Lukhanyo Mdingi
b.1992, South Africa
b.1992, South Africa
BIOGRAPHY
Born in 1992 in the East Coast of South Africa, Cape Town based fashion designer Lukhanyo Mdingi graduated with a B.Tech Fashion Degree from Cape Peninsula University of Technology in 2014. Mdingi is the recipient of the 2021 Karl Lagerfeld LVMH Prize as well as a United Nations EFI Alumni.
Lukhanyo adheres to a profound interest in considered and sincere design, with the intention to ensure a pragmatic and mindful approach to product development; looking into human ingenuity as the provenance in creating design that is honest, steady and strong.
Lukhanyo adheres to a profound interest in considered and sincere design, with the intention to ensure a pragmatic and mindful approach to product development; looking into human ingenuity as the provenance in creating design that is honest, steady and strong.
SELECTED WORKS
— Available Works![LUKHANYO MDINGI, PHILANI II, 2022, ACRYLIC YARN, METALLIC YARN AND WOOL, 52.5 X 72.5 CM](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/abcfcc1b9a8b0e54c9c447a0eeab9800620d66fbbf77040d025b786d18228a83/221004_010-2.jpg)
![LUKHANYO MDINGI, QUILTED, 2022, COTTON, MOHAIR AND WOOL, 40.5 X 52.5 X 4 CM](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/214044fee2cb4d4a06f9bdfa5706457851647874473b0aeb070c7d260f4b5ad5/221004_014.jpg)
![LUKHANYO MDINGI, THE HYBRID, 2022, ANGORA KID MOHAIR, MERINO WOOL, 46.5 X 70 X 4 CM](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9ccc8a3b2f621b58d750db90c6bca7bce9bd88bfec6ce34c436d5a3c8ca266af/221004_013.jpg)