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Brazil
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UK
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Partner of Pentagram
Marina Willer | 24 May
‘Design is not about pretty pictures, it’s also about telling a story and everything coming together.’
Kenya
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Founder of The Nest
Sunny Dolat | 24 May
‘We want to challenge the existing narrative of African fashion, art and design’
Netherlands
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Precious Plastic
Dave Hakkens | 24 May
‘I appreciate all designers, but I want to use my time to help solve global problems’
Switzerland
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founder Freitag
Daniel Freitag | 24 May
‘Every business field should start to re-think its approach to become more sustainable’
USA
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executive dean Parsons
Joel Towers | 24 May
‘Climate change, sustainability and social justice are cross-disciplinary problems. You’ve got to be willing to hear other people’s opinions.'
Brazil
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director 350.org Latin America
Nicole Oliveira | 24 May
‘I decided to take an active part in influencing big decisions and in formulating public policies.’
Mexico
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Founder Ten Arquitectos
Enrique Norten | 25 May
‘Architecture is not a competition of strange objects’
Netherlands
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founder The Vegetarian Butcher
Jaap Korteweg | 25 May
‘The key to our success was developing products with a comparable taste to real meat.’
USA
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vice president Google Creative Lab
Robert Wong | 25 May
‘Positive interactions, humanity, surprise, empathy and creativity is what technology should be about’
Mexico
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Latin American Award Winning Chef
Elena Reygadas | 25 May
‘Eating is no guilty pleasure. I’d only feel guilty if I was harming the planet’
Netherlands
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independent filmmaker and media activist
Sunny Bergman | 25 May
‘I use the camera to take the viewer into my stream of thoughts’
Brazil
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Founder Estudio Guto Requena
Guto Requena | 25 May
‘We now have a final chance to use all the technologies at our disposal to build a better society’
USA
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Al Jazeera
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | 25 May
‘I don’t think objectivity can ever actually exist in journalism’
Netherlands
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Textile Designer
Femke van Gemert | 25 May
‘Every piece of textile I use has been designed, produced, worn or used otherwise'
Netherlands
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WDCD 2018 Moderator
Saskia van Stein
UK
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WDCD 2018 Moderator
David Kester
Netherlands
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Founder Innofest
Anna van Nunen | 24 May
Netherlands
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Next Nature Network
Hendrik-Jan Grievink | 24 May
Netherlands
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Co-founder Havas Lemz
Mark Woerde | 24 May
Netherlands
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Design Academy Eindhoven
Bas Raijmakers | 24 May
UK
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Co-Founder Thought Collider
Mike Thompson | 24 May
Netherlands
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Design Academy Eindhoven
Danielle Arets | 24 May
Netherlands
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creative director Greenberry
Alain Dujardin | 25 May
Netherlands
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Interactive Artist
Thijs Biersteker | 25 May