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  • Nandipha Yanta Pro-account
    Nandipha Yanta
    Artist
    Nandipha Yanta currently studying Art in Fine Art at the University of Witwatersrand
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 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 2010
    Frank Tjepkema
    Product Designer
    Frank Tjepkema is the founder of Tjep. design studio in Amsterdam whose expertise includes interior, architectural, product, visual and jewellery design.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Jaime Hayon Speaker 2016
    Jaime Hayón
    Artist / Industrial Designer / Product Designer
    Madrid-based Jaime Hayón is an artist-designer known for the bold-yet-whimsical look and feel he brings to his work.
    Valencia, Spain
  • Speaker 2012
    Sissel Tolaas
    Artist / Scent Expert / Scientist
    Scent expert Sissel Tolaas uses aspects of science, art and design to research and create works that relate to the human experience of smell.
    Berlin, Germany
  • Speaker 2009
    Javier Mariscal
    Artist / Graphic Designer
    Since Javier Mariscal took up a pencil in the 1970s to earn his living, his life and career have been characterised by his creative incontinence.
    Barcelona, Spain
  • Speaker 2004
    Ross Lovegrove
    Industrial Designer
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2013
    Daan Roosegaarde
    Artist / Interaction Designer
    Daan Roosegaarde is an artist and innovator, interested in exploring the dawn of a new nature evolving from technological innovations.
    Rotterdam, Netherlands
  • Speaker 2010
    Jonathan Shapiro
    Cartoonist
    Better known as Zapiro, he has published 11 cartoon collections and held solo exhibitions in New York, London and Frankfurt.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2008
    Abbott Miller
    Graphic Designer / Writer
    Abbott Miller is a graphic designer, writer and partner at Pentagram New York.
    New York, USA
  • 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
  • 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
  • Speaker 2005
    Ron Arad
    Product Designer
    Ron Arad is an Israeli industrial designer, artist, and architect.
    London, United Kingdom
  • William Kentridge. Image: Adine Sagalyn. Speaker 2015
    William Kentridge
    Artist
    William Kentridge is South Africa's most internationally acclaimed artist.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2011
    Oded Ezer
    Graphic Designer / Typographer
    “My name is Oded Ezer and I am a typoholic”, is how typographer, type designer, artist and teacher Oded Ezer introduces himself.
    Givatayim, Israel
  • 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
    5.5 designers
    Product Designer
    5.5 designers is a design studio started up in 2003 by Vincent Baranger, Jean-Sébastien Blanc, Anthony Lebossé and Claire Renard.
    Paris, France
  • 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
  • Tony Gum Speaker 2016
    Tony Gum
    Artist / Photographer
    Tony Gum, named by Vogue as the "coolest girl in Cape Town", is an artist in learning.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 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
  • Ineke Hans Speaker 2006
    Ineke Hans
    Product Designer
    Dutch designer Ineke Hans is the founder of INEKE HANS/ARNHEM in Holland, a design studio that specialises in industrial design and 3D projects.
    Arnhem, Netherlands
  • Naoto Fukasawa Speaker 2014
    Naoto Fukasawa
    Industrial Designer
    Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa is one of the world's most influential designers.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • 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
  • Speaker 2009
    Patricia Urquiola
    Architect / Product Designer
    There’s very little Patricia Urquiola hasn’t turned tried in design. Her prolific output has found markets through brands such as De Padova, B&B and Alessi.
    Milan, Italy
  • Nandipha Yanta Pro-account
    Nandipha Yanta
    Artist
    Nandipha Yanta currently studying Art in Fine Art at the University of Witwatersrand
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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