supreme Speaker 2017
    Freestyle Love Supreme
    Musician
    Freestyle Love Supreme is an American hip-hop crew with a TV show in which five performers take the crowd on a non-stop, hip-hop improv ride with no script.
    South Africa
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