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    Joshua Grierson
    Singer-Songwriter
    Capetonian singer-songwriter and guitarist Joshua Grierson is a blues and folk-rock artist. He's warming up Design Indaba Music Circuit at Zula on 28 Feb.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Elbé Coetsee
    Social Entrepreneur
    Elbé Coetsee, a proponent of craft and social entrepreneurship, is a curator for the Handmade sector at Design Indaba 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Carla Erasmus and Christa Botha
    Furniture Designer
    Carla Erasmus and Christa Botha are self-taught product designers, owners of Bofred and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programmme.
    Cape Town, 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
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    Cape Town Fashion Council
    Non-Profit Organisation
    The Cape Town Fashion Council (CTFC) is the first industry association of its kind in South Africa, aiming to represent and develop the national fashion sector.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Anatomy Design
    South Africa
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    Tsai Design Studio
    Tsai Design Studio is a multidisciplinary design practice based in Cape Town.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Springleap.com
    South Africa
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    The Brother Moves On
    The Brother Moves On (TBMO) is a musical shapeshifter, a Jozi-based, art and music collective who call themselves “a time and space exercise”.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Thor Rixon
    Music Producer
    South African producer and experimental artist Thor Rixon focuses his creative energies on developing alternative sounds.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Mokoena Kobeli
    Art Director / Digital Designer
    Mokoena Kobeli is a digital designer and was part of the 2014 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Ed Suter Design
    Photographer
    Photographer Ed Suter creates a range of products featuring his quirky, distinctly South African images.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Ntsindiso Nqakaza
    Graphic Designer
    Ntsindiso Nqakaza is a graphic designer, owner of Africanage Language and a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    East London, South Africa
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    Bousquet Creations
    South Africa
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    Quazi Design
    Product Designer
    Quazi Design is a progressive craft company from Swaziland that transforms waste magazines into original accessories and interiors.
    Mbabane, Swaziland
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    Massive Attack
    DJ
    Seminal British group Massive Attack consists of Robert "3D" Del Naja and Grant "Daddy G" Marshall.
    Bristol, United Kingdom
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    Willowlamp
    Willowlamp’s are dynamic – every movement in the air can be seen on their surface, suggesting something quite ‘impressionable’ and delicate.
    South Africa
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    moonbasket
    South Africa
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    The Carla Antoni Collection
    The Carla Antoni Collection draws on Africa's diverse emerging talent as inspiration, offering a rare African sophistication to the discerning collector.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    LUNAR
    South Africa
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    Ronel Jordaan
    Furniture Designer / Textile Designer
    Ronel Jordaan creates handmade high-end soft furniture from ecofriendly felt.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Rose Lombard
    DJ
    Rose Lombard is a DJ and music collector with wide-ranging tastes.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Maoriginal
    DJ
    "Nu World" DJ Ma’or Harris, aka Maoriginal, conceptualised and launched the renowned Balkanology and Fiddle East parties in South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    The Plastics
    Musician
    The Plastics are an indie rock band from Cape Town. They will be launching the Design Indaba Music Circuit as the first band to play at this inaugural event.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Joshua Grierson
    Singer-Songwriter
    Capetonian singer-songwriter and guitarist Joshua Grierson is a blues and folk-rock artist. He's warming up Design Indaba Music Circuit at Zula on 28 Feb.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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