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  • Adam Duxbury Standard
    Adam Duxbury
    Fashion Designer
    This businessman aims to celebrate the Capetonian summer through his fashion label.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Duma Mtimkulu Standard
    Duma Mtimkulu
    Ceramicist
    One part fine artist, one part ceramics craftsman.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Tsépo Khonyane Standard
    Tsépo Khonyane
    Communication Designer
    A 20-something designer with additional PR and event coordination chops.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Desireé Noxolo Gumede Standard
    Desireé Noxolo Gumede
    Graphic Designer
    This young designer celebrates the impact that graphic design has on our perspectives of life.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Andile Dyalvane Speaker 2017
    Andile Dyalvane
    Ceramicist
    Renowned ceramicist and Design Indaba Emerging Creative alumnus, Majolandile ‘Andile’ Dyalvane is the founder of Imiso Ceramics.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Speaker 2017
    João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga
    Musician
    João Renato Orecchia Zúñiga is an artist, composer and maker of physical and virtual "things" that play with reality by deconstructing it.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Dokter and Misses Speaker 2017
    Dokter and Misses
    Product Designer
    Husband and wife team Dokter and Misses is a multidisciplinary design company based in Johannesburg.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Moonchild Sanelly Standard
    Moonchild Sanelly
    Musician
    "I call my sound future ghetto funk."
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Medicine Boy Standard
    Medicine Boy
    Musician
    Forging a sound that is faithful to their mentors.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • John Wizards Standard
    John Wizards
    Musician
    South African act John Wizards draws their sound from a variation of styles including reggae, pop, electro, and slow-jam R&B.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Black Coffee Pro-account
    Black Coffee
    DJ
    Black Coffee’s penchant is for true Afropolitan house: home-brewed but future-focused. Expect almost sculptural balance and beauty.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Massive Attack Pro-account
    Daddy G
    DJ / Musician
    Massive Attack’s Daddy G has been a trailblazer in the music scene since the 1980s.
    Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Paul Waxon Standard
    Paul Waxon
    DJ
    Event promoter and DJ Paul Waxon likes to explore a wide variety of genres through his experiences and travels.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • DJ Maramza Standard
    DJ Maramza
    DJ
    A producer of global future bass music.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • DJ Fosta Standard
    DJ Fosta
    DJ
    A community-focused, South African DJ who combines kwaito and house music to create a signature sound.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Pierre-Estienne is a Cape Town-based DJ and record collector. Standard
    Pierre-Estienne
    DJ / Music Producer / Musician
    Pierre-Estienne is a Cape Town-based DJ and record collector.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Snask: Fred and Erik Speaker 2016
    Snask
    Creative Agency
    Snask are a creative agency that makes "kickass" branding, design and film.
    Stockholm, Sweden
  • Speaker 2017
    Craig Dykers
    Architect
    Co-founder of Snøhetta, architect Craig Dykers is interested in design as a promoter of social and physical well-being.
    New York, USA
  • Emerging Creatives 2015: Thulisizwe “Sizwe” Mamba Standard
    Thulisizwe “Sizwe” Mamba
    Graphic Designer
    Thulisizwe “Sizwe” Mamba is a graphic designer a 2015 Emerging Creative.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Steph Pretorius Standard
    Steph Pretorius
    Graphic Designer
    Independent Graphic Designer
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • WOL Ontwerp Standard
    WOL Ontwerp
    Fashion Designer
    South African Sleepwear / Loungewear clothing.
    Mpumalanga, South Africa
  • Tshepiso Mabula Standard
    Tshepiso Mabula
    Photographer
    An enterprising young photographer who captures the beauty in mundane living.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Streetwires Artist Collective Standard
    Streetwires Artist Collective
    Product Designer / Social Entrepreneur
    Streetwires Artists Collective make wire and beaded sculptures to sustain employment through crafting.
    South Africa
  • Wildetecture Standard
    Wildetecture
    Architect
    AFRICAN FAUVISTIC DESIGN – Designs that are daringly, unashamedly bold.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Adam Duxbury Standard
    Adam Duxbury
    Fashion Designer
    This businessman aims to celebrate the Capetonian summer through his fashion label.
    Johannesburg, South Africa
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