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  • 07-09-2010

    !SYOU AT NPOX10 FESTIVAL

    With !SYOU you can co-design a huge sneaker at the NPOX10 Festival!

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  • 17-08-2010

    MAKER FAIRE AFRICA 2010, A BIG SUCCESS

    The second Maker Faire Africa took place the 27th and 28th August in Nairobi, Kenya. It was an event that celebrates African ingenuity, innovation and invention.

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  • ABOUT

    Butterfly Works is a do-tank which combines design with finding sustainable answers to international social issues.

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  • LEARNING ABOUT LIVING

    2007 - ongoing, Nigeria, Mexico, Senegal

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  • LEARNING ABOUT LIVING

    2007 - ongoing, Nigeria, Mexico, Senegal

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  • KILIMANJARO FILM SCHOOL

    2008 - ongoing, Tanzania

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  • MOBILE GAME DEVELOPMENT

    16-01-2010 - Enjoying the process of developing a mobile game, about peace and conflict for Kenyan youth. See the Butterfly Works Blog for more info http://butterflyworks.wordpress.com/

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  • INSPIRATION BY EXAMPLE

    19-10-2009 - Inspiration by example: Interview with Emer Beamer, Butterfly Works @ LabforCulture

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  • UNSUNG PEACE HEROES

    2008 - 2009, Kenya

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  • THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT OF IRC

    03-06-2009 - Last Friday we spent an inspiring day in the park with a group of IRC (International water center) professionals.

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  • THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT

    06-03-2009 - It has long been our wish at Butterfly to visualize the positive chain of events that often times springs forth from a project. This chain of events is often planned and often enhanced by the wonder of the unexpected.

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  • WAR CHILD ELEARNING

    2009 - ongoing, Columbia, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan and the Middle East

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  • THE WORLD STARTS WITH ME

    2002 - ongoing, worldwide

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  • CHILDREN’S BOOK SERIES

    2007, Kenya and 2009, Morocco

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  • WORDS OVER WEAPONS

    2006 - ongoing, South Africa

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  • GETH2O

    2010, ongoing, Kenya, global

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  • ADDISBITS

    AddisBits 2008 - ongoing, Ethiopia

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  • !SYOU AND BUTTERFLY WORKS LAUNCH A CO-DESIGNED SNEAKER

    !SYOU shoe 06-05-2010 - !SYOU and Butterfly Works launch a brand new international sneaker concept combining style and fine materials with co-design.

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  • REINVENT THE MEDINA OF FES

    Reinvent the medina of Fez 2008 - ongoing -Morocco.

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  • GIRL'S POWER INITIATIVE

    Girls and womens activists, Nigeria

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  • !SYOU AT NPOX10 FESTIVAL

    07-09-2010 - With !SYOU you can co-design a huge sneaker at the NPOX10 Festival!

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  • ABOUT BUTTERFLY WORKS

    BUTTERFLY WORKS, A SOCIAL DESIGN STUDIOWe are creative minds who use design for social change. We work in emerging economies because we believe in undiscovered potential. Through serious media, social branding and experiential learning we share knowledge, trigger creativity and build sustainable businesses. We call it a positive chain of events.

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