As #DesignMonth ends and Design Indaba begins, we bring you two inspiring interviews with some talented young creatives. Lauren Hartzenberg interviews Stacy Beukes, owner and designer at company ‘A Ring To It', about her Cape Flats-inspired handmade jewellery, and I chat to rising Youtube star and one of Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives Lauren Dixon-Paver about her plush toy creatures.

In other top story news, Nashville band Lady Antebellum has been confirmed to tour SA in October – tickets on sale tomorrow, and Brian Berkman reviews the Hilton Sandton. And this just in: hip hop and R&B soul band; The Internet has been added to the CTIJF line-up!

We've got tickets up for grabs to the Live@Vergenoegd Summer Concert Series featuring Arno Carstens and the Kirstenbosch Summer Sunset Concert featuring the Cape Town Folk 'n' Acoustic Music Festival - get entering!

P.S. All the #BizTrends2017 PDFs, with over 100 trends contributors across 18 industry sectors, are now available for download!

Ruth Cooper, Lifestyle Editor & Production Manager (@Biz_Lounge)

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