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    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
  • Kajama
    Kajama
    Musician
    Their electro music sound could be described as future soul or Afrofolktronica.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Ronel Jordaan
    Furniture Designer / Textile Designer
    Ronel Jordaan creates handmade high-end soft furniture from ecofriendly felt.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    David Krynauw
    Furniture Designer
    David Krynauw is a young furniture designer whose work focusses on establishing a synergy between client and product.
    South Africa
  • Ilundi Designs Standard
    Ilundi Designs
    Fashion Designer
    Safia Stodel's Ilundi genuine leather accessories embody simplicity and style.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Suzaan Heyns
    Fashion Designer
    Suzaan Heyns is a fashion designer. Her work has an architectural sentiment with a feminine twist.
    South Africa
  • Karien van Langelaar Standard
    Karien van Langelaar
    Jewellery Designer
    Karien van Langelaar is a jewellery designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Artymiss Design Studio Standard
    Artymiss Design Studio
    Artist
    Artymiss Design Studio creates a bespoke laser-cut paper range, producing anything from wedding stationery to large-scale installations.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 2014 Emerging Creative: Vukile Batyi. Standard
    Vukile Batyi
    Graphic Designer
    Vukile Batyi is a graphic designer and part of the 2014 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • The African Queen Studio. Standard
    The African Queen Studio
    Design Studio / Product Designer
    The African Queen Studio is a small business based in McGregor in the Western Cape that specialises in creating unique high-quality handmade products.
    South Africa
  • Modeselektor Standard
    Modeselektor
    Musician
    Prepare for the famous heavy bass frequencies of one of Germany's premier electronic artists.
    Germany
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    Kimon
    Kimon will be performing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    South Africa
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    Aaron Kohn
    Curator
    Aaron Kohn is the founding director of the Museum of African Design (MOAD) in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Johannesburg, 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
  • Yuri Suzuki Speaker
    Yuri Suzuki
    Sound designer
    Sound artist, designer and electronic musician.
    United Kingdom
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    Drift™ Furniture
    Furniture Designer
    Drift™ Furniture is a craft-intensive and green range of designer furniture by architect Anthony Martin launched in 2009.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Lady Venom
    Musician
    This Cape Town DJ will be heating up the dance floors with her set that includes some hip-hop.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Beast
    Musician
    With an ethos of “no boundaries”, Beast creates organic music that allows each of the four band members the freedom to improvise.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    magents
    Fashion Designer
    magents is an Afro vintage clothing and accessories brand that celebrates Africa in its collections.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    DJ Zulufunk
    DJ
    Carrying a soulful and electronic deep and tribal house energy, Yona Vilakazi, aka DJ Zulufunk, is a South African DJ.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography. Standard
    Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography
    Educator
    The Stellenbosch Academy of Design and Photography is a private higher education institution specialising in visual communication.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
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    Touchee Feelee
    Artist / Textile Designer
    Touchee Feelee is a Cape Town-based homeware and lifestyle brand.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Niskerone
    Music Producer
    Hailing from the dusty streets of Mitchell’s Plain in the heart of the notorious Cape Flats, Niskerone is dubbed "King of The Underground Drum & Bass Jungle".
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Genevieve Motley
    Jewellery Designer
    Genevieve Motley’s signature range combines wood and Perspex in uplifting jewellery pieces.
    South Africa
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    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
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