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  • Deirde Renniers is an interior designer hailing from Johannesburg, currently based in Singapore and exploring the business markets of Cape Town. (Deirdre Renniers Interior Design) Pro-account
    Deirdre Renniers
    Interior Designer
    Deirdre Renniers is an interior designer hailing from Johannesburg, currently based in Singapore and exploring the business markets of Cape Town.
    Johannesburg, Cape Town
  • Mohau Modisakeng Pro-account
    Mohau Modisakeng
    Artist / Sculptor
    Mohau Modisakeng is a South African multidisciplinary visual artist.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nickita Pro-account
    Nickita Maesela
    DJ / Music Producer
    The designer is here to reinvent and represent.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Loyiso Mkize Pro-account
    Loyiso Mkize
    Artist
    Loyiso Mkize is a Cape Townian visual artist and painter.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Suzanne Naudé Pro-account
    Suzanne Naudé
    Ceramicist
    This artist combines modern illustrations with the ancient craft of ceramics.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Caroline Vieira Pro-account
    Caroline Vieira
    Ceramicist
    Caroline Vieira is a Johannesburg-based ceramic artist and teacher.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Tuami Zulu Pro-account
    Tuami Zulu
    Architect
    With a passion for the abstract, this designer creates unusual & innovative artworks.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Illustrator Amy Slatem's aims to create products that encourage the user to be creative as well - doodling, writing and colouring. Pro-account
    Amy Slatem
    Illustrator
    Illustrator Amy Slatem's aims to create products that encourage the user to be creative – doodling, writing and colouring.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Tyla Stallbom
    Product Designer
    An aspiring product designer eager to step onto the scene and establish her own business in South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Siba Mtongana Pro-account
    Siba Mtongana
    Chef
    Siba Mtongana is a South African celebrity chef and food writer.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Abide Creative is the company Jen McKenzie founded to create and sell affordable artwork. Her goals are to create distinctive spaces, bold accessoried and feature pieces that can be displayed in a multitude of spaces. Her ethos is to "create environments that aren't afraid of being significant, and spaces that work as hard as the people who use them." Pro-account
    Jen McKenzie
    Interior Designer
    Jen McKenzie is the creator and illustrator behind the homeware and artwork company Abide Creative.
    South Africa
  • Nina Bosch Pro-account
    Nina Bosch
    Taking inspiration from a ceramicist father and grandmother, this designer creates eccentric porcelain jewellery.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Helé de Beer is an emerging visual arts practitioner who aims to “embrace the messiness of the design process” through the creation of interesting textiles. Pro-account
    Helé de Beer
    Textile Designer
    Helé de Beer is an emerging visual arts practitioner who aims to “embrace the messiness of the design process” through the creation of interesting textiles.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Imile Wepener
    Illustrator
    A young illustrator with a passion for blurring the line between visual communication and drawing.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Minenhle Siphesihle Ntuli
    Interior Designer
    Minenhle Ntuli is a versatile creative known for photography, graphic design and architecture.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Bielle Bellingham Pro-account
    Bielle Bellingham
    Editor
    Bielle Bellingham is a stylist, feature writer and creative strategist.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Inga Gubeka Pro-account
    Inga Gubeka
    Entrepreneur / Product Designer
    Inga Gubeka is a 20-something entrepreneur who is making his mark on the South African design and décor scene.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Ra’eesah Hoosen
    Fashion Designer
    Ra’eesah Hoosen is bringing a new wave of Muslim Designs.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Fatima Mohammed Bham Pro-account
    Fatima Mohammed Bham
    Graphic Designer
    A graphic designer with an acute sense of composition and visual balance.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Nkateko Odysseus Shirindza is the clever set of hands behind the eclectic and Africanesque fashion label Arnreuby. Pro-account
    Nkateko Odysseus Shirindza
    Fashion Designer
    Nkateko Odysseus Shirindza is the clever set of hands behind the eclectic and Africanesque fashion label Arnreuby.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lindiwe Gugushe Pro-account
    Lindiwe Gugushe
    Furniture Designer
    Lindiwe started upskilling in furniture design and carpentry when the pandemic hit
    Potchefstroom, South Africa
  • Lauren Gericke Pro-account
    Lauren Gericke
    Illustrator
    Lauren Gericke is a highly creative and outgoing individual with a strong desire to learn new things
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Siyanda Mazibuko: PATE Arts and Crafts Pro-account
    Siyanda Mazibuko
    Furniture Designer
    Siyanda Mazibuko on his work: "I've got a crazy passion for making things from wood." We think that just about says it all.
    South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Kgaugelo Rakgwale
    Photographer
    Kgaugelo Rakgwale is a self-taught artist who believes in capturing a message.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Deirde Renniers is an interior designer hailing from Johannesburg, currently based in Singapore and exploring the business markets of Cape Town. (Deirdre Renniers Interior Design) Pro-account
    Deirdre Renniers
    Interior Designer
    Deirdre Renniers is an interior designer hailing from Johannesburg, currently based in Singapore and exploring the business markets of Cape Town.
    Johannesburg, Cape Town
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