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  • Speaker 2011
    Laduma Ngxokolo
    Fashion Designer / Textile Designer
    Laduma Ngxokolo is a South African textile and knitwear designer, best known for his men's knitwear range inspired by traditional Xhosa beadwork.
    Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg
  • Faith XLVII Speaker 2010
    Faith XLVII
    Artist
    Faith XLVII is an internationally acclaimed street- and studio-based artist currently living in Cape Town, South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Tom Dixon Speaker 2018
    Tom Dixon
    Product Designer
    Tom Dixon OBE is a self-taught product designer, based in London.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Li Edelkoort Speaker 2010
    Li Edelkoort
    Curator / Educator / Trend Forecaster
    Li Edelkoort is a trend forecaster, educator, curator and publisher of international repute.
    Paris, France
  • Speaker 2015
    Selly Raby Kane
    Fashion Designer
    Selly Raby Kane is a Senegalese fashion designer and a central figure in Dakar's new wave of creative practitioners.
    Dakar, Senegal
  • Speaker 2015
    Sindiso Khumalo
    Fashion Designer
    Sindiso Khumalo is a sustainable textile designer based in Cape Town.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2017
    Nelly Ben Hayoun
    Interaction Designer
    Known as the Willy Wonka of design and science, experience designer Nelly Ben Hayoun is a director and creator of the impossible.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2006
    Matali Crasset
    Product Designer
    Matali Crasset is a French product and industrial designer
    Paris, France
  • Yves Béhar Speaker 2006
    Yves Béhar
    Industrial Designer
    Yves Béhar is the founder of the San Francisco and New York integrated design agency, fuseproject.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Christoff Niemann Speaker 2013
    Christoph Niemann
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Animator
    Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, graphic designer and author. He has been a speaker at Design Indaba Conference, in 2006 and 2013.
    New York, USA
  • Eddie Opara Speaker 2012
    Eddie Opara
    Graphic Designer
    Eddie Opara is a multifaceted designer whose work encompasses strategy, design and technology, with interactive installations, websites and more.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2010
    Harry Pearce
    Graphic Designer
    Harry Pearce is a graphic designer and partner at Pentagram's London office.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Michael Bierut - photo by Jake Chessum Speaker 2015
    Michael Bierut
    Graphic Designer / Writer
    Pentagram partner Michael Bierut is the winner of hundreds of design awards and has work in permanent collections including MOMA and the Met in New York City.
    New York, USA
  • Richard Hart Speaker 2011
    Richard Hart
    Graphic Designer
    Richard Hart is a designer, illustrator, type nut and – most recently – a weekend artists who is happiest when he is making.
    Durban, South Africa
  • David Adjaye Speaker 2013
    David Adjaye
    Architect
    David Adjaye OBE is principal architect of Adjaye Associates.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Ayse Birsel and Bibi Seck Speaker 2006
    Birsel + Seck
    Product Designer
    Ayse Birsel and Bibi Seck are product designers who solve problems and bring innovative solutions to market.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2011
    Robert Wong
    Creative Director
    Creative director of Google Creative Lab Robert Wong believes that technology should be about positive interactions, humanity, surprise and creativity.
    New York, USA
  • Francis Kéré Speaker 2011
    Francis Kéré
    Architect
    Diébédo Francis Kéré is an architect from Burkina Faso. The focus of Kéré’s drafts are climatic adaptation, low building costs and self building.
    Burkina Faso
  • Thebe Ifakeng Speaker 2006
    Thebe Ikalafeng
    Director
    Thebe Ikalafeng is a recognised and award-winning brand builder, and managing director of brand strategy consulting firm, Brand Leadership.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Alfredo Brillembourg is an architect and urban designer redefining the socio-economic system to overcome the emergent challenges in rapid urbanisation. Speaker 2016
    Alfredo Brillembourg
    Architect / Urban Designer
    Alfredo Brillembourg is an architect and urban designer redefining the socio-economic system to overcome the emergent challenges in rapid urbanisation.
    Caracas, Venezuela
  • Speaker 2012
    FoxP2
    Advertising Executive / Brand Specialist / Creative Director
    Justin Gomes and Charl Thom are from the independent agency named after the creativity gene, founded by Gomes in Cape Town in 2005.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Naoto Fukasawa Speaker 2014
    Naoto Fukasawa
    Industrial Designer
    Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa is one of the world's most influential designers.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Hilary Cottam Speaker 2016
    Hilary Cottam
    Social Entrepreneur
    Hilary Cottam is a designer, innovator and social entrepreneur who pioneers the use of design for social change.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Stefano Giovannoni Speaker 2015
    Stefano Giovannoni
    Industrial Designer / Interior Designer
    Italian designer and architect Stefano Giovannoni has produced a prolific body of work for brands such as Alessi, Magis and Samsung.
    Milan, Italy
  • Speaker 2011
    Laduma Ngxokolo
    Fashion Designer / Textile Designer
    Laduma Ngxokolo is a South African textile and knitwear designer, best known for his men's knitwear range inspired by traditional Xhosa beadwork.
    Port Elizabeth, Johannesburg
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