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World-famous lineup of guests, speakers

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Reggie Ho

EVERY YEAR, Business of Design Week brings to the city the most highly esteemed personalities in the global design industry, many of whom are speakers at the week's main event.

Here is the list of the speakers, presented in the format of a fun quiz to test how much you know about the world's most famous designs and the people behind them.

Who founded The London Design Festival in 2003, an annual event to promote the British design industry?

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John Sorrell, who founded Newell and Sorrell, which merged with Interbrand in 1997. Mr Sorrell, a graduate in art and design from Hornsey College of Art, also chaired the UK Design Council from 1994 to 2000, and in 1996 he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire.

The first laptop computer was called the GRiD Compass, created in 1981. Who designed it?

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Bill Moggridge, a British industrial designer who co-founded Silicon Valley-based design firm IDEO.

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