Project Updates: Housing in South Africa, Marketing to KR + Non-Profit Empowerment [5/07]

Sndbox Project Updates are recaps of major Steem-powered project developments led by current cohort members. Sndbox projects are specifically designed and executed to broaden the impact and presence of creative and community work within the Steem ecosystem.

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Hello Steemit! This week we're refreshing our "Sndbox Project Series" to update you all on major projects currently underway. We publish an update every 2 weeks with their latest developments, so let’s jump right into it -

@urban-thinktank is a research and development studio out of the ETH Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule/ Swiss Federal Institute of Technology). The team behind their flagship project Empower Housing has teamed up with @sndbox to raise awareness and Steem-power funds for new housing prototype strategy and community planning in South Africa. U-TT will use all cryptocurrency raised to fund ongoing development of housing in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Their approach to architecture and community development is inspiring, make sure to give them a warm hello and support their empowering work!

This week, the U-TT team discuss their strategies to plan and design for informal communities in a way that produces a sustainable outcome. Read all about "Agency and Dignity to the Community" here.

@kr-marketing is a Korean community project led by @leesongyi and @leesol in collaboration with the @keepit team. Their team reinvents blockchain news and crypto-information into beautiful and easy to understand illustrations. Afterwards, these graphics are shared throughout social media and off-line as prints. Across all languages, this is a fantastic precedent for Steem-powered collaboration among blockchain developers, experts, traders and artists!

This week, they’ve published new chapters on their mini-series “Can I earn “money” as I travel the world?” Read the full comic strip here.

@mrblinddraw's #whisper Gallery is Steemit’s own artistic form of the game "Telephone" where artists call upon other creatives on the platform to interpret work and continue a thread of innovation. It's an amazing showcase of cross-disciplinary collaboration. Make sure to explore the range of creatives involved in this exciting project.

We want to collectively build an art community. This is a great way to connect us, support each other through up-votes, comments, and follows. Steemit can be a slow-growing platform for creatives starting out, and the future goal is to roll this into a community event where people can be perpetually submitting to the chain. (Link)

Check out the latest submission this week by @yusaymon and the full trail of the Whisper project here.

@blockmountain is a creative group led by @djlethalskillz, @scuzzy and @playitforward. This trio is in the process of developing Steemit's first community powered music album. The Block Mountain group is assembling a collective of artists with talents spread across all different mediums through their weekly challenges and competitions. Make sure to explore their weekly updates and open calls for artists, performers and creatives of all kinds.

This past week, @blockmountain sent out the rosters of their primary and secondary lineups for the project. Check out all the Steem-powered musicians
here.

@phillyhistory is a graduate-level history seminar at Temple University. Each of the students (below) are currently using Steemit to blog, document and share their ongoing research for the seminar. A community account, led by [@phillyhistory] is being used to compile student research, offer feedback, share with the wider community and accrue funding to support non-profit grants of local Philadelphia institutions.

@hourofhistory, @dduquette, @engledd, @jfeagan, @cheider, @charliehersh, @tmaust, @chelseareed, @johnesmithiii, @gvgktang, @yingchen, @connellgregg, @xiaonanli, @peartree4, @landy-yinan, @phillyhistory, and @phillyculture.

Their latest post presents all the stats on each of the students - their engagement, upvotes, following, etc. Read the full report here and a summary of the most talked about articles, here.

The Musician’s Guide is a developing eBook with the sole purpose of onboarding aspiring and established musical professionals onto the Steem blockchain. @heymattsokol does weekly reports on every aspect of the project from writing to design, to task outreach and marketing.

@heymattsokol’s latest post is a reminder to check out their ongoing fundraiser and see the progress to get the publication out into the world. Read the full post here.

Thank you for exploring!

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Stay tuned each week for a series of project updates and milestones. Make sure to give these projects a follow and support their latest posts. For more on creative initiatives be sure to follow our online magazine; @creativecrypto. Launching later this Spring!

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