(work) +27 21 797 7352
(fax) +27 21 797 7352
jennifer@africafair.com
www.africafair.com

Africa Fair presents the best of today's Afro-inspired fashion accessories. Africa Fair's first contemporary accessory collection was launched in New York in November 2002. The company is now based in Cape Town, New York and Paris.

Afro Divas by Hip Hop
Address:
39 Roeland Street
Cape Town
8000

(work) +27 21 467 75 11
(fax) +27 21 467 3522
cheryl_hiphop@intekom.co.za

Hip Hop Clothing is driven by Cheryl Arthur and Kathy Page Wood and is one of the leading designer brands in South Africa. Its product range encompasses resort- and daywear, eveningwear, couture and funky bespoke occasionwear.

Hip Hop has now created the Afro Diva collection in collaboration with a group of township women, Vukani Bafazi! The collection features hand-printed and hand-coloured designs in acid colours accenting a wild blend of couture and street-wear.

Afro Magazine
Address:
3rd Floor
151 Bree Street
Cape Town
South Africa
8001

(work) +27 21 426 2079
(fax) +27 21 422 4786
peet@9november.co.za

Afro is a pan-African magazine about Africa by Africans for Africans. To show we're more than AIDS, droughts and war. It showcases the continent's design, music and vibrant new writing.

Amanda Laird Cherrie
Address:
18 D Ivy Road
Stamford Hill
Durban
4000

(work) +27 31 312 2575
(mobile) 082 558 3182
cherrys@dbn.lia.net

Afro-chic men and ladieswear.

Barry and Bester
Address:
(work) +27 11 646 1546
(fax) +27 11 675 7610
(Mobile) 083 675 7610
www.barrybester.com

Live with discomfort, hold an unwavering line, and make more than a little difference. Barry and Bester specialises in independent collaborations across Culture and Media. These include projects in advertising, broadcast and entertainment media, museums and publishing.

The Bat Shop-Zenzulu tm
Address:
The Bat Shop
45 Maritime Place
Small Craft Harbour
Durban
4001

(work) +27 31 332 9951
(fax) +27 31 368 5062
batcraft@mweb.co.za

The innovative zenzulu tm range of telephone-wire home accessories and decorative accents fuses traditional techniques with contemporary design. All products are handcrafted in KwaZulu Natal, eco-friendly and fairly traded ensuring sustainable community development. 2002 winner of the Elle Decoration International Design Award in the table top category.

Bell-Roberts Publishing
Address:
199 Loop Street
Cape Town
8000

(work) +27 21 422 1100
(fax) +27 21 423 3135
suzette@bell-roberts.com
www.bell-roberts.com

Publishing, design, production and printing. Gallery and bookshop.

Bitter Komix
Address:
8 Lyton Street
Observatory
7925

(work) +27 21 448 0178
(fax)+27 21 448 0178
conradbotes@absamail.co.za

Cult South African comic.

Black Coffee
Address:
Design District
Cnr Keyes & Tyrwhitt
Rosebank
2196

(work) +27 11 327 2755
(fax) +27 11 327 2756
(Mobile) 082 868 1335
info@blackcoffee.co.za
www.blackcoffee.co.za

Black Coffee develops with time, it embraces life, but shows its mediocrity. Its luxurious but unafraid of striking back. Black Coffee is you, but it's not necessarily for you. It demands attention while remaining undirected. Interested and interesting. It plays the insider. Rules the airwaves, wins awards and never raises its voice higher than necessary. Black Coffee will make you feel. Black Coffee ready to wear and couture.

Bloom
Address:
9 Brookwood
Hyde Close
Hyde Park
2196

(mobile) 082 625 0311
kelbloom@aol.com
www.worldofbloom.com

Handbags, Homewares and Jewels

Bronze Age Sculpture House
Address:
King Georges Way
Simons Town

(work) + 27 21 786 1816
(fax) +27 21 438 7121
mwbronze@mweb.co.za

The Bronze Age Sculpture House, Foundry, Sculpture Garden and artist's residency is dedicated to the creation and display of Bronze Sculptures. Bronze Age represent and cast for over 70 eminent South African artists. The gallery displays the largest selection of bronze sculptures in Africa in an exquisite historic setting. The artist's residence, housed in one of South Africa's oldest country cottages, draws artists from all over the world, who create in their own private studio overlooking the yacht club.

Cape Craft & Design Institute
Address:
Room 2.413 Admin Building
Cape Technikon
Keisergracht
District Six
Cape Town
8001

(work) +27 21 460 3982
(fax) +27 21 460 3553
naidoom@ctech.ac.za
ccdi@ctech.ac.za
www.capecraftdesign.org.za

The Cape Craft and Design Institute liaises with many talented Western Cape handcrafters, facilitating product, business and market development. The crafters produce homeware and décor items, jewellery and fashion accessories, novelties and traditional art.

Carroll Boyes, MonkeyBiz Bead Project, Barbara Jackson Ceramics, Philippa Green Situ Jewelery
Address:
43 Rose Street
Bo Kaap
Cape Town
8001

(work) + 27 21 424 8263/4
(fax) + 27 21 424 8265
monkeybiz@iafrica.com
www.monkeybiz.co.za
www.barbarajackson.co.za
www.carrrolboyes.co.za

Carrol Boyes Functional Art
Carrol Boyes transforms the mundane into the extraordinary. Pewter, stainless steel and aluminium find new expressions in a fusion of function and fantasy where everyday objects are conduits for fluid female figures, mythical fish and funky African pastiche. The collection can be found throughout Southern Africa and in Dubai, London and New York.

Barbara Jackson
Barbara's pots are inspired by nature and feminism. They reflect the diversity of South African culture and can be recognized worldwide for their distinctive vibrancy, passionate shapes and dynamic colour. Barbara's award-winning work is exhibited in public and private collections internationally. She strives to portray the strength and optimism of 21st Century South Africa.
Monkey - our story
Ceramic artists Barbara Jackson and Shirley Fintz, collectors of African beadwork and art, have facilitated a revival of an ancient African tradition in Southern Africa. Together with Mataphelo Ngaka, they realised their dream of creating employment and empowerment for disadvantaged women in Cape Town has led to the creation of 'MONKEYBIZ'. The beadworks are creating a sensation wherever they appear locally and abroad.

Philippa Green
Philippa Green is a jeweller working with less traditional materials like plastic, glass, cotton, wood and semi-precious stones. She combines them all in a simple manner to emphasise each material's uniqueness. Philippa draws on her surroundings for inspiration - the street, people, music, South Africa's colourful flavour. She is currently working on a new range using diamonds and resin.

Cécile and Boyd Designs
Address:
132 Waterkant Street
De Waterkant
Cape Town
8001

(work) +27 21 425 5110
(fax) +27 21 425 5112
design@cecilandboyd.co.za

Interior Architecture and Design.

Christiaan Gabriel du Toit
Address:
Clarence House
32 Clarens Road
Fresnaye
Cape Town
8005

(work) +27 21 434 3643
(fax) +27 21 434 3643
cgdt@telkomsa.net

Growing up in a family full of woman was the perfect foundation for Christiaan's love of fashion and understanding of the female form. An outfit from Christiaan is what couture is all about: passion, humour, quality, integrity, style, beauty and you.

Colleen Eitzen
Address:
Durban Design Emporium
77 Musgrave Road
Berea
Durban
4000

(work) +27 21 031 783 4113
(fax) +27 21 031 783 4136
(mobile) 082 807 2819
roake@ion.co.za

Designer of quality womenswear.

Craig Native
Address:
Office 112
Rheede Street Mall
Gardens
Cape Town
8018

(mobile) 072 777 3731/ 082 538 1861
native@webmail.co.za
www.craignative.com

Native is a streetwear brand inspired by the ugly, unnoticed but real South African citizen. With a Robin Hood-like drive, Native aims to expose and review the underdog. Native's inspired by garbage collectors, housekeepers and the effervescent beggar on the roadside and praises the true survivors.

Darkie
Address:
15 Kloof Avenue
Tamboerskloof
Cape Town
8001

(mobile) 083 540 0957
darkie@ananzi.co.za

Collected vintage, being recycled to form future trends.

Department of Arts & Culture
Address:
Oranje Nassau Building
188 Schoeman Street
Pretoria
0001

(work) +27 12 337 8365
(fax) +27 12 337 8539
www.dac.gov.za

DT Designs T/A Design Team
Address:
Building 25
Hillview Arts Campus
C/o Du Toit & Dr Savage Extension
Pretoria
0001

(fax) +27 12 318 6015
(mobile) 082 371 9135
lisebutler@lantic.net

DT designs offer customised design and product range development services. Our range of accessories combines innovative design with quality manufacturing, creating unique hand-printed products for the trend-setting individual.
Design Workshop Architects
Address:
86 Rosetta Road
Durban
4001

(work) +27 31 303 5191
(fax) +27 31 303 5198
admin@designworkshop.co.za

Design Workshop is an architectural practice that is defined by the quality and relevance of its conceptual design, production and final resolution. Design Workshop is also defined by the ability to interpret a client brief and provide accurate value adding response.

Egg Designs
Address:
222 Ninth Avenue
Morningside
Durban
Kwa Zulu Natal
4001

(work) +27 31 313 8200
(fax) +27 31 303 4460
roche@eggandmilk.co.za
www.eggandmilk.co.za

Commercial Interiors and product design practice producing highly original work. The practice continually endeavors to challenge traditional pre-conceptions of space and form, while demonstrating functionality and without the need to compromise on contemporary ideologies.

The members are united by approach, aesthetics, design personality and a vision to offer a holistic design service.

No formula of design style is adhered to; all projects are approached with a common contemporary design vision. The contemporary influences are derived from continual international travel and visits to international design fairs, which always give a fresh source of reference. This allows the practice to advise clients on world trends relating to fashion, interiors, food, textures, packaging and marketing.

Elle Decoration Magazine
Address:
2nd Floor
35 Wale Street
Cape Town
8001

(work) +27 21 488 1700
(fax) +27 21 488 1929
kerryndp@jpl.co.za

The Elle Decoration International Design Awards seek to recognise those established designers that have made invaluable contributions to the local design industry. Selected by the Elle Decoration team, local winners are automatically shortlisted for the international award in their category. A commitment to creating a platform for South African design on both a local and international level has made EDIDA an enormous success.

Felt 4U/ CSIR
Address:
CSIR
Building 23
Meiring Naude Drive
Pretoria

(work) +27 12 841 2549
(fax) +27 12 841 3990
cmgangira@csir.co.za
www.csir.co.za

'Fashionable Felted Feelings from the Free State'

Products and stand conceptualized and prototyped by the CSIR's Cultural Crafts Industries Design Unit (CCIDU) for Tshwarisanang Mafumahadi Project, Phuthaditjhaba, Qwa Qwa, a community project sponsord by the Department of Arts and Culture.

Gavin Rajah Atelier
Address:
302 The Studios
112 Buitengracht Street
Cape Town
8001

(work) +27 21 424 7842
(fax) + 27 21 424 6482
www.gavinrajah.com

Gavin Rajah remains one of South Africa's foremost international fashion designers. Interested in colours, workmanship, the progressive integration of traditional cultural skills and innovative direction, his work has a passionate following locally and abroad. Fine fabrics and craftsmanship makes this South Africa's exemplary fashion ambassador. This year the house will launch their new men's range together with a Cruise Collection in collaboration with Rajah's muse Gretha Scholtz.

Haldane Martin - Design Life
Address:
Postnet Suite 107
Private Bag X16
Constantia
7848

(mobile) + 27 83 321 5992
(work) + 27 21 762 9120
(fax) + 27 21 761 9146
haldane@haldanemartin.co.za
www.haldanemartin.co.za

Award-winning designer of contemporary South African hospitality furniture.

Heath Nash
Address:
38 Braemar Road
Greenpoint
Cape Town
8005

(work) + 27 21 434 7185
(mobile) +27 82 403 6958
elavator3000@mweb.co.za
www.heathnash.com

After completing a degree in fine art, during which I ultimately explored sculptural space using card off-cuts and masking tape, I applied the skills I acquired making paper sculptures to more functional areas of design- primarily lighting as well as interesting packaging design.

Since graduating, I have not stopped learning through experimentation - I have been investigating glue less assembly mechanisms, designing custom lampshades, producing a range of giftware and light coverings, and finding new, more robust materials to work with, whilst learning about the processes of mass production. (I make cool things.)

Helon Melon
Address:
Old Castle Brewery
6 Beach Road
Woodstock

(work) + 27 21 448 1800
(fax) + 27 21 448 1809
helon@helonmelon.co.za
www.helonmelon.co.za

Helon Melon is a well-established Cape Town-based company manufacturing a range of exclusive bed linen, loungewear and soft furnishings. All products are locally produced and have quality hand work. Creating a Helon Melon lifestyle range of practical, classical finishers has resulted in the company being a popular choice for local and international markets.

Hewlett-Packard (Sponsor)
Address:
12 Autumn Road
Rivonia
Gauteng

(work) + 27 11 785 1000
(fax) + 27 11 785 1353
www.hp.com

Hewlett-Packard is placing increased focus on innovative product design. HP has a core group of industrial designers and design managers - less than 100 companywide. The groups hire commercial design firms to supplement their efforts and bring additional expertise and experience to the industrial design community. They also use a good deal of research, include surveys, focus groups and other customer-preference measurement, monitor trends and consumer buying trends.

House and Leisure Magazine
Address:
21 St Johns Street
Cape Town
8000

(work) +27 21 464 6237
(fax) +27 21 461 2521

Inspiring and design-forward, House and Leisure features gorgeous interiors, great food and gardens, innovative architecture, exciting decorating ideas and a round-up of the world's best creative talent. The magazine always reflects local trends while also keeping readers up-to date on global directions. Recently voted Best Entertainment and Leisure Magazine and Best Design and Décor Magazine at the Sappi/Pica awards, House and Leisure celebrates all aspects of contemporary, stylish living in SA.

Ingrids Glass
Address:
12 Helderberg Road
Somerset West
7130

(work) + 27 21 851 6166
(fax) + 27 21 851 6166
ingrideh@iafrica.com
www.ingridsglass.co.za

Personally designed and fabricated work emphasizing individuality, not mass production. Designs showcase characteristics unique to glass, such as reflecting and refracting light and colours. The combination of dichroic, iridized, opaque and translucent glass create fascinating light patterns. The distinctive and complex images formed in my kiln are best described as fused glass paintings or "vitreous mosaics"

Inini Glass
Address:
Po Box Box 111
Aggeneys
8893

(work) 082 871 0179
(fax) + 27 54 983 2096
njerman@lantic.net
www.ininiglass.co.za

iNini Glass specialises in kiln fired glassware. We manufacture a variety of plates and bowls in all shape, sizes and designs. Chunky glass beads and strips are hand-made and strung into jewellery pieces, lampshades and chandeliers stainless. Stainless steel has been incorporated to make wall- attached lights. Salad servers, T-spoons, tiles, coasters and wall hangings are all made from glass.

Designs range from fresh modern designs and contemporary bright colours to classic crushed glass pieces and soft looking lustre's. Most of the designs can be applied to any shape or size.

Winner of House & Leisure's 'Bright Young Thing' award 2001

Jenny Gifford Studio
Address:
Room 6, 2nd Floor
Hyde Square
Jan Smuts Avenue
Hyde Park

(work) +27 11 325 2755
(fax) +27 11 325 2755
jennyg@wol.co.za

Hand-made fabric house.

Jenny le Roux for Habits
Address:
1 Cavendish Close
Cavendish Street
Claremont
7708

(work) + 27 21 671 7330
(fax) + 27 21 671 5201
info@habits.co.za
www.habits.co.za

Habits started 18 years ago when Jenny le Roux saw a huge gap in the market between chain store and couture and filled it.

Multiple winner of the SA Fashion Award, Best Brand Award for 2001, SABC Lifetime Achievement Award.

Katherine Glenday
Address
!3 Gatesville
Kalkbay
7975

(work) +27 21 788 8994
glenday@telkomsa.net

Katherine Glenday is an established artist who has worked with porcelain for twenty years. Her award-winning is found in all major South African public collections.

Her vessels are one of a kind and fulfil a contemplative function in an environment. She concentrates on the qualities of translucency and fragility, which are central to her medium, making vessels that capture light. Her source of reference is most often the natural world. Her work is thrown on the wheel or slip cast, and her production is small and exclusive.

Kaya - Loft Design
(work) +27 11 442 0180
(fax) +27 11 442 0189
mullerie@saloftsonline.co.za
www.saloftsonline.co.za

The Kaya range for Loft Design is mainly soft furnishings and bed linen. Kaya is an upliftment project employing previously disadvantaged women in the Johannesburg CBD and in the Cullinan/ Refilwe district. The range is designed by Lientjie Wessels. Her designs have won the coveted Elle Decoration International Designs Award.

Kirkosh
Address:
210 Eton Place
Kernick Ave
Melrose
Jhb

(work) +27 11 788 0643
(fax) +27 11 788 0634
andrea@kirkosh.com
www.kirkosh.com

Kirkosh focuses on a range of accessories designed by Andrea Beukes.
Perspex, with a few combinations in wood following basic design principles of cube, ball and prism keep timeless Jewellery tends to have an African flavour with it simplicity, versatility and multi-functionality. All pieces are handmade and although uniform, maintain a handmade quality. 'Kirkosh' represents the coming together of opposites.

Life
Address:
Shop U 104 Upper Level
Sandton Square
Johannesburg

(work) + 27 11 783 5965
(fax) + 27 11 884 2878
e-life@mweb.co.za/a>

(work) +27 21 423 1200
(fax) +27 21 422 5974
lessismore@lim.co.za

Retail store specialising in custom designed furniture and homeware, also offering an interior design and decorating service. Style is clean, simple and functional. Emphasis is placed on South African raw materials and manufacturing. LIM is an axiom for Less is More.

Lunar
Address:
44 Stanley Avenue
Milpark
Jhb
2092

(work) +27 11 726 5558
(fax) +27 11 726 5559
lunarclothing@mweb.co.za

Lunar was created by fashion designer Karen Termorshuizen whose background in Bridal Couture enabled a natural progression into contemporary mens and ladies wear. Karen draws inspiration from nature and often recreates organic forms and textures. All the elements of research, design, manufacture and distribution take place at the lunar head office in Johannesburg, South Africa. Lunar has recently launched a lifestyle outlet, which showcases the brands vision.

Malcolm Kluk
Address
2nd Floor 8 Dixon Street
Green Point
8001

(work) +27 021 419 9840
(fax) +27 21 419 9840
(mobile) 083 265 8806
malcolm@kluk.co.za

Mila Company
Address:
Observatory Industrial Park
Lower Scott Road
Observatory
7925

(work) + 27 21 447 4410
(fax) + 27 21 447 8329
milacompany@telkomsa.net

Apart from making fake sculptures, fake food and practically anything fake, for the film industry in Cape Town, Mila Co. have started designing and making geometric rugs from patched pieces of brightly dyed cowhide during quiet spells. The demands of making props have exposed them to a wide variety of manufacturing processes and techniques, which they now explore further in making homewares. Their design process is a group effort, drawing on a spectrum of skills and talents.

MMA Architects
Address:
29 Stanley Street
2nd Floor
Foreshore
Cape Town
8001

(work) +27 21 419 0603
(fax) +27 21 419 0605
mmaekapa@iafrica.com

Architectural services and project consultancy of urban design. Interior Design. We Believe in Architectural Design Excellence.

Nucleus Design
Address:
31 Newlands Avenue
Newlands
Cape Town
7725
(work) + 27 21 686 5880
(fax) + 27 21 686 4566
(mobile) 082 923 8293
info@nucleusdesign.co.za
www.nucleusdesign.co.za

Nucleus Design is a product design company, focussing on the design of displays, point of sale, exhibition stands and systems. The company's focus stretches further into the design and self- production of indoor and outdoor furniture and lighting products.

OKHA Interiors
Address:
186 Loop Street
West City
Cape Town
8001

(work) +27 21 424 9706
(fax) +27 21 424 9709
www.okha.co.za

Interior and retail showroom specialising in custom designed, high contemporary furniture and accessories.

Orange Juice Design
Address:
461 Berea Road
Durban
4001
South Africa

(work) +27 31 277 1860
(fax) +27 31 277 1870
garth@oj.co.za
www.i-jusi.com

i-jusi (roughly translated as "juice" in Zulu) is an experimental graphic design magazine published twice a year by Orange Juice Design in Durban. i-jusi aims to encourage and promote South African graphic design to interested creatives worldwide. The i-jusi initiative is part of OJ's commitment to developing a design language rooted in our own African experience. Designers, design students, illustrators, photographers and writers are encouraged to create in total freedom and to explore their personal views on life in a free and democratic South Africa. Increasingly, i-jusi provides a platform for local and international creatives - from diverse backgrounds - to collaborate in exchanging cultures, ideas and imagery.

Pepper Plum Designs
Address:
42b Village Square
Marine Drive
Hermanus

(work) +27 28 313 1223
(fax) +27 28 313 1223
pepperplum@mweb.co.za
www.pepperplum.co.za

Design and manufacturing of poly propyle products: For décor, interior, fashion, stationery and corporate gifts.

The Potters Shop & Studio
Address:
6 Rouxville Road
Kalk Bay
Cape Town
7975

(work) +27 21 788 7030
(fax) +27 21 788 8737
silverston@gem.co.za

The Potter's Shop and studio consists of seven African artists, working individually in the studio, painting under glaze on slip cast functional ceramics.

Majolandile Dylvane was selected in 2001 to go to Denmark, and then offered a scholarship to Port Elizabeth Technikon. He has just completed the degree, and is now making individual pieces based on African meat platters and milk jugs.

Queenbead
Address:
27 Firmount Road
Sea Point
Cape Town
8005

(mobile) + 27 82 771 2363
(fax) + 27 21 434 2396
lorins@telkomsa.net
www.southafricanbeadwork.com

Queenbead is an informal group of 19 beaders including men based in the surrounds of Cape Town. We produce beaded "Art pieces" and "Loveletter Pins" in a range of Contemporary designs inspired by Sotho, Tsonga, Zulu and Xhosa cultures of South Africa. The members of QUEENBEAD have been empowered by this project as most are sole breadwinners. Their dedication and skilled craftsmanship inspires hope.

Quivertree Publications
Address:
15 Clare Street
Gardens
Cape Town
8001

(work) +27 21 461 6808
(fax) +27 21 461 6842
info@quivertree.co.za
www.quivertree.co.za

A young publishing company who aim to reach a local and international audience, producing quality indigenous books show casing South African talent and culture.

Rosenwerth
Address:
1 Kildare Centre
Newlands
Cape Town
(Shop) +27 21 674 2910
(Studio) +27 21 683 5845
info@elzbietarosenwerth.co.za

Rosenwerth is one of the most acclaimed names in South African fashion and has been operating since the early 1960's. Synonymous with style, Rosenwerth offers a rare choice of ready-to-wear couture. Having won numerous accolades, including the J&B Rare Designers Award and the much sought-after Fair Lady Catherine Award, Rosenwerth remains at the forefront of today's fashion. With Gabi at the helm, the family tradition continues with its tribute to femininity, superior cut, unmistakable individuality and elegant chic.

Sandra Steyn - Suzani
Address:
18 In Full Flight
Site 493
Mooikloof
Pretoria
0059

(work) +27 12 996 0427
(fax) +27 21 996 0427
sales@suzani.co.za
www.suzani.co.za

Exclusively designed soft furnishing incorporating hand embroidered, hand made, hand beaded, antique collectable textile pieces.

Silvio Rech, Lesley Carstens, Architecture & Interior Architecture
Address:
32 B Pallinghurst Road
Westcliff
Johannesburg

(work) +27 11 486 1525
(fax) +27 11 486 1525
(mobile) 082 900 9935
adventarch@mweb.co.za

Silvio Rech has spent the last 10 years developing a 'haute-couture handcrafted' body of work in Africa. The design philosophy has been to live on site in exotic locations, doing one project at a time and developing a total design, creating a new language of architecture and a life-style particular to each situation. Most of the work has included an element of transfer of skill to the local communities from a core team of builders gathered from all over Africa.

Recent works have included Makalali Game Lodge, Mpumalanga, 1996; Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Tanzania, 1997; Joa & Mombo Camps, Okavango Delta, Botswana, 1999, and the recently completed North Island in the Seychelles. All of these boutique lodges deal very closely with eco-issues, and have placed themselves firmly in the eco-tourism market.

Winner of the following international travel awards:
Tatler Travel Award -"Most innovative hotel of the year 1997"- Makalali
Tatler Travel Award -"Best New Sensation 2004"- 2004 North Island, Seychelles
Sunday Times, London Travel Award 2004 for style.
BBC Travel - "No 1 Eco - Tourism hotspot" North Island
Top 10 Africa Hotlists - Conde Nast Travel and Travel & Leisure - Mombo and Ngorongoro Crater Lodge.

Sound Space Design Architecture & Urban Design
Address:
4th Floor Earlgo Building
Cnr Kloof Street & Park Road
Gardens
Cape Town
8018

(work) + 27 21 424 8487
(fax) + 27 21 424 8367
don@swi-m.com

Sound Space Design is an internationally acclaimed conceptual design consultancy specialising in progressive urban design and architecture. Based in Cape Town, the award-winning firm was founded in 1995 by UCLA masters graduate
Don Albert, and has recently completed the Millennium Tower, and the higher performance centre at the University of Pretoria. Positioned at the forefront of technologies that have enabled multi-disciplinary collaboration, sound, space, design enables exemplary design solutions on high profile projects.

SAPPI
Address:
48 Ameshoff Street
Braamfontein
2017

(work) +27 011 407 8111
(fax) +27 11 339 8022
madelaine.fourie@sappi.com
www.sappi.com

SAPPI Fine Paper is the leading producer of coated fine paper in North America, Europe and Africa. The company also produces a range of uncoated graphic, business paper, coated, uncoated speciality paper, and casting release paper.

Our customers include leading printers, advertisers, publishers and designers who communicate their messages on our broad range of innovative products.

Source Interior Brand Architects
Address:
2nd The Foundry
Cardiff Street
Green Point
Cape Town
8010

(work) +27 21 418 1929
(fax) +27 21 418 2109
andrew@sourceiba.co.za

The Source design initiative is a collaboration between local designers, artists and craft workshops. The initiative is a showcase to promote a unique and truly African design aesthetic. Source offers buyers and retailers the conduit to a vast and diverse pool of local design talent, with a view to creating bespoke ranges for individual clients/retailers. Individual products are not for sale.

Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects
Address:
5th Floor
186 Loop Street
Cape Town
8001

(work) +27 21 422 2406
(fax) +27 21 422 2408
info@stefanantoni.co.za
www.stefanantoni.co.za

Stefan Antoni Olmesdahl Truen Architects is an award-winning practice whose distinctive work is instantly recognisable. The partnership strives to promote a service marked by excellence both in their buildings and in addressing the needs of their clients, with their focus on high standards and elegance. Led by principal Stefan Antoni with partners Greg Truen and Philip Ohmesdahl, the practice continues to build up on experience and is well positioned to offer expert services to the residential, corporate and commercial marketplace.

Stoned Cherrie
Address:
Shop 18/19
Rosebank
2196

(work) +27 11 880 5687
(fax) +27 11 447 9629
scherrie@mweb.co.za

Stoned Cherrie is a local fashion brand established by Creative Director Nkhensani Manganyi. Nkhensani is one of the new voices from Africa - entrepreneur, television personality and award-winning actress. The brand is driven by a desire to create a homegrown super-brand that is an expression of Afro-Urban culture. S.A. Fashion Awards 2002 best ladie's wear category, Catherine/ Fair Lady Fashion Award for 2003.

Twig
Address:
(work) +27 12 362 3188
(fax) +27 12 362 3188
lientjie@saloftsonline.co.za

Twig sculptured urns and lighting are hand crafted and woven with poplar branches. Designed by Lientjie Wessels, Twig has been the recipient of the International Elle Decoration Design Awards in 2002. During 2003, Twig products were used in the new constitutional High Court, President Thabo Mbeki's bush retreat and in SAA's class lounges.

Transnet Foundation
Address:
150 Commissioner Street
Carlton Centre
Room 30
24th Floor
Johannesburg
2000

(work) +27 11 308 2488
(fax) +27 11 308 2573
queen.davhona@transet.net
www.transnet.co.za

Transnet Foundation's programme is driven by a desire to plough back into society for the purpose of social upliftment and to ensure that partnerships forged with the various organizations are sustainable and lead to community growth. The commitment to the 7th International Design Indaba reinforces Transnet Foundation's strategic intent to facilitate and nurture talent while grooming them for the industry. Considerable resources are spent on our focus areas, namely, education, health, arts and culture, entrepreneurship and development.

VISI
Address:
1st Floor
70 Prestwich Street
Green Point
Cape Town
8051

(work) + 27 21 417 1111
(fax) + 27 21 417 1122
www.visi.co.za

VISI - already South Africa's most beautiful décor and lifestyle magazine in Afrikaans- is now equally beautiful in English. The launch of an English version of VISI in April 2004 introduces this award-winning magazine to an even wider audience.

VISI readers are passionate about design, architecture and décor-and about Visi. There is good news for those who can barely wait till the next issue in 2004. Visi becomes seasonal-with each change of season, a new Visi will make a splash on the newsstand.

This means year- round inspiration for Visi readers, who'll be kept up to date on décor trends, bright ideas, clever products and the country's most beautiful homes.

Wireframe Studio
Address:
Unit 2, Tramber Place
Blake Street
Observatory
Cape Town
7705

(work) +27 21 448 9660
(fax) +27 21 447 7121
paul@wireframe.co.za
www.wireframe.co.za

Wireframe Studios is an independent multi-media and web design agency based in Cape Town. Founded in 1995, we have built a solid reputation for producing innovative an effective multi-media application for clients. Our work includes web development, cd-rom and dvd production, speaker support presentations, touch screen kiosks, animation and audio visual material.

Young Designer's Emporium
(work) +27 21 797 8002
(fax) +27 21 797 4547
designers@yde.co.za
www.yde.co.za

The Young Designers Emporium was established in 1995 by fashion retail visionary Paul Simon. YDE is a showcase for South African fashion design; only accepting locally designed and manufactured fashion and hosting scores of talented young fashion designers who had no other channel to sell their high fashion garments.

Featuring

Craig Port
(work) +27 21 465 0488
(fax) +27 21 465 0474
craig@maze.co.za
www.craigport.co.za

Modern yet classic menswear, using archetypal design elements and quality and cut as reference points. Its look is drawn from global trends, interpreted to be relevant to the Southern hemisphere.

Tracy B
(work) +27 21 762 6127
(fax) +27 21 762 6126
tracy@tracyb.co.za
www.tracyb.co.za

Swimwear and lingerie range specialising in sexy, modern swimwear using quality fabrics. Tracy B's swimwear and lingerie is aimed at the young, confident and outgoing woman, who is not afraid to be noticed.

Register 7
(work) +27 21 467 5317
+27 21 434 8401
(fax) +27 21 462 1702
+27 21 434 8401
register7@mweb.co.za

Men's street wear brand focusing on urban lifestyle trends, exclusive to YDE nation

DESIGN INDABA
EXPo FILM FEST
Curated by Encounters

Waiting for Valdez - 27 min
Dir: Dumisani Phakati
A look into a young boy's world, living with his granny in Eldorado Park, a so-called coloured area as defined under the rule of Apartheid in South Africa. Sharkey's life is driven by a burning ambition to see the latest movie coming to town "Valdez is Coming", but money is scarce. Along with some friends they pool together a few coins and two of them go off to see the movie, promising Sharkey and the rest that they will relate the story. Late at night around a fire the two kids tell the story of Valdez. Meanwhile Granny waits at home trying to fend off the ravages of ill health and old age. She shares a very special relationship with Sharkey, lovingly caring for her grandson, getting him to school, tucking him into bed, knitting and watching over him while his parents try to make a living on the other side of town. We have a glimpse into Sharkey's neighbourhood characters, his friends and tormentors at school, his life with his granny until she eventually succumbs to her illness and passes away.

Raya - 26 min
Dir: Zulfah Otto Sallies
Raya is a story of reconciliation across three generations of women. The film also examines the relationship between Cape Town's pious, respectable Muslim community, and its flip-side, a darker world of repression and gangsterism - a relationship often hidden behind a veil of silence.

The Black - 45min
Dir: Eddie Edwards
A whacky take on the geography of Apartheid in Cape Town. Using the Black River as both metaphor and embodiment of separation and displacement, Edwards constructs poetic tableaux of water and sound to convey how the city's musical traditions, often markers of ethnic identity, reinforce the ghettoisation of culture or serve to bring people together. Includes interviews, backstage banter and live concert footage of musicians ranging from kwaito stars and Brenda Fassie to right-wing Christian punk rockers. A beautifully shot, intelligent and compelling visual essay exploring the crosscurrents of history, culture and religion that gave rise to this fabulous city.

Husk - 11min
Dir : Jerry Handler
Set in a remote and desolate South African location, Husk tells the story of Lucy (Nicola Hanekom), a virtual prisoner to her drunken and useless father (Marcel van Heerden). Mounting debt threatens to leave them homeless until desperation drives them to plot the demise of the debt collector (Gerard Rudolf). Unexpected violence erupts and the situation gets out of hand - resulting in Lucy exacting a chilling revenge.

The Foreigner - 17min
Dir: Zola Maseko
'The Foreigner' is a 17-minute film about the relationship between an immigrant street vendor and a homeless child and is a chilling and gripping indictment of xenophobia. The story traces the relationship between the foreigner, Koffi (played by Ivorian musician Koffi Kouakou Gervais), and the little boy, Vusi (played by newcomer Bafana Matuta), that develops and grows despite the hostility and aggression directed at the foreigner amid the hustle and bustle of street trade.
Shot on location in Hillbrow, in the heart of a city deserted by white capital, and perceived to be the Sodom and Gamorrah of the new South Africa, the film deals with both the humanity of friendship, and the brutality of xenophobic hatred. With attacks on black foreigners have become increasingly deadly and brutal, xenophobia has moved into the media spotlight.
1st Prize in the Short Film Competition, Urban World Film Festival, New York. 2nd Prize, Milano African Film Festival.

Casa De La Musica - 52min
Dir: Jonathan de Vries
Capetonian jazz-musician, Robbie Jansen and historian Vincent Kolbe, travel to Cuba to explore the correlation of musical influences and styles between these two port cities that appear a world apart, and yet are similar in so many ways. In what is a whistle-stop tour, we meet and hear Jansen jam with the personalities and characters of Cuban music. We are introduced to the historical variety of influences - jazz, salsa, rap, and African syncopation - that pulsates through Cubans, even from a very young age. The vibrant beat that pervades the film and their travels makes the pair wonder what Cape Town and its music could have achieved had it had a different history.

The Portrait of a Young Man Drowning - 11min
Dir: Teboho Mahlatsi
The film explores the quest for redemption of a young man who has defended his community to the point of spilling blood. The peace that he fought for now evades him. Winner of the Silver Lion, Venice festival. Reel Black Award, Toronto International Film Festival.

The Great Dance - 78min
Dir : Craig and Damon Foster
The !Xo San of the central Kalahari have been a part of this vast desert landscape since ancient times. !Nqate is one of them. With his friends Karoha and Xlhoase, they hunt as their ancestors did. "We are San bushmen, sons and daughters of the first people," he explains. "We know hunting. This is what we were born to do."

Through their eyes we perceive a world invisible to outsiders. The subtlest signs are imperceptible to the untrained eye, but they are enough to lead !Nqate to his prey. Tracks in the sand are only the beginning - the skills of the San hunter are virtually a sixth sense, a complex bond between man and animal.

The ultimate expression of this relationship is the "chasing hunt" - a run to the death. This incredible feat of skill, tenacity and endurance is rarely practiced and has never before been filmed. We join Karoha as he alone runs down his prey, tracking at high speed over difficult terrain and in 46ºC (120ºF) heat, until man or animal must collapse from sheer exhaustion.
Innovative mini-cam techniques, where cameras are mounted on animals, were specially developed for the film, giving the viewer unique points-of-view of both the hunter and the hunted in an effort to understand their ancient relationship.

A drink in The Passage
- 29 min
Dir : Zola Maseko
A tale of a black sculptor who during the apartheid years entered a whites only competition and won.

Soldiers of the Rock - 98 min
Dir: Norman Maake
Soldier of the Rock is a student tour de force. In honest terms, it realistically portrays life in South Africa's mines, recalling countless films where the human spirit triumphs over physical exhaustion, personal danger, and oppressive, claustrophobic environments.
The protagonist, Vuyo, becomes a miner to understand his father who died as one. He is placed with the toughest of that breed: the deep - level miners. The tight-knit disillusioned crew splits into two camps when economic events work against them. Inspired, half pool together to own their mine, the other half are paralysed by fear of change.

Under the Rainbow - 18min
Dir : Dean Blumberg
Under the Rainbow is a poetic recreation of actual events, which took place in the inner city of Johannesburg. The story telescopically tracks two young men on their nightly prowl. As their actions induce a spiraling succession of events, which lead to severe consequences, the film tenders the dreams of a dismembered sector of the population and their inevitable search for a better life

Inja - 17min
Dir: Steve Pasvolsky
Inja is a poetic and simply told story about the relationship between a boy and his dog. It unfolds on a farm in South Africa during Apartheid, where a young Xhosa boy befreinds a dog and assumes the role of his loving master. However, their bond is broken by the intervention of a white farmer who makes the young boy partake in teaching the dog a cruel lesson. The story then moves forward in time, where in a turn of events the framer's lesson leads to his demise.

Ochre and Water - 53min
Dirs: Craig Matthew and Joëlle Chesselet
David and Goliath - a theme, which, in the face of globalisation, takes on new meaning. This time, Goliath is confronted by the Himba people of North Western Namibia's cultural identity: threatened by a hydro-electric dam development that would destroy the very basis of their unique and thriving pastoral nomadic culture, the Himba could lose their pasture along the banks of the Cunene River and hundreds of ancestral graves - crucial to their way of life. Surprisingly, their oral tradition of discussion helps their fight for survival. Doxa Productions had the privilege to document this development saga over seven years. Intimate contact with and acceptance by the Himba people gave director/cameraman Craig Matthew the opportunity to reveal the complex web of relationships that define the Himba herders' culture within a global context, in a lyrical yet simple way. Editing and sound design by Ronelle Loots, and a soundtrack by the Kalahari Surfers, combining Himba elements and studio treatment, contribute to the film's compelling impact.

Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony - 110 min
Dir: Lee Hirsch
A celebration of music in the struggle, Amandla! looks at how changes in the lyrics, rhythms and melodies of liberation songs reflected the radicalisation of black resistance in response to ever harsher crackdowns by the Apartheid state. In the context of the defiance campaign era of the 1950s, jaunty ditties warned "watch out Verwoerd, the black man will get you"; the Sharpeville massacre prompted a series of dirges, and the 1976 riots saw the emergence of songs expressing youthful dynamism, anger and disaffection. Revealing interviews with SA music greats - Dolly Rathebe, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela and Sibongile Khumalo - interspersed with disturbing footage of key events make for a compelling and novel retelling of this significant chapter of our past.

Karoo Kitaar Blues - 92min
Dir: Liza Key
In the style of The Buena Vista Social Club, South African music icon David Kramer seeks out the last remaining players of a fast disappearing, distinctively South African phenomena - the Karoo Kitaar Blues.
Like the lyrics to their liedjies, this road-documentary records the isolated social conditions and arid desert landscape of the Great Karoo's talented inhabitants. It introduces us to each colourful personality, and to their homemade instruments, engaging techniques, and families and friends, before they travel with Kramer to record and perform in the unknown world of Cape Town. Focused on personalities that are destined to perform, this search for the Karoo's hidden artists is a delightful insight into a rarely viewed communal and visual landscape.

Shooting Bokkie - 74min
Dir: Rob de Mezieres
This quick paced, non-stop, exhilarating rollercoaster ride flicks between the machinations of the film world and the gritty underground of Cape Town's Cape Flats. The filmmaker's vision: to find and follow a "Bokkie" (child assassin or "courier"). He has to convince the crew, the financiers, the lawyer, the gangs, the Bokkie, and the audience, that what he is doing is not a "snuff" movie. The gangs are there, the "Bokkies" exist… but nobody wants to watch a real "hit", or do they? An utterly shocking, spellbinding Pandora's box served with a twist.

Steps For the Future Films
A unique collection of films from seven countries in Southern Africa. Positive, provocative, humorous and brave, these unusual stories show how individuals are living their lives and how societies are having to change under the impact of HIV/AIDS.

The Steps for the Future video collection has emerged through a collaboration between Southern African and international filmmakers, broadcasters, AIDS organisations and people living with HIV/AIDS who have united to produce high-quality, professional films. These compelling stories reveal the effect of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on the lives of individuals, families, communities and nations.

The films form part of a media-advocacy campaign, which is intended to promote debate and discussion around HIV/AIDS, related topics such as disclosure, discrimination, treatment and living positively. Diverse perspectives are presented through the eyes of a range of people and communities.

These unconventional stories celebrate the strength of the people who share and reflect on their experiences of HIV/AIDS. Steps for the Future not only challenges fear and stigmatisation with stories of hope, but also dismantles discrimination and ignorance by cultivating tolerance and promoting the belief that actually, life is a beautiful thing.

This collection includes narrative documentaries, music videos, experimental films, short films, investigative stories and even sexy public service announcements. All these films were made with the support of the most experienced producers from the region, with professional guidance from some of the best documentary filmmakers and commissioning editors in the world.

The films, selected from more than 200 proposals, were ready for delivery in October 2001 and were broadcast around World AIDS Day, 1 December 2001. In our collection, there are several 52-minute documentaries, some made by award-winning directors like Brian Tilley and Licinio Azevedo, others by the new generation of young Southern African filmmakers such as Dumisani Phakathi, Khalo Matabane, Beverley Ditsie and Cecil Moller.

Among the professional supporters who worked over periods of one to five weeks with the filmmakers are Jennifer Fox, Nina Kellgren, Jakob Høgel, Nick Fraser, Erez Laufer, Christoph Jörg, Mette Hoffman-Meyer, Iikka Vehkalahti, Diane Weyermann, Niels Pagh Anderson, and Jacob Thuesen.

Ikon - Rainbow Circle Films Short films
NY1 3min
Dir: Ntombi Mzamane
Touting taxis and flashy cars, herds of cattle and donkey carts - cold men on canes, young hipsters flaunting their threads: this is the heart of cool. NY1, it's where the heat is on. Residents share their thoughts and feelings on Guguletu's busiest street, Native Yard 1, on the eve of its name change.

Grumpies - 11min
Dir: John Fredericks
Some call him a beggar, a liar, a drifter or a thief - a no-good smokkelhuis layabout. But to those who really know him, Grumpies is the ex-Rockets singer who toured with Jonathan Butler in the '70s, fell ill, then disappeared into oblivion on the eve of a US tour. This is the story of a man who still raises his voice above the sound of gunfire and finally gets the chance to live his dream again.

Zion Youth Crew - 10min
Dir: Vaughan Giose
An inspiring record of the spiritual, musical and personal journey of two Ragga-muffin singers. Yellow studies journalism, Dan photography, and between classes they hang together or with their Rasta brethren while pumping out angry sounds to put Babylon on fire.

Gemaakte Hare - 7min
Dir: Brenda Davis
For Lameez Peters, growing up half Muslim and half Christian meant having to conform to prescriptive religious norms of appearance and behaviour. Her commitment to her dreadlocks becomes a warrior's weapon in a society obsessed with pigeonholing racial and cultural identity.

Deafening Echoes - 18min
Dir: Eugene Paramoer
Anton Franch's last stand was one of the most heroic moments in the struggle against Apartheid. On
17 November 1989, armed with grenades and an AK-47, he kept the security forces besieging his house at bay for seven hours before blowing himself up. A dramatic reconstruction of the events of that day and a moving portrait of the people of Bonteheuwel still struggling to come to terms with the loss of an idol and friend.

Quickies - One minute (some in three parts) South African films
Produced by Marguerite Albrecht

The Time it Takes
Dir: Gwydion Beynon

Wound
Dir: Jeana Theron

The Guard
Dir: Bredan Pollecut

Squish
Dir: Brendon Poole & Morgan Dingle

Halleja
Dir: Cobus Rossouw

Ta Ta Ma Chance
Dir: Cindy Lee

Taxi Fare
Dir: Jonathan Boynton-Lee

Raging Good
Dir: Lerato Nkankane

Farewell Blessing
Dir: Sello Letsatsi .

In a Flash
Dir: Brendon Poole & Morgan Dingle

Exhausted
Dir: Alex Yazbek

Communion
Dir: Alex Yazbek

More
Dir: Alex Yazbek

Serenity 1 & 2
Dir: Alex Yazbek

Basil, Lucky & Chaim
Dir: Johnny Barbuzano

Duty Free
Dir: Johnny Barbuzano

Marathon 1 & 2
Dir: Brendan Pollecut

The Darkish Side
Dir: Brendan Pollecut

Vuka Awards
A series of Public Service Announcements (commercials) that support social issues.

Dogstar Awards
A series of South African commercials that were finalists at the 2003 Dogstar awards.

Music Videos
Locally produced music videos