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Friday, March 22nd, 2013

Stocktown x South Africa

The Swedish founders of video magazine StockTown are creating their own road movie set in South Africa. Very intriguing, love the way they’ve found some totally brilliant, creative characters to document.  Exciting times indeed! “A road movie directed by Swedish based directors Teddy Goitom and Benjamin Taft, Stocktown X South Africa takes viewers beyond the

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Monday, April 23rd, 2012

In the heart of the education revolution

Something’s up in the world of education. Gradually, the internet is having its transformative impact.  Salman Khan showed us what is possible using the internet to teach. Major universities are placing their courseware and lectures  online.  And...

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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Create by destroying

Lennart Van Uffelen is a young Belgian designer who likes destroying furniture. In his recent project “Functionality Kills the Fun” Lennart explores the boundaries between function and art by, for example, driving a nail through a mirror...

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Wednesday, February 8th, 2012

Creating Celtic-inspired prints about love and affection

Artist Lynn Mack of Celtos Croi Prints creates paper prints from linocuts and paintings that are inspired by walks in the Irish forests and study of Celtic manuscripts and designs. A trained artist and busy mum of...

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Friday, January 13th, 2012

What makes a cool entrepreneur?

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Thursday, January 12th, 2012

Merchandise with a conscience

Australian husband and wife team Marty and Natalie Dillon are the founders of 3Fish, a clothing and merchandise company with a social conscience. To produce their clothing products, 3Fish only rely on organic cotton farms and responsible...

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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Auckland designer dreams about Hot Wheels

Aaron McTurk is clearly doing what he loves. The images say it all. Aaron recently graduated from Massey University’s Design School in Auckland. As he states it, his ultimate goal is to work for Hot Wheels, the...

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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Creating software under the Acropolis – This is Athens!

Awarded scientist, software Samurai and serial Entrepreneur, Jon Vlachogiannis was born in Athens/Greece, has won numerous awards in EU, a medal from NATO on electronic warfare and he teaches Python to the United Nations in order to...

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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011

Start a company at school in Amsterdam

Pieter Spinder is tribe leader and initiator of Knowmads, an entrepreneurial school in Amsterdam. At Knowmads, students aren’t exactly taught anything in the traditional sense of the world. Instead, they’re asked to form a company and get to work. The...

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Thursday, December 15th, 2011

A crowd-funded water bottle business

In an ideal world everybody drinks tap water. Founder and Creative Director Gretha Oost, created 321 Water to make tap water stylish, portable and taste even better. “If we are lucky to have access to fresh, clean,...

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