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  • 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
  • Gordon Reid - Design Indaba Conference 2019 Speaker
    Gordon Reid
    Art Director / Graphic Designer
    Graphic Designer, Art Director and the Founder of Middle Boop.
    United Kingdom
  • Hanneke Schutte. Pro-account
    Hanneke Schutte
    Filmmaker
    Hanneke Schutte is a Johannesburg-based filmmaker and entrepreneur.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Bielle Bellingham Pro-account
    Bielle Bellingham
    Editor
    Bielle Bellingham is a stylist, feature writer and creative strategist.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2001
    Thomas Müeller
    Creative Director
    Thomas Mueller is creative director at Razorfish, a leading design management company specializing in application of digital design and technology.
    USA
  • Lindiwe Gugushe Pro-account
    Lindiwe Gugushe
    Furniture Designer
    Lindiwe started upskilling in furniture design and carpentry when the pandemic hit
    Potchefstroom, South Africa
  • Speaker
    Kye Shimizu
    Designer
    A designer who works closely with researchers and designers to inquire upon the relationships of real and virtual, analog and digital.
    Japan
  • Lauren Dixon-Paver Pro-account
    Lauren Dixon-Paver
    Entrepreneur
    A young designer eager to share her craft with others through Youtube tutorials.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Nandi Mngoma Pro-account
    Nandi Mngoma
    Fashion Designer
    Nandi Mngoma is a South African TV personality, dancer and singer.
    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
  • Kobie Niewoudt is a graphic designer by trade, but an experimenter by nature. His vision is to constantly adapt and be able to reinvent himself and his work Pro-account
    Koba Nieuwoudt
    Illustrator
    Koba "Kobie" Nieuwoudt is a graphic designer by trade, but an experimenter by nature.
    South Africa
  • Speaker 2008
    Hideki Inaba
    Graphic Designer
    Hideki Inaba has distinguished himself by following his instincts and expressing a personal sense of "now".
    International
  • 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
  • Megan Smith: Cloth and Print Pro-account
    Megan Smith
    Textile Designer
    Handmade textile design collection Cloth and Print is a textile design studio based in Cape Town, South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker
    Pascale Theron
    Designer
    Pascale Theron was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, but recently graduated from the Design Academy Eindhoven in the Netherlands.
    South Africa, Eindhoven
  • Madri van Zyl is a Stellenbosch University graduate specialising in Contemporary Jewellery Design. Pro-account
    Madri van Zyl
    Jewellery Designer
    Madri van Zyl is a Stellenbosch University graduate specialising in Contemporary Jewellery Design. She founded Iloni Jewellery in 2015.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Josh On Speaker 2002
    Josh On
    Interaction Designer
    On has helped to create a number of projects at Futurefarmers, including communiculture.org and theyrule.orgo.org
    San Francisco, USA
  • Jane Raphaely Speaker
    Jane Raphaely
    Publisher
    Jane Raphaely is chairperson of Associated Media Publishing.
    South Africa
  • Beatenberg Pro-account
    Beatenberg
    Musician
    Beatenberg broke onto the South African pop scene in 2013, and have been releasing hit after hit ever since.
    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
  • Gillian Lawrence Pro-account
    Gillian Lawrence
    Jewellery Designer
    As a firm believer of experimentation and originality, this young jewellery designer creates unique yet uniform pieces.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2018
    Natasha Jen
    Graphic Designer
    Natasha Jen is an award-winning designer, an educator, and a partner at Pentagram.
    USA, Taiwan
  • Dong-Ping Wong Speaker
    Dong-Ping Wong
    Architect
    Architect Dong-Ping Wong is the founder and Director of FOOD, a design firm based in New York.
    New York, USA
  • Speaker 2018
    GetSmarter
    Entrepreneur
    Get to know the entrepreneurs and business partners behind popular learning platform, GetSmarter.
    Cape Town, 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
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