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  • Design Indaba Standard
    Design Indaba
    Publisher
    Design Indaba is a multifaceted platform committed to a better world through creativity.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lindi Ndebele Koka is the chief director of cultural industries at South African National Department of Arts and Culture Standard
    Lindi Ndebele Koka
    Curator
    Lindi Ndebele Koka is the chief director of cultural industries at South African National Department of Arts and Culture.
    South Africa
  • Katlego Maboe (Photographed by Michael Le Grange) Standard
    Katlego Maboe
    Curator / Performance Artist / Singer-Songwriter
    Katlego Maboe is a singer, songwriter and television presenter.
    South Africa
  • Gareth Cliff Founder and President of CliffCentral.com Standard
    Gareth Cliff
    Curator / DJ
    Founder and President of CliffCentral.com as well as an MNet Idols judge, Gareth Cliff is one of South African radio's most prominent personalities.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Emilie Gambade, Editor-in-Chief for ELLE South Africa Standard
    Emilie Gambade
    Curator / Editor
    Emilie Gambade is currently the editor-in-chief for ELLE South Africa.
    South Africa
  • Tracy Lee Lynch is a design, décor and styling guru Standard
    Tracy Lee Lynch
    Curator / Design Consultant / Interior Designer
    Tracy Lee Lynch is a design, décor and styling guru.
    South Africa
  • Dillion S Phiri Standard
    Dillion S Phiri
    Creative Director
    Dillion S Phiri is the founder and creative director of Creative Nestlings.
    Zimbabwe
  • Aaron Kohn Standard
    Aaron Kohn
    Curator
    Aaron Kohn is the founding director of the Museum of African Design (MOAD) in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Liquid Light Design Standard
    Liquid Light Design
    Furniture Designer
    Liquid Light Design crafts beautiful, ultra-modern furniture from a range of perspex and glass.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Ceramics by Linda Khuzwayo. Standard
    Art in the Forest
    Design Studio
    Art in the Forest is a Cape Town-based ceramics centre managed and run by South African master potter Anthony Shapiro.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • TryAnglez Standard
    Chantell Lungiswa Joe
    Fashion Designer
    Cape Town-based Chantell Lungiswa Joe is a fashion designer with a clothing and lifestyle brand, TryAnglez, and a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Kiara Gounder Standard
    Kiara Gounder
    Fashion Designer
    Kiara Gounder is a Durban-based fashion designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Lukhanyo Mdingi Standard
    Lukhanyo Mdingi
    Fashion Designer
    Lukhanyo Mdingi designs distinctive fashion for his eponymous label and is part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    East London, South Africa
  • Lara Klawikowski Standard
    Lara Klawikowski
    Fashion Designer
    Lara Klawikowski designs are imaginative, purpose-driven, eclectic and best described as wearable art.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Thula Sindi Standard
    Thula Sindi
    Fashion Designer
    Finding "simple ways to make beautiful things and beautiful ways to make simple things," Thula Sindi creates ladieswear inspired by women of consequence.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Standard
    Craig Port
    Fashion Designer
    Craig Port is a South African fashion designer and director of Maze Clothing CC, the design house for the Craig Port brand.
    South Africa
  • Emerging Creatives 2015: Maria Uys Standard
    Maria Uys
    Jewellery Designer
    Maria Uys is a Cape Town-based surface designer and a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Imprint. Standard
    Mzukisi Mbane
    Fashion Designer
    Mzukisi Mbane is a fashion designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lutuliegh. Standard
    Msizi Luthuli
    Fashion Designer
    Msizi Luthuli is a fashion designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Michelle Liao Standard
    Michelle Liao
    Jewellery Designer
    Michelle Liao is a jewellery designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Emerging Creatives 2015: Wade Lambert and Jeanette Oosterhuis. Standard
    Wade Lambert and Jeanette Oosterhuis
    Fashion Designer
    Wade Lambert and Jeanette Oosterhuis run Skollie Respected Hooligan and are part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Afternoon Standard
    Jennifer Jacobs
    Fashion Designer
    Jennifer Jacobs designs clothing and sewing patterns for her business, Afternoon, and is part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Luenzo. Standard
    Thandiswa Bonani
    Fashion Designer
    Thandiswa Bonani is a fashion designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Mizu. Standard
    Lungelo Mashaba
    Fashion Designer
    Lungelo Mashaba is a fashion designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives Programme.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Design Indaba Standard
    Design Indaba
    Publisher
    Design Indaba is a multifaceted platform committed to a better world through creativity.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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