Iconic Mentor to Millions | Founder & CEO of The Futur | Emmy® Award-Winning Designer
Create a successful design business that generated more than $80 million in combined billings? Easy. Launch a second, seven-figure business that’s been growing at triple-digit rates year after year? Sure. Get millions of views every month on YouTube to teach all the lessons from these successes? Well… These accomplishments are obviously only fit for the best in the game.
Introducing the iconic design and business mentor Chris Do, whose millions of fans around the world can collectively agree on one thing — he lights up the room like a thousand light bulbs.
Described as a charismatic razor blade (fair), it’s no surprise he’s one of DK’s legacy all-time favourite speakers. Chris follows a straightforward rule: do what you love, don’t sell your soul, and don’t pretend business doesn’t exist. Through The Futur, he helps creatives move from order-takers to confident business operators — the kind who understand pricing, positioning, negotiation and mindset without losing their creative spine. He’s done it for brands like Microsoft, Sony, Nike and Starbucks, who he helped grow their brand design and strategy to immense new heights.
But to give out priceless advice, you gotta be in the trenches. Chris has done the mistakes. He’s lost many opportunities. He underpriced his work, lost deals and oversold to the wrong clients. Then he fixed the system behind it all and turned those hard lessons into clear, practical guidance you can apply immediately. After listening to his priceless advice on running a successful creative business, motivation tends to spike and procrastination quietly disappears from your vocabulary. So no time for you to get lazy. Do it.
Chris Do: Unbland Yourself™
A century ago, people consumed 3 hours of media daily. Today, it’s closer to 13 hours. We are exposed to 4,000+ digital touchpoints and 100,000+ words of content. Every. Single. Day. Every brand is screaming for attention. Everything looks the same. Everyone sounds identical. But you know what? Vanilla won't go viral because in attention bankruptcy, only the real get remembered.
This is why, exclusively for DK2026, Chris Do introduces Unbland™ TalkShop — part talk, part workshop that’s fully interactive, and yes, the entire room is invited to play. The TalkShop will help you unleash your secret weapon —be more you, the you-est you you can be. This is a rare chance to define and build your brand — the right way, fully aligned with your beliefs and values.
He’s taught millions, helped thousands, and changed the lives of hundreds.
Don’t let it go to waste.
