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  • Just J Standard
    Just J
    Artist
    Just J was established in 2011 by Cape Town-based Juanita Oosthuizen.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Flagship Handbags Standard
    Flagship Handbags
    Accessory Designer
    Sue Passmore's bespoke Flagship Handbags is apart of the First Editions range, using neutral colours and metallic detailing to create intriguing designs.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • JInger Jack handbags. Standard
    Jinger Jack
    Accessory Designer / Fashion Designer
    Jinger Jack by designer Claire van Turenhout creates cosmopolitan statement leather accessories in an amazing array of colours and prints.
    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
  • Chic Fusion Standard
    Chic Fusion
    Fashion Designer / Product Designer / Textile Designer
    Chic Fusion is a design and manufacturing studio making hand-felted products using 100% merino and karakul wool.
    South Africa
  • Shift Standard
    Shift
    Educational Institution
    SHIFT aims to showcase the innovate capacity and potential of the people of Stellenbosch.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Ronel Jordaan Standard
    Ronel Jordaan
    Furniture Designer / Textile Designer
    Ronel Jordaan creates handmade high-end soft furniture from ecofriendly felt.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Mortar & Pestle Light Standard
    Egg Designs
    Design Studio
    Egg Designs is a Durban-based studio by Greg and Roché Dry, both of whom are also curators for Design Indaba Expo.
    South Africa
  • Robyn Cooke Standard
    Robyn Cooke
    Fashion Curator
    Fashion editor and blogger, Robyn Cooke is the curator for the Fashion sector at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Tarryn Oppel Standard
    Tarryn Oppel
    Fashion Curator
    Tarryn Oppel is the curator of the Fashion and Accessories sector at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Nanette Veldsman Standard
    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
  • Ilze Wolff Standard
    Ilze Wolff
    Architect
    Architect Ilze Wolff is the curator for Architecture and Built Environment Curator at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Cheick Diallo Standard
    Cheick Diallo
    Architect
    Cheick Diallo is an architect and designer born in Bamako, Mali.
    Mali
  • cowgirlblues Standard
    cowgirlblues
    Fashion Designer
    cowgirlblues is a design studio and dye-house specialising in the hand-crafting of merino wool and mohair.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Susan Didcott Standard
    Susan Didcott
    Fashion Designer
    Susan Didcott is a Cape Town-based designer best known for her handbag label Trip Handbags & Accessories.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Verna Jooste Standard
    Verna Jooste
    Jewellery Designer
    Verna Jooste is a jewellery designer, lecturer at the Stellenbosch University’s Department of Visual Arts and curator for Design Indaba Expo.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Loin Cloth & Ashes. Standard
    Loin Cloth & Ashes
    Fashion Designer
    Anisa Mpungwe, founder of Loin Cloth & Ashes is a fashion designer and part of Design Indaba Expo's "Africa is Now" exhibition.
    South Africa
  • Beloved Beadwork Standard
    Beloved Beadwork
    Jewellery Designer
    Beloved Beadwork is a small company producing intricately designed pieces of wearable beadwork using complex weaving techniques and high quality glass.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Bertus Basson Standard
    Bertus Basson
    Chef
    South African Bertus Basson is the chef and owner of Overture Restaurant.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Luke Dale-Roberts
    Chef
    Luke Dale-Roberts is a name synonymous with the finest, most creative and innovative food in South Africa.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • George Jardine Standard
    George Jardine
    Chef
    George Jardine is the executive chef at Jordan Restaurant.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Honest Chocolate
    Food Designer
    Honest Chocolate is a small artisanal chocolate company based in Cape Town, run by Michael de Klerk and Anthony Gird.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Elbé Coetsee Standard
    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
  • Yenza Standard
    Yenza
    Social Entrepreneur
    Every day millions of South Africans come home to structures they have designed and built for themselves filled with items, found and adapted to their needs.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Just J Standard
    Just J
    Artist
    Just J was established in 2011 by Cape Town-based Juanita Oosthuizen.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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