AfriGadget

there are quite a few south african bloggers rising to the occasion. Here’s a random selection of SA posts: no bad days, sa rocks, notes from underground, anja merret, web addiCT, gottaQuirk, flint.za,Afrigadget, whijo.net, the empire collective, Jenty’s photo-a-day And our contribution to blog action day? A wrap of some green news: read more

If you write an African blog and are taking part in today’s Blog Action Day, please let me know. I’ll continue to add to this list as the day goes on. AfriGadget -Where the World Sees Junk, Africa RecyclesAfromusing – The Flow of Flotsam Crisscrossed – E-waste, the Downside of the Growing Web Migrations – on African Bird Migration Changes SA Rocks – SA Environment Started it All, Let’s not End it Blue Dreamer -

nen Videos – zum Beispiel auch diese verträumte Animation: Aus Afrika Unmöglich ist es, alle Blogs zu sichten. Juliana Rotich hat einige der afrikanischen auf Global Voices zusammengetragen. So gibt sie Beispiele aus Kenia, woAfrigadgetzu Kunst und Müll postet, es auf der Kenya environment news einen Beitrag zu Umweltschutz und Armut gibt, und Rob zum Zusammenhang zwischen der Darfur-Krise und dem Klimawandel schreibt. Eine Serie k

A continuance of my love affair with the Dark Continent. I am continually inspired by the ingenuity of the human mind when the right amount of human spirit is applied: [IMG ] Technorati Tags:design, recycle, africa, ingenuity, innovation

If you write an African blog and are taking part in today’s Blog Action Day, please let me know. I’ll continue to add to this list as the day goes on. The NEST Home – We’re Not Just Talking… AfriGadget -Where the World Sees Junk, Africa RecyclesAfromusing – The Flow of Flotsam Crisscrossed – E-waste, the Downside of the Growing Web Migrations – on African Bird Migration Changes SA Rocks – SA Environment Started it All, Let’s not End it Blue Dreamer -

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[...] human ingenuity is simply awesome. Necessity truly does breed innovation, doesn’t it? http://www.afrigadget.com/2007/10/15/where-the-world-sees-junk-africa-recycles/ PS: Don’t forget to check out the hand made welder that the pictured croc was made [...]

[...] Simon Mwangi To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. F.decorate(_ge(‘button_bar’), F._photo_button_bar).bar_go_go_go(1579090020, 0);F.decorate(_ge(‘photo_notes’), F._photo_notes).notes_go_go_go(1579090020, ‘http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2249/1579090020_a96b042584_t.jpg’, ‘3.1444′); View whiteafrican’s map Taken in (See more photos here) Simon fabricates sheet metal animals for sale to hotels out of old metal junk. Full story is on AfriGadget at: http://www.afrigadget.com/2007/10/15/where-the-world-sees-junk-a…  [...]

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[...] Sheet Metal Croc To take full advantage of Flickr, you should use a JavaScript-enabled browser and install the latest version of the Macromedia Flash Player. F.decorate(_ge(‘button_bar’), F._photo_button_bar).bar_go_go_go(1578185543, 0);F.decorate(_ge(‘photo_notes’), F._photo_notes).notes_go_go_go(1578185543, ‘http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2343/1578185543_2454ded2ca_t.jpg’, ‘3.1444′); View whiteafrican’s map Taken in (See more photos here) Made from left over metal. Full story is on AfriGadget at: http://www.afrigadget.com/2007/10/15/where-the-world-sees-junk-a…  [...]

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I liked this series of photos on flickr and the blog entry is very informative. Who would his client base be?

If you do more series like this, you should submit it to one of the ABANA (www.abana.org) publications. A lot of USA blacksmiths/steel artists would love to see it.

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The Jupiter Drawing Room
Telephone: +27 21 442 7000
3rd Floor, The Terraces, Fir Street,
Observatory, Cape Town 7705
South Africa
17th Sep 2008

Attn: Mr. William Kamkwamba

Dear Mr. William Kamkwamba

RE: PERMISSION TO REFERENCE MR. WILLIAM KAMKWAMBA AND HIS/YOUR WINDMILL DESIGN IN THE DESIGN INDABA CAMPAIGN 2009

I am a representative from the Art Buying department at The Jupiter Drawing Room, Cape Town, one of South Africa’s largest independent advertising agencies.

I am writing to request your permission to include a reference to Mr. William Kamkwamba and his/your windmill design, as part of a print advertising campaign developed for one of our clients, Interactive Africa.

Interactive Africa hosts the annual Design Indaba Conference, a multi-disciplinary event, which celebrates the twelve sectors in the creative industry. These sectors include: architecture, product design, graphic design, advertising, music, fashion, film, photography, craft, interior design, visual & performing arts. Design Indaba Conference 2009 will be the 12th year the Conference has been held in South Africa. Speakers from all over the world participate in the teachings at Design Indaba and Design Indaba strives to allow South Africans to showcase their various talents and in the process, learn & gain inspiration from various national & international speakers.

Design Indaba 2009 is about celebrating the genius and ingenuity of the everyday man. In the past, Design Indaba has focused on high profile artists and designers. However the theme this year is ‘What can your creativity do?’ It is a call to everyone to use their creativity to solve problems we encounter in our world. In order to develop a sustainable future, everyone will have to make a difference. It is best summed up with the line: “It’s your future, design it”.

We have selected Mr. William Kamkwamba and his/your windmill design as one of our case-studies as we feel this is a fantastic example of innovative product design that has resulted in social benefits for a community.

We would humbly like to request your permission to reference Mr. William Kamkwamba and his/your windmill. Pending his/your permission, we would also like to request your further assistance in providing us with photographs of yourself and your windmill invention that will form part of our first print ad.

I look forward to talking to you in person. I would greatly appreciate it if you could supply me with a direct telephone number.

Thanking you in advance.

Sincerely,

Alex van Tonder sent on behalf of
Mandy Hendler
Art Buyer
The Jupiter Drawing Room

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