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  • Lindiwe Gugushe Pro-account
    Lindiwe Gugushe
    Furniture Designer
    Lindiwe started upskilling in furniture design and carpentry when the pandemic hit
    Potchefstroom, 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
  • Alex Steffen Speaker 2007
    Alex Steffen
    Writer / Environmentalist
    “Alex Steffen, a designing optimist, lays out the blueprint for a successful century.” – The New York Times
    USA
  • Jenny Ehlers at Design Indaba Conference 2007. Speaker 2007
    Jenny Ehlers
    Creative Director
    Jenny Ehlers is creative director and equity partner of King James RSVP, the design and promotions arm of the King James Group.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lauren Dixon-Paver Pro-account
    Lauren Dixon-Paver
    Entrepreneur
    A young designer eager to share her craft with others through Youtube tutorials.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Unlabelled strives to showcase authentic South African street fashion and style in a hip and edgy way by drawing inspiration from Joburg street culture. Pro-account
    Phendu Kuta
    Publisher / Writer
    Unlabelled magazine strives to showcase authentic South African street fashion and style in a hip, edgy way by drawing inspiration from 'Jozi' street culture.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Lynette Nkateko Pro-account
    Lynette Nkateko
    Architect
    A creative mind that is geared towards city planning and the greater scheme of architecture.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Andries Odendaal Speaker 2004
    Andries Odendaal
    Developer / Interaction Designer
    Andries Odendaal is an independent Cape Town-based new media developer, best known for his work produced with Wireframe.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Mapitso Thaisi
    Fashion Designer
    Mapitso Thaisi is a young fashion designer with a background in occupational therapy.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • John Hunt Speaker 2006
    John Hunt
    Creative Director
    Zambian native John Hunt is the creative founding partner of TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, widely accepted as one of the leading advertising agencies in the world.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Simon Waterfall Speaker 2007
    Simon Waterfall
    Digital Designer
    Simon Waterfall has been a creative director since he was 16. Still at school, his company wrote the first computer games for Commodore 64 and Amigas.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Pro-account
    Gisele Human
    Jewellery Designer
    Founder of WAIF, Gisele Human strives to create wearable art.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Henrik Vibskov Speaker 2014
    Henrik Vibskov
    Fashion Designer
    Henrik Vibskov is not just a fashion designer but also the creator of twisted and tantalising universes that accompany each of his collections.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Speaker 2006
    Chris de Beer
    Jewellery Designer
    Chris de Beer is a jewellery designer and teacher.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Thulani Kubeka Pro-account
    Thulani Kubeka
    Interaction Designer
    As a child Thulani was always interested in ways of creating, especially music and art
    Soweto, South Africa
  • Prof John Heskett Speaker 2004
    John Heskett
    Academic
    Prof John Heskett (1937 – 2014) became possibly the most influential person ever within design education through his teaching and books.
    Chicago, USA
  • Ivan Brown Pro-account
    Ivan Brown
    Industrial Designer
    Ivan Brown is an agriculture-minded industrial designer with a penchant for the bee.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Gillian Lawrence Pro-account
    Gillian Lawrence
    Jewellery Designer
    As a firm believer of experimentation and originality, this young jewellery designer creates unique yet uniform pieces.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 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
  • Speaker 2018
    Azusa Murakami and Alexander Groves
    Design Studio
    SWINE explores themes of regional identity and the future of resources.
    United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2008
    Christoph Zellweger
    Jewellery Designer
    Christoph Zellweger is one of the most thought provoking contemporary jewellery designers in Europe.
    Zurich, Switzerland
  • Neliswa Pro-account
    Neliswa Mpungose
    Illustrator
    Neliswa Mpungose has found art and design due to her love for coffee, which is how she is changing the industry.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2018
    Iwo Borkowicz
    Architect
    Architect.
    Poland
  • Marina Willer Speaker 2017
    Marina Willer
    Filmmaker / Graphic Designer
    Marina Willer is a Pentagram partner and creative director with a background in graphic design, branding and filmmaking.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Lindiwe Gugushe Pro-account
    Lindiwe Gugushe
    Furniture Designer
    Lindiwe started upskilling in furniture design and carpentry when the pandemic hit
    Potchefstroom, South Africa
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