Johannesburg

Counterspace: Architects investigate Johannesburg’s abandoned mine dumps

Collaborative studio, Counterspace investigates the meaning of lost and found spaces in South Africa’s city of gold. >
Deirdre Renniers

Interior Designer

Deirdre Renniers is an interior designer hailing from Johannesburg, currently based in Singapore and exploring the business markets of Cape Town. >
Modern furniture from reclaimed wood

Siyanda Mazibuko is a self-taught furniture designer who upcycles wood and into functional products. >
SA artist's digital works explore the surreal elements of emotion

Dreamlike landscapes and portraits make up Richard Davis' body of work. >
Tiger Maremela uses digital collage to examine black masculinities in the “Rainbow Nation”

Joburg-based Tiger Maremela uses popular South African consumer products in their digital art to examine capitalism, modernisation and black masculinities. >
Thomas Chapman has built a screen to memorialise the forcibly removed residents of Sophiatown

Thomas Chapman, in collaboration with Nedbank and Design Indaba, unveiled a remembrance screen for the displaced residents of Sophiatown. >
A rural South African farmhouse clad in 1000 shimmering CDs

South African-based artist r1 used 1000 recycled CDs to clad an abandoned farmhouse in Randfontein, a mining city in western Gauteng. >
Abongile Gwele

Abongile Gwele is a young woman with a passion for the African continent, its endless possibilities and its diverse range of people and cultures. >
Moeketsi "Mokay" Lebakeng

Illustrator • Web Designer

Moeketsi "Mokay" Lebakeng celebrates woman and Africa with digital development and illustration. >
Monde Mabaso

Graphic Designer • Illustrator

Monde Mabaso is a Johannesburg-based illustrator and a Design Indaba 2016 Emerging Creative. >
Philisa Zibi

Jewellery Designer

Philisa Zibi is the founder and artist behind MA ART Jewellery, a geometric jewellery brand from Sophiatown. >
Phendu Kuta

Publisher • Writer

Unlabelled magazine strives to showcase authentic South African street fashion and style in a hip, edgy way by drawing inspiration from 'Jozi' street culture. >
Fiona Mpungu

Academic

Despite academic roots, Fiona Mpungu is a fabric and textile enthusiast who specialises in creating interior decoration products. >
Li Edelkoort back in South Africa for Design Indaba 2016

Li Edelkoort will be in both Cape Town and Johannesburg this year to deliver her 2016 Seminars, "The Emancipation of Everything" and "Turning in Circles". >
Thomas Chapman

Architect

Thomas Chapman is the founder of Local Studio – an architecture firm that creates public buildings and urban design schemes that promote social development. >
How getting out of your comfort zone can cure creative block

Two South African creatives – inspired by a Design Indaba Conference Talk – quit their jobs, sold their belongings and hit the road >
Syrupy blue and pink visuals accompany an electronic African sound

South African DJ and “kwaaiwave” producer, Maramza and vocalist, Moonchild pair their dreamy track “Inkwenkwezi” with even dreamier visuals. >
How Far From Home

Art Director • Creative Director • Photographer

Two creatives. One wanderlist. Zero reasons to stay at home. >
MBOISA: Peas, wasabi and asparagus like they’ve never been prepared before

Candice Philip’s Pea Wasabi Mousse is the result of a creative eye and a refined palate. >
MBOISA: Beauty is in art's ability to move, says Haroon Gunn-Salie

Haroon Gunn-Salie's exhibition has the distinctive ability to influence the viewer, says nominator Aaron Kohn. >
Learning from Main Reef Road: Un-drawing and re-drawing the city into being

A design studio at the Johannesburg Graduate School of Architecture investigates infrastructure in the city through a process of drawing intuitively. >
Li Edelkoort Design & Lifestyle Forecast Seminar 2016

Other Events • Workshops & Seminars

For her 2016 trend forecast of the upcoming Spring/Summer 2017 season, Li Edelkoort presents a two-part seminar in Cape Town and Johannesburg. >
Aaron Kohn

Curator

Aaron Kohn is the founding director of the Museum of African Design (MOAD) in Johannesburg, South Africa. >
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. >

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