
Marinella Senatore
The artist who activates people in collective creative acts has been an inspiration to create Design Collisions.
Talking Hands
MIGRATIONS & TERRITORIES | Providing asylum seekers with skills and work, while engaging the local community and companies. A project set in Treviso, Italy
Decidim
CITIES & CITIZENS | How to achieve technological sovereignty. The participatory democracy platform by the City of Barcelona.
Manifattura Milano
HAND & MACHINE | supporting high quality and sustainable urban manufacturing by connecting people and businesses in Milan and surrounding areas.
Moda Futuribile
HAND & MACHINE | an ongoing collaborative R&D project by Dyloan Studio to investigate the potential of heat-sealing in fashion: to innovate and produce sustainably.
UNICO
HEALTH & SOCIETY | How co-design and digital fabrication improves the lives of disabled kids. Two projects by the participative brand Unico.
Funky Tomato
MIGRATIONS & TERRITORIES | The creation of a socially sustainable food supply chain in the South of Italy
Hacking Couture
HAND & MACHINES | Drawing people to engage with the language of fashion to help them express their creativity, while also re-using materials.
Women’s Hands
WOMEN & RIGHTS | Providing women the tools to help other women develop craft skills and achieve economic independence.
Days For Girls
WOMEN & RIGHTS | Providing girls home made reusable menstrual kits to ensure they will not miss school days or be cut out from social life in their villages.
FABCARE
HEALTH & SOCIETY | Is affordable, sartorial innovation possible in healthcare? A co-design project managed by the Politecnico in Milan Fab Lab (Polifactory)
WAAG
CITIES & CITIZENS | Waag is a foundation based in Amsterdam that activates citizens using emerging technologies as agents of social change. This is how it works
WHAT DESIGN CAN DO
INNOVATION & ENVIRONMENT | A platform providing the framework and the tools for designers to make a difference
LAUNCH Circular
INNOVATION & ENVIRONMENT –| How to instigate collective ideas to tackle global issues in a constructive way?
Smart Citizen Kit
CITIES & CITIZENS | Can citizens participate in the city’s development? An open source project related to data collection by the Fab Lab Barcelona