Design Jam for Impact #5

Design jam for impact: Let's collaborate and co-create to tackle social and sustainability issues.

Overview

Design jam for impact: Let's collaborate and co-create to tackle social and sustainability issues.

Join us for our 5 edition of the DESIGN JAM FOR IMPACT organized by the DESIS Lab @ Nova SBE and the DESIS Lab @ FAUL. 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) and Inês Veiga (FAUL) (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 11th!

PROJECTS:
We have 5 amazing projects joining us and with whom you will have the opportunity to collaborate:

Raízes Regenerativas (Regenerative Roots): A collaborative initiative working with local communities to explore strategies that encourage youth to move to and thrive in rural Portugal. The initiative aims to design solutions that address local challenges and foster long-term engagement and healthy interdependent relationships.

Circularity as a Service: PlastNatur® Smart Circular System: proposes a solution that creates a measurable, fully traceable circular loop — from use to collection, logistics, and composting — and actively promotes awareness and behaviour change through user‑centred feedback.
Lisboa Repair Project : revives Lisbon’s fading repair culture by making local repair services visible, trusted and accessible. This participatory platform connects residents with validated local repairers, reducing waste and supporting local livelihoods.

ALGENYX: a flat-panel microalgae photobioreactor designed for indoor air purification and atmospheric CO₂ capture. The current prototype focuses on indoor air cleaning, while we will explore the potential for larger carbon capture applications.

Teplo — Community Integration & Active Leisure Platform for Ukrainians in Portugal: a dedicated space for socialization and support, bringing the Ukrainian community together and facilitating integration into life in Portugal through meaningful and engaging collective activities (e.g. arts, sports).

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.

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

-> Graziela Sousa, designer, DESIS @ FAUL
-> António Gorgel, designer, DESIS @ FAUL
-> Joana Lima Villas, UX design lead, DESIS Lab @ Nova SBE mentor
-> Maria Folque Guimarães, Community Manager at Nova SBE Innovation Ecosystem, DESIS Lab @ Nova SBE mentor

-> Beatriz Lopes , designer at With Company, a long-time partner of the DESIS Lab @NovaSBE