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Therusha Chetty
Fashion and accessory designer
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29 Nov 18
Kelly Maughan
Jewellery designer.
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29 Nov 18
Hlengi Baloyi
A young, self-taught fashion and accessories designer.
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29 Nov 18
Yanela Mtolo
Fashion and Textile designer
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29 Nov 18
Mbali Mthethwa
Jewellery designer.
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29 Nov 18
Kgahlego Kewana
A designer combining the unlikely worlds of medicine and fashion design.
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21 Nov 18
Taz Watson
Taz Watson designs jewellery that is gentle on the Earth
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16 Nov 18
Eleazer Radebe
This Durban-born, Cape Town based designer works in both fashion and interior design.
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16 Nov 18
Mohau Seboka
The fashion designer's work merges tradition with contemporary fashion.
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16 Nov 18
Five things to know about Ane Crabtree, the latest Design Indaba 2019 speaker
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Film & Animation
She’s known as the designer of all of our favourite apocalyptic TV shows like Westworld and The Handmaid’s Tale.
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10 Oct 18
A New Zealand company is making raincoats out of recycled fibres
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The Humble Raincoat is made of recycled plastic bottles.
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20 Aug 18
Gale Maimane on her new short film, starring Zoe Modiga, called Me
Design News
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Art & Photography
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Music & Sound Design
“We wanted to make a piece that encapsulates fashion and music in a skilful way. A tender way. A femme way.”
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15 Aug 18
9 creatives to look out for this Women's Month
Design News
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African Design
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Art & Photography
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Food Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
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Product Design
To celebrate Women's Month, we're highlighting the work of some of our former participants in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme.
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6 Aug 18
Underwater couture for an uncertain future by biomimicry designer Jun Kamei
Design Frontiers
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
The Royal College of Art grad’s 3D-printed garments are for a world submerged in water.
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30 Jul 18
From Design Indaba to a youthful population: Africa is on (creative) fire!
Festival News
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Creative Economy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Film & Animation
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Music & Sound Design
At WGSN last week, we held intense seminars and workshops sharing trends from our global editors, and, from these, one thing became certain:
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16 Jul 18
Design Indaba 2018: A festival of optimism in the face of ecological turmoil
Festival News
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African Design
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Architecture & Interiors
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Creative Economy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
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Urban & Landscape Design
Design Indaba 2018 once again lured a roster of international designers, filmmakers, musicians and other artists to Cape Town.
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16 Jul 18
Braille clothing is making it easier for the visually impaired to get dressed
Festival News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Getting dressed when you’re blind presents challenges that those of us privileged enough to have sight don’t understand.
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13 Jul 18
Leading local fashion designer Thabo Makhetha takes her blanket approach to the next level
Design News
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Design Indaba Emerging Creatives alumna Thabo Makhetha is now crowdfunding to produce her own textile designs.
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12 Jul 18
Zambian fashion entrepreneur on prints, nostalgia and the importance of finding synergy
Design Frontiers
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African Design
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Craft
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Creative Economy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Lucy Mulima started Aya Goods after years spent working in fashion, PR and media.
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5 Jul 18
Minimal Exposure on careful, considered, slow fashion
Design News
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Creative Economy
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
“I find it difficult to call ourselves a fashion brand because the term fashion to me implies fast and fleeting.”
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25 Jun 18
The maker of Algiknit talks seaweed fashion and the next stage of biotech
Talks
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Aleksandra Gosiewski's work touches on sustainable ways to fix the disconnect within the fashion industry.
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20 Jun 18
Aso Oke fabric travels from head to toe
Design Frontiers
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Product Design
A Nigerian designer is translating his passion for traditional Nigerian fabric into an unusual design application.
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12 Jun 18
Monitor air pollution with these reactive sweatshirts
Design News
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Aerochromics drives air pollution awareness with smart textile garments.
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12 Jun 18
Durban fashion designer Balini Naidoo on creating a range of clothes for the visually impaired
Design News
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African Design
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Design Activism
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
The Emerging Creative 2018 wants to help visually-impaired people to become more self-reliant and independent when making clothing choices.
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24 May 18
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