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  • Nkuli Mlangeni Pro-account
    Nkuli Mlangeni
    Textile Designer
    Nkuli Mlangeni is a textile designer and fashion rebel.
    East London, South Africa
  • Carien Momsen Pro-account
    Carien Momsen
    Interior Designer
    This designer enjoys exploring duality in her interior and furniture designs.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Ditiro Mashigo Pro-account
    Ditiro Mashigo
    Textile Designer
    This young creative has interesting ideas about upcycling and embellishment in fashion design.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Rowlinson has furthered his social entrepreneurship efforts by founding the UMBALA baby blanket range Pro-account
    Michael Rowlinson
    Graphic Designer
    Michael Rowlinson is a creative strategist with a background in retail and design, and the creator of the Umbala Baby Blanket project.
    South Africa
  • Elle Kay Fabrics is based on the principle that beautiful, modern prints should not be exclusively for designers, decorators or the very wealthy, but rather that they should be accessible to all. Pro-account
    Luhandra Vorstman
    Textile Designer
    Luhandra Vorstman is the founder and designer of homeware brand Elle Kay Fabrics.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Monde Mabaso is a Johannesburg-based illustrator who draws his inspiration from the eclectic and colourful international city. Pro-account
    Monde Mabaso
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    Monde Mabaso is a Johannesburg-based illustrator and a Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Monique van Zyl Pro-account
    Monique Vee
    Furniture Designer
    Monique Vee is the founder of a contemporary interior and spatial design studio based in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • ReVel Productions Pro-account
    ReVel Productions
    Performance Artist
    ReVel productions is a homegrown performance production company, with budding international reach.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • BANC is a furniture and homeware range characterised by Hardy’s use of slim, household copper pipes and French oak wood. Pro-account
    Josie Hardy
    Furniture Designer
    Josie Hardy's family has a legacy of carpentry, and she's carrying the torch high in the contemporary design world.
    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
  • Gwendolene - illustration Pro-account
    Gwendolene - illustration
    Graphic Designer
    Cute, unique and whimsical illustrations.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Mbali Memela is a ladieswear designer from Durban, currently building her brand, studio and line. Pro-account
    Mbali Memela
    Fashion Designer
    Mbali Memela is the brains behind the ladies-wear label Black Magic.
    Durban, South Africa
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    Ssanyu Sematimba
    Graphic Designer
    A creative all-rounder who believes that design is an interconnected language.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Mapitso Thaisi
    Fashion Designer
    Mapitso Thaisi is a young fashion designer with a background in occupational therapy.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Moeketsi Lebakeng, who goes by the name “Mokay”, is a Johannesburg-based illustrator and User Interface designer. His illustration style is mostly a celebration of women and their heroic tales. Pro-account
    Moeketsi "Mokay" Lebakeng
    Illustrator / Web Designer
    Moeketsi "Mokay" Lebakeng celebrates woman and Africa with digital development and illustration.
    Johannesburg, 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
  • Sikho Mququ's ceramics are based on the idea of "Ityali" - a traditional Xhosa blanket. Pro-account
    Sikho Mququ
    Ceramicist
    Sikho Mququ's ceramics are based on the idea of "Ityali" – a traditional Xhosa blanket.
    East London, South Africa
  • Using brass, silver and African Blackwood, Lynne Avis specialises in creating jewellery that strays from the typical shape and purpose. Pro-account
    Lynne Avis
    Jewellery Designer
    Lynne Avis is the jeweller behind the brand Obtuse, which explores alternate forms and shapes for jewellery.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Roger Ballen Pro-account
    Roger Ballen
    Photographer
    Roger Ballen is a renowned International photographer based in South Africa.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Melvill & Randera are two architects who share a deep-rooted interest in the built environment and the vital role architecture plays in defining it. Pro-account
    Max Melvill
    Architect
    Max Melvill is the other half of +NESS, a project between himself and Jamil Randera.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Mieke Vermeulen: Bucolica Pro-account
    Mieke Vermeulen
    Fashion Designer
    After two years of development, Mieke Vermeulen is finally ready to unleash Bucolica into the world.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Despite life's crippling blows, Ishaarah Arnold has become an inspiring graphic designer and illustrator – much to the creative world's delight. Pro-account
    Ishaarah Arnold
    Illustrator
    Despite life's crippling blows, Ishaarah Arnold has become an inspiring graphic designer and illustrator – much to the creative world's delight.
    South Africa
  • Helen Borg Pro-account
    Helen Borg
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    Helen Borg is a visual communications graduate with a penchant for the quirky, and a knack for fun conceptual design.
    South Africa
  • It is this love for the authentic yet unique sides of Africa and its fashions that led Abongile to found Apples and Oranges, her line of accessories made from African wax cloth. Pro-account
    Abongile Gwele
    Abongile Gwele is a young woman with a passion for the African continent, its endless possibilities and its diverse range of people and cultures.
    Johannesburg, Cape Town
  • Nkuli Mlangeni Pro-account
    Nkuli Mlangeni
    Textile Designer
    Nkuli Mlangeni is a textile designer and fashion rebel.
    East London, South Africa
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    Interaction Design
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    Information Design
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    Art & Photography
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    Creative Economy
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    Industrial Design
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    Product Design
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    Urban & Landscape Design
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    Graphic Design & Illustration
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