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Today Bloomberg Businessweek named the final lineup of speakers for Bloomberg Businessweek Design 2015<\/a>, its third annual design conference, to be held on Tuesday, April 28, 2015, at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, CA. Added to the illustrious group previously announced is designer Selvaggia Armani, Ammunition\u2019s Robert Brunner, Shinola\u2019s Daniel Caudill, fashion designer Rachel Comey, Framestore\u2019s Mike McGee, Elevate\u2019s Jesse Pickard, Lippincott\u2019s Gordon Rudow and Cyber illusionist Marco Tempest. Bloomberg Businessweek also announced that conference ticket holders will have exclusive access to five design studio tours and an opening night reception at the Autodesk Gallery on April 27.<\/p>\n

At Bloomberg Businessweek Design 2015 26 of the world\u2019s most forward-thinking design professionals will take the stage to explore how design and technology are changing the way we live, work, and play. These innovators from the fields of architecture, industrial design, home design, robotics, operating system design, app development, graphic design, fashion, film special effects, Virtual Reality, and more will discuss how they are leading their companies to overcome some of society\u2019s most challenging problems, and helping clients and consumers reimagine how we experience the world.<\/p>\n

The all-star presenters at Bloomberg Businessweek Design 2015 will be:
\nSELVAGGIA ARMANI
\nDesigner of textiles, clothing, jewelry, leather, home accessories, and ceramics <\/p>\n

AYAH BDEIR
\nFounder and CEO, littleBits \u2013 leader of the open-source hardware movement @ayahbdeir<\/p>\n

MICHAEL BIERUT
\nPartner, Pentagram \u2013 legendary graphic designer @michaelbierut<\/p>\n

TIM BROWN
\nCEO and President, IDEO \u2013 globally recognized business adviser teaching the value of design thinking @tceb62<\/p>\n

ROBERT BRUNNER
\nFounding Partner, Ammunition \u2013 award-winning industrial designer @rdbrunner<\/p>\n

DANIEL CAUDILL
\nCreative Director, Shinola \u2013 leader in the creative arenas of apparel and accessory design; styling and brand consulting @Shinola<\/p>\n

ALON COHEN & ADI TATARKO
\nCo-Founders, Houzz \u2013eminent home remodeling and design platform @houzz<\/p>\n

RACHEL COMEY
\nFounder, Rachel Comey \u2013 fashion designer of women\u2019s and men\u2019s collections @rachel_comey<\/p>\n

STEVE COUSINS
\nFounder and CEO, Savioke \u2013 building robotic technology to help people @Savioke<\/p>\n

NICOLE DOSSO
\nDirector, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill \u2013 expert in the technical challenges of high-rise building design <\/p>\n

SHAWN DOUGLAS
\nProfessor, UCSF \u2013 runs a lab inventing new methods to construct and manipulate biological molecules at the nanometer scale @smd4 <\/p>\n

MATIAS DUARTE
\nVP for Design, Android \u2013 leads the Android design team @MatiasDuarte<\/p>\n

BJARKE INGELS
\nFounding Partner & Creative Director, BIG \u2013 designs buildings that are programmatically and technically innovative, as well as cost- and resource-conscious @BjarkeIngels<\/p>\n

SUSAN KARE
\nPartner, Susan Kare Design \u2013 designed fonts and icons for Apple, Microsoft and Facebook @SusanKare<\/p>\n

CHIP KIDD
\nDesigner and Writer, Alfred A. Knopf \u2013 renowned book jacket designer @chipkidd<\/p>\n

JAKE KNAPP
\nDesign Partner, Google Ventures \u2013 created Google Ventures\u2019 design sprint process @jakek<\/p>\n

ROGER MARTIN
\nDirector, Martin Prosperity Institute \u2013 influential global business thinker @RogerLMartin<\/p>\n

MIKE McGEE
\nCo-founder and Creative Director, Framestore \u2013 celebrated live-action director and VFX supervisor for some of the U.K.\u2019s most well-known brands @Framestore<\/p>\n

JESSE PICKARD
\nCEO, Elevate Labs \u2013 Elevate app is a “personal brain trainer” named by Apple as the best free iPhone app of 2014 @jessepickard<\/p>\n

GORDON RUDOW
\nSenior Partner, Lippincott \u2013 expert on organizational communications and strategy implementation @lippincottbrand<\/p>\n

EVAN SHARP
\nCo-Founder and Chief Creative Officer, Pinterest \u2013 leads all Pinterest design efforts @eshp<\/p>\n

DOLLY SINGH
\nFounder and CEO, Thesis Couture \u2013 reinventing the stiletto with technology @dollysingh<\/p>\n

SCOTT SNIBBE
\nCEO and Founder, Eyegroove \u2013 pioneering digital artist whose collaboration with Bj\u00f6rk was the first app to be acquired by the Museum of Modern Art @snibbe<\/p>\n

MARCO TEMPEST
\nCyber Illusionist \u2013 explores the boundaries between technology and magic @virtualmagician<\/p>\n

EVAN WILLIAMS
\nCEO, Medium \u2013 also co-founded Blogger and Twitter @ev <\/p>\n

They will appear along with Bloomberg\u2019s: EMMA ROSENBLUM Editor, Bloomberg Pursuits @EmmaRosenblum; BRAD STONE Senior Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek @BradStone; JOSHUA TOPOLSKY Chief Digital Content Officer, Bloomberg Media @joshuatopolsky; JOSH TYRANGIEL Chief Content Officer, Bloomberg LP and Editor, Bloomberg Businessweek @Tyrangiel; and ASHLEE VANCE Technology Writer, Bloomberg Businessweek @valleyhack<\/p>\n

On April 27, Bloomberg Businessweek Design 2015 ticket holders are invited to attend one of five exclusive design studio tours:<\/p>\n