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		<title>Entries to the 2018 PPC Imaginarium Awards Are Open!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2017 09:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Call for Entry for the fourth edition of the PPC Imaginarium Awards has officially opened and the competition is inviting entries for its 2018 round. The 2017 awards received an unprecedented total of 869 entries, from which 55 finalists were selected. On the back of this success, the PPC Imaginarium is encouraging emerging creatives to enter the country’s richest art and design competition, which offers R500 000 in prizes. The winner of each of the six categories will receive a cash prize of R50 000, with runners-up walking away with R15 000 each. The overall winner will receive the grand prize of R100 000 – that’s in addition to having won their respective category prize. The PPC Imaginarium Awards were established by PPC Ltd as a means to give emerging designers and artists the opportunity to showcase their talent and creative thinking by using Portland cement-based concrete as a primary base or material across the competition’s six disciplines, namely, Architecture, Fashion, Film, Industrial design, Jewellery and Sculpture. The competition is the most supportive of its kind in the country and has seen many of its past entrants and finalists go on to become recognised in the art and business [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Featuring astonishing innovations in concrete, 100% Design South Africa 2016 presents new ways to shape the built environment</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; A must for architects, industrial and interior designers, this year’s 100% Design South Africa put all the right building blocks in place to stimulate and inspire trade professionals who focus on exterior and interior construction. One of the many highlights of the 2016 event was the carefully curated 100% Concrete Lab, presented by PPC Group Services (Pty) Ltd, the leading supplier of cement in southern Africa. The forward-thinking 100% Concrete Lab was a new addition to the show, and focuses on exciting innovations in the world of cement – with anything from 3D-printed cement to translucent concrete being presented as the design possibilities and materials of the very near future. The aim of the lab is to stimulate experimentation and new thinking around the use of concrete. “Innovation is recognised by PPC as a key driver for economic growth and development and to provide solutions to the key issues facing people, communities and our country as we all strive for a better and more sustainable future &#8211; a “Better Life for All”, says PPC’s resident architect Daniel van der Merwe. “It also allows PPC to promote the use of concrete as a design material and encourage experimentation using Portland [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The PPC Imaginarium Awards 2015: Last call for entries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2015 15:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PPC Imaginarium has announced the countdown to the close of the 2015 PPC Imaginarium Awards. There is just one week remaining for artists and designers from across the country to enter their innovative ideas. The deadline for entries is Monday 31 August 2015. The winners in each competition category will be announced on Thursday, 4 February 2016. The overall competition winner announcement will take place at the University of Johannesburg in Auckland Park on Thursday, 31 March 2016. If you are a previous Imaginarium or Young Concrete Sculptor Awards winner, you can still enter this year’s awards, in a different category. Take the plunge and register for entry today REGISTER HERE]]></description>
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