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  • Speaker 2013
    Michael Grigoriev
    Michael Grigoriev is a design strategist exploring the role design plays in catalysing social change.
    Canada
  • Speaker 2010
    Tomas Kral
    Product Designer
    By capturing specific things and infusing them with poetry, Kral designs accessible and comprehensible objects that combine traditional materials with new tech.
    Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Lincoln Inc. Pro-account
    Lincoln Inc.
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    A visual artist specialising in illustration, graphic and web design, and photography.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker
    Kye Shimizu
    Designer
    A designer who works closely with researchers and designers to inquire upon the relationships of real and virtual, analog and digital.
    Japan
  • BANC is a furniture and homeware range characterised by Hardy’s use of slim, household copper pipes and French oak wood. Pro-account
    Josie Hardy
    Furniture Designer
    Josie Hardy's family has a legacy of carpentry, and she's carrying the torch high in the contemporary design world.
    South Africa
  • Shoko Tamura Speaker 2017
    Shoko Tamura
    Speculative Designer
    Shoko Tamura is a member of Daijiro Mizuno research laboratory at Keio University, Tokyo Japan, where she looks at speculative design and the human mind.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Gavin Rooke Speaker 1999
    Gavin Rooke
    Entrepreneur / Gallerist
    Gavin Rooke is the founder of Rooke Gallery in Johannesburg and publisher of iJusi Portfolios.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 2018
    Simon Dogger
    Product Designer
    Emotion Whisperer.
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2005
    Alison Jackson
    Photographer
    Alison Jackson is a fine artist and photographer.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Turner studio Pro-account
    TURNER STUDIO
    TURNER STUDIO develops experimental textiles and garment construction techniques to create luxurious yet unconventional artefacts.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Yogita Agrawal Speaker 2016
    Yogita Agrawal
    Industrial Designer
    Industrial designer Yogita Agrawal focuses on solving problems in emerging global communities with innovative products and sustainable technologies.
    New York, USA
  • Yugo Nakamura Speaker 2001
    Yugo Nakamura
    Web Designer
    Yugo Nakamura is considered one of Japan's leading web designers having studied engineering, architecture and landscape design.
    Japan
  • Stefan van Biljon Speaker 2014
    Stefan van Biljon
    Architect
    Stefan van Biljon is an architect and part of the Pecha Kucha at Design Indaba 2014 Conference.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nandipha Mntambo. Speaker 2014
    Nandipha Mntambo
    Photographer / Artist
    Nandipha Mntambo is a South African artist and 2011 winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 1999
    Ken Cato
    Graphic Designer
    Sydney, Australia
  • Wally Olins Speaker 2007
    Wally Olins
    Brand Specialist
    Wally Olins (1930 – 2014) was one of the world's most experienced practitioners in corporate identity and branding.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Monique van Zyl Pro-account
    Monique Vee
    Furniture Designer
    Monique Vee is the founder of a contemporary interior and spatial design studio based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Rhys Jones Speaker 2017
    Rhys Jones
    Industrial Designer
    Rhys Jones strives to make excellent products that are sustainable and socially responsible.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2018
    Ensamble Studio
    Architect
    Balancing education, research and practice.
    Spain
  • Joy Mckinney at Design Indaba Conference 2014 Speaker 2014
    Joy Mckinney
    Photographer
    Joy Mckinney is a photographer and part of the Pecha Kucha at Design Indaba 2014 Conference.
    New York, USA
  • Experimental Jetset Speaker 2014
    Experimental Jetset
    Design Studio / Graphic Designer
    Experimental Jetset is a small, independent, Amsterdam-based graphic design studio, consisting of Marieke Stolk, Erwin Brinkers and Danny van den Dungen.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Reggie Watts Speaker 2007
    Reggie Watts
    Comedian
    Reggie Watts has thrilled audiences across the world with his unique brand of improvised comedy, boggling both comedy and music fans alike.
    United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2007
    Neil Gershenfeld
    Prof Neil Gershenfeld is the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Centre for Bits and Atoms.
    International
  • WEEF | Handmade Leather Ties Pro-account
    WEEF | Handmade Leather Ties
    Fashion Designer
    At WEEF we believe that leather is timeless. We use the medium to make bold, new statements.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2013
    Michael Grigoriev
    Michael Grigoriev is a design strategist exploring the role design plays in catalysing social change.
    Canada
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