WHAT MAKES A

COOLENTREPRENEUR?

THEY’VE GOT IMAGINATION

Koen Vanmechelen, conceptual artist. “Turbelence”

THEY FOLLOW CHILDHOOD DREAMS

Concept car by Auckland designer Aaron McTurk

THEY INSPIRE

Marcel Kampman, creative brain behind Master Mundo and PICNIC, leads a crowd in song

THEY SEDUCE

‘indie’ lingerie brand La Fille d’O photoshoot

THEY STICK TO PRINCIPLES

Dr. Joomla Johan Janssens, co-founder of open source CMS Joomla

THEY CARE

3Fish, ethical merchandise

THEY DIG TECHNOLOGY

Tinkering on iPhone app 123dressme

THEY PULL A CROWD

Laurent Haug introducing a Lift speaker. Photo: Ivo Naepflin

THEY GET YOU THINKING

“ada”, an analog interactive installation by Karina Smigla-Bobinski

THEY LIKE WORKING FROM HOME

Tinch Studio, Dunedin New Zealand

THEY CARE ABOUT THE DETAILS

Garment by péro, emerging fashion brand from India

THEY LIKE MAKING THINGS

Interactive designer, Ishac Bertran

AND MASHING THINGS UP

Ishac’s work bench

THEY HAVE FUN

At play at the Copenhagen Institute for Interactive Design

AND PARTY

Launch party of Woodstock Cycleworks, Cape Town

THEY CROSS BORDERS

Unmanned aircraft maker, Gatewing, in Africa

AND TAKE TO THE SKIES

THEY KEEP SMILING

THEY’RE COOL ENTREPRENEURS

Koen Vanmechelen, Photo: Stoffel Hias

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