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  • DJ Mighty is the man behind the famous Mabu Vinyl shop - and his music lives up to that reputation. Standard
    DJ Mighty
    Musician
    DJ Mighty is the man behind the famous Mabu Vinyl shop in Cape Town (featured in the documentary "Searching for Sugarman").
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    The Carla Antoni Collection
    The Carla Antoni Collection draws on Africa's diverse emerging talent as inspiration, offering a rare African sophistication to the discerning collector.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • PPC Imaginarium Awards Standard
    PPC Imaginarium Awards
    Art Director
    PPC Imaginarium Awards is a modern art and design awards programme aimed at promoting and supporting emerging creative talent in South Africa.
    Johannesburg, 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Halsted - The Ardmore Collection Standard
    Halsted - The Ardmore Collection
    Design Studio
    Halsted - The Ardmore Collection's iconic artistic signature finds expression in functional tableware, textiles and more.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Rapelang Rabana Standard
    Rapelang Rabana
    Entrepreneur
    Rapelang Rabana is a technology and internet entrepreneur in the Silicon Cape, Cape Town, and founder of ReKindle Learning.
    Cape Town, 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
  • Mariam Kamara Speaker
    Mariam Kamara
    Architect
    Her work is guided by the belief that architects have an important role to play in spaces that have the power to elevate, dignify, and provide a better life.
    Niger
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    The Nomadic Orchestra
    Musician
    The Nomadic Orchestra is a five-piece instrumental dance band based in Cape Town.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Shonaquip's Madiba2Go Buggy. Standard
    Shonaquip
    Social Entrepreneur
    Shonaquip is a Cape Town-based social enterprise that provide mobility and seating solutions for people with disabilities.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Holmes Brothers Standard
    Holmes Brothers
    Fashion Designer
    Durbanites Gary and Laurie Holmes, the Holmes Brothers, specialise in clothing design, manufacture and retail, with a few surfboards to keep it interesting.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Lorelle Bell Standard
    Lorelle Bell
    Curator
    Lorelle Bell is the curator for the Design for Social Impact sector at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2018
    Edel Rodriguez
    Artist
    Visual artist.
    New York, USA
  • The Desk Stand. Standard
    The Desk Stand
    Design Studio
    The DeskStand™ is an attractive wooden ply laptop stand that allows you to change the way you work.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • DJ Fletcher Standard
    Fletcher
    Music Producer
    Ask any Capetonian who DJ Fletcher is and chances are they’ll tell you a good story about the best dancefloor night of their lives.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Sandy Godwin Clay Creations Standard
    Sandy Godwin Clay Creations
    Ceramicist
    Sandy Godwin specialises in creating fine porcelain vessels, showcasing complex ceramic statements.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Triggerfish Animation Studios: Adventures in Zambezia Standard
    Triggerfish Animation Studios
    Filmmaker / Animator
    Triggerfish is a global media and entertainment company passionate about storytelling.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Joshua Grierson
    Singer-Songwriter
    Capetonian singer-songwriter and guitarist Joshua Grierson is a blues and folk-rock artist. He's warming up Design Indaba Music Circuit at Zula on 28 Feb.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • In the last year Alice Phoebe Lou’s musical journey has taken her beyond the German capital, performing on the streets of Austin at SXSW and at TED in London. Standard
    Alice Phoebe Lou
    Musician
    In the last year, Alice Phoebe Lou’s musical journey has taken her beyond Berlin, to performing on the streets of Austin at SXSW and at TED in London.
    Cape Town, 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
  • Buhle Qabaka Standard
    Buhle Qabaka
    Illustrator
    Buhle is a self-taught illustrator and part-time photographer who is currently in his second year of Visual Communication
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • DJ Mighty is the man behind the famous Mabu Vinyl shop - and his music lives up to that reputation. Standard
    DJ Mighty
    Musician
    DJ Mighty is the man behind the famous Mabu Vinyl shop in Cape Town (featured in the documentary "Searching for Sugarman").
    Cape Town, South Africa
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