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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
  • Back rest chair by Bonga Jwambi Standard
    Bonga Jwambi
    Furniture Designer
    Bonga Jwambi is a Cape Town-based visual artist, furniture designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Emerging Creatives 2015: Matthew Bradley Standard
    Matthew Bradley
    Illustrator
    Matthew Bradley is a Cape Town-based illustrator, photographer and curator, and a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Emerging Creatives 2015: Ntsindiso Nqakaza Standard
    Ntsindiso Nqakaza
    Graphic Designer
    Ntsindiso Nqakaza is a graphic designer, owner of Africanage Language and a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    East London, South Africa
  • Daniel Ting Chong Standard
    Daniel Ting Chong
    Illustrator
    Daniel Ting Chong is an illustrator, designer, artist and based in Cape Town, South Africa. He was part of Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives programme in 2008.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Amanda van der Walt Standard
    Amanda van der Walt
    Graphic Designer
    Amanda van der Walt is a graphic designer and illustrator and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Potchefstroom, South Africa
  • Creative work by Dani Loureiro. Standard
    Dani Loureiro
    Graphic Designer / Illustrator
    Dani Loureiro is an award-winning Cape Town-based illustrator and designer.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Emerging Creatives 2015: Maria Uys Standard
    Maria Uys
    Jewellery Designer
    Maria Uys is a Cape Town-based surface designer and a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Imprint. Standard
    Mzukisi Mbane
    Fashion Designer
    Mzukisi Mbane is a fashion designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Lutuliegh. Standard
    Msizi Luthuli
    Fashion Designer
    Msizi Luthuli is a fashion designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Michelle Liao Standard
    Michelle Liao
    Jewellery Designer
    Michelle Liao is a jewellery designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Emerging Creatives 2015: Wade Lambert and Jeanette Oosterhuis. Standard
    Wade Lambert and Jeanette Oosterhuis
    Fashion Designer
    Wade Lambert and Jeanette Oosterhuis run Skollie Respected Hooligan and are part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Afternoon Standard
    Jennifer Jacobs
    Fashion Designer
    Jennifer Jacobs designs clothing and sewing patterns for her business, Afternoon, and is part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Luenzo. Standard
    Thandiswa Bonani
    Fashion Designer
    Thandiswa Bonani is a fashion designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Mizu. Standard
    Lungelo Mashaba
    Fashion Designer
    Lungelo Mashaba is a fashion designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives Programme.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Ceramics by Linda Khuzwayo. Standard
    Art in the Forest
    Design Studio
    Art in the Forest is a Cape Town-based ceramics centre managed and run by South African master potter Anthony Shapiro.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • TryAnglez Standard
    Chantell Lungiswa Joe
    Fashion Designer
    Cape Town-based Chantell Lungiswa Joe is a fashion designer with a clothing and lifestyle brand, TryAnglez, and a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Kiara Gounder Standard
    Kiara Gounder
    Fashion Designer
    Kiara Gounder is a Durban-based fashion designer and part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Lukhanyo Mdingi Standard
    Lukhanyo Mdingi
    Fashion Designer
    Lukhanyo Mdingi designs distinctive fashion for his eponymous label and is part of the 2015 Emerging Creatives programme.
    East London, South Africa
  • Lara Klawikowski Standard
    Lara Klawikowski
    Fashion Designer
    Lara Klawikowski designs are imaginative, purpose-driven, eclectic and best described as wearable art.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Thula Sindi Standard
    Thula Sindi
    Fashion Designer
    Finding "simple ways to make beautiful things and beautiful ways to make simple things," Thula Sindi creates ladieswear inspired by women of consequence.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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    Craig Port
    Fashion Designer
    Craig Port is a South African fashion designer and director of Maze Clothing CC, the design house for the Craig Port brand.
    South Africa
  • Liquid Light Design Standard
    Liquid Light Design
    Furniture Designer
    Liquid Light Design crafts beautiful, ultra-modern furniture from a range of perspex and glass.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Aaron Kohn Standard
    Aaron Kohn
    Curator
    Aaron Kohn is the founding director of the Museum of African Design (MOAD) in Johannesburg, South Africa.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Bofred. Standard
    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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