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A woven story
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2022 Design Indaba Emerging Creative Leila Walter used a life-changing experience in India as inspiration for her own weaving studio.
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3 Oct 22
London Calling
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The 20th edition of the London Design Festival took place across 12 design districts in the city.
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3 Oct 22
Dokter’s orders
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Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary product-design company Dokter and Misses’ latest collection is functional art.
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9 Sep 22
The search for South Africa’s next generation of creative sensations is back!
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Applications to participate in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives Class of 2023 are now open!
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7 Sep 22
Less is more
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Johannesburg-based illustrator and one of Design Indaba’s Emerging Creatives for 2022, Naomi Zwane believes that portraits have power.
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6 Sep 22
Food is medicine
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Craft
New York-based artist Chiizii’s ‘Nni Bu Ogwu’ archival collection examines pre- and post-colonial Igbo dietary practices.
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5 Sep 22
Most Valuable Player
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Adidas collaborated with South African luxury fashion designer and LVMH prize winner Thebe Magugu to create a multi-use sports collection
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28 Aug 22
Ready-to-wear
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The style of South African women in the 80s and 90s is what influences this Design Indaba Emerging Creative’s fashion designs
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28 Aug 22
Pen to paper
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Literature is one of the best ways to connect to each other and ourselves, says this Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022
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23 Aug 22
Groundwork
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Madikwe-based lodge Molori Safari collaborated with South African artists to turn their masterpieces into designer rugs
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23 Aug 22
Awarding the future
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The ANNA Award announced Lerato Nkosi as their inaugural prizewinner on 10 August 2022
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23 Aug 22
Hollywood calling
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This Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 is a content creator and fitness influencer with a penchant for filmmaking
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16 Aug 22
Star quality
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Siviwe Jali, one of the Design Indaba Emerging Creative mentees from 2014, recently won the Best New Talent award at Decorex Cape Town 2022
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16 Aug 22
En vogue
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Design Indaba Emerging Creative Tshepiso Lekganyane has found her passion at the intersection of fashion and art
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10 Aug 22
Alter ego
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Thandiwe Msebenzi’s Radical Makazi Instagram series will be exhibited at Blank Spaces in Woodstock, Cape Town
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10 Aug 22
Master of arts
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Design Indaba Emerging Creative for 2022 Sizani Baloyi already has impressive industry notches in his belt
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1 Aug 22
Creative powerhouse
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Lauren Gericke thrives on creative problem-solving and efficient design
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26 Jul 22
Mother of mankind
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MaXhosa Africa presents a new collection inspired by the late rapper and ‘muse’ Riky Rick
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18 Jul 22
Style and substance
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Styling and production are a form of communication for Katlego Magano
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18 Jul 22
Portraits in plastic
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Established artist Mbongeni Buthelezi has exhibited widely in South Africa and abroad
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10 Jul 22
All the feels
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Fernado’s high-end fashion brand taps into the emotional connection we have to fashion items
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10 Jul 22
Dreams in 3D
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Lumka Jordan designs interiors that are enhanced by her own homewares and fragrances.
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3 Jul 22
It takes a village
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Intrepid designer Lani Adeoye is inspired by the organic rhythms of the traditional society, adapting them for modern audiences
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29 Jun 22
Subverting narratives
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Siyabonga Mtshali designs Gqom luxury apparel for the black queer body
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29 Jun 22
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