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  • Small jackal plate by Catherine Ash Standard
    Catherine Ash
    Ceramicist
    Catherine Ash creates unique pieces for her brand, Ash Ceramics, and is a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Marisa Fick-Jordaan of Zenzulu Standard
    Zenzulu
    Design Studio / Product Designer
    Zenzulu founder and designer Marisa Fick-Jordaan embraces the inventive possibility and the skilful artistry of the human hand to breathe life into ideas.
    South Africa
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    Stiaan Louw Menswear
    Fashion Designer
    Born in Cape Town, Stiaan Louw has developed a characteristic language for his eponymous menswear label.
    South Africa
  • inzuki designs Standard
    Inzuki Designs
    Entrepreneur / Jewellery Designer
    Inzuki Designs are Rwandan-made, African-inspired and globally loved.
    Rwanda
  • 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
  • Larry Willis Standard
    Larry Willis
    Musician / Composer
    American jazz pianist and composer Larry Willis is also a longtime friend of Hugh Masekela. The two performed together at Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    New York, USA
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    Beast
    Musician
    With an ethos of “no boundaries”, Beast creates organic music that allows each of the four band members the freedom to improvise.
    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
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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
  • Haezer Standard
    Haezer
    Music Producer / Musician
    Haezer is an electronic music DJ who will be performing on the Design Indaba Music Circuit.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Robert Sherwood Standard
    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
  • Albie Sachs Pro-account
    Albie Sachs
    Author
    An activist and former Constitutional Court judge of South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Emerging Creatives 2015: Rendani "Missblacdropp" Nemakhavhani Standard
    Rendani "Missblacdropp" Nemakhavhani
    Graphic Designer
    Rendani “Missblacdropp” Nemakhavani is a graphic designer, illustrator and a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Lady M
    Margaret Westergreen, better known as Lady M, is a top South African DJ whose sound is luxuriously deep, bass-driven, percussive and, above all, melodic.
    South Africa
  • PPC Imaginarium Awards Standard
    PPC Imaginarium Awards
    Art Director
    PPC Imaginarium Awards is a modern art and design awards programme aimed at promoting and supporting emerging creative talent in South Africa.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Thula Sindi Standard
    Thula Sindi
    Fashion Designer
    Finding "simple ways to make beautiful things and beautiful ways to make simple things," Thula Sindi creates ladieswear inspired by women of consequence.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Snask: Fred and Erik Speaker 2016
    Snask
    Creative Agency
    Snask are a creative agency that makes "kickass" branding, design and film.
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • Cheick Diallo Standard
    Cheick Diallo
    Architect
    Cheick Diallo is an architect and designer born in Bamako, Mali.
    Mali
  • 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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    David Krynauw
    Furniture Designer
    David Krynauw is a young furniture designer whose work focusses on establishing a synergy between client and product.
    South Africa
  • Mingo Lamberti Standard
    Mingo Lamberti
    Fashion Designer
    Mingo Lamberti is an independent design label that was established after designing and producing limited edition t-shirts.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • DJ Steloo - Nightscape 2018 Standard
    DJ Steloo
    The Ghanain DJ and fashion mogul who dares to be distinct.
    Accra, Ghana
  • The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town. Standard
    The Jupiter Drawing Room
    Creative Agency
    The Jupiter Drawing Room is a category-agnostic, integrated and independent advertising agency based in South Africa.
    Johannesburg, Cape Town
  • Small jackal plate by Catherine Ash Standard
    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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