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  • Fashion Rising. Standard
    Fashion Rising
    Social Entrepreneur
    Studio One Eighty Nine launched Fashion Rising to empower women by building sustainable fashion and artisanal businesses.
    Ghana
  • Mugendi K. M'Rithaa Standard
    Mugendi K M'Rithaa
    Industrial Designer / Educator / Curator
    Mugendi K M'Rithaa is an industrial designer, educator and researcher at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology, and a curator for Design Indaba Expo.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2017
    Craig Dykers
    Architect
    Co-founder of Snøhetta, architect Craig Dykers is interested in design as a promoter of social and physical well-being.
    New York, USA
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    Gazelle
    Musician
    Gazelle infuses traditional African music with funk, disco and electro beats. They will be performing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Duma Mtimkulu Standard
    Duma Mtimkulu
    Ceramicist
    One part fine artist, one part ceramics craftsman.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    ELC Art & Craft Centre Rorke's Drift
    Hand-printed fabrics, textile accessories and interior design, hand-woven carpets and tapestries, creative ceramics = 50 years Rorke's Drift means high quality.
    South Africa
  • Emerging Creatives 2015: Matthew Bradley Standard
    Matthew Bradley
    Illustrator
    Matthew Bradley is a Cape Town-based illustrator, photographer and curator, and a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Chris Sheldrick Speaker 2017
    Chris Sheldrick
    Technology Designer
    Chris Sheldrick is the founder of what3words, an addressing app that assigns a sequence of three simple words to any location in the world.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Andile Dyalvane Speaker 2017
    Andile Dyalvane
    Ceramicist
    Renowned ceramicist and Design Indaba Emerging Creative alumnus, Majolandile ‘Andile’ Dyalvane is the founder of Imiso Ceramics.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • DJ Fletcher Standard
    Fletcher
    Music Producer
    Ask any Capetonian who DJ Fletcher is and chances are they’ll tell you a good story about the best dancefloor night of their lives.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Trevor Stuurman Standard
    Trevor Stuurman
    Creative Director / Fashion Designer
    Fashion photography, creative directing, blogging, stylist – Stuurman does it all.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • De Steyl Standard
    De Steyl
    Furniture Designer
    Bespoke furniture designers and manufacturers De Steyl is based in the Garden Route of South Africa.
    George, South Africa
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    Dillon Marsh
    Photographer
    Dillon Marsh is a Cape Town-based photographer. His work often explores our relationship with different environments and objects.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Thabo Makhetha Designs
    Fashion Designer
    Thabo Makhetha Designs is a Port Elizabeth-based fashion design and manufacturing company.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Kunlé Adeyemi Standard
    Kunlé Adeyemi
    Architect / Urban Designer
    Kunlé Adeyemi is a Nigerian architect, urbanist, creative researcher and founder of NLÉ, an architecture, design and urbanism practice based in Amsterdam.
    Nigeria, Amsterdam
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    Stoned Cherrie
    South Africa
  • Tamarillo Ceramics and Design. Standard
    Tamarillo Ceramics and Design
    Ceramicist / Fashion Designer / Product Designer
    Tamarillo Ceramics and Design create chic and functional ceramic homeware, and launched its first clothing line in 2014.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Mix n Blend
    Music Producer
    A two-man army mashing all sorts of styles together, with effects units and samplers included – Mix n Blend feature on the 2013 Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Duce Duce Standard
    Duce Duce
    Graphic Designer
    Call her Duce Duce, Anthea Duce or il Duce: this UK native "Party Bastard" has immersed herself in the South African party scene.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Robin Rhode Speaker 2017
    Robin Rhode
    Artist
    Berlin-based South African artist Robin Rhode uses public space as a stage for his highly visual work.
    South Africa, Berlin
  • Taxi Violence. Photo: Baden Moir. Standard
    Taxi Violence
    Musician
    The day that Taxi Violence became a band was the day that South African rock ‘n roll saw its future…
    South Africa
  • Cape Town College of Fashion Design Standard
    Cape Town College of Fashion Design (CTCFD)
    Academic
    Cape Town College of Fashion Design offers career-focused education enabling graduates to pursue the many opportunities available in the fashion industry.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Schwarzie
    Jewellery Designer / Graphic Designer
    Astrid Schwarz is a graphic designer and Karen Schwarz is a jewellery designer. As Schwarzie they are part of the 2013 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Katy Taplin Standard
    Katy Taplin
    Furniture Designer
    Katy Taplin, one half of the creative duo Dokter and Misses, is the curator for the Furniture and Homeware sector at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Fashion Rising. Standard
    Fashion Rising
    Social Entrepreneur
    Studio One Eighty Nine launched Fashion Rising to empower women by building sustainable fashion and artisanal businesses.
    Ghana
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    Graphic Design & Illustration
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