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TRADE WINDS

these events, you'll have the opportunity
to witness their brilliance first-hand and
be inspired by their trailblazing work.

Interior designers
Exhibiting at Decorex Joburg,
Tshegofatso Mochubi is the owner and
designer behind Fatso Interiors, an
emerging quality-oriented interior decor
brand inspired by Mochubi’s combined
love of fashion and art.
Bespoke home designer Kristin
Hulda will be at 100% Design Africa to
demonstrate how you can transform your
space by adding custom design elements
that inspire and feed your soul, while
Distinguished Living, an interior design
brand headed up by Boitsheko Ganyane,
will be creating a ‘Room Set’ that shows
off her creative prowess.

The matri-architects
Led by Khensani de Klerk and Solange Solange Mbanefo
Mbanefo, Matri-Archi(tecture) is an
association based between Switzerland
and South Africa that aims to bring African
women together for the development of Hannerie Visser from Studio H
spatial education in African cities.
Learn more about this constellation
of architects, artists, planners, scholars
and thinkers, and their work on the
development of the future of the African
built environment, at their dedicated
stand at 100% Design Africa.

Award-winning product design
A veritable doyenne of local design,
Ronel Jordaan is a multiple-award-
winning textile designer. Her hand-felted
decor pieces and accessories, produced
as part of a job-creation project she runs,
are exported all over the world. You’ll find
them, and her, at 100% Design Africa.

The hot young designer
Exhibiting as part of the Clout/SA
stand at 100% Design Africa is promising
newcomer Nindya Bucktowar, one
half of Durban-based bespoke ceramic
studio Kalki Ceramics. In October 2022,
she and her partner Nikhil Tricam were
announced as the winners of the annual
Nando’s Hot Young Designer Talent
Search for their ‘Cactus’ server.
The winning piece, which will be
displayed at the show, turned to South
African flora and desert landscapes for
inspiration: ‘The colours that we develop
at Kalki Ceramics are often inspired by
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