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  • Speaker 2009
    BarberOsgerby
    Product Designer
    Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby founded their eponymous design studio BarberOsgerby in 1996.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Kaja Solgaard Dahl, Product and Interior Design, Beckmans College of Design, Sweden Speaker 2017
    Kaja Solgaard Dahl
    Product Designer / Scent Expert
    Kaja Solgaard Dahl is a product and furniture designer working with a wide range of products and materials that are all inspired by our senses and nature.
    Oslo, Norway
  • Nicholas Coutts Pro-account
    Nicholas Coutts
    Fashion Designer
    Coming from a creative family, this young designer knew from an early age that his future would be in fashion.
    Cape Town, 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
  • Recent graduate from Ruth Prowse School of Art in Woodstock, Cape Town, Carla Latsky is firmly set on her goal of establishing herself as a commercial artist in South Africa. Latsky takes her inspiration from "the little things" and attempts to breathe life into the mundane with her illustrations. Latsky's art is aimed at inspiring nostalgia, but also at initiating conversation through her eclectic body of work. Pro-account
    Carla Latsky
    Illustrator
    "While Carla appreciates messy art and abstraction, she takes pride in her perfectionism and chooses to keep things clean – for the most part."
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • MIT SENSEable City Laboratory: Assaf Biderman and Caro Ratti Speaker 2012
    MIT SENSEable City Laboratory
    Architect / Engineer / Information Designer
    Carlo Ratti and Assaf Biderman teach at the MIT, where they are director and associate director (respectively) of the SENSEable City Laboratory.
    Massachusetts, USA
  • Ibrahim Mahama Speaker
    Ibrahim Mahama
    Artist
    Ibrahim Mahama is a Ghanaian mixed-media artist.
    Accra, Ghana
  • Ackeem Ngwenya. Speaker 2015
    Ackeem Ngwenya
    Engineer
    This South African-born designer created the Roadless wheel for use in rural areas, an innovative product that turns scarcity into opportunity.
    South Africa
  • Koto Bolofo Speaker 2006
    Koto Bolofo
    Photographer / Filmmaker
    Koto Bolofo is a South African born photographer, whose work appeared in some of the prestigious publications in the world.
    Paris, France
  • Julie Lasky Speaker 1997
    Julie Lasky
    Editor
    Julie Lasky is the deputy editor of the New York Times Home section and writer of The Details, a column about new design.
    New York, 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
  • Tony Brook Speaker 2018
    Tony Brook
    Creative Director
    The creative director established the multi-disciplinary design studio Spin in 1992.
    United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2008
    Jason Bruges
    Architect / Interaction Designer
    Trained as an architect at Oxford Brookes, Bruges brings environmental awareness and technical skill to his creative projects.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Bielle Bellingham Pro-account
    Bielle Bellingham
    Editor
    Bielle Bellingham is a stylist, feature writer and creative strategist.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Photo: williambeaucardet. Speaker 2013
    Marguerite Humeau
    Marguerite Humeau is a speculative designer and director of a design trilogy.
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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
  • Speaker 2013
    Seymour Chwast
    Graphic Designer
    Seymour Chwast is a graphic designer and founding partner of Push Pin Studios.
    New York, USA
  • Rowlinson has furthered his social entrepreneurship efforts by founding the UMBALA baby blanket range Pro-account
    Michael Rowlinson
    Graphic Designer
    Michael Rowlinson is a creative strategist with a background in retail and design, and the creator of the Umbala Baby Blanket project.
    South Africa
  • Thomas Thwaites Speaker 2010
    Thomas Thwaites
    Interaction Designer / Scientist / Speculative Designer
    Thomas Thwaites is a designer whose work examines how technology, science and economics interact with trends.
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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
  • Mpho Vackier Pro-account
    Mpho Vackier
    This interior designer takes the best of Scandinavian design and African design to create a beautiful result.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Illustrator Amy Slatem's aims to create products that encourage the user to be creative as well - doodling, writing and colouring. Pro-account
    Amy Slatem
    Illustrator
    Illustrator Amy Slatem's aims to create products that encourage the user to be creative – doodling, writing and colouring.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Speaker
    Hanna Dalrot
    Textile Designer
    Hannah Dalrot wants to create products that clearly demonstrate its handicraft
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • 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
  • Speaker 2009
    BarberOsgerby
    Product Designer
    Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby founded their eponymous design studio BarberOsgerby in 1996.
    London, United Kingdom
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