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  • Vinay Venkatraman Speaker 2014
    Vinay Venkatraman
    Industrial Designer / Interaction Designer
    Industrial and interaction designer Vinay Venkatraman is the CEO of Leapcraft – a design-driven innovation consultancy based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Speaker 2005
    Richard Rodriguez
    Writer
    California, USA
  • Joanne Thomas Speaker 2001
    Joanne Thomas
    Creative Director
    Respected South African designer and creative director, Joanne Thomas of The Jupiter Drawing Room, also judged the 2011 Let It Out! campaign.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2009
    Sandhya Lalloo
    Fashion Designer
    Sandhya Lalloo won the Vukani Design Award for Best Young Designer in 2003.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Margaret Calvert. Image: Dan Wilton Speaker 2016
    Margaret Calvert
    Typographer
    Margaret Calvert is a graphic designer known for her design of road signs in the United Kingdom, as well as the typefaces Calvert and Transport.
    United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2011
    Camille Blin
    Product Designer
    Camille Blin is a furniture designer and graduate of the ECAL/University of Art and Design in Lausanne.
    Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Lauren Beukes. Speaker 2014
    Lauren Beukes
    Author
    Lauren Beukes, author of Zoo City and The Shining Girls, uses twisty fiction to explore who we are in the world right now.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Benjamin Hubert: Layer Design Speaker 2016
    Benjamin Hubert
    Industrial Designer
    Benjamin Hubert is an award-winning British design entrepreneur and founder of LAYER. He focuses on human-centred design.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2008
    Mirko Ilić
    Graphic Designer / Writer
    Bosnian national, Mirko Ilić illustrated and art directed posters, record covers and comics in Europe before moving to the United States in 1986.
    New York, USA
  • Chris Blackwell Speaker 2006
    Chris Blackwell
    Music Producer
    Chris Blackwell is a record producer and the founder of Island Records. Blackwell is credited for bringing reggae music to the world.
    Kingston, Jamaica
  • David Droga Speaker
    David Droga
    Advertising Executive
    Founder & Creative Chairman, Droga5
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2008
    Anya van der Merwe Miszewski
    Architect
    Anya van der Merwe Miszewski is a director of Van Der Merwe Miszewski Architects Pty Ltd and a professor at the University of Cape Town School of Architecture.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Deborah Szebeko Speaker 2011
    Deborah Szebeko
    Social Entrepreneur
    Deborah Szebeko is the founder of thinkpublic. She combines design and social entrepreneurship to seek solutions to many social challenges.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Marc Dubois Speaker 2015
    Marc Dubois
    Interaction Designer
    Marc Dubois is an interaction designer interested in art, design, music, gaming and science fiction.
    Switzerland
  • Speaker 2013
    Leanie van der Vyver
    Leanie van der Vyver's designs are bold and provocative. Her Scary Beautiful shoes went viral, with some four million views on Vimeo.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Naresh Ramchandani Speaker 2016
    Naresh Ramchandani
    Advertising Executive / Communication Designer
    Naresh Ramchandani is the first ever communications and advertising partner at Pentagram.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2018
    Lonny van Ryswyck
    Product Designer
    A designer that sits at the crossroads of creativity, science and nature.
    Netherlands
  • Doremy Diatta Speaker 2015
    Doremy Diatta
    Multidisciplinary Designer
    Doremy Diatta uses transdisciplinary design in the practice of mental health and learning.
    USA
  • Speaker 2002
    Muzi Kuzwayo
    Brand Specialist
    Muzi Kuzwayo is a South African businessman, author and professor. He currently holds the position of Non-Executive Director of Spur Corporation Limited.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2012
    Akshat Verma
    Writer / Filmmaker
    Akshat Verma is a screenwriter, who shot to fame with Delhi Belly, a film that is often referred to as the Bollywood version of The Hangover.
    New Delhi, India
  • Ian Murchison Speaker 2014
    Ian Murchison
    Industrial Designer
    Ian Murchison is an industrial designer and part of the Pecha Kucha at Design Indaba Conference 2014.
    Ottawa, Canada
  • Kagiso Lediga Speaker
    Kagiso Lediga
    Comedian / Director / Writer
    Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film director.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2008
    Laetitia Wolff
    Writer / Editor
    Laetitia Wolff is the founding director of futureflair, a creative conduit through which she consults on design, culture and design trends.
    New York, USA
  • Isabel Mager Speaker 2017
    Isabel Mager
    Social Entrepreneur
    Isabel Mager is an investigative and critical designer based in the Netherlands. Her work investigates culture and structures of power.
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Vinay Venkatraman Speaker 2014
    Vinay Venkatraman
    Industrial Designer / Interaction Designer
    Industrial and interaction designer Vinay Venkatraman is the CEO of Leapcraft – a design-driven innovation consultancy based in Copenhagen, Denmark.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
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