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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
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    Spoek Mathambo
    Musician
    Spoek Mathambo is a South African musician at the vanguard of a new wave of African artists with a unique and hard-hitting take on Afro-futurism.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Original Swimming Party
    Musician
    Original Swimming Party is a three-piece experimental electronica band from Cape Town, South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Steph Pretorius Standard
    Steph Pretorius
    Graphic Designer
    Independent Graphic Designer
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Massive Attack Standard
    Massive Attack
    DJ
    Seminal British group Massive Attack consists of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall.
    Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Dillion S Phiri Standard
    Dillion S Phiri
    Creative Director
    Dillion S Phiri is the founder and creative director of Creative Nestlings.
    Zimbabwe
  • DJ Steloo - Nightscape 2018 Standard
    DJ Steloo
    The Ghanain DJ and fashion mogul who dares to be distinct.
    Accra, Ghana
  • Honey B Standard
    Honey B
    DJ
    Honey B has been a relentless crusader for the “Cape Town sound” for as long as people have recognised it.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Dave Hakkens
    Dave Hakkens
    Designer
    Designer, maker.
    Eindhoven, Netherlands
  • Maureen Visagé Standard
    Maureen Visagé
    Ceramicist
    Cape Town-based Maureen Visagé specialises in handmade ceramic artworks.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    bluecollarwhitecollar
    Fashion Designer
    Paul van der Spuy designs beautifully tailored clothing for men and women for bluecollarwhitecollar.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Siyanda Mbele
    Furniture Designer
    Siyanda Mbele is an interior and furniture designer and was part of the 2014 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Thor Rixon. Image by Caroline Mackintosh, clothing by Julia Bass Standard
    Thor Rixon
    Music Producer
    South African producer and experimental artist Thor Rixon focuses his creative energies on developing alternative sounds.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pro-account 2018
    Leroy Mwasaru
    Entrepreneur / Technology Designer / Writer
    Design Thinking
    Kenya
  • Tannah Renou Pro-account
    Tannah Renou
    Graphic Designer
    Tannah Renou is a graphic design student.
    Durban, South Africa
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    Katy Taplin
    Furniture Designer
    Katy Taplin, one half of the creative duo Dokter and Misses, is the curator for the Furniture and Homeware sector at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Albie Sachs Pro-account
    Albie Sachs
    Author
    An activist and former Constitutional Court judge of South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Jigsaw Furniture Design Competition Standard
    Western Cape Furniture Initiative
    Non-Profit Organisation
    The Jigsaw Furniture Design Competition is an annual design challenge that aims to promote local designers and manufacturers.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Mugendi K. M'Rithaa Standard
    Mugendi K M'Rithaa
    Industrial Designer / Educator / Curator
    Mugendi K M'Rithaa is an industrial designer, educator and researcher at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and a curator for Design Indaba Expo.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2017
    Craig Dykers
    Architect
    Co-founder of Snøhetta, architect Craig Dykers is interested in design as a promoter of social and physical well-being.
    New York, USA
  • The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town. Standard
    The Jupiter Drawing Room
    Creative Agency
    The Jupiter Drawing Room is a category-agnostic, integrated and independent advertising agency based in South Africa.
    Johannesburg, Cape Town
  • 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
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    Bilderberg Motel
    Musician
    Bilderberg Motel brings a sound they call Americana, a sloppy mix of various genres stemming from their revivalist intentions.
    South Africa
  • Work by Lauren Fowler. Standard
    Lauren Fowler
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    Lauren Fowler is a Cape Town-based illustrator, graphic designer and thing maker who took part in Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives programme in 2011.
    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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