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1 min. with a Superhero: Charles Bryant of Ecopreneur

1 min. with a Superhero: Charles Bryant of Ecopreneur

This week, we chat to Charles Bryant from Ecopreneur who happens to be focusing on something many of Ideate’s readers are very interested in: environmentally conscious business. Through our various channels, we get one to two enquiries a week on ‘green business ideas in South Africa’ – so Charles seems to be on a winning [...]

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Sympervising: How to get millions of people to talk about your brand

Sympervising: How to get millions of people to talk about your brand

An Indian company called Aircel put up this billboard with a rubber dinghy suspended by a rope from it. The idea was that if one of India’s infamous monsoons struck and left people stranded they could cut the rope and row to safety on the Aircel dinghy.
SpringWise reports: Aircel’s billboard, erected by outdoor agency Primesite [...]

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Office interior design and architecture: the best office in the world?

Office interior design and architecture: the best office in the world?

I reckon something like this could work outside of Stellenbosch, or perhaps even somewhere in the Midrand (although they’d have to construct the forest now). From the Planet blog, this is an office in Spain, near Madrid, for an architectural firm called Selgascano. Naais.

More images of the Selgascano office can be seen here.
Sheesh. Well done [...]

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Floods in Camps Bay, Cape Town

Floods in Camps Bay, Cape Town

This has been quite a winter for Capetonians. This weekend saw a full frontal climate assault, with the net result shown below (pics via my mate Andrew, who’s on the ball today).

I was more than a little alarmed this morning on the way to work (I live in Hout Bay and drive through to work [...]

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