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  • Speaker 2004
    Alexander Gelman
    Graphic Designer
    Alexander Gelman is one of the "world's most famous modern and contemporary artists in all media".
    New York, USA
  • 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
  • Speaker 2009
    AdamsMorioka
    Graphic Designer
    Sean Adams and Noreen Morioka founded media company AdamsMorioka in Beverly Hills in 1994.
    Los Angeles, USA
  • Speaker 2008
    Oscar E Peña
    Industrial Designer
    Lifestyle, senior creative director at Philips Design, Oscar E Peña has been involved in the design of numerous consumer products.
    International
  • Basia Dżaman Speaker 2016
    Basia Dżaman
    Industrial Designer
    Basia Dżaman, a graduate from the School of Form in Poland, is finding solutions to current and future problems.
    Poland
  • Speaker 2013
    Wael Morcos
    Wael Morcos is a graphic designer with an interest in Arabic typography.
    New York, USA
  • Oliver Hermanus Speaker 2010
    Oliver Hermanus
    Director
    Oliver Hermanus is a South African filmmaker, best known for his films Shirley Adams and Skoonheid.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2017
    Grace Jun
    Social Entrepreneur
    Grace Jun is designer and self-taught coder. Her work examines functional fashion for inclusion with the aim to anchor wearable tech to the human experience.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2010
    Piyush Pandey
    Creative Director
    Piyush Pandey has been named the most influential man in Indian advertising seven years in a row by The Economic Times, India’s premier business paper.
    Mumbai, India
  • Speaker 2010
    Bruce Nussbaum
    Journalist / Educator
    A leading advocate for design thinking, as assistant managing-editor at BusinessWeek, Nussbaum founded the award-winning “Design & Innovation” online channel.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker
    Reform Studio
    Reform is an award-winning design studio based in Cairo, Egypt.
    Cairo, Egypt
  • Veejay Archary Speaker 2004
    Veejay Archary
    Creative Director
    Veejay Archary is a brand consultant at Black Africa Group, and a curator of Design Indaba Expo.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Ekene Ijeoma Speaker 2017
    Ekene Ijeoma
    Artist / Interaction Designer / Social Entrepreneur
    Brooklyn-based Ekene Ijeoma is a socially-focused interdisciplinary artist and designer who uses data to translate overlooked facts into informed feelings.
    New York, USA
  • Stuart Forrest. Image: Kane Croudace Speaker 2017
    Stuart Forrest
    Animator / Creative Director
    Triggerfish Animation studio CEO Stuart Forrest is the producer of Africa's two most successful film exports: "Adventures in Zambezia" and "Khumba".
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nandipha Mntambo. Speaker 2014
    Nandipha Mntambo
    Photographer / Artist
    Nandipha Mntambo is a South African artist and 2011 winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2004
    Kenya Hara
    Graphic Designer
    Kenya Hara is a Japanese graphic designer and curator.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Thebe Magugu Pro-account
    Thebe Magugu
    Thebe Magugu is a South African fashion designer, photographer and stylist.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • "totamma", Maimane's latest project, is addressed at these precise and complex issues in the contemporary South African society. It consists of four short films, and they centre on and contrast the voices of the older and younger generation to form a unique insight into this modern idea. Pro-account
    Galerekwe Maimane
    Filmmaker / Graphic Designer
    Galerekwe Maimane is a young creative and aspiring film director, whose work is inspired by irrational fears and insecurities.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Gaby de Abreu Speaker 2006
    Gaby de Abreu
    Advertising Executive / Creative Director
    Co-founder and executive creative director of one of South Africa's foremost multidisciplinary brand consultancies, Switch Brand Agency.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • David Droga Speaker
    David Droga
    Advertising Executive
    Founder & Creative Chairman, Droga5
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2004
    Vince Frost
    Graphic Designer
    Vince Frost is the founder of Frost* Design, based in Sydney, Australia.
    Sydney, Australia
  • Speaker 2007
    Lindy Roy
    Architect
    Undertaking projects of different sizes and scales the design firm has worked in environments as diverse as Alaska, New York, the Okavango Delta and Singapore.
    USA
  • Van Wyk's work has not only had an impact abroad, but has affected home soil in Johannesburg's Maboneng Pro-account
    Jaun van Wyk
    Architect
    Jaun van Wyk is a young South African architect with a passion for the confluence of architecture, art and fashion.
    Cape Town, Bloemfontein
  • Michel Rojkind Image: © Rojkind Arquitectos, photo by Juan Rodrigo Llaguno Speaker 2014
    Michel Rojkind
    Architect
    Michel Rojkind is an architect and founder of rojkind arquitectos based in Mexico City, a practice that aims to design compelling experiences.
    Mexico City, Mexico
  • Speaker 2004
    Alexander Gelman
    Graphic Designer
    Alexander Gelman is one of the "world's most famous modern and contemporary artists in all media".
    New York, USA
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