What is it?
A one-day event, open to all people interested in collaborating and co-creating for social impact, to engage in multi-disciplinary collaboration to design, iterate and refine impactful solutions to address social and environmental issues.
The first edition was in 2022 and we already count with three editions with two different partners. Our intention is to continue to have at least 1 Design Jam per year, strengthening this project as an impactful platform that drives social innovation.
Testimonials
“The feedback we got is very valuable to the project. In particular, the point about building a story is really interesting and something we never really thought about, as we have previously focused on describing the business model and the product when presenting, rather than building up a story around the problem and our solution.” (NOVA SBE student)
“As design students, we don’t usually think about how to make the idea viable. We never think about business models. The questions and feedback we receive today force us to think of our idea in a different way. We think it will help us implement it.” (FAUL Student)
Editions
Design Jam for Sustainable Cities
September 22, 2023
This activity was hosted by DESIS Lab at Nova SBE in partnership with the Nova SBE Haddad Entrepreneurship Institute, as part of the Horizon Grant for Innovation Ecosystems. This event was open to anyone passionate about cities and / or sustainability and most of all interested in collaborating for social impact and we were glad to have a wide range of participants with different backgrounds participating.
The workshop was facilitated by Anne-Laure Fayard and had the special participation of a few experts and mentors.
– Joana Casaca Lemos, design researcher for regenerative projects
– Maria Zuzarte, from EMEL – Empresa de Mobilidade e Estacionamento de Lisboa
– Victor Vieira, from Lisboa e-nova – Agência de Energia e Ambiente de Lisboa
Team
Anne-Laure Fayard, ERA Chair Professor of Social Innovation, coordinator of DESIS Lab at Nova SBE and Visiting Research Professor at NYU.
Beatriz Bento, DESIS Lab@NovaSBE community manager with the support of Joana Barba, Nova SBE Haddad Entrepreneurship Institute community manager.
Design Jam for Impact
April 01, 2023
The second edition pf Design Jam for Impact organized by the DESIS Lab at Nova SBE and REDES from Faculty of Architecture of Lisbon University (FAUL) at Nova SBE campus had 30+ participants that worked on six different projects developed not only by students but also other social innovators and entrepeneurs that shared their passion and work for further progress.
The projects
1. CEBRA. Transforming young professionals into future responsible leaders. Focus: Leadership Education
Representatives: Milosz Kwapiński & Marielen Winter
2. Imperfecti Design. Focus: Environmental Sustainability
João Anes
3. SAKHI. Focus: Food and sustainable packaging
Asmita Ghimire and Yoonchhomi Subba
4. Bloody Marie. Focus: Health
Representatives: Josef Zimmerer & Mariella Von Der Wense
5. SufHeat. Focus: Environmental Sustainability
Representatives: Alena Kananovich & Kirill Lazarev
6. AGOJI Studio. Focus: Sustainable Fashion and women empowerment
Representatives: Charlotte Kramer & Linda Reitberger
Team
Anne-Laure Fayard, ERA Chair Professor of Social Innovation, coordinator of DESIS Lab at Nova SBE and Visiting Research Professor at NYU.
Inês Veiga, Assistant Professor at FA-ULisboa, designer and designer researcher.
DESIS Lab@NovaSBE mentors – Catarina Lisboa, Joana Ramalho, Mafalda Paiva Chaves and Alisson Avila.
Beatriz Bento, DESIS Lab at Nova SBE community manager.
Design Jam for Impact
April 09, 2022
Our first Design Jam for Impact took place at Nova SBE Campus, a partnership between DESIS Lab at Nova SBE and REDES from Faculty of Architecture of Lisbon University (FAUL). This event had 30+ participants that worked on six different projects (from food waste, recycling to healthcare) developed by students from Nova SBE and from FAL.
Team
Anne-Laure Fayard, ERA Chair Professor of Social Innovation, coordinator of DESIS Lab at Nova SBE and Visiting Research Professor at NYU.
Inês Veiga, Assistant Professor at FA-ULisboa, designer and designer researcher.
Marco Neves, Assistant Professor at FA-ULisboa, Coordinator of the Interaction Design Master’s degree, and the Design, Interaction and Visualization research group.
