Upvotes of the Week [08/20-08/27/17]

Upvotes of the Week is a weekly record of upvotes - presenting Sndbox member content and highlighting creative / impactful work by the greater Steemit community.

Upvotes of the Week (+100%)

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@noor.makkiya	Hello Steemit! I’m a Designer born in Iraq now Studying Architecture in War
	Noor was born in Iraq during the Iraq-Iran War. She is currently conducting a year-long research project in the middle east through Studio-X Amman (of Columbia University). Her work “Architecture in War” aims to explore the role of culture, security and life in cities of the Middle East.

@stach	Introducing the Steem Accelerator Hub (STACH) account and Discord Chat
	"STACH is a community driven platform which is set to replicate the robust online offering in the offline space and for that, we are working on ways that Steemians can be involved in supporting this work. We target creating a massive presence in Nigeria and Africa and hope to..."

@design-guy	What I Learned From Making an iOS App
	"A couple of years ago, a friend and I decided it would be fun to build an app for the first time. We had discussed different app ideas in the past, as everyone seems to do, but this time we thought we had an idea that wouldn’t be too difficult to create. First off, let me tell you how wrong we were..."

@kenfinkel	Monument Mocking in the Age of Trump
	"When it comes to talking about the meaning of monuments, it's useful to consider Upton’s Second Rule of Monument Making: Monuments always say more about the people, times and places of their creation than they do about the people, times and places they honor. Accordingly, as times change..."

@mintvilla	Insider vs. Outsider: Challenges with Working With Local Communities
	"This past Sunday, I had an opportunity to bring the first cultural programming activity to the site of Herbert von King Park where we hosted STEEM Park. We hosted our workshop alongside school supply giveaways, face-painting stalls, and booths filled with music and food..."

@design-guy	Lighthouse: Our Skyscraper Proposal for NYC’s Waterfront
	"A real estate developer client of ours gave us a pretty fun task - to create any design for a skyscraper on the water in the Financial District that could be a completely unique building in a city with countless famous towers. The overall goal for the design was to get excitement... "

Check out a full list of @sndbox members : @abroadlife @awillbrown @darius.woo @design-guy @kenfinkel @mintvilla @musahixson @phillyculture @phillyhistory @womp @noor.makkiya @stach @sunjana @playitforward @hansikhouse and @voronoi

Project + Introduceyourself Upvotes (50% / 20%)

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^	The Creative Blockchain Steemit Meetup Workshop - Brooklyn, NYC @Womp studios

Authored by @prufarchy - "Last night I had a chance to get over to Brooklyn right after work so I could attend the Creative Blockchain Meetup with @hansikhouse and @voronoi of the @sndbox team, with @andrarchy of the Steemit inc team there to help share information..."

^	Announcing the HardFork Mini Series Contest Winners of 100 Steem!

@Hardfork-series is a crypto-noir thriller! It's the first of it's kind, a creative new series made by Steemians ( @ericvancewalton, @dougkarr, @the-alien and @andrarchy ). This week they announced the winners of a fan-art competition. Take a look at their post to learn more!

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