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Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas
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African Design
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Product Design
Catching up with murr murr’s Mia Senekal and her latest project for Adidas
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1 Sep 21
#DI Emerging Creative Caleb Pillay chats to us about meaningful design and social media’s influence
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Caleb Pillay’s dream brand collaboration is out of this world.
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25 Aug 21
#DI Emerging Creative Buhle Qabaka chats to us about music icons, popular culture, and old-school cartoons
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African Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Bold illustrations and breaking boundaries
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16 Aug 21
#DI Emerging Creative Chelsea Robin Ingham chats to us about printmaking
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Art & Photography
Chelsea Robin Ingham on printmaking, coloured culture and ‘imposter syndrome’
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9 Aug 21
#DI Emerging Creative Fiona Davhana talks appreciating the natural, expressing womanhood and being her own muse
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Art & Photography
Creativity as a form of healing and body positivity
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9 Aug 21
We chatted to #DI Emerging Creative Thando Phenyane about his wide-ranging influences
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Thando Phenyane’s artworks pay homage to his architectural and art studies.
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2 Aug 21
We chat to #DI Emerging Creative Kgothatso Malatjie about her emotionally charged multimedia work
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Kgothatso Malatjie uses different artforms to express herself her emotions
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26 Jul 21
We chat to #DI Emerging Creative Azee Tanzi on tailoring and timeless fashion
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Azola Tanzi’s clothing career is tailor-made for her
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19 Jul 21
#DI Emerging Creative Chifunilo Mulusa talks to #DI on giving back & African luxury
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
A timeless aesthetic is Milan-trained Chifunilo Mulusa’s design foundation
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19 Jul 21
We interview #DI Emerging Creative Alizwa Mnyatheli on her otherworldly art
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Self-taught artist Alizwa Mnyatheli’s work poetically explores various mediums.
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12 Jul 21
Discover how #DI Emerging Creative Nhlakanipho Mashinini explores difficult subject matter in our exclusive interview with the young digital artist
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African Design
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Art & Photography
As a way to make sense of chaos, Nhlakanipho Mashinini layers different artistic techniques.
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12 Jul 21
Designing for queer kids, #DI Emerging Creative Tristan Shaun Henry uses fashion as socio-political commentary
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African Design
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
We chat to Tristan Shaun Henry about creating LGBTQIA+ awareness through fashion.
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5 Jul 21
Storytelling informs #DI Emerging Creative Lithemba Nziweni’s photography
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African Design
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Art & Photography
#DI Exclusive: We chat to Lithemba Nziweni about his approach to his craft
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5 Jul 21
Hair all about it! We interview #DI Emerging Creative Nikiwe Dlova on her hair art
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Nikiwe Dlova brings together head and heart.
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28 Jun 21
We spoke to #DI Emerging Creative Lerato Lodi about spirituality and her art
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Rising artist Lerato Lodi combines traditional African spirituality and contemporary Western practices.
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28 Jun 21
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: A skilful sidestep saw the creation of furniture design firm DEFT Studios
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African Design
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Craft
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Product Design
Architecture graduates Zani Alberts and Martin Tallie formed DEFT as a creative outlet.
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21 Jun 21
MBOISA Nominee Chris Soal’s New Art Installation at NIROX Takes his Work to a New Scale
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African Design
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Rising star Chris Soal’s large-scale sculptural works are the next step in his creative evolution.
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31 May 21
We Interview Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Mpho Vackier in TheUrbanative’s New Homecoming Collection
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African Design
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
A collaborative collection birthed during lockdown brings together designers from different disciplines to celebrate home, and the continent.
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7 May 21
Skinny LaMinx Chats to us about a New Collaboration Inspired by the Sea Point Promenade
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African Design
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Craft
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
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Graphic Design & Illustration
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Heather Moore has based her new Skinny LaMinx range on one of Cape Town’s most celebrated seaboard spaces.
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20 Apr 21
Arch for Arch
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Activism
Piyushi Kotecha, CEO of the Desmond & Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation talks to Design Indaba founder, Ravi Naidoo on how and why the Arch for Arch was created.
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16 Apr 21
Run(a)way success: Lukhanyo Mdingi
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Lukhanyo Mdingi is competing on the international luxury stage.
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15 Apr 21
Steel Works
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Architecture & Interiors
Johannesburg-based interior architect Daniella Kilpatrick designs steel furniture that marries form and function
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18 Sep 22
We chat to #DI Emerging Creative Kgothatso Malatjie about her emotionally charged multimedia work
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African Design
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Art & Photography
Kgothatso Malatjie uses different artforms to express herself her emotions
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26 Jul 21
#ECs IN FOCUS THIS YOUTH MONTH: Having drawn since childhood, Robert Mapomane now hopes to compete on a global stage
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African Design
Part of the Class of 2021, Robert Mapomane’s ambition has been further fuelled by the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme.
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21 Jun 21
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