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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
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    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
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    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
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    SignArt
    Artist
    Lisa Breytenbach of SignArt creates unique, innovative handmade installation art.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Bernice Mannie
    Artist
    Bernice Mannie artist, poet, philosopher and visual communicator
    South Africa
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    Maneki
    Retailer
    In the last five years Maneki has grown from strength to strength, opening three outlets in South Africa.
    Pretoria, South Africa
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    emma anne
    Jewellery Designer
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    South Africa
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    I Love Leroy
    Fashion Designer
    I Love Leroy is a clothing label for women by fashion designer Sarah Jane Webber.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Lisp
    Fashion Designer
    Lisp is a Cape Town-based clothing label and lifestyle brand owned by Maria Paymans and Oriel Barnard.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Marumiyan
    Digital Artist / Graphic Designer
    Marumiyan is the moniker of Japanese graphic artist Ryosuke Mori, who features in season two of the 10 Collection by Fotolia.
    Fukuoka, Japan
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    nina du plessis interior and product
    Winner of the 2012 Screen Design Competition, nina du plessis interior and product is sponsored by Selections Warehouse to launch at Design Indaba 2013.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Moonchild Sanelly
    Musician
    "I call my sound future ghetto funk."
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Roger Law
    Ceramicist / Puppeteer
    Artist, caricaturist and one of the creators of the satirical TV puppet show Spitting Image, Roger Law now works as a ceramicist.
    United Kingdom
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    Nombuso Nomzamo Khanyile
    Fashion Designer
    Nombuso Nomzamo Khanyile is a young BSC Biochemistry and Microbiology graduate and designer from Durban.
    Durban, South Africa
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    GOOD Clothing
    Fashion Designer
    Good Clothing is a Cape Town based label run by sisters Marian and Louise Park-Ross.
    South Africa
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    Candice Lawrence
    Candice Lawrence is a product designer and part of the 2013 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Phumelela Malinga
    Fashion Designer
    Phumelela Malinga is a mechanical engineer and aspiring fashion designer.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    August
    August is a womenswear label that captures the essence of relaxed chic.
    South Africa
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    The Alpaca Loom
    Textile Designer
    The Alpaca Loom creates handwoven products using the naturally coloured range of wools from the Manor House Alpacas.
    Paarl, South Africa
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    Lalesso
    Fashion Designer
    Lalesso is a luxury African fashion and lifestyle brand run by Alice Heusser and Olivia Kennaway.
    South Africa
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    stefni
    Jewellery Designer
    Stefni is a Knysna-based jewellery brand inspired by all things African, ancient and unconventional techniques, textures and colour.
    South Africa
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    Patrick Thomas
    Artist / Graphic Designer
    Graphic artist
    United Kingdom
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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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