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Sandra Aikaruwa Mushi

Professional Interior Designer

andra Aikaruwa Mushi is a qualified Sandra has been an accredited member
and registered interior designer. She of The African Institute of Interior Design
Sis the founder of Creative Studios, Professions (IID) since 2016, an attestation
a boutique interior design and project of her competence, commitment,
management studio based in Dar es knowledge and professionalism. She has
Salaam. been serving on the IID Committee since
A Cape Peninsula University of 2020, an honour that continues to provide
Technology graduate in interior design, humbling opportunities to give back.
Sandra has over 15 years’ experience Serving on this platform has not only
that include interning with The Design proved instrumental in Sandra’s growth
Company and working as a trainee as an interior designer, but also benefits
furniture designer at Ergoform, both in others through her active contributions
Cape Town, and working as an apprentice in important conversations and the
architect at MD Consultancy Architects initiating of positive change.
in Dar es Salaam. Sandra is passionate about the girl
A firm believer that spaces truly work child as she recognizes her high level of
when balance is created through contrast, vulnerability. She strongly believes that
Sandra insists that a space should tell a the education and empowerment of the
story about the people who inhabit them. girl child are strong engines that can be
While heading Creative Studios, employed to drive positive change, for the
Sandra has been blessed to work with betterment of our societies. book, “Stains On My Khanga,” (Hadithi
some of the most discerning clients on Sandra is also the acclaimed author of Media - SA, 2014), is a collection of short
a wide range of projects that include “The Rhythmn Of My Rhyme,” (Andika stories and poems, centered around the
residential refurbishments, new-builds Afrika - Tanzania, 2008), a collection of many and diverse challenges women face,
and commercial fit-outs. self-discovery poems. Sandra’s second every day.

Corne Du Toit

Interior Design Educator

orne Du Toit is the Head of the a passion to engage in forming the lives
Interior Design Department and minds of a future generation of
C& Lecturer at Potchefstroom prosperous creative thinkers.
Academy. Looking back twenty- Corne leads the interior design
something years and reflecting on the department at Potchefstroom Academy,
dawn of her métier at what is now an accredited tertiary education institute
Tshwane University of Technology, that is celebrating its 40th anniversary.
Corne considers the four years she spent Interior decorating became part of the
immersed in the complex ecosystem Academy’s education offering in 2002
of structural design and art to be the and has since developed to include a
foundation of a compelling career rooted 3-year Diploma in Interior Design and
in edification: the moral or intellectual Correspondence Decorating Higher
instruction or improvement of someone. Certificate.
After many years in the industry, Corne’s membership in the only
involved with various areas of interest, profession body for Interior Design in
Corne still had the yearning for personal South Africa and her involvement in the
edification and managed to find her way management committee has afforded
back into the education system. Teaching, her the opportunity to participate in
to her, is not just a good way to spend networking and professional development
time from 8 to 5 on weekdays, but rather prospects. It also allows her to engage in a

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