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  • Dokter and Misses Speaker 2017
    Dokter and Misses
    Product Designer
    Husband and wife team Dokter and Misses is a multidisciplinary design company based in Johannesburg.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Speaker 2017
    João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga
    Musician
    João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga is an artist, composer and maker of physical and virtual "things" that play with reality by deconstructing it.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Andile Dyalvane Speaker 2017
    Andile Dyalvane
    Ceramicist
    Renowned ceramicist and Design Indaba Emerging Creative alumnus, Majolandile ‘Andile’ Dyalvane is the founder of Imiso Ceramics.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Desireé Noxolo Gumede Standard
    Desireé Noxolo Gumede
    Graphic Designer
    This young designer celebrates the impact that graphic design has on our perspectives of life.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Tsépo Khonyane Standard
    Tsépo Khonyane
    Communication Designer
    A 20-something designer with additional PR and event coordination chops.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Duma Mtimkulu Standard
    Duma Mtimkulu
    Ceramicist
    One part fine artist, one part ceramics craftsman.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Adam Duxbury Standard
    Adam Duxbury
    Fashion Designer
    This businessman aims to celebrate the Capetonian summer through his fashion label.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Siphatisiwe Hlongwane Standard
    Siphathisiwe Hlongwane
    Jewellery Designer
    A creative that made the career transition from architect to jewellery designer.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Sifiso Shange Standard
    Sifiso Shange
    Product Designer
    This designer combines traditional African craft with new age thinking.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Lindsay Dhludhlu Standard
    Lindsay Dhludhlu
    Graphic Designer
    A graphic designer with a keen interest in hybridity and creative integration.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Joel Matladi Standard
    Joel Matladi
    Animator
    A young animator who wants to reimagine Africanism through art.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Chris Sheldrick Speaker 2017
    Chris Sheldrick
    Technology Designer
    Chris Sheldrick is the founder of what3words, an addressing app that assigns a sequence of three simple words to any location in the world.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Robin Rhode Speaker 2017
    Robin Rhode
    Artist
    Berlin-based South African artist Robin Rhode uses public space as a stage for his highly visual work.
    South Africa, Berlin
  • Wanda Majubana Standard
    Wanda Majubana
    Textile Designer
    A textile designer with inspiration drawn from Japanese anime and gaming culture.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Hayley Richards Standard
    Hayley Richards
    Fashion Designer
    This student is gaining momentum in the industry despite a lack of experience.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Nishthi Sewnath Standard
    Nishthi Sewnath
    Fashion Designer
    A budding fashion designer with a keen interest in the figurative meaning of colours.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Nomafundo Cebekhulu Standard
    Nomfundo Cebekhulu
    Jewellery Designer
    This jewellery designer rethinks the role of the bead.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Nokubonga Charmane Mbambo Standard
    Nokubonga Charmane Mbambo
    Illustrator
    A freelance illustrator who embraces Eastern influences to reflect a more inclusive South African aesthetic.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Nivadni Sewnath Standard
    Nivadni Sewnath
    Fashion Designer
    This fashion designer is doing a little bit more with the everyday textile.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Standard
    Fox Junction - Event Space
    Fox Junction is an urban industrial entertainment venue in Johannesburg's inner city.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Felix Laband Standard
    Felix Laband
    Musician
    Felix Laband is an electronic music artist from Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • The Frown Standard
    The Frown
    Musician
    The two-piece euphoria core act from South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Native Young Standard
    Native Young
    Musician
    A Cape Town-based African-psychedelic-pop band.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Original Swimming Party Standard
    Original Swimming Party
    Musician
    Original Swimming Party is a three-piece experimental electronica band from Cape Town, South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Dokter and Misses Speaker 2017
    Dokter and Misses
    Product Designer
    Husband and wife team Dokter and Misses is a multidisciplinary design company based in Johannesburg.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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