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Meet the Emerging Creatives Extended Class of 2017

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Craft / Fashion & Jewellery Design / Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

The cities of Durban and Johannesburg have creative talent and then some. >

22 Feb 17
Tsépo Khonyane

A 20-something designer with additional PR and event coordination chops. >

22 Feb 17
Desireé Noxolo Gumede

This young designer celebrates the impact that graphic design has on our perspectives of life. >

22 Feb 17
Ssanyu Sematimba

A creative all-rounder who believes that design is an interconnected language. >

21 Feb 17
Joel Matladi

A young animator who wants to reimagine Africanism through art. >

21 Feb 17
Lindsay Dhludhlu

A graphic designer with a keen interest in hybridity and creative integration. >

21 Feb 17
Sifiso Shange

This designer combines traditional African craft with new age thinking. >

21 Feb 17
Siphathisiwe Hlongwane

A creative that made the career transition from architect to jewellery designer. >

21 Feb 17
Duma Mtimkulu

One part fine artist, one part ceramics craftsman. >

21 Feb 17
Tshepiso Mabula

An enterprising young photographer who captures the beauty in mundane living. >

21 Feb 17
Nivadni Sewnath

This fashion designer is doing a little bit more with the everyday textile. >

20 Feb 17
Nokubonga Charmane Mbambo

A freelance illustrator who embraces Eastern influences to reflect a more inclusive South African aesthetic. >

20 Feb 17
The Zulu alphabet in 25 lino prints

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography / Graphic Design & Illustration

South African graphic designer Siya Masuku designed a beautiful printed Zulu alphabet, featuring 25 lively animals, to help teach children isiZulu. >

20 Feb 17
Capturing tranquility in chaos

Next Generation > African Design / Design Thinking

This designer draws geometric inspiration from unusual places. >

17 Feb 17
Thandiwe Msebenzi

South African photographer Thandiwe Msebenzi tackles social problems and culture in her images. >

9 Feb 17
Carina Bonse

Carina "The Wizard" Bonse is an Art Direction and Design graduate from Red & Yellow, South Africa, who won Loerie Awards in her first, second and third years. >

9 Feb 17
How deeply should an artist’s identity be tied to their work?

Design News > Graphic Design & Illustration / Product Design

Emerging Creatives alumna Kobie Nieuwoudt tells us about her artistic impetus – and it’s something we all have access to within ourselves. >

7 Feb 17
40 rising stars join the creative constellation

Next Generation > African Design / Design Thinking / Product Design

Meet the 2017 Emerging Creatives, the next wave of South Africa’s buzzing design scene. >

6 Feb 17
Functionality is key to the notion of beauty

Video Interviews > African Design / Product Design

South African celebrity chef Siba Mtongana tells us why she nominated a unique wooden backpack for Most Beautiful Object in South Africa 2017. >

1 Feb 17
Arye Kellman

Arye Kellman is a millennial radio broadcaster at Cliff Central. >

31 Jan 17
AfricAnatomy

Design News > African Design / Art & Photography

These illustrations show a stark view of African wildlife. >

23 Jan 17
'Lost In The World' sheds light on South Africa’s corrective rape problem

Design Frontiers > Film & Animation

The short film is a landmark in the advent of queer, African cinema. >

15 Dec 16
New photobook charts photographer Yasser Booley’s Rainbow Nation

Design News > Art & Photography

"South Africa at Liberty" documents the work of prolific South African photographer Yasser Booley. >

8 Dec 16
This USB stick doubles as an HIV testing kit

Design Frontiers > Design Activism / Product Design

Scientists based in the UK have developed a USB device that can quickly and accurately determine one's HIV status. >

17 Nov 16

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