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Sunny Dolat
Art Director
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Creative Director
Fashion curator, cultural producer and creative director.
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Fumani Khumalo
Art Director
This all-round creative has already worked with some of the country's biggest brands.
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Gordon Reid
Art Director
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Graphic Designer
Graphic Designer, Art Director and the Founder of Middle Boop.
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Thabisa Mjo
Art Director
A South African art director with a background in stage production design and interior design.
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Thabang Rampai
Art Director
This fine art graduate aims to promote South African stories through film and animation.
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Manic Molecule
Art Director
Music videos, concert visuals, logos and illustrations that turn brands into visual spectacles.
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Carina Bonse
Art Director
Carina "The Wizard" Bonse is an Art Direction and Design graduate from Red & Yellow, South Africa, who won Loerie Awards in her first, second and third years.
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Warren du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
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Filmmaker
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Photographer
"Light is a thing of beauty in that it overcomes darkness" - W&N Studio, London-based image makers, artists and filmmakers.
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Danielle Clough
Art Director
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Artist
Using vintage tennis rackets, old coffee bags and other second-hand waste, Danielle Clough is breaking the mould of contemporary art.
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How Far From Home
Art Director
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Creative Director
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Photographer
Two creatives. One wanderlist. Zero reasons to stay at home.
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Larry Harvey
Art Director
Larry Harvey is the founding board member and chief philosophic officer of Burning Man, an annual festival of arts in the Nevada desert.
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PPC Imaginarium Awards
Art Director
PPC Imaginarium Awards is a modern art and design awards programme aimed at promoting and supporting emerging creative talent in South Africa.
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DJ Stout
Graphic Designer
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Art Director
DJ Stout is a graphic designer and art director at Pentagram.
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Mokoena Kobeli
Art Director
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Digital Designer
Mokoena Kobeli is a digital designer and was part of the 2014 Emerging Creatives programme.
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Sergio del Puerto
Art Director
Sergio del Puerto is the founder of Serial Cut, a Madrid-based design studio that specialises in art direction, established in 1999.
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Christine Goudie
Industrial Designer
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Art Director
Graphic designer turned industrial designer, Christine Goudie believes in involving the end user in the early stages of the design process.
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Manabu Mizuno
Creative Director
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Art Director
Manabu Mizuno studied graphic design at Tama Art University. After graduating in 1996, he joined the advertising company Pablo Production.
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Michael Mack
Writer
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Editor
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Art Director
Michael Mack is a freelance art director, editor, curator and writer, specialising in the production of books on art, photography and architecture.
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Richard Baker
Art Director
Richard Baker has over 20 years' experience in publication design. Folio magazine named him one of the world's most influential designers in 1999.
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Fabio Ongarato
Art Director
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Jaco Janse van Rensburg
Art Director
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David Carson
Art Director
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Graphic Designer
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Typographer
David Carson is the most Googled graphic designer in history and has been named the art director of the era by Creative Review, London.
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Fernando Gutiérrez
Art Director
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Nicholas Blechman
Art Director
Nicholas Blechman is the art director of the “Week in Review” section of the New York Times.
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