Events
DLS History
One of the oldest and most important lecture series dedicated to he convergence of technology, art, and design, the DLS has established a tradition of bringing world-renowned professionals to one of the world’s great creative capitals since 1991.
Past Speakers
| 1991 | 2000 |
| Javier Mariscal | Stefan Sagmeister |
| Frederick Elmes | Peter Saville |
| Andrea Banzi | Sheila Levrant de Bretteville |
| Hartmut Esslinger | Hani Rashid |
| Michael Graves | |
| 1992 | |
| Paul Rand | 2001 |
| Gianni Versace | Bruce Mau |
| Andre Putman | Richard Misrach & Lindy Roy |
| Katsu Kimura | Barbara Kruger |
| Maira Kalman | Rick Poynor |
| Fernando & Humberto Campana | |
| 1993 | |
| Jean Paul Goude | 2002 |
| Phillipe Starck | Art Chantry |
| Pierre Bernard | Ayse Birsel |
| David “Jelly” Helm | |
| 1994 | Camilo Vergara |
| R.D.E. Oxenaar | Charles Anderson |
| Gaetano Pesce | |
| Eiko Ishioka | 2003 |
| James Dyson | |
| 1995 | Maira Kalman and Rick Meyerowitz |
| Vaughn Oliver | Golan Levin |
| Jenny Holzer | Lust (Dutch Design Studio) |
| Guerilla Girls | Eva Zeisel |
| Tibor Kalman | |
| Diller + Scofidio | 2004 |
| Ivan Chermayeff and Tom Geismar | |
| 1996 | John Baldessari |
| Makoto Saito | Todd Waterbury |
| Mary Lewis | |
| Cyan | 2005 |
| Todd Oldham | Not held |
| 1997 | 2006 |
| Milton Glaser | Margo Chase |
| Peter Greenaway | Rick Valicenti |
| R.O. Blechman | Jason Munn w/ Small Stakes |
| Kyle Cooper | Dan Ibarra and Michael Schoenholz |
| Ralph Steadman | |
| 2007 | |
| 1998 | Karim Rashid |
| Malcolm McLaren | Davy Rothbart |
| Mark Romanek | Emily Oberman & Bonnie Siegler |
| Chip Kidd | |
| Gary McNatton | 2008 |
| Tyler Brule | Stefan Sagmeister |
| Yves Béhar | |
| 1999 | Vivan Rosenthal |
| John Maeda | Ben Watts |
| The Attik | |
| J. Mays | |
| Jeannine Oppewall | |
| Zaha Hadid |
Saturday, 1 Apr 2006 — Saturday, 29 Apr 2006
- Various Locations
- San Francisco, California
Past DLS
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