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    Anthony Shapiro
    Ceramicist
    Ceramicist and executive director of Art in the Forest, Anthony Shapiro is the curator of the Handmade sector for Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Viola Greyling
    Ceramicist
    Viola Greyling is a young ceramicist from the Tshwane University of Technology.
    Pretoria, South Africa
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    Inzuki Designs
    Entrepreneur / Jewellery Designer
    Inzuki Designs are Rwandan-made, African-inspired and globally loved.
    Rwanda
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    Urban Africa
    South Africa
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    Jess Ceramics
    Ceramicist
    Jess Ceramics takes pride in its exclusive and unique functional and decorative ceramic products.
    Western Cape, South Africa
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    Tanya Wheeler
    Jewellery Designer
    Tanya Wheeler Designs focus is on creating stylish and sophisticated jewellery that is both timeless and exciting.
    South Africa
  • Tebogo Lethuba Standard
    Tebogo Lethuba
    Graphic Designer
    Tebogo also wrote and illustrated a comic called The Amazing Bhuti Afro.
    South Africa
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    Shana
    Fashion Designer
    Shana creates trendy women's streetwear using high-quality fabrics and always keeping it fresh and new.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Nicolas Lehmann And the Forge
    The Forge specialises in the production of customized wrought metal work.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    DAVID WEST
    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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    Coppelia
    South Africa
  • Dear Ribane Speaker 2017
    Dear Ribane
    Performance Artist
    "We are because each other." Introducing the Dear Ribane production company.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Alberto Seveso
    Graphic Designer
    Alberto Seveso is an Italian graphic designer and the 10th featured artist of Fotolia's TEN Collection, Season 2.
    Italy
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    Lieutenant Fizzer
    DJ
    Lieutenant Fizzer was born Travis Ferris Wheel Hyde, named after George Washington Ferris, the inventor of the Ferris Wheel.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Sasha Leon Sculpture & Jewellery
    Jewellery Designer
    Sasha Leon Sculpture and Jewellery creates a range of jewellery pieces and sculptured ornaments.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Ebrahim Assur - EA Designs
    Ebrahim Assur is a product designer and part of the 2013 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Kgahlego Kewana
    Fashion Designer
    A designer combining the unlikely worlds of medicine and fashion design.
    South Africa
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    Micr.Pluto
    Musician
    Producer and DJ Micr.Pluto creates experimental "hiphoptronica" with a beautifully melodic twist. See him perform at Design Indaba Music 2014.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Michèle Aubourg
    Previously “decoratively-challenged” furniture pieces are individually painted and crafted to gain a new life and personality!
    South Africa
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    The Black Englishman
    South Africa
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    Sideshow
    DJ
    Dancefloor Instigator. Booty Bass Facilitator. Mind Space Infiltrator.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Driftwood Studios
    Sculptural and functional art with a preference for materials which are sourced locally & recycled. Experience in large-scale commissions.
    South Africa
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    Planet Lindela
    Planet Lindela is a jazz trio made up of Bradley Mngomezulu Maponya on double bass, Tebogo Mokoena on saxophone and Gontse Makhene on percussion and drums.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Anthony Shapiro
    Ceramicist
    Ceramicist and executive director of Art in the Forest, Anthony Shapiro is the curator of the Handmade sector for Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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