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  • Nathan Reddy Speaker 2007
    Nathan Reddy
    Creative Director
    Nathan Reddy is the Digital and Communications curator for Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Oliviero Toscani Speaker 2001
    Oliviero Toscani
    Photographer
    Oliviero Toscani is an Italian photographer best known for his controversial advertising campaigns for Benetton.
    Italy
  • Tea Uglow Speaker 2017
    TL Uglow
    Creative Director
    TL Uglow ('Tea') is the creative director of Google's Creative Lab in Sydney and a tech celebrity.
    Sydney, Australia
  • Speaker 2010
    Handspring Puppet Company
    Puppeteer
    The Handspring Puppet Company was founded in 1981 by Basil Jones and Adrian Kohler.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Christien Meindertsma Speaker 2010
    Christien Meindertsma
    Product Designer
    Christien Meindertsma explores products and raw materials in unusual ways.
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Geraldine Fenn Speaker 2005
    Geraldine Fenn
    Jewellery Designer
    Geraldine Fenn is a South African jewellery designer.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2006
    Satyendra Pakhalé
    Industrial Designer
    Satyendra Pakhalé is a multifaceted designer active in various fields, from industrial design to architecture.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 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 2011
    Dana Arnett
    Graphic Designer
    Dana Arnett has created brand marketing solutions for the likes of Harley-Davidson, IBM, General Electric, Coca-Cola, Thomas Reuters and Nike.
    Chicago, USA
  • Sir Terence Conran Speaker 2003
    Sir Terence Conran
    Furniture Designer / Restaurateur / Retailer
    Sir Terence Conran is one of the world’s best-known designers, restauranteurs and retailers.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Sou Fujimoto. Photo: David Vintiner Speaker 2016
    Sou Fujimoto
    Architect
    Philosophical architect Sou Fujimoto blurs the lines between the public and the private in his thought-provoking work.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Speaker 2009
    Jannes Hendrikz
    Creative Director / Animator
    Jannes Hendrikz is the compositor and creative director of the Blackheart Gang by night, and TVC director for Shy the Sun by day
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2007
    Front
    Product Designer
    Front is a Swedish design group of three dynamic women: Sofia Lagerkvist, Charlotte von der Lancken and Anna Lindgren.
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • Speaker 2013
    Oscar Diaz
    Product Designer
    Oscar Diaz is a product designer interested in understanding, exploring and questioning objects.
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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
  • Speaker 2014
    Issa Diabaté
    Architect
    Issa Diabaté is the managing director of Koffi & Diabaté Architects and co-founder of the Koffi & Diabaté Group based in the Ivory Coast.
    Abidjan, Ivory Coast
  • Speaker 2011
    Hugh Masekela
    Musician
    Born in 1939, South African trumpeter, bandleader, composer and lyricist, Hugh Masekela, is loved by jazz, bebop, funk and Afrobeat fans the world over.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2013
    Masashi Kawamura
    Creative Director
    Masashi Kawamura is a creative director and founder of the creative lab PARTY, with offices in Tokyo and New York.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2013
    Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg
    Artist / Speculative Designer / Writer
    Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg is an artist, designer and writer investigating futures for design.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2005
    Patrick Burgoyne
    Writer / Editor
    Patrick Burgoyne is editor of Creative Review magazine.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2013
    Alexander Chen
    Interaction Designer
    Alexander Chen makes musical and interactive works, collaborating with the likes of Google and The Barbarian Group.
    New York, USA
  • Naoto Fukasawa Speaker 2014
    Naoto Fukasawa
    Industrial Designer
    Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa is one of the world's most influential designers.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • "Light is a thing of beauty in that it overcomes darkness" - W&N Studio, London-based image makers, artists and filmmakers Speaker 2016
    Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
    Art Director / Filmmaker / Photographer
    "Light is a thing of beauty in that it overcomes darkness" - W&N Studio, London-based image makers, artists and filmmakers.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Alex Atala Speaker 2013
    Alex Atala
    Chef
    Alex Atala is an acclaimed Brazilian chef whose work is concerned with traditional Brazilian cuisine, using native ingredients.
    Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Nathan Reddy Speaker 2007
    Nathan Reddy
    Creative Director
    Nathan Reddy is the Digital and Communications curator for Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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