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Lauren Bowker is making the world a little more colourful
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The designer and innovator believes in pushing the limits of science, textiles and the natural world.
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10 Oct 19
Hlengi Baloyi
A young, self-taught fashion and accessories designer.
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29 Nov 18
Therusha Chetty
Fashion and accessory designer
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29 Nov 18
Zane Ngwenya
Fashion and Textile Designer
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29 Nov 18
Tyler Yeo
The creative hopes to create a platform that helps people do what they love.
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18 Jan 18
Sakhile Cebekulu
Sakhile Cebekulu an independent designer whose designs are taking him places.
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18 Jan 18
Ra’eesah Hoosen
Ra’eesah Hoosen is bringing a new wave of Muslim Designs.
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18 Jan 18
Tshegofatso Sithole
Tshegofatso Sithole is a 26 year-old designer who’s giving women their confidence back.
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17 Jan 18
CHELIEL
Ethical and solidarity-based concept-store, combining Africa and modernity.
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24 Jul 17
Kamila Iżykowicz
Kamila Iżykowicz is a poetic designer, creating with a mixture of skill, knowledge and intuition. Her work is based on the senses and an understanding of time.
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9 Feb 17
Wakami's ethically crafted accessories empower over 500 Guatemalan women
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Working with women in rural Guatemala, Wakami is a design-driven organisation that sells over $1-million in products to over 20 countries.
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22 Jul 16
Haute Baso: Collaborating with Rwandan artisans
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African Design
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Haute Baso, a boutique brand founded by Candy Basomingera and Linda Mukangoga, is committed to collaboration with Rwandan artisans.
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10 Feb 16
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Brand Collaboration
These classrooms are designed to help children with ADHD focus
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Architecture & Interiors
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Design Thinking
Israeli architect Lior Ben-Sheetrit designed an innovative classroom to assist children with ADHD to focus and learn better.
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16 Nov 15
Vera de Pont designs clothing for a world submerged in water
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Design Thinking
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Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Vera de Pont designs garments and accessories for inhabitants of an imaginary underwater planet.
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4 Nov 15
Mothers & Daughters in Design (Part 3): One of Each
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African Design
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Meet Pauline and Tamburai, the mother and daughter duo and creators of African-inspired, one-of-a-kind handbags.
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23 Feb 15
Four inspired talents from Ghana
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The country that inspired Fela Kuti to create his Afrobeat sound is producing another wave of edgy creatives from fashion to furniture to music.
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5 Jan 15
AEP Frames by Ballo and Atang Tshikare
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Summer gets city-slick with illustrator Atang Tshikare's urban doodles on Ballo's handmade wooden sunglasses.
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23 Dec 14
Love, Africa Studio
Love, Africa Studio creates a contemporary product range including fine art, jewellery and botanicals.
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7 Nov 14
Japanese-Danish fusion
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Japanese design studio Nendo takes inspiration from origami patterns for the design of a furniture and homeware collection for BoConcept.
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30 May 14
Boldly bejewelled
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
South African jewellery brand Pichulik has unveiled their Autumn/Winter 2014 collection inspired by 70s glamour and powerful women.
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17 May 14
A gentleman's affair
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Product Design
Tom Dixon unveils a range of new designs all under the theme of a contemporary, modern day Gentleman's Club.
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18 Apr 14
Material twist
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African Design
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Inga Gubeka's Umtwalo Wooden Backpack is an exploration of using unconventional materials when designing accessories.
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18 Apr 14
Inga Gubeka
Inga Gubeka is a 20-something entrepreneur who is making his mark on the South African design and décor scene.
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17 Apr 14
Crafting power
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Fashion & Jewellery Design
Progressive craft company Quazi Design has revealed their 2014 lookbook. Here's a look at some of their hottest collections of the year.
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30 Mar 14
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