I attended the Design Indaba conference this year and well as the exhibition.
These were my favourite people from the talks.
:)

Masashi Kawamura

http://www.masa-ka.com/

Alexander Chen

http://work.chenalexander.com/Mta-me

Christoph Niemann

http://www.christophniemann.com/

Daan Roosegaarde

http://www.studioroosegaarde.net/

Pieter-Jan Pieters

http://www.owow.be/

http://www.adjaye.com/

Oscar Diaz

http://www.oscar-diaz.net/