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MEET YOUR DECOREX ACADEMY FACULTY
Brad Baard
Creative thinker and experienced Designer
Hend Riad & Mariam Hazem
Founders, Reform Studio
Nqobile Carol Sibiya
Founders, Reform Studio
Alan Hayward & Garreth Van Niekerk
Executive Creative Directors, Decorex Africa
Muko Mutezo
The Hungry Mute
The Hungry Mute
Molly Roberts
Haus Mayhem
Sandy Harris
Callie Quilts
Hannes Maritz
Founder, Kraak
Founder, Kraak
Bonolo Helen Chepape
Textile Designer and Founder, Lulasclan
Textile Designer and Founder, Lulasclan
Olivié Keck
Painter and Printmaker
Viveka Vassen
Co-founder & Creative Director, Ananta Design Studio
Co-founder & Creative Director, Ananta Design Studio
Tracy Lynch
Creative Director of the Nando’s Hot Young Designers programme and the force behind CLOUT/SA
Creative Director of the Nando’s Hot Young Designers programme and the force behind CLOUT/SA
Retha Erichsen
Brand Leader, Babylonstoren
Piet Smedy
CEO, Art House Collection
CEO, Art House Collection
Maira Koutsoudakis
Founder of LIFE INTERIORS + ARCHITECTURE + STRATEGIC DESIGN
Founder of LIFE INTERIORS + ARCHITECTURE + STRATEGIC DESIGN
Bathandwa Ngwendu
Story-teller + Director
Daniel SherFashion Designer
Robyn KeyserFounder and creative director of Artclub and Friends
Krineshen Reddy
Visionary Interior Architect, Furniture Designer & Design Futurist
Phillippe FouchéPrincipal at SAOTA
Gundula Deutschländer
Master Gardener, Babylonstoren
Master Gardener, Babylonstoren
Tenecia Stevens
Master Vegetable Gardener, Babylonstoren
Katleho Brayn SebiloaneCEO & Founder of Maison Sheba
Georgia Munnik
Visual artist and burgeoning perfumer
Visual artist and burgeoning perfumer
Mirna WesselsCEO, Spier Arts Trust
Tshego G Malatji
Urbanist & collaborator at We.Collaborate
Urbanist & collaborator at We.Collaborate
Nkosazana Veronica BetaniArtist
Lesley Hudson
CEO, Spier Arts Trust
CEO, Spier Arts Trust
Ralph BorlandDirector, African Robots & SPACECRAFT
Justin van Breda
Founder, Justin van Breda London, Cape Looms and Cape Craft School
Bilala Kanye MabuzaCreative Director. Designer. Curator, Cocoon Lifestyle | Women in Design
Mpho VackierDirector,
Founder, TheUrbanative
Founder, TheUrbanative
Aspasia KarrasEditor, Business Day’s Wanted magazine
Frederica SalaIndependent Curator & Design Advisor
Ilze WesselsCurator, Artist & Design Educator, Greenside Design Center
Bongisa MsutuDesign Educator & Researcher, Greenside Design Center
Neo LehokoArchitect
Ntsako Nkuna
Artist
Artist
Nwabisa NtlokwanaVisual Artist
Charles O. JobDesigner of the year
Willem du Toit
Hotel Manager, Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff
Hotel Manager, Four Seasons Hotel The Westcliff
Chris ReidVisual Artist
Stephen KleinCEO, Klein Concepts
Dr Anna Trapido
Chef, Anthropologist and Epidemiologist
Chef, Anthropologist and Epidemiologist
Mpho PhalaneChef & Founder, Food I Love You, Food I Love You
Ramielle de JagerFounder, CEO & Creative Director, Wolkberg Casting Studios
Rial & Daniel
Creative Director and CEO of Rialheim, Rialheim
Creative Director and CEO of Rialheim, Rialheim
Nikhil Tricam & Nindya BucktowarCo-Founders, Kalki Ceramics & Studio Kalki
Nicola SmithFounder & Creative Director, Kilnhouse Design Studio
Patrick Watson
Landscape Architect
Landscape Architect
Joy MawelaCreative Director, Fak’ugesi Festival
KayKay RibaneDynamic creative entrepreneur, performance artist, and digital innovation leader, Dear Ribane
Osmic Menoe
Founder, Back to the City & SA Hip-hop Museum, South African Hip Hop Museum
Founder, Back to the City & SA Hip-hop Museum, South African Hip Hop Museum
Nandi DlepuFounder & Director, Mamakashaka
Dr Sechaba Maepa
Afreetekture, Wits University
Sinegugu Ngxongo
Founder & Cultural Strategist, Bambizulu
Founder & Cultural Strategist, Bambizulu
Lezanne ViviersFounder and Creative Director, VIVIERS Studio
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