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  • Jakupa Architects and Urban Designers Standard
    Jakupa Architects and Urban Designers
    Architect / Urban Designer
    JAKUPA is an architecture and urban design practice creating a rich urban environment through creative engagement in our contemporary urban milieu.
    South Africa
  • PG Bison 1.SixOneEight Competition and Awards Standard
    PG Bison 1.SixOneEight Competition and Awards
    The PG Bison 1.SixOneEight Competition and Awards aims to push traditional boundaries.
    South Africa
  • The Fishtales sculpture Standard
    Nomili
    Artist / Digital Designer
    Nomili is a vehicle for promoting 3D engineering, fine art and design work, by artist and engineer Michaella Janse van Vuuren.
    South Africa
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    Phumulani Ntuli
    Artist / Multidisciplinary Designer / Performance Artist
    Phumulani Ntuli investigates representations of masculinity and is part of the 2013 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 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
  • Hannah Minkley Standard
    Hannah Minkley
    Photographer
    Hannah Minkley is a photographer and part of the 2013 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Painting Cape Town: Graffiti from South Africa Standard
    Painting Cape Town: Graffiti from South Africa
    Photographer
    "Painting Cape Town: Graffiti from South Africa" by author-photographer Matthew Olckers gives readers an insider view of Cape Town's graffiti subculture scene.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Bicycle Portraits – everyday South Africans and their bicycles
    Photographer
    'Bicycle Portraits' is a two-year exploration of contemporary South African bicycle commuter culture.
    South Africa
  • Artisan Eatware Standard
    Artisan Eatware
    Ceramicist
    Artisan Eatware is the home of fine handcrafted ceramic eatware for daily use.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Kaross Standard
    Kaross
    Artist
    Kaross is an embroidery company creating cushion covers, tableware, art pieces, wall hangings, furniture and fashion accessories from embroidered textiles.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • 2014 Emerging Creative: Mesuli Splash. Standard
    Mesuli Splash
    Photographer
    Mesuli Splash is a photographer and part of the 2014 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Soweto, South Africa
  • Marina Walsh Designs Standard
    Marina Walsh Designs
    Ceramicist
    Marina Walsh designs African-influenced porcelain and wood homeware and ornaments.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Tertius Strydom Standard
    Tertius Strydom
    Artist / Furniture Designer
    Tertius Strydom's imaginative furniture and lighting designs are a world apart from the norm.
    Douglas, South Africa
  • aaron kearney design Standard
    Aaron Kearney Design
    Ceramicist / Furniture Designer
    Aaron Kearney produces bespoke, sculptural ceramics and furniture for others to consider, absorb and enjoy.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • "The Price for Being Priceless" Skull Standard
    Sharon B Design
    Artist
    Sharon B Design by Sharon Boonzaier is a Cape Town design studio that specialises in artwork and lighting.
    South Africa
  • Noel Yardley Standard
    Noel Yardley
    Ceramicist
    Noel Yardley is a manufacturer of bespoke, handmade ceramics.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Tania Babb Ceramics Standard
    Tania Babb Ceramics
    Ceramicist
    Tania Babb is a ceramic sculptress who has been sculpting for over 20 years.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lisa Frere Standard
    Lisa Firer Design
    Ceramicist
    Lisa Firer Design is a Cape Town-based ceramicist.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Ceramics by Mervyn Gers Standard
    Mervyn Gers Ceramics
    Ceramicist
    Mervyn Gers Ceramics is internationally renowned for their exceptional ceramic tableware.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • The Project Room - Namibia Standard
    The Project Room - Namibia
    Gallerist
    The Project Room highlights design made in Namibia by various members, using numerous design media.
    Namibia
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    ISUNA South African Arts + Crafts
    Ceramicist
    Isuna manufactures decorative ceramic art pieces for interior design and ceramic designer tableware.
    South Africa
  • Standard
    Stoor Ceramics
    Ceramicist
    Cape Town-based design studio Stoor creates unique ceramic homeware with creative flair.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Clementina van der Walt Ceramic Studio Standard
    Clementina van der Walt Ceramic Studio
    Ceramicist
    Clementina van der Walt Ceramic Studio produces both functional and decorative pieces.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Potterseed
    Product Designer / Ceramicist
    Potterseed is the gorgeous new range developed by Kate Carlyle of Mustardseed & Moonshine and Chris Silverston of The Potters Workshop.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Jakupa Architects and Urban Designers Standard
    Jakupa Architects and Urban Designers
    Architect / Urban Designer
    JAKUPA is an architecture and urban design practice creating a rich urban environment through creative engagement in our contemporary urban milieu.
    South Africa
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