By Kerane Marcellus ·Updated October 30, 2023
Lukhanyo Mdingi has been announced as the winner of the 2023 AMIRI Prize. Mdingi walks away with $100,000 and a year-long mentorship with the award’s founder, Mike Amiri and his contemporaries. Founded in 2015 after studying at the Cape Peninsula University in South Africa the 31-year-old designer has utilized the traditional artisan technique and collaboration with local artisans to make his designs distinct