CEDTec – Design and Technology Study Center
CEDTec – Design and Technology Study Center
Address: Av. Presidente Antonio Carlos, 7545 – sala 85
Belo Horizonte/MG CEP 31270-010
Tel: +55 31 3439 6519
www.comunidadescriativas.com.br
Coordinator: Rita de Castro Engler
Address: Rua Luz, 101/ 101 – Belo Horizonte/MG
30220-090 Brazil
Tel: +55 31 8471 4400
Email: rcengler@uol.com.br
Operator: Raquel Canaan
Address: Rua das Acácias, 969 – Nova Lima/MG
34000-00 Brazil
Tel: +55 31 8827 8524
Email: raquel.pcanaan@gmail.com
CEDTec is a center located in Design School from UEMG (State University of Minas Gerais, created in 2009 and formally approved in January 2010). It is coordinated by Rita de Castro Engler, PhD in Technology Innovation Management from Ecole Centrale Paris and Sebastiana Luiza Bragança Lana, PhD in Materials Engineering from University of Sheffield. Its goal is to train undergraduate and graduate students, and work with communities focusing in the triple bottom line:
Preserve the environment by the rational use of resources and energy, new materials, forest management, skills development, income generation for poor communities and sustainable economical development by the use of Design.
It has 2 main lines of researches: 1) social innovation that focus on cultural, socio-economical aspects, and sustainability and innovation management. These projects are developed in communities, usually with partnership with local authorities. Our goal is to educate a new brand of designers focusing on sustainable innovations inside organizations (NGOs, companies, labs, etc.) and its strategies are: a) stakeholders relations in sustainable process analysis; b) companies’ strategies and public polices aiming innovation analysis; c) sustainable innovation creation, development and implementation; d) cultural and territorial enhancement using design tools.
2) Development of new methods and process that contribute to reduce input consumption during the whole life cycle of the product, use of new material. Its strategies are: a) materials choices for better performance diagnosis; b) production processes diagnosis; c) Design & materials relations.
We aim to strength the practice of Design as a powerful ally to development of creative and sustainable communities.
In our team, we actually have the following researchers: Marcelina das Graças Almeida, Nadja Maria Mourão, Glauco Teixeira, Daniela Menezes Martins, Raquel Pereira Canaan, Teresa Campos Viana, Orlando Gama da Silva Junior, Barbara Dias Lage, Lucas Righi, Paula Soeiro, Felipe Lessa Sampaio, Renata Alves Dias, Alice Andrade Guimarães, Ana Carolina de Assis Ribeiro, Antonnione Franco Leone Ribeiro, Augusto Gomes Araujo, Carlos Magno Ferreira, Georges Machado Michailides, Isabella Pontello Bahia, Isadora Graciana da Mota Prado, Jessica Machado Marques, Lucas da Costa Petes, Luiz Gustavo Pereira, Diego Rocha, Diego Coelho David, Claudilene Neves, Leandro Rocha, Michelle Rezende Vieira, Viviane Melo, Polliana Grossi e Paulo Junqueira.
Project Examples
- Geraes’ Creative Communities
- Sustainability in crafts production with organic waste of Cerrado Mineiro
- Use of Design to improve working conditions of scavengers
- Design for Sustainable Cities
- Participative Design at Jequitinhonha Valley (completed in 2010)
- Estrela do Campo (completed in December2010)
Future Projects(already approved, starting between January and March 2012):
- Applicability of Curauá fiber in Thermal Insulation
- Using Design to enhance sustainable tourism in Nova Lima
Main Partners
- Federal Government: CNPq, MEC – Education and Culture Ministry, CAPES
- State Government: FAPEMIG, UEMG, Centro Minas Design
- City Hall: Nova Lima, Chapada Gaúcha, Turmalina
- Associação dos Artesãos de Nova Lima, Associação da Comunidade de Buraquinhos, Associação da Comunidade de Ribeirão de Areia, Associação de Quilombolas Santa Teresa, Associação das Bordadeiras e Artesãos de Serra das Araras, Conselho Regional de Assistência Social de Nova Lima, Associação Comunitária de São Gonçalo do Rio das Pedras
- Instituto Sociedade População e Natureza/ European Union
