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Multipurpose Handmade Shelf Thebe Magugu Debut Collaboration

The search for South Africa’s next generation of

creative sensations is back

Applications to participate in the Design Indaba Emerging

Creatives Class of 2023 are now open!

re you ready to take your creative illustrators, furniture designers, jewellers, multidisciplinary artist Atang Tshikare,
pursuits to the next level? graphic designers, filmmakers and multi- among many others.
AThe Design Indaba Emerging disciplinary mavericks from across South The Design Indaba Emerging Creatives
Creatives programme, which aims to Africa will be selected for the 2023 intake. programme is made possible with
unearth fresh talent across a multitude The Class of 2023 will be featured on the funding support from the Department
of creative sectors, is once again issuing powerful designindaba.com platform and of Sport, Arts and Culture and Design
a Call for Entry for this prestigious receive a year of prolonged national and Indaba. Says Design Indaba founder Ravi
annual talent search. A group of 20 international media exposure including Naidoo: “Heading into the 18th year of
young architects, fashion designers, online video, web articles and social this programme, we’ve had the privilege
media posts. The career-accelerating of seeing numerous stellar talents emerge
support programme also provides the next and shine ever more brightly over the
Mr Price Home Ditiro Mashigo generation of designers with educational years as their careers develop. We’re
opportunities and mentorship. Successful extremely proud to have been part of this
entrants gain access to an unparalleled process to catalyse the advancement of
wealth of information from mentors and creative individuals within the broader
industry exposure. industry here in South Africa and we’re
This longstanding and much-lauded grateful to our partners for helping to
programme was founded in 2005, make this possible.”
and has helped launch celebrated and Are you - or someone you know - the
vibrant young designers such as LVMH country’s next design star? Apply to
prize-winning fashion designer Thebe become part of Design Indaba’s Emerging
Magugu, who has recently collaborated Creative Class of 2023. dw
with Adidas; furniture designer and Submissions close on 30 November 2022.
owner of TheUrbanative Mpho Vackier,
who won the Stewardship award at 100% www.designindaba.com/articles/
Design South Africa 2022; globally- creative-work/search-south-
known ceramicist Andile Dyalvane; africa%E2%80%99s-next-generation-
maverick milliner Crystal Birch; and creative-sensations-back

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