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  • Dillion S Phiri Standard
    Dillion S Phiri
    Creative Director
    Dillion S Phiri is the founder and creative director of Creative Nestlings.
    Zimbabwe
  • Tracy Lee Lynch is a design, décor and styling guru Standard
    Tracy Lee Lynch
    Curator / Design Consultant / Interior Designer
    Tracy Lee Lynch is a design, décor and styling guru.
    South Africa
  • Emilie Gambade, Editor-in-Chief for ELLE South Africa Standard
    Emilie Gambade
    Curator / Editor
    Emilie Gambade is currently the editor-in-chief for ELLE South Africa.
    South Africa
  • Gareth Cliff Founder and President of CliffCentral.com Standard
    Gareth Cliff
    Curator / DJ
    Founder and President of CliffCentral.com as well as an MNet Idols judge, Gareth Cliff is one of South African radio's most prominent personalities.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Katlego Maboe (Photographed by Michael Le Grange) Standard
    Katlego Maboe
    Curator / Performance Artist / Singer-Songwriter
    Katlego Maboe is a singer, songwriter and television presenter.
    South Africa
  • Lindi Ndebele Koka is the chief director of cultural industries at South African National Department of Arts and Culture Standard
    Lindi Ndebele Koka
    Curator
    Lindi Ndebele Koka is the chief director of cultural industries at South African National Department of Arts and Culture.
    South Africa
  • Design Indaba Standard
    Design Indaba
    Publisher
    Design Indaba is a multifaceted platform committed to a better world through creativity.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • DJ Mighty is the man behind the famous Mabu Vinyl shop - and his music lives up to that reputation. Standard
    DJ Mighty
    Musician
    DJ Mighty is the man behind the famous Mabu Vinyl shop in Cape Town (featured in the documentary "Searching for Sugarman").
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Valve State is the electronic live jazz combination duo made up by Richard Marshall and Lee Thompson. Standard
    Valve State
    Musician
    Valve State is the electronic live jazz combination duo made up of Richard Marshall and Lee Thompson.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Spekta is one of the few innovators of the electronic dance music scene Standard
    Spekta
    Musician
    Listening to Spekta's music is a journey in time and sound reaching all corners of the universe, navigating the world of electronic in all it's form.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Jessica Cross is the brain behind the acclaimed Cross Colours music sets. Standard
    Cross Colours
    DJ / Musician
    Jessica Cross is the brain behind the acclaimed Cross Colours music sets.
    California, USA
  • In the last year Alice Phoebe Lou’s musical journey has taken her beyond the German capital, performing on the streets of Austin at SXSW and at TED in London. Standard
    Alice Phoebe Lou
    Musician
    In the last year, Alice Phoebe Lou’s musical journey has taken her beyond Berlin, to performing on the streets of Austin at SXSW and at TED in London.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pascale Gatzen Pro-account
    Pascale Gatzen
    Fashion Designer / Textile Designer
    Pascale Gatzen is an artist, educator and fashion designer based in New York. She developed an alternative fashion curriculum at Parsons The New School.
    New York, USA
  • Carte-blanche is a range of sustainably-made products ideal for gifts. Pro-account
    Carte-blanche
    Fashion Designer
    Carte-blanche is a range of sustainably made products ideal for gifts.
    Cape Town, South Africa
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    Thabo Makhetha Designs
    Fashion Designer
    Thabo Makhetha Designs is a Port Elizabeth-based fashion design and manufacturing company.
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Shauna Neill Standard
    Shauna Neill
    Jewellery Designer
    The Shauna Neill brand ethos is deeply rooted in the desire to create accessories which appeal to contemporary women who want something unique and considered.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Terrapin and Toad Standard
    Martinus van Tee
    Illustrator
    Martinus van Tee is an illustrator and caricaturist living in Stellenbosch, South Africa.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Beloved & Adorned Standard
    Beloved & Adorned
    Fashion Designer / Photographer
    A streetstyle journal from Tanzania and the East African diaspora.
    Tanzania
  • The Jupiter Drawing Room Cape Town. Standard
    The Jupiter Drawing Room
    Creative Agency
    The Jupiter Drawing Room is a category-agnostic, integrated and independent advertising agency based in South Africa.
    Johannesburg, Cape Town
  • Wicked Pixels Standard
    Wicked Pixels
    Animator
    Wicked Pixels' Cape Town and Johannesburg studios are home to exceptional talent, specialising in high-end animation, visual effects and motion design.
    South Africa
  • WOW Creative Design Studio Standard
    WOW Creative Design Studio
    Director
    “There are three responses to a piece of design – yes, no, and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for.” - Milton Glaser
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • moladi Standard
    moladi
    Director
    Unlock your business potential by solving a social problem. moladi creates jobs through shelter.
    South Africa
  • Maria Baumann Standard
    maria elena baumann illustration
    Artist
    An old fashioned, watercolours-on-paper illustrator
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • dearcurves Standard
    Dearcurves
    Fashion Designer
    Dearcurves is a plus size fashion brand renowned for creating clothes exclusively for discerning curvy women.
    Lagos, Nigeria
  • Dillion S Phiri Standard
    Dillion S Phiri
    Creative Director
    Dillion S Phiri is the founder and creative director of Creative Nestlings.
    Zimbabwe
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