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  • Lethabo Mmalerato Huma
    Lethabo Mmalerato Huma
    Photographer
    She draws inspiration from images that trigger emotions.
    South Africa
  • Buhle Qabaka Standard
    Buhle Qabaka
    Illustrator
    Buhle is a self-taught illustrator and part-time photographer who is currently in his second year of Visual Communication
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Deft Studios Standard
    Deft Studios
    Furniture Designer
    Martin Tallie and Zani Alberts
    South Africa
  • Magrietha Labuschagne Standard
    Magrietha Labuschagne
    Furniture Designer
    Margrietha's current collection, entitled Nomad, makes a strong visual impact due to the proportional planning of the designs.
    South Africa
  • Deft Studios Standard
    Martin Tallie and Zani Alberts
    Martin Tallie and Zani Alberts established Deft Studios in 2020.
    South Africa
  • Elizabeth Louisa van der Merwe Standard
    Elizabeth Louisa van der Merwe
    Textile Designer
    Elizabeth is a trained architect who fell in love with the layers, paint and possibilities of wax screen printing.
    South Africa
  • Kgothatso Michelle Malatjie Standard
    Kgothatso Michelle Malatjie
    Photographer
    Kgothatso’s work ranges from single conceptual pieces to various themed bodies of work.
    South Africa
  • Nicola Robertson Standard
    Nicola Robertson
    Jewellery Designer
    The Zulu Mien brand expresses African elegance and dignity.
    South Africa
  • Mncedisi Faltein Standard
    Mncedisi Faltein
    Graphic Designer
    Mncedisi has a bold and contemporary graphic design sensibility.
    Rustenburg, South Africa
  • Clinton Myeni Standard
    Clinton Myeni
    Graphic Designer
    Clint is all about reach, storytelling, expression and self-awareness.
    Durban, South Africa
  • Adria van Rooyen Standard
    Adria van Rooyen
    Product Designer
    Adria is motivated by the ocean, which she refers to as “my happy place” and is inspired by colour.
    East London, South Africa
  • Babalo Chuma Rozani Standard
    Babalo Chuma Rozani
    Jewellery Designer
    Babalo is telling a Xhosa story and achieving a milestone for the modern appreciation of Xhosa traditions.
    South Africa
  • Lithemba Nziweni Standard
    Lithemba Nziweni
    Filmmaker
    Lithemba's work was featured on VOGUE Italy’s PhotoVogue platform quadruple times in 2020
    Port Elizabeth, South Africa
  • Chelsea Robin Ingham Standard
    Chelsea Robin Ingham
    Artist
    Chelsea's work often explores the culture of language.
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Tebogo Lethuba Standard
    Tebogo Lethuba
    Graphic Designer
    Tebogo also wrote and illustrated a comic called The Amazing Bhuti Afro.
    South Africa
  • Robert Mapomane Standard
    Robert Mapomane
    Designer
    Robert is a self-taught designer
    South Africa
  • Nxumalo Standard
    Ntobeko Nxumalo
    Graphic Designer
    Graphic Design student at Red and Yellow Creative School of Business in Cape Town
    South Africa
  • Hilde Franzsen Standard
    Hilde Franzsen
    Illustrator
    Hilde hand-crafts unique and quirky maps and illustrations using a mixture of analogue and digital mediums.
    Stellenbosch, South Africa
  • Lerato Lodi Standard
    Lerato Lodi
    Artist
    Lerato is an MTech student in Fine Art at Tshwane University of Technology in the Department of Fine and Applied Art.
    South Africa
  • Boitumelo Thindiza Standard
    Boitumelo Thindiza
    Photographer
    Boitumelo' approach to photography is that there are no rules.
    South Africa
  • Caleb Pillay Standard
    Caleb Pillay
    Graphic Designer
    As a designer, he strives to find ways in which he can make a difference in people's lives.
    South Africa
  • Akshar Maganbeharie Pro-account
    Akshar Maganbeharie
    Artist
    Akshar Maganbeharie graduated in Fine Art from the University of the Witwatersrand
    Cape Town, South Africa
  • Daniella Kilpatrick Standard
    Daniella Kilpatrick
    Architecture / Interior Designer
    Daniella Kilpatrick is a 28-year-old interior architect who was born and raised in Johannesburg
    Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Kutlwano Monyai Pro-account
    Kutlwano Monyai
    Artist
    Kutlwano Monyai acquired a degree in Fine and Applied Arts at the Tshwane University of Technology
    Pretoria, South Africa
  • Lethabo Mmalerato Huma
    Lethabo Mmalerato Huma
    Photographer
    She draws inspiration from images that trigger emotions.
    South Africa
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