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  • Koen Vanmechelen Speaker 2017
    Koen Vanmechelen
    Artist
    Conceptual artist Koen Vanmechelen explores the importance of biocultural diversity, identity and community in his Cosmopolitan Chicken Project.
    Belgium
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    Toby2shoes
    DJ Toby2shoes blend tech house with swing with dub and breakbeats. He will be performing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    South Africa
  • Dokter and Misses Speaker 2017
    Dokter and Misses
    Product Designer
    Husband and wife team Dokter and Misses is a multidisciplinary design company based in Johannesburg.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    AF.BOTZ
    Musician
    Described as “the Swiss Army Knife of bands”, The AF.BOTZ sees two multi-talented musicians conjuring beats, glitches and supernatural bass drops.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Catherine Ash
    Ceramicist
    Catherine Ash creates unique pieces for her brand, Ash Ceramics, and is a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Fashion Designer
    Paul van der Spuy designs beautifully tailored clothing for men and women for bluecollarwhitecollar.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Mann Friday
    Mann Friday will be performing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    South Africa
  • Michelle Liao Standard
    Michelle Liao
    Jewellery Designer
    Michelle Liao is a jewellery designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 2014 Emerging Creative: Tina Ngxokolo. Standard
    Tina Ngxokolo
    Fashion Designer
    Tina Ngxokolo is a fashion designer and part of the 2014 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
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    Skullboy
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    Skullboy (Louis de Villiers) is a graphic designer and illustrator, and part of the 2013 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Siyanda Mbele
    Furniture Designer
    Siyanda Mbele is an interior and furniture designer and was part of the 2014 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Cupcake Country. Standard
    Cupcake Country
    Academic
    Michelle Felder's Cupcake Country supplies fun do-it-yourself kits for children aged five and up.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    DJ Zulufunk
    DJ
    Carrying a soulful and electronic deep and tribal house energy, Yona Vilakazi, aka DJ Zulufunk, is a South African DJ.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Casamento
    South Africa
  • WOL Ontwerp Standard
    WOL Ontwerp
    Fashion Designer
    South African Sleepwear / Loungewear clothing.
    Mpumalanga, South Africa
  • Tommy Gun Standard
    Tommy Gun
    Cape Town DJ Thomas de Moyencourt, better known as Tommy Gun, has a sound that is as unique as it is crowd-pleasing.
    South Africa
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    Kirsten Goss
    Jewellery Designer
    Kirsten Goss London, winner of MBOISA 2012, is an international jewellery brand founded in London in 2002.
    Durban, South Africa
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    M.anifest
    Musician
    M.anifest is an internationally acclaimed award-winning rap artist from Accra, Ghana.
    Ghana
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    Wild Eastern Arches
    Wild Eastern Arches is psychedelic rock 'n' roll band. They will be performing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    South Africa
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    Robert Sherwood
    Architect / Interior Designer
    Robert Sherwood is the founder and design director of Robert Sherwood Design, a well-known design studio and showroom in Cape Town.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Nanette Veldsman
    Jewellery Designer
    Nanette Veldsman is a jewellery designer and lecturer at Stellenbosch University. She is the jewellery curator for Design Indaba Expo 2015
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • JBS Standard
    Jumping Back Slash
    Music Producer
    From rave to kwaito to house to gqom – mixing, engineering and producing: this British native is now based in South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    The Dollfins
    Musician
    The Dollfins is a punk-rock band playing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Albie Sachs Pro-account
    Albie Sachs
    Author
    An activist and former Constitutional Court judge of South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Koen Vanmechelen Speaker 2017
    Koen Vanmechelen
    Artist
    Conceptual artist Koen Vanmechelen explores the importance of biocultural diversity, identity and community in his Cosmopolitan Chicken Project.
    Belgium
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