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Can Face Masks Be Fashionable? Should They Be? Kat Van Duinen Contemplates These Pandemic-Born Questions

Cape Town-based fashion designer Kat van Duinen tailors a sartorial response to the pandemic. >
Cabin Fever: Moriko and Living in Nature Inspire with Myriad Ways to Interpret Low-Key Country Living

Moriko Cabins are prompted by the need to connect with nature. >
Inspiring Spaces

The sweet spot where form meets function. >
The Pen is Mighty

Past meets present in a powerful new era of illustration. >
Skinny LaMinx Chats to us about a New Collaboration Inspired by the Sea Point Promenade

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Heather Moore has based her new Skinny LaMinx range on one of Cape Town’s most celebrated seaboard spaces. >
A Future Vision

These next-gen artists are expanding our horizons. >
Arch for Arch

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. >
Artists Wage War on Waste

Artists Thirza Schaap and Dionnys Matos create beauty from waste. >
Run(a)way success: Lukhanyo Mdingi

Former Design Indaba Emerging Creative Lukhanyo Mdingi is competing on the international luxury stage. >
A Brighter Future, Together

Morag Myerscough’s recent interventions with the Ilukuluku Art Collective have brought colour and joy to the communities they touch. >
Table Talk with Thabisa Mjo

Thabisa Mjo of Mash T. Design Studio launches new ceramics collection. >
Babalo Chuma Rozani

Jewellery Designer

Babalo is telling a Xhosa story and achieving a milestone for the modern appreciation of Xhosa traditions. >
Lerato Lodi

Artist

Lerato is an MTech student in Fine Art at Tshwane University of Technology in the Department of Fine and Applied Art. >
Ntobeko Nxumalo

Graphic Designer

Graphic Design student at Red and Yellow Creative School of Business in Cape Town >
Adria van Rooyen

Product Designer

Adria is motivated by the ocean, which she refers to as “my happy place” and is inspired by colour. >
Caleb Pillay

Graphic Designer

As a designer, he strives to find ways in which he can make a difference in people's lives. >
Clinton Myeni

Graphic Designer

Clint is all about reach, storytelling, expression and self-awareness. >
Mncedisi Faltein

Graphic Designer

Mncedisi has a bold and contemporary graphic design sensibility. >
Hilde Franzsen

Illustrator

Hilde hand-crafts unique and quirky maps and illustrations using a mixture of analogue and digital mediums. >
Nicola Robertson

Jewellery Designer

The Zulu Mien brand expresses African elegance and dignity. >
Kgothatso Michelle Malatjie

Photographer

Kgothatso’s work ranges from single conceptual pieces to various themed bodies of work. >
Elizabeth Louisa van der Merwe

Textile Designer

Elizabeth is a trained architect who fell in love with the layers, paint and possibilities of wax screen printing. >
Magrietha Labuschagne

Furniture Designer

Margrietha's current collection, entitled Nomad, makes a strong visual impact due to the proportional planning of the designs. >
Deft Studios

Furniture Designer

Martin Tallie and Zani Alberts >

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