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  • 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
  • Nic Bladen Botanicals Standard
    Nic Bladen Botanicals
    Artist / Jewellery Designer
    Living and working in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Nic Bladen has become known for the extraordinary technique he has pioneered, casting plants in bronze and silver
    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
  • Cole Jewellery Standard
    Cole Jewellery
    Jewellery Designer
    Cole Jewellery design and manufacture one-off jewellery pieces with an organic and sculptural aesthetic.
    Woodstock, South Africa
  • Artvark Standard
    Artvark
    Artist / Sculptor
    Artvark's steelwork is decorative and functional, all inspired by nature.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Ceramic Matters Standard
    Ceramic Matters
    Ceramicist
    The award-winning Ceramic Matters was established in 1997 by Gerhard Swart and Anthony Harris.
    Wellington, South Africa
  • Tatjana Buisson Standard
    Tatjana Buisson
    Artist / Graphic Designer / Product Designer
    Cape Town-based graphic designer Tatjana Buisson produces a quirky range of stationery products.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Aïssa Dione Standard
    Aïssa Dione
    Artist / Textile Designer
    Aïssa Dione is a Senegalese artist and designer focussing on traditional hand weaving.
    Senegal
  • John Newdigate Standard
    John Newdigate Ceramics
    Artist / Ceramicist
    John Newdigate produces functional ceramics that incorporate art, design and imagination, using the ever-changing ocean as a constant source of inspiration.
    Swellendam, South Africa
  • Emalie Bingham Standard
    Emalie Bingham
    Artist
    Emalie Bingham's hand-drawn designs are an edgy, satirical and somewhat defiant exploration of common patterns occurring in social city life.
    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
  • Sojo Standard
    SoJo
    Fashion Designer / Social Entrepreneur
    SoJo clothing for children is fun, classic and all South African.
    Rosebank, South Africa
  • Rob Michie Studios Standard
    Rob Michie Studios
    Industrial Designer
    Rob Michie Studios is a Johannesburg-based industrial design consultancy founded with a focus on retail display systems.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • WitOpWit profile Standard
    WitOpWit
    Product Designer
    Pretoria's WitOpWit (WOW) captures the nostalgia of South African cities in their one-of-a-kind laser cut designs.
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Resails/Flej Originals/HOOLEY recycled Standard
    Resails/Flej Originals/HOOLEY recycled
    Product Designer
    These designers recycle sails and advertising banners into bags, jackets and accessories.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Banini Baby
    Product Designer
    Banini Baby is a children’s fashion and décor brand focussing on a modern African aesthetic.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    snapp™ Design
    Product Designer
    Snapp Design is a South African product design studio by Jonathan Fundudis and Renko Nieman.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • 2014 Emerging Creatives: bvbblegvm. Standard
    bvbblegvm
    Product Designer
    bvbblegvm is a product design studio founded by Nadia du Plessis and is part of the 2014 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Green Grass Designs. Standard
    Green Grass Design
    Product Designer
    Green Grass Design specialises in laser-cut gifts, stationery and uniquely designed homeware.
    Johannesburg, 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
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