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  • Speaker 2008
    Tucker Viemeister
    Industrial Designer
    BusinessWeek's "guru", overachiever Tucker Viemeister also founded Smart Design and is a fellow of Industrial Designers Society of America.
    International
  • Nille Juul-Sørensen Speaker 2014
    Nille Juul-Sørensen
    Architect / Product Designer
    Architect and product designer Nille Juul-Sørensen is the CEO of the Danish Design Centre.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Speaker 2017
    Luis von Ahn
    Technology Designer
    Tech entrepreneur and crowdsourcing pioneer Luis von Ahn is best known for creating CAPTCHAs and the language-learning platform Duolingo.
    Pennsylvania, USA
  • Malcolm Garrett Speaker 2003
    Malcolm Garrett
    Design Director / Graphic Designer
    Malcolm Garrett's iconic and intelligent design is recognised as a major influence on contemporary English graphic design.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Chanel Cartell and Stevo Dirnberger make up How Far From Home Speaker 2016
    How Far From Home
    Art Director / Creative Director / Photographer
    Two creatives. One wanderlist. Zero reasons to stay at home.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Simon Waterfall Speaker 2007
    Simon Waterfall
    Digital Designer
    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.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Eames Demetrios Speaker 2010
    Eames Demetrios
    Design Consultant / Filmmaker
    Eames Demetrios is a filmmaker and the geographer-at-large for Kcymaerxthaere, a parallel universe largely coexistent with our linear world.
    Los Angeles, USA
  • Speaker 2011
    &Union
    Entrepreneur
    Concept developers and brand custodians, Brad Armitage and Rui Esteves have been crafting retail experiences together for over 11 years.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pauline Saglio Speaker 2017
    Pauline Saglio
    Interaction Designer
    Pauline Saglio is an interaction designer and artist based in Switzerland whose interest lies in the combination of digital and tangible.
    Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Speaker
    Iina Vuorivirta
    Designer
    IKEA’s in-house designer Iina Vuorivirta has learned to challenge briefs and make use of waste materials.
    Sweden, Finland
  • Acclaimed Brazilian graphic designer Fred Gelli founded design agency Tátil, and recently designed the branding for the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games Speaker 2016
    Fred Gelli
    Graphic Designer
    Acclaimed Brazilian graphic designer Fred Gelli founded design agency Tátil, and recently designed the branding for the Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympic Games.
    Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 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
  • Speaker 2013
    Leanie van der Vyver
    Leanie van der Vyver's designs are bold and provocative. Her Scary Beautiful shoes went viral, with some four million views on Vimeo.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • NB is an independent, multi-disciplinary branding and communication studio established in 1997 by designers Nick Finney and Alan Dye Speaker 2016
    NB Studio
    Brand Specialist / Communication Designer
    NB is an independent, multidisciplinary branding and communication studio established in 1997 by designers Nick Finney and Alan Dye.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2002
    Mark Farrow
    Graphic Designer
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2011
    Jen Bilik
    Entrepreneur
    Jen Bilik is the founder and owner of Knock Knock, a company that creates smart, well-designed gift and stationery products.
    California, USA
  • Speaker 2010
    Piyush Pandey
    Creative Director
    Piyush Pandey has been named the most influential man in Indian advertising seven years in a row by The Economic Times, India’s premier business paper.
    Mumbai, India
  • Speaker 2005
    Constantin Boym
    Product Designer
    New York, USA
  • Henning Rasmuss Speaker 2006
    Henning Rasmuss
    Architect / Writer / Curator
    Henning Rasmuss designs and implements exhibitions on Johannesburg's architecture and writes on architecture and cities, and lectures on invitation.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Self-produced singer-songwriter Imogen Heap is an unusual digital diva with rare technical savvy and a personal vision for the future of the music industry. Image: Fiona Garden Speaker 2016
    Imogen Heap
    Musician
    As well as a talented musician, Imogen Heap is a digital master. Her tech innovations include the Mi.Mu gloves and a conceptual platform called Mycelia.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Margaret Calvert. Image: Dan Wilton Speaker 2016
    Margaret Calvert
    Typographer
    Margaret Calvert is a graphic designer known for her design of road signs in the United Kingdom, as well as the typefaces Calvert and Transport.
    United Kingdom
  • Marcus Fairs Speaker 2005
    Marcus Fairs
    Editor / Journalist / Writer
    Marcus Fairs is the founder and editor-in-chief of online architecture and design magazine, Dezeen.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Casey Neistat Speaker 2015
    Casey Neistat
    Filmmaker
    Casey Neistat is a maverick American filmmaker whose wildly popular YouTube videos are redefining the industry.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2004
    Kenya Hara
    Graphic Designer
    Kenya Hara is a Japanese graphic designer and curator.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Speaker 2008
    Tucker Viemeister
    Industrial Designer
    BusinessWeek's "guru", overachiever Tucker Viemeister also founded Smart Design and is a fellow of Industrial Designers Society of America.
    International
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