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    Steffany Roup Design Studio
    South Africa
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    Tsai Design Studio
    Tsai Design Studio is a multidisciplinary design practice based in Cape Town.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Vespa
    South Africa
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    Bousquet Creations
    South Africa
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    JesseJames
    Furniture Designer / Industrial Designer
    JesseJames is a Cape Town-based industrial design company that deliver inventive and creative design solutions.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Jepchumba
    Digital Artist
    Digital artist and founder of African Digital Art, Jepchumba is the curator for the Digital and Communications sectors at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Mann Friday
    Mann Friday will be performing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    South Africa
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    Kimon
    Kimon will be performing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    South Africa
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    Lady M
    Margaret Westergreen, better known as Lady M, is a top South African DJ whose sound is luxuriously deep, bass-driven, percussive and, above all, melodic.
    South Africa
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    Tommy Gun
    Cape Town DJ Thomas de Moyencourt, better known as Tommy Gun, has a sound that is as unique as it is crowd-pleasing.
    South Africa
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    Wild Eastern Arches
    Wild Eastern Arches is psychedelic rock 'n' roll band. They will be performing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    South Africa
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    Jam Jarr
    Jam Jarr is an electronic music duo and will be performing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    The Brother Moves On
    The Brother Moves On (TBMO) is a musical shapeshifter, a Jozi-based, art and music collective who call themselves “a time and space exercise”.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Hyphen
    Hyphen is a DJ at the heart of the drum & bass uprising in South Africa. He will be playing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Toby2shoes
    DJ Toby2shoes blend tech house with swing with dub and breakbeats. He will be performing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    South Africa
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    Planet Lindela
    Planet Lindela is a jazz trio made up of Bradley Mngomezulu Maponya on double bass, Tebogo Mokoena on saxophone and Gontse Makhene on percussion and drums.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Nendo
    Design Studio
    Nendo, by Oki Sato, has been called one of the most talented Japanese design firms working today.
    Singapore, Tokyo
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    Adhemas Batista
    Digital Artist
    Adhemas Batista is a Brazilian digital artist "in the business of selling colours since 1996". He features in season two of the Ten Collection.
    Sao Paulo, Brazil
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    Peter Jaworowski
    Digital Artist
    Peter Jaworowski is the design director and co-founder of creative agency Ars Thanea.
    Warsaw, Poland
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    Düne and Sosoa
    Digital Artist
    Yoann Madec and Solène Renaudin, better known as Düne and Sosoa, are digital artists and the founders of creative lab The Gang.
    Paris, France
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    Kunlé Adeyemi
    Architect / Urban Designer
    Kunlé Adeyemi is a Nigerian architect, urbanist, creative researcher and founder of NLÉ, an architecture, design and urbanism practice based in Amsterdam.
    Nigeria, Amsterdam
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    Stellenbosch University
    Educational Institution
    The Department of Visual Arts at Stellenbosch University offers a four year BA degree in Visual Arts.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
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    Centre for Comic, Illustrative and Book Arts (CCIBA)
    South Africa
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    Design Academy of Fashion
    Educational Institution
    The Design Academy of Fashion (DAF) offers a three-year diploma in fashion, and has an outstanding reputation as a leader in fashion education.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Steffany Roup Design Studio
    South Africa
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