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  • Taku Satoh Speaker 2006
    Taku Satoh
    Product Designer
    Originally studying fine arts, music and design, then joining Dentsu, Satoh established the Taku Satoh Design Office in Tokyo in 1984.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Margaret Calvert. Image: Dan Wilton Speaker 2016
    Margaret Calvert
    Typographer
    Margaret Calvert is a graphic designer known for her design of road signs in the United Kingdom, as well as the typefaces Calvert and Transport.
    United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2018
    Iwo Borkowicz
    Architect
    Architect.
    Poland
  • Speaker
    Tshepo Mokholo
    Architect
    A South African architect and designer who believes in a human-first approach to design.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2010
    Manabu Mizuno
    Creative Director / Art Director
    Manabu Mizuno studied graphic design at Tama Art University. After graduating in 1996, he joined the advertising company Pablo Production.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Yogita Agrawal Speaker 2016
    Yogita Agrawal
    Industrial Designer
    Industrial designer Yogita Agrawal focuses on solving problems in emerging global communities with innovative products and sustainable technologies.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2013
    Louise Fili
    Graphic Designer
    Louise Fili is a graphic designer specialising in food packaging and restaurant identities.
    New York, USA
  • Christophe Guberan Couleur Speaker 2016
    Christophe Guberan
    Industrial Designer
    Industrial designer Christophe Guberan is fascinated by the intrinsic features of materials and how he can reimagine their properties and aesthetic.
    Boston, USA
  • Arye Kellman Standard
    Arye Kellman
    Creative Director
    Arye Kellman is a millennial radio broadcaster at Cliff Central.
    South Africa
  • Naresh Ramchandani Speaker 2016
    Naresh Ramchandani
    Advertising Executive / Communication Designer
    Naresh Ramchandani is the first ever communications and advertising partner at Pentagram.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Ross Chowles. Speaker 2006
    Ross Chowles
    Creative Director
    Ross Chowles is executive creative director and founding partner of The Jupiter Drawing Room in Cape Town.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Terrence Pearce is a DJ and Producer based in Cape Town, South Africa Pro-account
    Terrence Pearce
    DJ
    Terrence Pearce is a DJ and producer based in Cape Town, South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Simone Farresin and Andrea Trimarchi of Studio Formafantasma. Speaker 2015
    Studio Formafantasma
    Design Studio / Product Designer
    Italian designers Andrea Trimarchi and Simone Farresin make up this Amsterdam-based product design studio.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Victoria Wigzell Speaker 2014
    Victoria Wigzell
    Artist
    Victoria Wigzell is a South African artist currently based in Switzerland.
    Switzerland
  • Jabu Nadia Newman Speaker 2017
    Jabu Nadia Newman and The Foxy Five
    Artist / Filmmaker / Photographer
    Jabu Nadia Newman is a South African artist who works through the mediums of photography and film. She is also the creator of The Foxy Five webseries.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2018
    Tomo Kihara
    Playful interventionist and design researcher
    Playful interventionist and design researcher.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • David Higgs Speaker 2014
    David Higgs
    Chef
    David Higgs is the executive chef at the Saxon Hotel’s Five Hundred restaurant in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2003
    David Doubilet
    Photographer
    David Doubilet is honoured to have his underwater imagery considered to be among the best by editors, peers and colleagues the world over.
    Clayton, USA
  • Ian Murchison Speaker 2014
    Ian Murchison
    Industrial Designer
    Ian Murchison is an industrial designer and part of the Pecha Kucha at Design Indaba Conference 2014.
    Ottawa, Canada
  • Kagiso Lediga Speaker
    Kagiso Lediga
    Comedian / Director / Writer
    Stand-up comedian, actor, writer and film director.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker
    Sunny Dolat
    Art Director / Creative Director
    Fashion curator, cultural producer and creative director.
    Kenya
  • Speaker 2009
    Dai Fujiwara
    Fashion Designer
    Dai Fujiwara is the former Creative Director of Miyake Design Studio, the Japanese high-end producer of women's fashion.
    Tokyo, Japan
  • Coast & Koi Pro-account
    Coast & Koi
    Accessory Designer / Fashion Designer
    Coast & Koi designer Caryn Wilensky makes eye-catching footwear, incorporating locally inspired designs with African animal prints and beadwork.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Giorgia Lupi. Image by Caterina Clerici Speaker 2017
    Giorgia Lupi
    Information Designer
    Giorgia Lupi is an award-winning information designer, artist and the co-author of "Dear Data", a book that visualises the details of everyday life.
    New York, USA
  • Taku Satoh Speaker 2006
    Taku Satoh
    Product Designer
    Originally studying fine arts, music and design, then joining Dentsu, Satoh established the Taku Satoh Design Office in Tokyo in 1984.
    Tokyo, Japan
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