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IN PICTURES: Art at this year's Design Indaba

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Isikhalo so bambo II – the cries of bondage! Photographer and artist Mzoxolo Mayongo left the corporate world to study for a BA in fine arts and anthropology at Wits. Picture: Mzoxolo Mayongo
Isikhalo so bambo II – the cries of bondage! Photographer and artist Mzoxolo Mayongo left the corporate world to study for a BA in fine arts and anthropology at Wits. Picture: Mzoxolo Mayongo

The internationally acclaimed creative conference Design Indaba will take place in Cape Town from February 27 to March 1 at the Artscape Theatre and will once again set the standard for creative excellence, innovative entrepreneurship and lateral solutions-based thinking on global design and social challenges.

From architecture and industrial design to pop culture, emerging technologies and environmental problem-solving, this year’s edition offers inspiration and insights across industries.

The indaba will also give some young artists from different parts of the country an opportunity to showcase their work.

MY SISTER'S KEEPER Basetsana Maluleka’s creative work began when she was studying finance at the University of Johannesburg. Picture: Basetsana Maluleka
FEMALE GAYS Maluleka’s photography addresses issues faced by people who are marginalised. Picture: Basetsana Maluleka
INDECENT LIVING The fatuous condition of democracy. Tshepiso Mabula is a photographer and writer. She works to expose the humanity in oppositional, chaotic or even boring environments, and captures the dignity in ordinary people. Picture: Tshepiso Mabula
The facias conditions of democracy: investigating lack of services in the Free State. Picture: Tshepiso Mabula
Isikhalo so bambo II – the cries of bondage! Photographer and artist Mzoxolo Mayongo left the corporate world to study for a BA in fine arts and anthropology at Wits. Picture: Mzoxolo Mayongo
YOU HAVE THE POWER Bloom – pushing through the cracks. Tandekile Mkize is a content producer, stylist and photographer based in Cape Town. He uses fashion and art as his medium of storytelling and creates work that aims to remind people that they don’t always have to adhere to boxed-in, linear ideas of who they should be, but rather that they can be bold and unafraid in their expression. Picture: Tandekile Mkize
MASKS Lorraine Raaths sees photography as a form of art that goes beyond just fashion, food and exotic locations, and believes that ‘we could use it to speak for ourselves as artists and speak for others too’. Picture: Lorraine Raaths
Life be a drag - Lunga Ntila is a visual artist who is obsessed with storytelling and various ways in which a single story could be told depending on one’s perspective. Picture: Lunga Ntila

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