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  • Speaker 2011
    Christine Goudie
    Industrial Designer / Art Director
    Graphic designer turned industrial designer, Christine Goudie believes in involving the end user in the early stages of the design process.
    Ontario, Canada
  • David Kester Speaker 2011
    David Kester
    Design Director
    David Kester is the chief executive of the Design Council in the UK. He leads programmes and policies for industry, education and the public sector.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Hans Ulrich Obrist Speaker 2014
    Hans Ulrich Obrist
    Curator
    Hans Ulrich Obrist is one of the most influential individuals working in the world of art today. He is committed to redefining notions of contemporary art.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Jo Noero Speaker 2007
    Jo Noero
    Architect
    Jo Noero is principal at Noero Architects and a tenured professor at the University of Cape Town (UCT).
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Stanley Hainsworth. Speaker 2015
    Stanley Hainsworth
    Creative Director
    Stanley Hainsworth is the founder and chief creative officer of Tether, a creative, cross-discipline studio.
    Seattle, USA
  • Speaker 2009
    Stephen Burks
    Product Designer
    With Readymade Projects Stephen, Burks has been responsible for creative design direction on projects from retail interiors and events to packaging.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2002
    Erik Spiekermann
    Writer / Typographer / Information Designer
    Germany
  • Speaker 2010
    Bruce Nussbaum
    Journalist / Educator
    A leading advocate for design thinking, as assistant managing-editor at BusinessWeek, Nussbaum founded the award-winning “Design & Innovation” online channel.
    New York, USA
  • United Visual Artists Speaker 2012
    United Visual Artists (UVA)
    Interaction Designer
    UVA produce work at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, live performance, moving image and digital installation.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Buhle Nkalashe Pro-account
    Buhle Nkalashe
    Graphic Designer
    Buhle is a Cape Town-based independent artist
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Don Albert Speaker 2006
    Don Albert
    Architect
    Albert conducted research in Malaysia, South Africa & the US. The result: a master-planned counterproposal for Malaysia's premier techno-city, Cyberjaya.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 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 2011
    Charlie Todd
    Performance Artist
    As founder of Improv Everywhere, Charlie Todd creates scenes of joy and chaos in public spaces.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2005
    Chip Kidd
    Graphic Designer / Writer
    "The history of book design can be split into two eras: before graphic designer Chip Kidd and after." – Time Out New York.
    USA
  • Speaker 2018
    Sunu Gonera
    Filmmaker
    The Cannes Lions award-winning filmmaker believes in authentic African storytelling.
    Zimbabwe
  • Stefan Scholten and Carole Baijings. Image: Freudenthal/Verhagen Speaker 2014
    Scholten & Baijings
    Furniture Designer / Product Designer / Textile Designer
    Dutch design duo Scholten & Baijings’ interior products are typified by distinctly subtle use of form and colour.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2010
    Stefan G Bucher
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    Stefan G Bucher is the man behind 344 Design and the Daily Monster – an online drawing and storytelling experiment.
    Pasadena, USA
  • Gavin Rajah Speaker 2008
    Gavin Rajah
    Fashion Designer
    Gavin Rajah Atelier design and manufacture high-end luxury garments and accessories, specialising in ready-to-wear and couture.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Rosita Missoni Speaker 2015
    Rosita Missoni
    Interior Designer / Multidisciplinary Designer / Textile Designer
    The Missoni matriarch, who "cannot stay away from colour", zigzagged her way from knitwear to a home collection to hotel interior design.
    Italy
  • John Bielenberg Speaker 2012
    John Bielenberg
    Author / Educator / Social Entrepreneur
    John Bielenberg believes that "thinking wrong" as a means of making the world a better place, through design.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Amy Franceschini Speaker 2002
    Amy Franceschini
    Artist / Graphic Designer / Interaction Designer
    Amy Franceschini is a new media artist/designer working with notions of community, sustainable environments and the conflicting rituals of humans and nature.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Speaker 2012
    Mathieu Lehanneur
    Interior Designer / Product Designer
    Mathieu Lehanneur creates breakthrough work at the nexus of design and the human, biological structures, mathematical forms and science.
    Paris, France
  • Oliviero Toscani Speaker 2001
    Oliviero Toscani
    Photographer
    Oliviero Toscani is an Italian photographer best known for his controversial advertising campaigns for Benetton.
    Italy
  • Urban-Think Tank Speaker 2012
    Urban-Think Tank
    Urban Designer
    Urban-Think Tank (U-TT) is an interdisciplinary design practice dedicated to high-level research and design related to contemporary architecture and urbanism.
    Caracas, Venezuela
  • Speaker 2011
    Christine Goudie
    Industrial Designer / Art Director
    Graphic designer turned industrial designer, Christine Goudie believes in involving the end user in the early stages of the design process.
    Ontario, Canada
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