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Ndomo
Textile Designer
Boubacar Doumbia is a textile designer, social innovator and founder of Ndomo a social enterprise addressing unemployment issues.
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Victoria Verbaan
Accessory Designer
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Artist
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Textile Designer
Victoria Verbaan is a design studio embarking on all facets of creativity, from fabrics and prints, to ceramics and beyond.
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Coral Stephens Handweaving
Textile Designer
Coral Stephens produce handmade decor from the finest mohair, raffia, cotton and silk.
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Marlon George
Graphic Designer
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Product Designer
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Textile Designer
Marlon George is a Cape Town-based creative and part of the 2014 Emerging Creatives programme.
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Quenti alpacas
Textile Designer
Cape Alpaca Products produce a range of beautifully finished products made of alpaca felt.
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Joie d' vivre
Product Designer
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Textile Designer
Joie d' vivre is a creative business using offcuts and animal skins to produce environmentally friendly camera slings
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iSpy
Textile Designer
Founded in early 2013 by designer Lauren Frates, iSpy is a South African textile design and home décor resource.
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Scholten & Baijings
Furniture Designer
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Product Designer
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Textile Designer
Dutch design duo Scholten & Baijings’ interior products are typified by distinctly subtle use of form and colour.
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Baobab Batik
Textile Designer
Baobab Batik produces hand-crafted home décor and accessories while improving the lives of rural women in Swaziland.
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African Sketchbook Fine Arts Fabric
Textile Designer
African Sketchbook Fine Arts Fabric is a Cape Town-based company that specialises in custom-designed, hand-painted fabrics.
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Robin Sprong Wallpaper
Textile Designer
Robin Sprong Wallpaper is a Cape Town-based wallpaper company that has recently expanded internationally.
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Mungo
Textile Designer
For more than 15 years Mungo has been weaving quality, natural fibre homeware textiles that have been made to last.
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Laduma Ngxokolo
Fashion Designer
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Textile Designer
Laduma Ngxokolo is a South African textile and knitwear designer, best known for his men's knitwear range inspired by traditional Xhosa beadwork.
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Hinterveld
Entrepreneur
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Textile Designer
Hinterveld weaves designer mohair, wool and other natural fibre blankets, throws and scarves.
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molo mimi
Textile Designer
Lisa Nettleton's molo mimi aims to repurpose discarded items, off-cuts and old finds.
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Chic Fusion
Fashion Designer
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Product Designer
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Textile Designer
Chic Fusion is a design and manufacturing studio making hand-felted products using 100% merino and karakul wool.
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Carole Nevin Designs
Artist
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Textile Designer
Carole Nevin manufactures a large range of textiles, from table linen to tea towels, in various tribal and ethnic prints.
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Ronel Jordaan
Furniture Designer
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Textile Designer
Ronel Jordaan creates handmade high-end soft furniture from ecofriendly felt.
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Sir Terence Conran
Furniture Designer
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Restaurateur
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Retailer
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Textile Designer
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Writer
Sir Terence Conran is one of the world’s best-known designers, restauranteurs and retailers.
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