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001&Union IndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk0025.5 designersStudioParis, France1 talk003Ackeem Ngwenya IndividualSouth Africa2 talks004Adam LevinIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk005AdamsMorioka IndividualLos Angeles, USA1 talk006Agi HainesIndividualLondon, United Kingdom2 talks007Akshat VermaIndividualNew Delhi, India1 talk008Alberto AlessiIndividualMilan, Italy1 talk009Albie SachsIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk010Alejandro AravenaIndividualSantiago, Chile2 talks011Aleksandra GosiewskiIndividualNew York, USA1 talk012Alex Atala IndividualSao Paulo, Brazil1 talk013Alex McDowellIndividualLos Angeles, USA1 talk014Alexander Chen IndividualNew York, USA1 talk015Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk016Alfredo BrillembourgIndividualCape Town, South Africa2 talks017Amanda Laird CherryIndividualDurban, South Africa1 talk018Amna Elshandaweely IndividualCairo, Egypt1 talk019Andile DyalvaneIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk020Andrew ShobenIndividualParis, France1 talk021Andy ChenIndividualRhode Island, USA1 talk022Arjun Harrison-MannIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk023Arno MathiesIndividualLausanne, Switzerland1 talk024Asif Khan IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk025Assemble IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk026Athi-Patra RugaIndividualCape Town, South Africa2 talks027Ayse BirselIndividualUSA, Turkey2 talks028Barbara CilliersIndividualPretoria, South Africa1 talk029BarberOsgerby IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk030Basia DżamanIndividualPoland1 talk031Ben FryIndividualBoston, USA1 talk032Ben Terrett IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk033Benjamin HubertIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk034Bibliothèque IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk035Birsel + SeckIndividualNew York, USA1 talk036Bjarke IngelsIndividualCopenhagen, Denmark1 talk037Bland Hoke IndividualNew York, USA1 talk038Blinky BillIndividualNairobi, Kenya1 talk039Bo-Won KeumIndividualRhode Island, USA1 talk040Boback FiroozbakhtIndividualArlington, USA1 talk041Bouroullec BrothersIndividualParis, France1 talk042Brian Collins IndividualNew York, USA1 talk043Brian EnoIndividualUnited Kingdom1 talk044Bruce MauIndividualToronto, Canada1 talk045Bruce NussbaumIndividualNew York, USA1 talk046Brynjar SigurðarsonIndividualIceland1 talk047Carina BonseIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk048Carla FernandezIndividualMexico City, Mexico1 talk049Carla KreuserIndividualCape Town, South Africa2 talks050Carly BergerIndividualNew York, USA1 talk051Casey NeistatIndividualNew York, USA2 talks052Cecilia MartinIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands1 talk053Charlie ToddIndividualNew York, USA1 talk054Chido GoveraIndividualZimbabwe1 talk055Chris BlackwellIndividualKingston, Jamaica1 talk056Chris de BeerIndividualDurban, South Africa1 talk057Chris GotzIndividualCape Town, South Africa2 talks058Chris SheldrickIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk059Christian BenimanaIndividualKigali, Rwanda1 talk060Christien MeindertsmaIndividualRotterdam, Netherlands1 talk061Christine GoudieIndividualOntario, Canada1 talk062Christoph NiemannIndividualNew York, USA2 talks063Christophe EgretIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk064Christophe Guberan IndividualUSA, Switzerland1 talk065Clara Mar Hernández LópezIndividualUSA1 talk066Clive van HeerdenIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk067Clive Wilkinson IndividualLos Angeles, USA2 talks068Commonwealth IndividualNew York, USA1 talk069Craig DykersIndividualNew York, USA2 talks070Craig WesselsIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk071Daan Roosegaarde IndividualRotterdam, Netherlands1 talk072Daddy's WorldIndividualSouth Africa1 talk073Dan PearsonIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk074Dan WiedenIndividualNew York, USA2 talks075Dana ArnettIndividualChicago, USA1 talk076Daniel CharnyIndividualUnited Kingdom1 talk077Dave HakkensIndividualEindhoven, Netherlands1 talk078David AdjayeIndividualLondon, United Kingdom2 talks079David ButlerIndividualAtlanta, USA1 talk080David GoldblattIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa2 talks081David HiggsIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa2 talks082David KesterIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk083Dean PooleIndividualAuckland, New Zealand2 talks084Deborah SzebekoIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk085Dirk Vander KooijIndividualEindhoven, Netherlands1 talk086DJ StoutIndividualAustin, USA2 talks087Dokter and MissesIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk088Dominic WilcoxIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk089Doremy DiattaIndividualUSA2 talks090Doshi LevienIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk091Doug PrayIndividualLos Angeles, USA1 talk092Dr J Craig VenterIndividualSan Diego, USA1 talk093Dror BenshetritIndividualNew York, USA1 talk094Dunne & Raby IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk095Dwayne SpradlinIndividualDallas, USA1 talk096Eames DemetriosIndividualLos Angeles, USA1 talk097Eddie OparaIndividualNew York, USA1 talk098Edel RodriguezIndividualUSA, Cuba1 talk099Ekene IjeomaIndividualNew York, USA1 talk100El Ultimo Grito IndividualLondon, United Kingdom2 talks101Elena Arzak IndividualSpain1 talk102Emily ObermanIndividualNew York, USA2 talks103Ensamble Studio StudioSpain1 talk104Erik KesselsIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands1 talk105Experimental JetsetIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands2 talks106Faith XLVII IndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk107Ferran AdriàIndividualBarcelona, Spain1 talk108Fibra Design StudioStudioRio de Janeiro, Brazil1 talk109FOSIndividualCopenhagen, Denmark1 talk110FoxP2IndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk111Francis KéréIndividualBurkina Faso1 talk112Francois KnoetzeIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk113Frank TjepkemaIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands1 talk114Fred GelliIndividualRio de Janeiro, Brazil1 talk115Front IndividualStockholm, Sweden1 talk116Gary HustwitIndividualNew York, USA1 talk117Gavin RajahIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk118Geraldine FennIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk119Gerry HumanIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk120Gert DumbarIndividualInternational1 talk121GetSmarterIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk122Giorgia LupiIndividualNew York, USA1 talk123Grace JunIndividualNew York, USA1 talk124Great Things to People (gt2P)IndividualChile1 talk125Haldane MartinIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk126Han FengIndividualShanghai, China1 talk127Handspring Puppet CompanyStudioCape Town, South Africa2 talks128Hans Ulrich ObristIndividualLondon, United Kingdom2 talks129Harry PearceIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk130Hartmut EsslingerIndividualBerlin, Germany1 talk131Hat-trick IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk132Heath NashIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk133Heinrich WolffIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk134Helen Isibor-EpegaIndividualLagos, Nigeria2 talks135Hella JongeriusIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands3 talks136Hellicar & Lewis IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk137Henning RasmussIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk138Henrik VibskovIndividualCopenhagen, Denmark2 talks139Hideki InabaIndividualInternational1 talk140Hilary CottamIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk141How Far From HomeIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk142Howard Chambers IndividualNew York, USA1 talk143Hugh MasekelaIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa2 talks144Ian Murchison IndividualOttawa, Canada2 talks145Ije NwokorieIndividualLondon, United Kingdom2 talks146Ilse CrawfordIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk147Ineke HansIndividualArnhem, Netherlands1 talk148Inga SempéIndividualParis, France1 talk149Ini Archibong IndividualZurich, Switzerland1 talk150Isabel MagerIndividualEindhoven, Netherlands1 talk151Isis ShifferIndividualNew York, USA1 talk152Issa DiabatéIndividualAbidjan, Ivory Coast2 talks153Ivan ChermayeffIndividualNew York, USA1 talk154Iwo BorkowiczIndividualPoland1 talk155Jabu Nadia Newman and The Foxy FiveIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk156Jaime HayónIndividualValencia, Spain1 talk157Jake BartonIndividualNew York, USA2 talks158Jakob TrollbäckIndividualNew York, USA1 talk159Jannes HendrikzIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk160Jasper MorrisonIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk161Javier MariscalIndividualBarcelona, Spain2 talks162Jeanne van HeeswijkIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands1 talk163Jen BilikIndividualCalifornia, USA1 talk164Jens Martin SkibstedIndividualCopenhagen, Denmark1 talk165Jesper BrodinIndividualSweden1 talk166Jessica Hische IndividualSan Francisco, USA1 talk167Ji LeeIndividualNew York, USA1 talk168Jo NoeroIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk169Joe GebbiaIndividualSan Francisco, USA1 talk170Joe Public IndividualJohannesburg, South Africa2 talks171Johannes Torpe IndividualCopenhagen, Denmark1 talk172John BielenbergIndividualSan Francisco, USA1 talk173John HuntIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk174John Maeda IndividualUSA1 talk175Jon StamIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands1 talk176Jonathan ShapiroIndividualCape Town, South Africa3 talks177Joschua Brunn IndividualGermany, France1 talk178Joseph SaavedraIndividualNew York, USA1 talk179Joy Mckinney IndividualNew York, USA2 talks180Juliana RotichIndividualNairobi, Kenya2 talks181Kaja Solgaard DahlIndividualOslo, Norway1 talk182Kaki KingIndividualNew York, USA1 talk183Karin FongIndividualNew York, USA1 talk184Karlssonwilker IncIndividualNew York, USA1 talk185Kate MorossIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk186Kathryn FlemingIndividualUSA2 talks187Kazuya KawasakiIndividualTokyo, Japan1 talk188Keith HelfetIndividualInternational1 talk189Keith RoseIndividualSouth Africa1 talk190Kiran Bir SethiIndividualAhmedabad, India1 talk191Klasien van de ZandschulpIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands1 talk192Koen VanmechelenIndividualBelgium1 talk193Koto BolofoIndividualParis, France1 talk194Kyla PhilanderIndividualCape Town, South Africa2 talks195Laduma NgxokoloIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk196Lara BohincIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk197Larry HarveyIndividualCalifornia, USA2 talks198Lauren Beukes IndividualCape Town, South Africa2 talks199Lauren MacklerIndividualRhode Island, USA1 talk200Leanie van der Vyver IndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk201Lebo MashileIndividualSouth Africa1 talk202Lernert & SanderIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands1 talk203Leroy Mwasaru IndividualKenya1 talk204LibertyInstitutionJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk205Lindsay KinkadeIndividualProvidence, USA1 talk206Lonny van Ryswyck IndividualNetherlands1 talk207Louise Fili IndividualNew York, USA1 talk208Lowery SimsIndividualNew York, USA1 talk209Luis von AhnIndividualUSA, Guatamala1 talk210Luke PearsonIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk211Luyanda MpahlwaIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk212Manabu MizunoIndividualTokyo, Japan1 talk213Marcel WandersIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands2 talks214Marcello SerpaIndividualSao Paulo, Brazil2 talks215Marcelo RosenbaumIndividualSao Paulo, Brazil1 talk216Marcus EngmanIndividualSweden1 talk217Margaret CalvertIndividualUnited Kingdom1 talk218Margot Janse IndividualCape Town, South Africa2 talks219Marguerite Humeau IndividualParis, France1 talk220Marian BantjesIndividualCanada3 talks221Marije VogelzangIndividualRotterdam, Netherlands1 talk222Marina WillerIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk223Mark DythamIndividualTokyo, Japan2 talks224Mark KamauIndividualNairobi, Kenya1 talk225Mark ShuttleworthIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk226Marko AhtisaariIndividualUSA, Finland1 talk227Martha CottonIndividualUSA1 talk228Martha StewartIndividualNew York, USA1 talk229Martí GuixéIndividualSpain1 talk230Martin KrugerIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk231Masashi Kawamura IndividualNew York, USA1 talk232Massimo and Lella VignelliIndividualNew York, USA1 talk233Massoud HassaniIndividualEindhoven, Netherlands1 talk234Matali CrassetIndividualParis, France1 talk235Mathieu LehanneurIndividualParis, France1 talk236Matthew Carter IndividualMassachusetts, USA1 talk237Maxim VelčovskýIndividualPrague, Czech Republic1 talk238Maxwell MutandaIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk239Michael BierutIndividualNew York, USA5 talks240Michael EdwardsIndividualNew York, USA1 talk241Michael GrigorievIndividualCanada1 talk242Michael WolffIndividualLondon, United Kingdom3 talks243Michel Rojkind IndividualMexico City, Mexico2 talks244Mikal HallstrupIndividualCopenhagen, Denmark2 talks245Mirko IlićIndividualNew York, USA1 talk246MIT SENSEable City LaboratoryIndividualMassachusetts, USA1 talk247Mokena MakekaIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk248Morag MyerscoughIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk249MTNInstitutionSouth Africa3 talks250Naama SchendarIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk251Nandipha MntamboIndividualCape Town, South Africa2 talks252Nando'sInstitutionInternational2 talks253Naoto FukasawaIndividualTokyo, Japan2 talks254Naresh Ramchandani IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk255Natasha JenIndividualUSA, Taiwan1 talk256Nathan ReddyIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk257NB StudioStudioLondon, United Kingdom2 talks258Nelly Ben HayounIndividualLondon, United Kingdom3 talks259Ng'endo MukiiIndividualNairobi, Kenya2 talks260Nicholas BlechmanIndividualNew York, USA1 talk261Nicholas Hlobo IndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk262Nicolás Kisic AguirreIndividualLima, Peru1 talk263Nille Juul-SørensenIndividualCopenhagen, Denmark2 talks264Nobumichi TosaIndividualJapan1 talk265Oded EzerIndividualGivatayim, Israel1 talk266Olafur Eliasson IndividualCopenhagen, Denmark1 talk267Oliver HermanusIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk268Omar Victor DiopIndividualDakar, Senegal2 talks269Oona ScheepersIndividualGermany1 talk270Osborne MachariaIndividualNairobi, Kenya2 talks271Oscar Diaz IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk272Oscar E PeñaIndividualInternational1 talk273Paul DavisIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk274Paul PriestmanIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk275Paul SahreIndividualNew York, USA2 talks276Paula ScherIndividualNew York, USA1 talk277Pauline SaglioIndividualLausanne, Switzerland1 talk278Pedro ReyesIndividualMexico City, Mexico1 talk279Pepe MaraisIndividualSouth Africa2 talks280Peter VeenstraIndividualNetherlands1 talk281Pia NyakairuIndividualToronto, Canada1 talk282Piet Hein EekIndividualEindhoven, Netherlands1 talk283Pieter-Jan Pieters IndividualEindhoven, Netherlands1 talk284Piyush PandeyIndividualMumbai, India1 talk285Porky HeferIndividualCape Town, South Africa2 talks286Rahim BhimaniIndividualSan Francisco, USA1 talk287Reggie WattsIndividualUnited Kingdom2 talks288Renata SouzaIndividualMexico City, Mexico1 talk289René RedzepiIndividualCopenhagen, Denmark1 talk290Renée RossouwInstitutionCape Town, South Africa1 talk291Renny RamakersIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands1 talk292Revital CohenIndividualLondon, United Kingdom2 talks293Rich MnisiIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk294Richard HartIndividualDurban, South Africa1 talk295Rick ValicentiIndividualChicago, USA1 talk296Robbie Brozin IndividualSouth Africa2 talks297Robert WongIndividualNew York, USA1 talk298Robin RhodeIndividualBerlin, Germany1 talk299Roger L MartinIndividualToronto, Canada1 talk300Roger SmytheIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk301Rosita MissoniIndividualItaly2 talks302Ross ChowlesIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk303Roy ChoiIndividualLos Angeles, USA2 talks304Ruudt PetersIndividualInternational1 talk305Safia QureshiIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk306Sandhya LallooIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk307Santiago CirugedaIndividualSeville, Spain2 talks308Scholten & BaijingsIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands2 talks309Selly Raby Kane IndividualDakar, Senegal2 talks310Seymour Chwast IndividualNew York, USA1 talk311Shaakira JassatIndividualPretoria, South Africa1 talk312Shigeru UchidaIndividualTokyo, Japan1 talk313Shin-ichi TakemuraIndividualTokyo, Japan1 talk314Shoko TamuraIndividualTokyo, Japan1 talk315Shubhankar RayIndividualLondon, United Kingdom2 talks316Shunji YamanakaIndividualTokyo, Japan1 talk317Simon Dogger IndividualEindhoven, Netherlands1 talk318Sindiso KhumaloIndividualLondon, United Kingdom2 talks319Sir John Hegarty IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk320Sissel TolaasIndividualBerlin, Germany1 talk321SnaskIndividualStockholm, Sweden1 talk322Sonja BäumelIndividualVienna, Austria1 talk323Sou FujimotoIndividualTokyo, Japan1 talk324Sputniko!IndividualTokyo, Japan1 talk325Stanley HainsworthIndividualSeattle, USA2 talks326Stefan DiezIndividualGermany1 talk327Stefan G BucherIndividualPasadena, USA2 talks328Stefan SagmeisterIndividualNew York, USA1 talk329Stefan van Biljon IndividualCape Town, South Africa2 talks330Stefano GiovannoniIndividualMilan, Italy2 talks331Stephen BurksIndividualNew York, USA1 talk332Steven Heller IndividualNew York, USA1 talk333Stewart LevineIndividualNew York, USA1 talk334Stoned CherrieInstitutionSouth Africa1 talk335Stuart ForrestIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk336Studio FormafantasmaStudioAmsterdam, Netherlands2 talks337Sunu Gonera IndividualZimbabwe1 talk338Taku SatohIndividualTokyo, Japan1 talk339Teresa van DongenIndividualNetherlands2 talks340Teshia TreuhaftIndividualMichigan, USA2 talks341The WorkersIndividualLondon, United Kingdom2 talks342Thomas ChapmanIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa3 talks343Thomas HeatherwickIndividualLondon, United Kingdom2 talks344Thomas ThwaitesIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk345Tia BlassingameIndividualUSA2 talks346TL UglowIndividualSydney, Australia1 talk347Tobias Frere-JonesIndividualInternational1 talk348Tom DixonIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk349Tom Hulme IndividualLondon, United Kingdom2 talks350Tomas KralIndividualLausanne, Switzerland1 talk351Tomo KiharaIndividualTokyo, Japan1 talk352Tonic DesignIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa1 talk353Tony Brook IndividualUnited Kingdom1 talk354Tony GumIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk355Tord BoontjeIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk356Toshiyuki KitaIndividualInternational1 talk357Troika IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk358Tsai Design StudioInstitutionCape Town, South Africa1 talk359Tucker ViemeisterIndividualInternational1 talk360Twins CartoonIndividualCairo, Egypt1 talk361Tyler Pratt IndividualCanada2 talks362United Visual Artists (UVA)IndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk363Urban-Think TankIndividualSao Paulo, Brazil2 talks364Valerie SteeleIndividualNew York, USA1 talk365Van Eijk & Van der LubbeIndividualNetherlands1 talk366Vera de PontIndividualEindhoven, Netherlands1 talk367Vinay VenkatramanIndividualCopenhagen, Denmark2 talks368W+K DelhiIndividualDelhi, India1 talk369Wael Morcos IndividualNew York, USA1 talk370Wally OlinsIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk371Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton JonesIndividualLondon, United Kingdom1 talk372William DrenttelIndividualFalls Village, USA1 talk373William Kentridge IndividualJohannesburg, South Africa2 talks374William MaphamIndividualSouth Africa1 talk375Winy MaasIndividualAmsterdam, Netherlands1 talk376Wooster CollectiveStudioNew York, USA1 talk377Y TsaiIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk378Yinka IloriIndividualLagos, Nigeria1 talk379Yogita AgrawalIndividualMumbai, India1 talk380Yves BéharIndividualSan Francisco, USA1 talk381ZA NewsIndividualCape Town, South Africa1 talk382Zach LiebermanIndividualNew York, USA1 talk383Zanele MuholiIndividualJohannesburg, South Africa2 talks384Ze FrankIndividualNew York, USA1 talk