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  • Tom Dixon Speaker 2018
    Tom Dixon
    Product Designer
    Tom Dixon OBE is a self-taught product designer, based in London.
    London, United Kingdom
  • 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
  • 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
  • David Adjaye Speaker 2013
    David Adjaye
    Architect
    David Adjaye OBE is principal architect of Adjaye Associates.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Ferran Adrià Speaker 2009
    Ferran Adrià
    Chef
    Ferran Adrià is the famed head chef of elBulli in Spain, the 3-Michelin-star restaurant that was ranked the best in the world from 2006 to 2009.
    Barcelona, Spain
  • 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
  • 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
  • Speaker 2012
    Bjarke Ingels
    Architect
    Bjarke Ingels is a member of a new generation of architects that combine shrewd analysis, playful experimentation, social responsibility and humour.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 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
  • 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
  • Haldane Martin - photo by Guido Schwarz Speaker 2007
    Haldane Martin
    Furniture Designer / Industrial Designer / Interior Designer
    Haldane Martin is a Cape Town-based designer known for his iconic furniture and interior designs for his eponymous company.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 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
  • Speaker 2006
    Matali Crasset
    Product Designer
    Matali Crasset is a French product and industrial designer
    Paris, France
  • Pro-account
    Nkululeko Mthembu
    Social Entrepreneur
    Nkululeko crossed borders and engaged with multiple stakeholders in a bid to understand Africa's Continental Free Trade Agreement
    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Katlego Magano Pro-account
    Katlego Magano
    Fashion Designer
    Katlego went to Leaders In The Science of Fashion to study and gain a better understanding of the fashion industry.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Noxolo Thando Masuku Pro-account
    Noxolo Thando Masuku
    Architecture
    Noxolo graduated from the University of Johannesburg with a degree in architecture
    Mpumalanga, South Africa
  • 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
  • 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
  • Stefan Sagmeister. Speaker 2014
    Stefan Sagmeister
    Graphic Designer
    Graphic designer and typographer Stefan Sagmeister is the founder of design firm Sagmeister & Walsh Inc. in New York City.
    New York, USA
  • Buhle Nkalashe Pro-account
    Buhle Nkalashe
    Graphic Designer
    Buhle is a Cape Town-based independent artist
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2013
    Martí Guixé
    Food Designer / Industrial Designer / Interior Designer
    Martí Guixé is a Catalonian interior and industrial designer living in Barcelona.
    Spain
  • Mishaal Gangaram Pro-account
    Mishaal Gangaram
    Photographer
    Mishaal Gangaram is a conceptual photographer and artist
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Nandipha Yanta Pro-account
    Nandipha Yanta
    Artist
    Nandipha Yanta currently studying Art in Fine Art at the University of Witwatersrand
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Akshar Maganbeharie Pro-account
    Akshar Maganbeharie
    Artist
    Akshar Maganbeharie graduated in Fine Art from the University of the Witwatersrand
    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
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