On Wednesday the 13th of March, the third USER-FACTOR knowledge exchange workshop; ‘Implementing design support pilots’ took place at the City of Culture of Galicia located in Santiago de Compostela, northwestern Spain. In the months leading up to the workshop each partner was busy planning
In the previous workshop, partners framed the objective of their design support pilot and identified relevant stakeholders to engage with. In the following months each partner has been building relationships, finalising planning, and growing awareness of their supports. During workshop three, partners will present their
Last October 25th, The Galician Innovation Agency (GAIN) held a workshop under the heading “Strategies for the protection of the design”. About 50 people attended the event that took place the 25th of October in CIS Galicia (Ferrol) and involved students, designers and enterprises. The
On Wednesday the 10th of October, the second USER-FACTOR knowledge exchange workshop; developing design pilots, took place in the Aviva Stadium; Ireland’s national rugby and football stadium. The workshop aimed to frame each partners design pilot. In the lead up to the workshop, each partner
On 7th September 2018, iLab and PDR hosted an exploratory workshop to look at the drivers and barriers to the more strategic use of design in Northern Ireland to gauge the appetite for a design action plan. In recent years, a number of governments around
On 20-21 March 2018, project partners met in Edinburgh to inaugurate the USER-FACTOR project. The event hosted by Scottish Enterprise combined the first Steering Committee Meeting and Knowledge exchange workshop on Good Practices in Design Support. Having looked at the European policy for design and
