UPB (Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana) DESIS Lab, Colombia
UPB (Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana) DESIS Lab, Colombia
Address: Industrial Design faculty
Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Bloque 10
Tel: +(574) 4488388
Institution: Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana,
Circular 1 No. 70-01
Medellín, Colombia
Tel: +(574) 4488388
Website: www.upb.edu.co
Coordinators:
Marcos Vallejo
Cra. 42B# 31A-60 apto 407
Tel. (57) 300 720 9683/ House. (57) 4 232 1530
Email: marcos.vallejo@une.net.co
Andrés V. Múnera
Cra. 43A # 49D-Sur 40
Tel. (57) 313 734 5688 / House (57) 4 332 4450 Email: andres.v.munera@gmail.com
Background
labDESIS has just been established at Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana as part of theIndustrial DesignCommunity & Product Module.With a 12 hours week intensity distributed like this:
Design workshop: 6 hrs
Research LAB: 2 hrs
Community theory: 2 hrs
Alternative production: 2 hrs
In the past there were a group of students who coursed the Social Innovation workshop given by Los Andes University with professor E. Manzini followed of his visit to our institution in Medellín.
Also, in the Strategic design and innovation specialization students had a 2 weeks social innovation oriented module accompanied by Ana Isabel Palacios and Marcos Vallejo in 2008 and Andrea Mendoza from Los Andes University in 2009.
Motivation
Promote Social Innovation as part of the design profession and as a tool for sustainability.
Strengthening social fabric involving students and the community.
To generate a case’s data based in our own classwork experience. Sharing these findings with DESIS Network and the university’s community.
Be able to develop a Medellin’s tailor-made for design methodology based on this work.
Activities
Lab DESIS class. We used DESIS toolkit when looking for promising initiatives
Social innovation workshop in Palmira, Valle del Cauca (Colombia)
LOLA Toolkit and documents as support to look for local promising cases.
The RADICAL exercise with several student groups.
Social Innovation Workshop at Los Andes University, Bogotá
Research Areas
Some initiatives found by students are:
Regions: rural-urban links | local resources valorization
Enterprises: craftsmanship | community-based enterprises
Housing: Community share hostel
Eating: Organic production association
Communing: Walk and share. Biking groups. Car pooling
Working: Second hand market. Book exchange
Socializing: Peace trough music.
Learning: Remote locations education
Future Programs
Develop regional partners.
Regional Workshops.
To participate within the DESIS network.
To integrate social innovation within the University Industrial Design program together with other contemporary initiatives which promote sustainability through design.
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