Speakers

Day 1 | Retail | 11 August 2020

Elspeth Pridham

Editor, Studio Magazine

Kat Maclennan

Visual Merchandising Specialist, Dot to Dot

Markus Pesendorfer

Lifestyle Studio and Brand Director, Gensler

Dr Ash Ranpura

Neuroscientist

Lynn Wilson

Circular Economy Specialist

Yorgo Lykouria

Founder & Creative Director, Rainlight Studio

Andy Bishop

Creative Director, Informa Design Portfolio

Rebecca Leathers

Assistant Store Manager, Heal's

Paul Nulty

Founder, Nulty


Day 2 | Residential | 12 August 2020

Pip McCormac

Executive Director, Living etc, Homes and Gardens, 25 Beautiful Homes

Helen Brocklebank

CEO, Walpole

Shalini Misra

Founder, Shalini Misra Ltd

Georgia Elliott-Smith

Managing Director, Element-4

Karen Howes

Founder & Chief Executive, Taylor Howes

Natalia Miyar

Founder, Natalia Miyar Atelier

Staffan Tollgard

Founder, Tollgard Design Group

Jennifer Manners

Founder, Jennifer Manners Design

Sam Fisher

Event Director, Decorex

Susie Rumbold

Creative Director, Tessuto Interiors

Sam Scott Jeffries

Editor, The English Home

Brian Woulfe

Managing Director, Designed by Woulfe Ltd

Karen Haller

Founder, Karen Haller Colour & Design Consultancy


If you enjoyed the discussions at Designscape, you’ll be happy to discover that Susie Rumbold, Nicola Keenan and Brian Woulfe will be also appearing as speakers at Decorex Virtual alongside other top names such as Charu Gandhi – a Founder of Elicyon and Alexandria Dauley of Dauley Design.

Day 3 | Hospitality | 13 August 2020

Michael Levie

COO & Founding Partner, citizenM Hotels

Ed Bakos

CEO, Champalimaud Design

Heleri Rande

Sleep & Eat Conference Curator & Host, Heleri Rande

Olaf Slater

General Manager Sales, Sabre Hospitality Solutions

Matthew Livian

Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer, Sydell Group

Harry McKinley

Hospitality Consultant

Sophie Harper

Editor, Space

Dexter Moren

Partner, Dexter Moren Associates

Matt Seal

Senior Director, Luxury Brands, Marriot International

Jerry Tate

Partner, Tate Harmer

Hugh Taylor, OBE

Chief ExecutiveMichels & Taylor

Ben Webb

Co-Founder, 3Stories

Blanche van Berckel

Founder & CEO, Vous Hotels & Retreats

Damien Perrot

Senior Vice President, Design Solutions, Accor

Andy Bishop

Creative Director, Informa Design Portfolio

Olivier Delaunoy

Operations & Technology Director, Bloc Hotels

Alexi Khajavi

Group President, Travel & Hospitality, Questex

Kfir Levy

Co-Founder, Habitas


The inspiration doesn’t stop at Designscape, this November knowledgeable speakers from across the hospitality sector will be speaking in Sleep & Eat’s virtual programme including Tony Chi – Founder of Tonychi Studio, Lauren Rottet – Founding Principal of Rottet Studio and Adam D. Tihany – Founder of Tihany Design.