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What Design Can Do 4 Social Change! 0 Reply
Design and innovation have a huge impact on society well beyond the creative industries – finding solutions to problems that affect every aspect of our lives. It is about rethinking and re engaging existing paradigms to stimulate new futures. Questioning the global context of design, consumption & production can bring us to sustainable solutions and social change. Design and innovation include different perspectives: eco-design tools, design-led thinking tools and methods of developing project and programme strategies. Schools of Design need to provide to students with technical knowledge and skills to achieve more sustainable interventions, encourages design-led thinking and innovation through first-hand experiences from business, engineering and design perspectives.
Aim
The objective of this session organised between the IADE European University (Lisbon) and Dialogue Café Association is to share knowledge and promote mutual learning on what design can do for social change.
With this purpose, during the session the IADE European University (Lisbon) and the Paris College of Arts (Paris) will present research and initiatives developed and address the main challenge of how can we improve social change by applying methodologies of design-thinking and/or product design.
Students of design, social entrepreneurs, designers and any person interested in making changes happen are welcome to join us and participate in this discussion.
PROGRAMME
The role of research on promoting Design for Social Change and Sustainable Innovation:
- Ana Margarida Ferreira, ID:Co.Lab/UNIDCOM on Sustainable Design and Innovation Coordinator, IADE European University, Lisbon
- Isabel Farinha, School Agency Coordinator, IADE European University, Lisbon
- Linda Jarvin, MA in Design for Social Impact – Paris College of Arts, Paris
Design strategies for social change and community development
- Laura Korčulanin, Toilet innovation and water management – revolutionary steps for a green society and wellbeing, ID:Co.Lab/UNIDCOM on Sustainable Design and Innovation Coordinator, IADE European University, Lisbon
- Marine Plossu, SenseSchool, Paris
Case study projects of applied design research
- João Bernarda, Collaborative Design Methodologies Empowers Resilience of Communities, IADE European University, Lisbon
- Hugo Rocha, Paradigm shift in Design Education to boost Strategic Innovations, Sustainable Solutions and Social Change, IADE European University, Lisbon
Read the biographies of the participants and the abstracts of the projects to be presented!
