2. Ssebo - Rethinking Design for the Real World

Ssebo - Rethinking Design for the Real World

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Hello friends,

We are Emile and Merlijn, two Industrial Design Engineering students at the Technical University in Delft. We are extremely excited to share with you our documentary project: "Ssebo." Our film aims to highlight the importance of industrial design in low-resource settings.

As industrial design students, we have seen firsthand how the industry tends to focus on developing products and services for developed markets and ends up discriminating against a huge part of the world's population. With our documentary, we want to showcase the innovative solutions and impact that appropriate design can have in low-resource settings by telling the stories of local designers, craftsmen, professors, architects, and many other interesting voices from Uganda.

We have already lived in Uganda for three months last summer to research and film part of the documentary. We have already come a long way, but now we need your support to bring this project to completion. Along with a filmer, we will be returning to Uganda in April to film the end of the documentary and to organise a local pre-screening event to record people's opinions and conclusions on the film. We also need additional funds for post-production, including color correction, audio engineering, and animations. Our goal is to raise €5000, and any contribution you can make will bring us closer to being able to share this story.

The premiere of the documentary will take place in both Delft and Antwerpen on the following dates:

Delft - Wednesday 14th of June

Antwerpen - Saterday 17th of June

In the meantime, have a look at our trailer!

 

Thank you for considering supporting our campaign, and we look forward to sharing the documentary with you. You can follow our journey on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/ssebo/

See you at the premiere event in June!

Best regards,

Merlijn Lewerissa and Emile Waterkeyn

We are also open to your stories! Whether it's a question about the documentary, an idea for collaboration, or just to say hello; don't hesitate to contact us!

P.S. If you are interested in sponsorship on behalf of a company, please contact us through our private information to discuss the details.

Emile Waterkeyn
www.linkedin.com/in/emilewaterkeyn
wat.emile@gmail.com
+32495289288

Merlijn Lewerissa
www.linkedin.com/in/merlijnlewerissa/
m.f.lewerissa@gmail.com
+31625041898

€10 Donate Thank You! - We would like to offer you a special thank you for your support. We will keep you updated on the progress of the film and send you the documentary as soon as it is ready! 27 donors €25 Donate Ticket premiere (Antwerp) - As a special thank you for your support, we would like to offer you a ticket to the premiere event of our documentary in Antwerp (Belgium). You will get the opportunity to be among the first to see the film and to celebrate its completion with us. 17 donors €40 Donate Ticket premiere + exclusive content (Antwerp) - As a special thank you for your support, we would like to offer you a ticket to the premiere event of our documentary in Antwerp (Belgium). You will get the opportunity to be among the first to see the film and to celebrate its completion with us. You will also get exclusive content in your mailbox, enjoy! 10 donors €150 Donate VIP Premiere Duoticket (Antwerp) - As a special thank you for your support, we are offering you with two VIP tickets to the premiere event of our documentary in Antwerp (Belgium). You will get the opportunity to be among the first to see the film and to celebrate its completion with us with some drinks in your front-row duo seat. You will also get exclusive content in your mailbox, enjoy! 3 donors €950 Donate Official Sponsership - We would like to offer you the opportunity to become an official sponsor of our documentary. As a sponsor, you will receive recognition in the film and get exclusive promotion on our social media and website. We can also deliver a more detailed report on our project and research in Uganda. For any questions, get in touch with us before donating.
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Premiere events Antwerpen & Delft

 05-06-2023 | 10:15 Dear funders, We have only one week left until we are ready to show you the documentary! We have been trying to reach you about the premiere events through our email (ssebodesign@gmail.com), but the Gmail algorithm landed us in most of your spam boxes. If you have donated 25 euros or more through the crowdfunding platform, please check whether you have received an email with info about the premiere event (also in spam). If you haven't but you think you were supposed to receive a ticket, you can send us an email and we can check whether something went wrong.  Also, we still have some room left at the venue in Antwerp where we are screening the documentary on the 17th of June. Here we will also have a special guest who has flown all the way from Uganda, for the ones who would still like to join. At 8:30 we hit the play button. The event will last until 22:30, but you are welcome to stay and have a drink at the bar. The venue is Transit, Permeke at Boomsesteenweg 441, 2020 Antwerpen If there is any question about the premieres, or in general about the documentary; don't hesitate to send us a message! See you soon! Emile and Merlijn  
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