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Multidisciplinary brainstorming mentoring by design experts.

Ad hoc company design research, translate into communication tools fit for use inside company work processes and further contributes to day-to-day decision making.

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Subject: CIRA - Italian Aerospace Research Centre, emblem of the scientific research of our country, the forefront research center in Europe and globally.
In partnership with Genesis Workshop, we have lead a LabBrainDesign project lab.
Three days of full immersion together with aerospace engineers, mathematicians and physicists aimed at triggering collaboration among various CIRA laboratories, at designing new services and innovative research.
We had already conducted workshops and worked with engineers and technicians but working with scientists in the aerospace industry has been really exciting!
It has been a very intense and challenging experience !!
Design thinking in the space!

Team: aerospace engineers, mathematicians and physicists
Project leaders: Valentina Downey and Patrizia Scarzella
Cross pollinators: Paolo Galaverna – Genesis WS, Gianluca Martini - Northwall

Main goals: Stimulate innovative visions with the Design Thinking approach to design future scenario of companies training.

Team: CIS Staff
Project leaders: Valentina Downey

Subject: New scenario of food consumption

Main goals: stimulate creativity and innovative visions with the Design Thinking approach and promote the introduction of design methods in the day-by-day creative working process of the team
Team: 5 R&D department, 2 LCA researchers, 1 Food safety researcher, 1 Designer, 2 Computer engineers, 1 CEO, 3 Marketing and Communication department of 12 agricolture and food companies
Term: 2 days
Project leaders: Valentina Downey and Patrizia Scarzella
Project assistant: Barbara Rovri
Where: Apofruit Italy, Cesena

Subject: New scenario how renewable sources of energy change our daily life

Main goals: stimulate creativity and innovative visions with the Design Thinking approach and promote the introduction of design methods in the day-by-day creative working process of the team
Team: 14 Engineers, 1 Sociologist, 1 Marketing Manager, 2 Architects, 1 Graphic designer, 1 Research professor
Term: 2 days
Project leaders: Valentina Downey and Patrizia Scarzella
Project assistant: Barbara Rovri
Where: Italy, Forlì

Subject: The Design Process

Main goals: stimulate creativity and innovative visions with the Design Thinking approach and promote the introduction of design methods in the day-by-day creative working process of the team
Team: 8 Engineers, 1 Information Technology Manager, 1 Marketing Manager that work for Rinnova Romagna Innovation Agency
Term: 2 days
Project leaders: Valentina Downey and Patrizia Scarzella
Where: Italy, Forlì

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Subject: The invisible aspects of Design: Sound – Smell – Light – Touch – Color effects

Main goals: The invisible aspects of design as sound, smell, touch etc. as key points and identity elements of innovative design products.
Team: 11 Master students in Textile Design
Term: 1 week
Project leaders: Valentina Downey and Mare Kelpman
Where: Estonia, Tallinn, at the Estonian Academy of Arts

Subject: Design Management: Research a new strategic scenario on breakfast, lunch break and telenovelas.

Team: Design Management course students
Term: 40 hours
Project leaders: Valentina Downey
Where: Bologna Italy, Academy of Fine Arts