Design Jam for Impact #4

Join us for our fourth edition of the DESIGN JAM FOR IMPACT organized by the DESIS Lab @ Nova SBE and REDE DESIS Lab @ Faculty of Architecture in Lisbon. This is an amazing opportunity to engage in multi-disciplinary collaboration to design, iterate and refine impactful solutions to address social and environmental issues.

WHAT WILL WE DO

The day will be fast-paced and full of hands-on activities to allow you collaboratively generate innovative solutions to help six projects (from NovaSBE and FAUL students and social entrepreneurs tackling social and environmental issues).

We will practice design thinking and learn practical tools to nurture your creative problem-solving and develop meaningful and sustainable solutions to tackle complex social and environmental issues in our communities.

Design thinking is a powerful approach to help develop insights into problems that generate solutions that may otherwise remain hidden to you.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

Multidisciplinary communication and collaboration, journey maps, prototyping, scenarios and storytelling.

More than anything, you’ll have the opportunity to work with like-minded passionate people from different disciplines!

HOW?

As a participant, you will be a creative collaborator. As such you will work with 6 projects which address a social and / or environmental issue. They are passionate by their idea but they also believe in the power of collaboration and diversity, and are looking for creative inputs and different perspectives.

The workshop will be facilitated mainly by Anne-Laure Fayard (Nova SBE), Inês Veiga (FAL) with a contribution of Beatriz Bento (DESIS Lab @Nova SBE). (See below to know more about our team).

WHO?

If you are passionate about impact and want to hone your design thinking skills, flex your creative muscles and nurture your collaborative power, sign up and join us on April 6th!

PROJECTS:
Detective Mr. P – An interactive storytelling-based approach to teaching primary research methods through games, puzzles, and digital content.
Team: Sofia Bordoni, Sara Leal, Adél Kovács, Marian Latorre Illanes (Nova SBE).
SOMNO – A hands-free, AI-powered sleep assistant designed to help people break free from the cycle of stress-induced insomnia.
Team: Constanza Heymanns, Finn Peters (Nova SBE).
Reshell – Recovery and valorization of shellfish waste (mussels, clams, and oysters) to promote sustainable practices in seafood consumption.
Team: Luigi Sbalchiero, Francesco Dorigo (Nova SBE).
MyVerti – aeroponics, a sustainable soil-free cultivation method where plant roots grow inside a vertical tower, receiving nutrient-rich irrigation in a fine mist. This system saves 95% of water and optimizes space for year-round growth.
Team: Ivan Silva
Programa de Residências Colaborativas – A project that invites young people interested in moving to rural areas, applying and developing their skills in collaboration with the local community. Through two-week collaborative residencies, it fosters the co-creation of solutions for rural revitalization, combining methodologies such as Design Thinking, Systems Thinking, and Biomimicry to strengthen communities and regenerate territories.
Team: João Martins
Community Garden at Nova SBE – How can we create and sustain a truly community-driven garden? More than just a green space, this initiative fosters collaboration, shared responsibility, and continuous engagement, growing both plants and a committed community at the Nova SBE campus.
Garden representative: Inês Sardinha – volunteer

This event is OPEN to all people interested in collaborating and co-creating for social impact. We have a limited number of seats.

-> Lunch will be provided

OUR TEAM

Anne-Laure Fayard, ERA Chair Professor of Social Innovation, coordinator of Nova DESIS (design for social innovation and sustainability) Lab, and Visiting Research Professor at NYU …. And most of all a passionate design thinker who cares for impact!

Inês Veiga, Assistant Professor at FA-ULisboa, designer and designer researcher crossing graphic design with intervention and local and social causes.

Beatriz Bento, Community Manager at DESIS Lab @Nova SBE, Teaching Assistant at Nova SBE, a creative thinker and a biomimicry passionate!

We will also have the chance to have the participation of a few special mentors both from DESIS Lab@NovaSBE and REDES DESIS Lab mentors:

-> Graziela Sousa, REDES DESIS
-> António Gorgel, REDES DESIS
-> Joana Lima Villas, DESIS Lab at Nova SBE mentor
-> Riddhi Varma, DESIS Lab at Nova SBE Fellow
-> Isaac Jumba, DESIS Lab at Nova SBE Community Member
-> Uri Casademont, DESIS Lab at Nova SBE Partner