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  • Speaker 2010
    Tomas Kral
    Product Designer
    By capturing specific things and infusing them with poetry, Kral designs accessible and comprehensible objects that combine traditional materials with new tech.
    Lausanne, Switzerland
  • Beryl Dingemans takes her inspiration from Africa in the 1970’s – eclectic, vibrant and luxurious in a uniquely Afrocentric way Pro-account
    Beryl Dingemans
    Jewellery Designer
    Beryl Dingemans takes her inspiration from Africa in the 1970s – eclectic, vibrant and luxurious in a uniquely Afrocentric way.
    South Africa, Netherlands
  • Teresa van Dongen Speaker 2015
    Teresa van Dongen
    Multidisciplinary Designer / Scientist
    Teresa van Dongen is an Amsterdam-based designer whose work – informed by science, chemistry, physics and a passion for glass – yields enchanting results.
    Netherlands
  • Kate Moross. Image credit: Infringe Magazine and Panos Damaskinidis Speaker 2017
    Kate Moross
    Graphic Designer
    Award-winning, multi-tasking art director and designer Kate Moross is a fast rising-star on London's design scene.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Hanneke Schutte. Pro-account
    Hanneke Schutte
    Filmmaker
    Hanneke Schutte is a Johannesburg-based filmmaker and entrepreneur.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • DJ Stout Speaker 2014
    DJ Stout
    Graphic Designer / Art Director
    DJ Stout is a graphic designer and art director at Pentagram.
    Austin, USA
  • Nuraan Khan Pro-account
    Nuraan Khan
    Architecture / Digital Artist
    South African-born Nuraan Khan is currently pursuing her third year in interior design at Greenside Design Centre
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Casey Neistat Speaker 2015
    Casey Neistat
    Filmmaker
    Casey Neistat is a maverick American filmmaker whose wildly popular YouTube videos are redefining the industry.
    New York, USA
  • 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
  • Speaker 2012
    Brynjar Sigurðarson
    Product Designer
    Icelandic product designer Brynjar Sigurðarson is a 2011 ECAL graduate, and part of the Pecha Kucha team at Design Indaba Conference 2012.
    Iceland
  • Dope Saint Jude Pro-account
    Dope Saint Jude
    Musician
    A queen, activist and all-around Cape Townian boss.
    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
  • 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
  • Asif Khan Speaker 2013
    Asif Khan
    Architect
    Asif Khan's work embraces the fields of architecture, industrial and furniture design, pushing the disciplines in interesting new directions.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Roy Choi Speaker 2015
    Roy Choi
    Chef
    As a creator of LA's celebrated gourmet food truck culture, this chef did more than sling marinated Korean barbecue tacos. He brought Los Angelenos together.
    Los Angeles, USA
  • Elsie Nanji Speaker 2004
    Elsie Nanji
    Creative Director
    Elsie Nanji is managing partner at Red Lion Publicis and one of IMPACT 50's Most Influential Women in Indian media, advertising and marketing in 2012.
    Mumbai, India
  • Mark Rautenbach Pro-account
    Mark Rautenbach
    Textile Designer
    Mark Rautenbach is a South African multimedia artist who specialises in textile craft.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Aditi Khurana Pro-account
    Aditi Khurana
    Educator
    Based in New Delhi, Aditi Khurana is the International Regional Coordinator for School of Visual Arts (SVA), New York City.
    New Delhi, India
  • Josh On Speaker 2002
    Josh On
    Interaction Designer
    On has helped to create a number of projects at Futurefarmers, including communiculture.org and theyrule.orgo.org
    San Francisco, USA
  • Jamie-Lee Matthews is a design-minded individual who is incredibly passionate about storytelling and using visual communication to send messages about individuality in a cluttered world. Pro-account
    Jamie-Lee Matthews
    Photographer
    Design-minded Jamie-Lee Matthews uses storytelling and visual communication to spread the work about the importance of individuality.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2003
    Fabio Ongarato
    Art Director
    Melbourne, Australia
  • Massimo Morozzi (1941 to 2014) Speaker 2005
    Massimo Morozzi
    Architect / Product Designer
    Massimo Morozzi (1941 to 2014) was the cofounder of Archizoom Associati,
    Milan, Italy
  • Speaker
    Kiko Farkas
    Graphic Designer
    Graphic Designer.
    Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Speaker 2010
    Tomas Kral
    Product Designer
    By capturing specific things and infusing them with poetry, Kral designs accessible and comprehensible objects that combine traditional materials with new tech.
    Lausanne, Switzerland
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