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  • Gone Rural Standard
    Gone Rural
    Social Entrepreneur
    Gone Rural is an organisation that provides home-based incomes to over 750 rural African women through craft.
    Swaziland
  • People of the Sun. Standard
    People of the Sun
    Social Entrepreneur
    People of the Sun is a non-profit social enterprise based in Malawi.
    Malawi
  • Designers without Borders Standard
    Designers without Borders
    Non-Profit Organisation
    Designers without Borders is a non-profit organisation that donates books, equipment and software to African countries.
    Mozambique
  • Fashion Rising. Standard
    Fashion Rising
    Social Entrepreneur
    Studio One Eighty Nine launched Fashion Rising to empower women by building sustainable fashion and artisanal businesses.
    Ghana
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    Editions in Craft
    Social Entrepreneur
    Editions in Craft is an international platform for artists and designers to explore the technical and artistic possibilities of traditional crafts.
    South Africa
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    Lydia Baillergeau
    Motion Graphics Designer
    Lydia Baillergeau is an American artist, film director and motion designer. She is the first special edition of TEN, Season 2.
    San Francisco, USA
  • Triggerfish Animation Studios: Adventures in Zambezia Standard
    Triggerfish Animation Studios
    Filmmaker / Animator
    Triggerfish is a global media and entertainment company passionate about storytelling.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Made by Hand
    Filmmaker
    Made by Hand is a short film series celebrating the people who make things by hand – sustainably, locally and with a love for their craft.
    New York, USA
  • Tomas Leach Standard
    Tomas Leach
    Director
    Tomas Leach is a London-based film director of commercial productions and creative documentaries, including the Little Scraps of Paper series.
    London, United Kingdom
  • Angel-Ho. Standard
    Angel-Ho
    Performance Artist
    Angel-Ho is a Cape Town artist who uses drag performance and sound to disrupt notions of gender.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Team iLuminate Standard 2012
    Team iLuminate
    Performance Artist
    Team iLuminate of ‘America’s Got Talent’ fame are a group of glow-suit dancers from Los Angeles.
    Los Angeles, USA
  • James Cooper. Standard
    James Cooper
    Director
    James Cooper is an award-winning director, based in New York, Los Angeles, Sydney and Dublin.
    New York, USA
  • Frank Böhm Studio Standard
    Frank Böhm Studio
    Furniture Designer
    The Frank Böhm Collection design and manufacture bespoke high-end furniture.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Katy Taplin Standard
    Katy Taplin
    Furniture Designer
    Katy Taplin, one half of the creative duo Dokter and Misses, is the curator for the Furniture and Homeware sector at Design Indaba Expo 2015.
    Johannesburg, 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
  • Owners of Mila. Image courtest of ELLE Decoration South Africa. Standard
    Gerard Back
    Furniture Designer
    Gerard Back is the owner of design company Mila, and a curator for Design Indaba Expo's Furniture and Homeware sectors.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Hamed Outtara Standard
    Hamed Design Studio
    Furniture Designer
    Hamed Outtara is a furniture designer and founder of Hamed Design Studio based in Burkina Faso.
    Burkina Faso
  • Taxi Violence. Photo: Baden Moir. Standard
    Taxi Violence
    Musician
    The day that Taxi Violence became a band was the day that South African rock ‘n roll saw its future…
    South Africa
  • Groove Afrika Standard
    Groove Afrika
    Musician
    Groove Afrika is a Cape Town-based DJ duo who will be performing at Design Indaba Music 2014.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Standard
    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
  • Jakobsnake Standard
    Jakobsnake
    Musician
    Gaartjie's Jake Lipman aka Jakobsnake is a Cape Town-based DJ and producer, performing at Design Indaba Music 2014.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Bruno Morphet Standard
    Bruno Morphet
    Musician
    Bruno Morphet is a DJ from Cape Town and will perform at Design Indaba Music 2014.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lt. Fizzer Standard
    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
  • Standard
    Sideshow
    DJ
    Dancefloor Instigator. Booty Bass Facilitator. Mind Space Infiltrator.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Gone Rural Standard
    Gone Rural
    Social Entrepreneur
    Gone Rural is an organisation that provides home-based incomes to over 750 rural African women through craft.
    Swaziland
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