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Rising Design Thinking Speakers

24 credible, up-and-coming voices in design thinking - active on the circuit, beyond the household names.

24 rising design thinking speakers on Mezzo - including Venkat Subramaniam, Maggie Appleton, and Sougwen Chung. Each with the talks, gig history, and co-appearances to back it up.

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Venkat Subramaniam

Java and agile development expert | Modern design patterns educator

5 recent talks · through 2024
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Maggie Appleton

Design lead at Elicit | Visual essayist making complex ideas accessible, digital gardens pioneer

5 recent talks · through 2024
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Sougwen Chung

Multidisciplinary Artist | Human-Machine Collaboration

4 recent talks · through 2026
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Hans Ulrich Obrist

Curator & Art Critic | Exploring the Future of Design

4 recent talks · through 2026
Tiffany Rolfe

Tiffany Rolfe

Global Chief Creative Officer & Chair | Transforming Digital Experience Design

3 recent talks · through 2026
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Simon Brown

Software architecture and design speaker | Creator of the C4 model

3 recent talks · through 2024
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Zach Kitschke

CMO, Canva | Digital Design & Visual Storytelling

3 recent talks · through 2025
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Amber Case

Cyborg Anthropologist | The Future of Humans and Technology

2 recent talks · through 2025
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Rebecca Fiebrink

Creator of Wekinator | Professor at UAL Creative Computing Institute

2 recent talks · through 2025
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Jeanne Gang

Founding Principal | Visionary Architect & Urban Planner

2 recent talks · through 2025
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Gemma O'Brien

Designer and illustrator | Elevating lettering to art

2 recent talks · through 2026
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Liza Enebeis

Behavioral Designer | Designing for Better Financial Decisions

2 recent talks · through 2025
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Luke Wroblewski

Google product director | Coined 'Mobile First', influential web design author

2 recent talks · through 2024
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Miriam Suzanne

CSS expert and web design specialist | Exploring the art and science of styling the web

2 recent talks · through 2024
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Neil Barrie

Chief Design Officer | Transforming Product & Customer Experience

2 recent talks · through 2026
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Michael Ventura

Advisor & Author of Applied Empathy

2 recent talks · through 2025
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Libby Heaney

Quantum Physicist Turned Artist | First to Use Quantum Computing as Art Medium

1 recent talk · through 2025
Thomas Heatherwick

Thomas Heatherwick

Founder, Heatherwick Studio | Pioneering Design-Led Urbanism

1 recent talk · through 2024
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Alain de Botton

Philosopher & Bestselling Author | Architecture & Design Storyteller

1 recent talk · through 2026
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Natsai Audrey Chieza

Founder | Sustainable Design & Creative Innovation

1 recent talk · through 2024
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Urs Enzler

Software architecture speaker | Evolutionary architecture and design patterns

1 recent talk · through 2025
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Memo Akten

Artist and Computer Scientist | Ars Electronica Golden Nica Winner

1 recent talk · through 2024
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Ovetta Sampson

UX designer at Google | Exploring design for wellbeing and machine learning

1 recent talk · through 2023
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Harry Roberts

CSS Performance and Architecture | Web Development

1 recent talk · through 2025
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