Design Gym – Collaborative Ideation: Turning Ideas into Impactful Solutions

In this hands-on workshop, we’ll explore practical ideation techniques to generate creative solutions that are grounded in research, user needs, and real-world constraints.

What to Expect

• Learning about ideation principles and some tools for generating creative ideas
• Case studies
• Hands-on activity in teams to practice collaborative idea generation

The new Design Gym is a series of fast-paced, hands-on workshops designed to help you build and expand your design toolkit. Each 90-minute session focuses on practical, in-demand skills across a range of design practices.

But it doesn’t stop there. After each workshop, participants gain access to dedicated office hours where they can get personalized feedback from the facilitators, explore how to apply their new skills to real-world projects, and develop stronger portfolios and case studies.

Whether you’re sharpening your current capabilities or breaking into new territory, the Design Gym is here to help you confidently practice, explain, and showcase your growth as a designer.

Office Gym → March 4
Facilitator: Joana Lima Villas
Registrations soon through Eventbrit

PRICE
NOVA Students = 3euros
External Public = 5 euros

Joana Lima Villas is Head of Design and a Senior UX Designer with over 12 years of experience building products, teams, and design systems across Web3, fintech, media, and technology. She works at the intersection of strategy and execution, focusing on scaling design, developing people, and embedding design thinking within organizations. She is passionate about leadership grounded in clarity, empathy, and collaboration. Outside of work, her three children remind her daily that curiosity and emotion are the best tools a designer can have.

DESIS Lab and ERA Chair in Social Innovation at NovaSBE

erachair@novasbe.pt