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  • Jessica Le Roux Pro-account
    Jessica Le Roux
    Designer
    Jessica Le Roux is an ideation student and designer from Cape Town.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Kehumile Mate
    Furniture Designer
    Kehumile Mate is a qualified interiors and furniture designer.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Keshia Smith
    Fashion Designer
    Keshia Smith is a fashion designer from Cape Town, South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Luvo Mahangu
    Fashion Designer
    Luvo Mahangu is a fashion designer and musician.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Ayanda Khumalo
    Artist
    Ayanda Khumalo is a contemporary artist from South Africa.
    Durban, South Africa
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    Brendon Kevin Pitt
    Illustrator
    Brendon Kevin Pitt is a South African illustrator.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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    Mia Louise Senekal
    Furniture Designer
    Mia Louise Senekal is an interior and furniture designer.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Mmamotsatsi Masike
    Furniture Designer
    Mmamotsatsi Masike is an aspiring interior and fashion designer.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Morena Moletsane
    Illustrator
    Morena Moletsane is a South African illustrator.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Nassia Inglessis
    Architect / Artist / Engineer
    Nassia Inglessis is a greek designer, artist and engineer.
    United Kingdom
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    Lyndon Neri and Rossana Hu
    Interior Designer / architects
    Founding Partners of Neri&Hu and Design Republic.
    Shanghai, China
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    Studio DRIFT
    Design Studio
    Dutch artists Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta founded studio DRIFT in 2007.
    Netherlands
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    Lucas De Man
    Director
    Artistic director of company: New Heroes
    Belgium
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    Renée Rossouw
    Architect / Ceramicist / Product Designer
    Renée Rossouw is a graphic-orientated, colour-fixated architect-designer obsessed with comics, colour, patterns and everyday objects.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Leta & Wade
    Graphic Designer / Product Designer
    They combine traditional graphic design elements with photography, art, and styling to create utterly unique pieces.
    USA
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    Wanuri Kahiu
    Author / Filmmaker
    Film director, producer, and author.
    Nairobi, Kenya
  • Bonolo Moloi
    Bonolo Moloi
    Jewellery Designer
    The interior designer turned jewellery designer
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Chad Hanning
    Illustrator
    The illustrator colouring streets and founding zines.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Mpho Mphaga
    Architect
    Mpho Mphaga is carving a name for himself on the South African interior design scene.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Bongeka Ngcobo
    Photographer
    The creative using her craft to tell stories about herself and those around her.
    Durban, South Africa
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    Phenyo Melody Madiba
    Artist
    Phenyo uses pyrography (the art of decorating wood with burn marks) to create art.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Suzan Mbhali Manzini
    Graphic Designer
    The illustrator and design celebrating self-love
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Niel Badenhorst
    Illustrator
    This Pretoria-born illustrator is working to make stories more accessible to readers.
    Pretoria, South Africa
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    Luthando Mfabe
    Illustrator
    Luthando is an illustrator and designer with a passion for technology.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Jessica Le Roux Pro-account
    Jessica Le Roux
    Designer
    Jessica Le Roux is an ideation student and designer from Cape Town.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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