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art, fashion or tourist trophy?
Eric was determined that the better market would be the design/art clientele. I decided the local market in San Telmo was our thing. At 35 pesos average price in our survey at the market on Sunday I was satisfied and would need some serious convincing to look...
Dispatch from the ground #5: To Market…
Finally we have reached the last part of the value chain - we are ready to think about selling products! We know that *we* would buy what we were selling, but we knew we needed a realistic assessment of how many of the general public would feel the same. Though we...
Dispatch from the ground #4: We’ve got the heat!
Yesterday we secured a key piece of technology - a 'selladora' (pronounced SESH-a-DOR-ah) or heat sealer, which will allow us to make the cardholders developed by the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) locally. We originally wanted to find a two-sided sealer (heat...
Dispatch from the ground #3: Return to the streets
Despite the clear degradation of the streets since we were last here, this city feels like home to us. We are now welcomed with open arms. We are not even laughed at any more. It is known, accepted, and expected that we would be here. Even though we have been away for...
Dispatch from the ground #2: Show me the money
Our second full day in Buenos Aires meant a visit to another important partner - The Working World. They are a unique organization, based in Argentina for the last five years, supporting co-operative businesses through access to low-interest loans and business acumen....
Dispatch from the ground #1: CEP and the beauty of expired yogurt
The first few days of our core team's implementation visit have been incredibly busy, yet rewarding and so far successful. Having secured working keys to our apartment building and a guia (tiny book to help us navigate the labyrinthine Buenos Aires bus system) in the...