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  • Hilary Cottam Speaker 2016
    Hilary Cottam
    Social Entrepreneur
    Hilary Cottam is a designer, innovator and social entrepreneur who pioneers the use of design for social change.
    London, United Kingdom
  • United Visual Artists Speaker 2012
    United Visual Artists (UVA)
    Interaction Designer
    UVA produce work at the intersection of sculpture, architecture, live performance, moving image and digital installation.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2012
    Paul Sahre
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator / Writer
    Paul Sahre (born 1964) is an American graphic designer perhaps best known for his book cover designs and illustrations for the New York Times.
    New York, USA
  • "Light is a thing of beauty in that it overcomes darkness" - W&N Studio, London-based image makers, artists and filmmakers Speaker 2016
    Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
    Art Director / Filmmaker / Photographer
    "Light is a thing of beauty in that it overcomes darkness" - W&N Studio, London-based image makers, artists and filmmakers.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Vera de Pont Speaker 2016
    Vera de Pont
    Fashion Designer / Speculative Designer
    Futuristic fashion researcher Vera de Pont explores the relationship between the human body and its surroundings. She works in both fantasy and reality.
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Renny Ramakers Speaker 2011
    Renny Ramakers
    Creative Director
    Co-founder and director of Droog, Renny Ramakers curates exhibitions, is a judging panelist on various boards, and leads lectures and workshops worldwide.
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Alfredo Brillembourg is an architect and urban designer redefining the socio-economic system to overcome the emergent challenges in rapid urbanisation. Speaker 2016
    Alfredo Brillembourg
    Architect / Urban Designer
    Alfredo Brillembourg is an architect and urban designer redefining the socio-economic system to overcome the emergent challenges in rapid urbanisation.
    Caracas, Venezuela
  • Speaker 2011
    Dror Benshetrit
    Product Designer
    Dror Benshetrit has developed an interdisciplinary practice specialising in innovative design projects, spanning architecture, interiors and art direction.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2013
    Masashi Kawamura
    Creative Director
    Masashi Kawamura is a creative director and founder of the creative lab PARTY, with offices in Tokyo and New York.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2003
    Jonathan Barnbrook
    Graphic Designer / Typographer
    Jonathan Barnbrook is a graphic designer and typographer.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Speaker 2006
    Paul Priestman
    Industrial Designer / Product Designer
    Paul Priestman is an industrial designer and founding director of Priestmangoode, an internationally renowned multidisciplinary design studio.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Maxwell Mutanda Speaker 2016
    Maxwell Mutanda
    Architect
    Multi-talented architect Maxwell Mutanda uses design to address real-world issues.
    Harare, Zimbabwe
  • Francois Knoetze Speaker 2016
    Francois Knoetze
    Artist / Performance Artist / Sculptor
    Francois Knoetze is a performance artist, sculptor and filmmaker. His work traces the life cycles of discarded objects.
    Grahamstown, Cape Town
  • Speaker 2011
    Luke Pearson
    Industrial Designer
    Luke Pearson is an industrial designer that believes innovative product design can help to solve many healthcare issues.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Y Tsai Speaker 2012
    Y Tsai
    Architect
    Cape Town designer Y Tsai takes a multidisciplinary approach to generating creative solutions in the field of furniture, interior design and architecture.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Clara Mar Hernández López Speaker 2016
    Clara Mar Hernández López
    Architect
    Clara Mar Hernández López is an architect with a special interest in sustainable design.
    USA
  • Christian Benimana Speaker 2016
    Christian Benimana
    Architect
    Christian Benimana believes that architecture must go beyond the design of the building and into an understanding of how buildings impact the lives of users.
    Kigali, Rwanda
  • Pia Nyakairu Speaker 2016
    Pia Nyakairu
    Industrial Designer
    Ugandan industrial designer Pia Nyakairu focuses on remote rehabilitation for breast cancer patients.
    Toronto, Canada
  • Danish artist Thomas Poulsen, who goes by the alias FOS Speaker 2016
    FOS
    Artist
    Danish artist Thomas Poulsen, who works under the alias FOS, creates unusual spaces that rely on human interaction to really come to life.
    Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe Speaker 2016
    Van Eijk & Van der Lubbe
    Design Studio
    With a laser-sharp focus on the future, Dutch designers Miriam van der Lubbe and Niels van Eijk are on the pulse of concept design.
    Netherlands
  • Speaker 2012
    Heinrich Wolff
    Architect
    Heinrich Wolff is an architect who believes architecture can and should be used as a force for social change, and to address issues of inequality.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Jasper Morrison Speaker 2007
    Jasper Morrison
    Product Designer
    Jasper Morrison is a British product and furniture designer born in London.
    London, United Kingdom
  • William Kentridge. Image: Adine Sagalyn. Speaker 2015
    William Kentridge
    Artist
    William Kentridge is South Africa's most internationally acclaimed artist.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2010
    Revital Cohen
    Interaction Designer
    As a designer and researcher she develops critical objects and provocative scenarios exploring the juxtaposition of the natural with the artificial.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Hilary Cottam Speaker 2016
    Hilary Cottam
    Social Entrepreneur
    Hilary Cottam is a designer, innovator and social entrepreneur who pioneers the use of design for social change.
    London, United Kingdom
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