Home
a better world through creativity
  • Home
    • About Design Indaba
    • Design Indaba News
    • Projects
    • Press Room
  • Emerging Creatives
  • News & Features
    • Design News
    • Africa Now
    • Creative Work
    • Interviews
    • Next Generation
    • Design Frontiers
    • African Design
    • Design Activism
    • Videos
  • Conference Talks
    • Video Archive (2006 – present)
  • Designer Directory

    • Our database of African and international creatives and companies making waves in the design world.

Designer Directory

Our database of African and international creatives and companies making waves in the design world.
Join the Directory

Featured

This is a featured profile in the Designer Directory, our curated database of designers, creative agencies and businesses from around the world. Join top designers in our premium directory by applying below.

Join Now
All
Featured
Speakers
  • Pro-account
    Shamara Brenna
    Product Designer
    A Conceptual Designer with an interest in the way children use toys to learn and grow.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Njabulo Maseko Pro-account
    Njabulo Maseko
    Poet
    Njabulo “Kwame" Maseko is a young visual storyteller
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Mellaney Ruiters Pro-account
    Mellaney Ruiters
    Ceramicist
    This student creates unique handmade ceramics using South African materials.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Fikile Zamagcino Sokhulu Pro-account
    Fikile Zamagcino Sokhulu
    Fashion Designer
    Fikile Sokhulu studied at the Durban University of Technology
    KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Kristen van Niekerk
    Filmmaker
    A young filmmaker who does it all – writing, animating, editing and directing.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Sifiso Shange
    Industrial Designer
    Sifiso Shange is a 26-year-old industrial design.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Sin designs are for the independent individual who enjoys daring, contemporary clothes that provide directional styling to the wardrobe Pro-account
    Sin by Sandhya Lalloo-Morar
    Design Director
    Sin is the quintessential name in fashion for the modern individual wanting to stand out from the crowd.
    South Africa
  • Moeko Selebalo Pro-account
    Moeko Selebalo
    Designer
    Moeko Selebalo started mark-making on lined paper using lead pencils at the tender age of 4
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Kent Lingeveldt Pro-account
    Kent Lingeveldt
    Product Designer
    Cape Town-based skate legend Kent Lingeveldt makes custom decks from a workshop in Woodstock.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Mbangiso Mabaso Pro-account
    Mbangiso Mabaso
    Designer
    Mbangiso “Baso” Mabaso is a self-taught game developer and innovator.
    Johannesburg, 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
  • Bielle Bellingham Pro-account
    Bielle Bellingham
    Editor
    Bielle Bellingham is a stylist, feature writer and creative strategist.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Kgaugelo Rakgwale
    Photographer
    Kgaugelo Rakgwale is a self-taught artist who believes in capturing a message.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Sibusiso Nkosi Pro-account
    Sibusiso Nkosi
    This artist creates embellished ceramics and detailed illustrations.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Graham Reynolds Pro-account
    Graham Reynolds
    Composer
    Graham Reynolds is a composer from Austin, Texas.
    Texas, USA
  • Banele Floyd Mavimbela Pro-account
    Banele Floyd Mavimbela
    Graphic Designer
    This visual artist aims to highlight emotion and honesty in his work.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Karma Elston Pro-account
    Karma Elston
    Illustrator
    Graphic designer, illustrator, chocolate enthusiast and semi-professional napper.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Kayla Shaban
    Accessory Designer
    Kayla Shaban is a 22 year old Industrial product designer who is getting ready to take over the design and business world.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nickita Pro-account
    Nickita Maesela
    DJ / Music Producer
    The designer is here to reinvent and represent.
    Cape Town, 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
  • 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
  • Sibusiso Zeus Feni Pro-account
    Sibusiso Zeus Feni
    Filmmaker / Photographer
    Sibusiso Zeus Feni holds qualifications in Marketing & Advertising and Mobile Marketing
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Richard Horne Pro-account
    Richard Horne
    Graphic Designer
    Based in Somerset West, this designer imbues his experience of skateboarding and street art into his work.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Sabelo Mpum Pro-account
    Sabelo Mpum
    Graphic Designer
    A designer with the desire to influence people’s perceptions without necessarily using words.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Pro-account
    Shamara Brenna
    Product Designer
    A Conceptual Designer with an interest in the way children use toys to learn and grow.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Load more

Topics

Browse Design Indaba content by various topics and creative sectors.
  • Architecture & Interiors. Trätoppen: Anders Berensson Architects is set to transform an old parking lot in Stockholm into a multi-use wooden skyscraper.
    Architecture & Interiors
  • Interaction design: Alex McDowell designed the interactive universe of Minority Report
    Interaction Design
  • Information design. A More Inclusive Pedestrian Wayfinding System by Deborah Abidakun builds on the existing "Legible London" system to create an enhanced and more user-friendly navigation system
    Information Design
  • Art & Photography
    Art & Photography
  • Creative economy: Ali Ali, film director at Elephant, Cairo, on unconventional design
    Creative Economy
  • Industtrial design. Go by Benjamin Hubert: Design with meaning
    Industrial Design
  • Design Thinking
  • Forces favourites
    Design Activism
  • Fashion & Jewellery Design
    Fashion & Jewellery Design
  • Product Design. The zero gravity Lyfe planter
    Product Design
  • craft
    Craft
  • Urban & Landscape Design - Christo land art
    Urban & Landscape Design
  • Graphic Design & Illustration. Image Credit: Leigh Le Roux
    Graphic Design & Illustration
  • African Design topic
    African Design
  • food design
    Food Design
  • Music & Sound Design
    Music & Sound Design
  • Film and animation topic. Syria’s refugee children tell their stories in an animated series
    Film & Animation
Sign up to our newsletter
Sign up to Design Indaba Weekly for the latest design news and inspiration. Sign up to Design Indaba News for updates on Design Indaba events and projects.
Design Indaba (select one or both)
  • About
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Submit Work
  • Login
  • Sitemap
  • Terms of Use
Design Indaba®, Cape Town Design Week® and South African Design Week® are registered trademarks of Interactive Africa.
Design Indaba is the founding event of Cape Town Design Festival™ and South African Design Festival™.
© 1995 - 2026 | Design Indaba. All Rights Reserved.