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  • 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
  • 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
    Studio Propolis
    architects
    Studio Propolis is a Nairobi-based design workshop set up by husband and wife team, Naeem Biviji and Bethan Rayner.
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Cameron Sinclair Speaker 2007
    Cameron Sinclair
    Architect
    Cameron Sinclair is the co-founder and 'chief eternal optimist' (CEO) for Architecture for Humanity.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Daljit Singh. Speaker 2007
    Daljit Singh
    Creative Director
    Daljit Singh is the founder of digital agency Digit and executive creative director of Conran Singh.
    International
  • Erik Kessels Speaker 2016
    Erik Kessels
    Creative Director
    Erik Kessels is a Dutch artist, designer and curator with a great interest in photography.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2004
    Mary Lewis
    Creative Director
    London, United Kingdom
  • Sonja Bäumel Speaker 2010
    Sonja Bäumel
    Artist / Fashion Designer / Speculative Designer
    Continuing to work on applications for her Masters project, Bäumel's work engages with the boundaries between fashion design, art and biology.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Stefan Diez Speaker 2017
    Stefan Diez
    Industrial Designer
    German designer Stefan Diez creates beautiful, simple furniture with a combination of craftsmanship and innovative industrial design.
    Germany
  • Airbnb founder Joe Gebbia Speaker 2017
    Joe Gebbia
    Entrepreneur
    Co-founder and CPO of Airbnb, designer Joe Gebbia changed the way people travel and interact with strangers with his peer-to-peer home-rental startup.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Twins Cartoon Speaker 2016
    Twins Cartoon
    Cartoonist
    Twins Cartoon is the pseudonym of Cairo-based identical twin cartoonist Mohamed and Haitham El-seht.
    Cairo, Egypt
  • 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 2004
    Fernando Gutiérrez
    Art Director
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2006
    Ji Lee
    Creative Director
    Ji Lee is a Communication Designer at Facebook, and former designer and creative director at the Google Creative Lab.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2009
    Keith Helfet
    Automotive Designer
    Keith Helfet is recognised for his work on the XJ-220, XK-180 and the F-Type under Jaguar Cars.
    International
  • Brian Eno Speaker 2007
    Brian Eno
    Artist / Music Producer
    Brian Eno is an iconic figure within international contemporary culture.
    United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2010
    Marcelo Rosenbaum
    Architect / Interior Designer / Product Designer
    Brazilian designer Marcelo Rosenbaum sees the house as an element capable of increasing the self-esteem of the Brazilian people.
    Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Speaker 2009
    Dai Fujiwara
    Fashion Designer
    Dai Fujiwara is the former Creative Director of Miyake Design Studio, the Japanese high-end producer of women's fashion.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Speaker 2011
    Bibliothèque
    Graphic Designer
    Bibliothèque is a design consultancy that produces captivating design solutions, underpinned by conceptual thinking, detail and innovative production.
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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
  • Kiran Bir Sethi Speaker 2011
    Kiran Bir Sethi
    Education Activist
    Kiran Bir Sethi is the founder and director of The Riverside School in Ahmedabad, India, and founder of Design for Change, and aProCh.
    Ahmedabad, India
  • Speaker 2011
    Lindsay Kinkade
    Graphic Designer
    Lindsay Kinkade is a teacher, designer, artist and interested in public engagement, public policy design collaborations and data visualisation.
    Providence, USA
  • Roy Choi Speaker 2015
    Roy Choi
    Chef
    As a creator of LA's celebrated gourmet food truck culture, this chef did more than sling marinated Korean barbecue tacos. He brought Los Angelenos together.
    Los Angeles, USA
  • Speaker 2008
    Mark Dytham
    Architect
    Mark Dytham graduated from the Royal College of Art in London and established architectural firm Klein Dytham in Tokyo with Astrid Klein in 1991.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • 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
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