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On 16 December, the User-Factor Final Online Conference “Design Impact” took place. The event shared the achievements made by partners during the project, and gave each a chance to present insights, compare lessons learned and discuss best practices as well as the ongoing need to

On 9 December, GAIN and Enterprise Ireland celebrated an online buddy meeting in order to discuss results and experiences related to their pilot design projects, as the User-Factor partners continue to exploit the value of their partnerships by meeting and exchanging ideas   Due to

Design is growing in popularity. It is one of the most accessible approaches to in­novation, as a people-centred activity by which desir­able and usable products and services are defined and delivered. As such, it has been growing rapidly among big companies, as well as in

USER FACTOR aims to strengthen innovation in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) across eight regions by putting design at the hear of the business development process. Funded by the Interreg Atlantic Area programme since 2018, the USER FACTOR consortium has led workshops, held events and

SME toolkit for understanding customers Under the User Factor Project, a free toolkit has been developed in order to help SMEs become more customer focused and improve their services. The goal of the toolkit is to help small businesses to better identify their customers’ needs

The Cardiff Market Project PDR (https://www.pdr-online.com/), via the User Factor project, has brought design thinking and creative policy to small and medium sized business throughout Wales. The Cardiff Market project aimed to support organisational bodies or individual traders within Cardiff City Centre. The support consisted

Under the USER-FACTOR “Design for user-driven innovation” project, financed under the INTERREG programme for innovation in the Atlantic area, Sociedade Portuguesa de Inovação (www.spieurope.eu) two pilot editions of the corporate training programme  Design for Business in partnership with the Porto Design Factory. Through an innovative