South Africa

Lindsay Dhludhlu

Graphic Designer

A graphic designer with a keen interest in hybridity and creative integration. >
Sifiso Shange

Product Designer

This designer combines traditional African craft with new age thinking. >
Siphathisiwe Hlongwane

Jewellery Designer

A creative that made the career transition from architect to jewellery designer. >
Adam Duxbury

Fashion Designer

This businessman aims to celebrate the Capetonian summer through his fashion label. >
Duma Mtimkulu

Ceramicist

One part fine artist, one part ceramics craftsman. >
Tshepiso Mabula

Photographer

An enterprising young photographer who captures the beauty in mundane living. >
Uber

Technology Designer

Uber is evolving the way the world moves, seamlessly connecting riders to drivers through smartphone technology. >
Can I Please go to the Bathroom?

This short film is a measured and emotive look at the need for affordable sanitary products. >
Nivadni Sewnath

Fashion Designer

This fashion designer is doing a little bit more with the everyday textile. >
Nokubonga Charmane Mbambo

Illustrator

A freelance illustrator who embraces Eastern influences to reflect a more inclusive South African aesthetic. >
Wanda Majubana

Textile Designer

A textile designer with inspiration drawn from Japanese anime and gaming culture. >
Nomfundo Cebekhulu

Jewellery Designer

This jewellery designer rethinks the role of the bead. >
Nishthi Sewnath

Fashion Designer

A budding fashion designer with a keen interest in the figurative meaning of colours. >
Hayley Richards

Fashion Designer

This student is gaining momentum in the industry despite a lack of experience. >
The Zulu alphabet in 25 lino prints

South African graphic designer Siya Masuku designed a beautiful printed Zulu alphabet, featuring 25 lively animals, to help teach children isiZulu. >
Feminine hygiene for rural schoolgirls

Happy with a Purpose distributes menstrual cups to rural schoolgirls in South Africa. >
Artists donate works for Africa’s first major contemporary art museum

The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa is almost here. >
Capturing tranquility in chaos

This designer draws geometric inspiration from unusual places. >
Mercedes-Benz, Labour of Love – the story of us

Labour of Love: This story is also an example of Mercedes-Benz South Africa’s belief in the future of South Africa. >
The ethical fashion brand breaking international ground

South Africa-based ethical fashion designer Bushera Bashir will showcase at London Fashion Week. >
Let’s Beegin

This young designer aims to improve the lives of bees with innovative ideas for upstart beekeepers. >
This initiative uses Ecobricks to uplift a community

A children's centre in a South African township is being given an environmentally friendly upgrade. >
Women in design: Five questions with three interior designers from Emerging Creatives 2017

A QnA with three female interior designers about their designs and the industry. >
Void the transaction: Rich Mnisi's new Winter Collection

For his AW17 collection, emerging South African fashion designer Rich Mnisi releases a collection of interesting and awkward silouhettes. >

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