LET'S TALK: THE BUSINESS OF DESIGN

The Design Talks have become the leading public forum for discussion and debate among the region’s most influential, creative and successful designers in the calendar. This year it was once again chaired by Esra Lemmens, Founder & Director of the Esra Lemmens Agency.

WANT TO BE A SPEAKER AT DESIGN TALKS?

With more striking and successful work being completed across hospitality, corporate, retail and residential sectors than ever before, this year’s Design Talks provided a fantastic opportunity to share insights and discussions with the leading creative minds in the region.

Click here to view the pdf version of the 2019 Agenda.

2019'S SPEAKERS INCLUDED:

Firas Alsahin
Co-Founder & Design Director
4SPACE Design

Steven Velegrinis 
Head of Masterplanning
AECOM

Stuart Allen
Managing Director & Founder
Allen Architecture Interiors Design

Waleed Shaalan
Design Director
AREP

Matilde Boelhouwer
Founder
Atelier Boelhouwer

Juan Roldán
Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture
American University of Sharjah

Phillip Jones
Principal / Managing Director – Middle East & North Africa
B+H Architects

Paul Bishop
Owner
Bishop Design

Steve Kiernan
General Manager
Bond Interiors

Carla Conte
Founder & Creative Director
Brand Creative

Brian Boggs
Co-Founder
Brian Boggs Chairmakers

Chris Barnes
Owner and Founder
Broadway Interiors

Sayed Habib
General Manager
Danube Home

William Bennett
Senior Landscape Designer
desert INK

Justin Wells
Director
dwp

Ivar Krasinski
Founding Partner & Design Director
EDGE

Esra Lemmens
Founder
The Esra Lemmens Agency

Sejal Patel
Lead Designer
Gensler

David Lessard
Design Director
H+A Architects

Oliver Baxter
Insight Programme Manager
Herman Miller

Cristina Mateo, Ph.D.
Executive Director
IE School of Architecture and Design

Indu Varanasi
Founder/Director/Architect
IRD Design

Jacinda Raniolo
Lead Creative Designer
Godwin Austen Johnson

Yullianna Porter
Head of Workspace Design
JLL Mena

Carol Finnie
Regional Director MENA Region
JPA Design

Benjamin Piper
Partner & Design Principal
Killa Architectural Design

Krystyna Kielbon
President
KK Interior Design Group

Kristina Zanic
Owner
Kristina Zanic Consultancy

Patrick Bean
Design Director
LACASA Architects & Engineering Consultancy

Julie Blondeel

Magna Cum Laude Graduate

Prateek Sharan
Co-Founder
Modomoro

Antonia Wormer
Co-Owner
New Citizen Design

Kevin McLachlan
CEO
NOMAD|K Design Studio

Morgan Fleming
Design Director, Principal
Perkins&Will

Pallavi Dean
Founder & Creative Director
Roar

Laurent Haddad
Head of Interior Design
RW Armstrong

Juan Hildebrand
Managing Director
Schwitzke Middle East

Sergio Mendes
Founder
Sergio Mendes Design

Ahmed El-Sharabassy
CEO & Founder
Sharabassy Built - Environment Studio

Kristian Stinson
Co-Founder & Commercial Director
Studio EM

Nemanja Derman
Lead Designer
Stylis

Margriet Vollenberg
Director & Art Director
Organisation in Design & Ventura Projects

Tom Skyring
Design Director
Wilson Associates

Ellen Søhoel
Founder
XBD Collective

Vera Dieckmann
CEO & Creative Director
XO Atelier

Yasmin Farahmandy
Senior Interior Designer
A++ Human Sustainable Architecture