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  • Karin Fong Speaker 2011
    Karin Fong
    Director / Filmmaker / Motion Graphics Designer
    Karin Fong directs and designs for film, television, and environments. She is a founding member of production and design company Imaginary Forces.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2018
    Lonny van Ryswyck
    Product Designer
    A designer that sits at the crossroads of creativity, science and nature.
    Netherlands
  • Speaker
    Markus Kayser
    Designer
    The German designer's work focuses on novel design and digital fabrication processes at the intersection of design, technology, and biology.
    Germany
  • Teshia Treuhaft. Speaker 2014
    Teshia Treuhaft
    Artist / Communication Designer / Product Designer
    Teshia Treuhaft is an artist/designer with expertise in furniture and object design as well as communications design.
    Michigan, USA
  • Yoni Bloch Speaker 2015
    Yoni Bloch
    Interaction Designer / Musician
    With the tech wizardry of Interlude, Israeli musician and co-founder Yoni Bloch has made music videos an interactive experience rather than merely a visual one.
    Israel
  • 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
  • Kaja Solgaard Dahl, Product and Interior Design, Beckmans College of Design, Sweden Speaker 2017
    Kaja Solgaard Dahl
    Product Designer / Scent Expert
    Kaja Solgaard Dahl is a product and furniture designer working with a wide range of products and materials that are all inspired by our senses and nature.
    Oslo, Norway
  • Julie Lasky Speaker 1997
    Julie Lasky
    Editor
    Julie Lasky is the deputy editor of the New York Times Home section and writer of The Details, a column about new design.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2005
    Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens
    Architect
    Architects Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens have spent the past 14 years developing a "hand-crafted haute couture" body of work in Africa.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Zinhle Zulu Standard
    Zinhle Zulu
    Illustrator
    The founder of Zuluvisual, hopes to do good through illustration.
    South Africa
  • Self-produced singer-songwriter Imogen Heap is an unusual digital diva with rare technical savvy and a personal vision for the future of the music industry. Image: Fiona Garden Speaker 2016
    Imogen Heap
    Musician
    As well as a talented musician, Imogen Heap is a digital master. Her tech innovations include the Mi.Mu gloves and a conceptual platform called Mycelia.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana of Joe Public. Speaker 2015
    Joe Public
    Advertising Executive
    Pepe Marais and Xolisa Dyeshana are chief creative officer and executive creative director respectively of advertising agency Joe Public.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Tshepo Mokholo
    Architect
    A South African architect and designer who believes in a human-first approach to design.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2005
    Richard Seymour
    Industrial Designer
    Richard Seymour is one of Europe’s best-known product designers.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2008
    Toshiyuki Kita
    Environmentalist / Industrial Designer / Product Designer
    Kita has created anything from furniture, household goods and appliances to LCD TVs and robots for clients including Cassina, Moroso, Sharp and Stokke.
    International
  • Speaker 2013
    Jessica Hische
    Illustrator / Graphic Designer
    Jessica Hische is a letterer, illustrator, and self-described “avid internetter”.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Speaker 2008
    Oona Scheepers
    Automotive Designer
    South African-born Oona Scheepers has established herself as a prolific designer in the automotive industry.
    Germany
  • Ayse Birsel Speaker 2017
    Ayse Birsel
    Product Designer
    Co-founder and creative director of the award-winning design studio Birsel + Seck, Ayse Birsel is also a teacher and the author of "Design the Life You Love".
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2007
    Neil Gershenfeld
    Prof Neil Gershenfeld is the director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)’s Centre for Bits and Atoms.
    International
  • Speaker 2008
    Jakob Trollbäck
    Creative Director / Motion Graphics Designer / DJ
    Swedish self-taught designer Jakob Trollbäck leads the innovative and highly successful Trollbäck + Company.
    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
  • Speaker 2009
    Craig Wessels
    Director
    Wicked Pixels was the first boutique studio in South Africa to specialise in the craft of animation, visual effects and motion graphic design founded by Wessels
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Chanel Cartell and Stevo Dirnberger make up How Far From Home Speaker 2016
    How Far From Home
    Art Director / Creative Director / Photographer
    Two creatives. One wanderlist. Zero reasons to stay at home.
    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
  • Karin Fong Speaker 2011
    Karin Fong
    Director / Filmmaker / Motion Graphics Designer
    Karin Fong directs and designs for film, television, and environments. She is a founding member of production and design company Imaginary Forces.
    New York, USA
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