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    Studio Famille
    Accessory Designer / Textile Designer
    Studio Famille is the design collective of mother and daughter team Isobel Sippel and Carla Maxine Kruger.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nicolaas van Reenen Standard
    Fever Trails
    Musician
    Part solo, part collaborative, Fever Trails combines Ableton Live, synthesizers, guitars, drums, piano and bass to create a signature complex, layered sound.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pascale Gatzen Pro-account
    Pascale Gatzen
    Fashion Designer / Textile Designer
    Pascale Gatzen is an artist, educator and fashion designer based in New York. She developed an alternative fashion curriculum at Parsons The New School.
    New York, USA
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    Bas Timmer
    Designer
    Dutch designer
    Netherlands
  • Hamed Outtara Standard
    Hamed Design Studio
    Furniture Designer
    Hamed Outtara is a furniture designer and founder of Hamed Design Studio based in Burkina Faso.
    Burkina Faso
  • Nhlakanipho Mashinini Standard
    Nhlakanipho Mashinini
    Filmmaker
    After completing a Fakugesi Digital Art Residency, Nhlakanipho worked on a short film titled Intsimbi with SAFTA.
    South Africa
  • Mike Carella and Riaan Hanekom of Netshomi Zam. Standard
    Netshomi Zam
    Artist / Product Designer / Sculptor
    A partnership between Mike Carella and Riaan Hanekom, Netshomi Zam creates a range of beaded animals and animal trophy heads from beadwork and wire.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Jongani Mzukwa
    Jewellery Designer
    Jongani Mzukwa is a jewellery designer and part of the 2013 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Durban, South Africa
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    Amalie Comrie Jewellery Studio
    Jewellery Designer
    Amalie Comrie Jewellery Studio is based in the heart of Cape Town.
    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
  • Henriette Botha. Standard
    Henriette Botha
    Jewellery Designer
    The Henriette Botha brand was established in August 2012, with a focus on design of handcrafted, locally manufactured, statement jewellery.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Nic Bladen Botanicals Standard
    Nic Bladen Botanicals
    Artist / Jewellery Designer
    Living and working in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Nic Bladen has become known for the extraordinary technique he has pioneered, casting plants in bronze and silver
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Deana Alter
    Jewellery Designer
    Deana Alter is a jewellery designer and part of the 2013 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    KOOKY
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    South Africa
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    Shikoni
    Shikoni is a community-based business that creates an exquisite range of handmade babies' linen of the finest quality and design.
    Mpumalanga, South Africa
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    I Felt Like It
    Product Designer
    I Felt Like It designs and manufactures handcrafted felt lampshades. At Design Indaba Expo 2013, they are exhibiting with architect Lorenzo Nassimbeni.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Matter of Fakt
    Jewellery Designer
    Matter of Fakt is a jewellery design company started by freelance art director and graphic designer, Mary-Anne Grobler.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lindsay Dhludhlu Standard
    Lindsay Dhludhlu
    Graphic Designer
    A graphic designer with a keen interest in hybridity and creative integration.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Firepetals
    Jewellery Designer
    Firepetals is a creative collaboration between designers Adi Cloete and Adeline Joubert.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Tomas Leach Standard
    Tomas Leach
    Director
    Tomas Leach is a London-based film director of commercial productions and creative documentaries, including the Little Scraps of Paper series.
    London, United Kingdom
  • SignArt Standard
    SignArt
    Artist
    Lisa Breytenbach of SignArt creates unique, innovative handmade installation art.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Moneoa
    Singer-Songwriter
    Singer-songwriter Moneoa creates a feel-good blend of Afro pop/neo-soul music with her distinguishably raspy voice that floats effortlessly on tracks.
    South Africa
  • Bernice Mannie Pro-account
    Bernice Mannie
    Artist
    Bernice Mannie artist, poet, philosopher and visual communicator
    South Africa
  • Maneki. Standard
    Maneki
    Retailer
    In the last five years Maneki has grown from strength to strength, opening three outlets in South Africa.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Studio Famille Standard
    Studio Famille
    Accessory Designer / Textile Designer
    Studio Famille is the design collective of mother and daughter team Isobel Sippel and Carla Maxine Kruger.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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