Global Design for Kids
Objectives
The main purpose of Global Design For Kids is developing, with the creative involvement of teachers and students from different universities Of product design Engineering around the world, a project for children and young Playful, environmental and / or learning in a context of rural communities.
The overall objective is to conceive, design and present it to the level conceptual proposal, in as much detail as possible (sketches, renderings, posters,drawings and scale models, according to the specifications given at the beginning).
This result will be part of a portfolio of initiatives themselves communities that can manage in the future with the resources available to local governments to address their social and cultural development.
All these activities of the Global Design For Kids, will take place in a 2-week intensive work in rural areas near the city of
Medellin, Antioquia, Colombia.
To achieve this it is expected that participants achieve the following:
- Identify needs and desires through the hearts and minds of communities in the field of leisure, learning and the
environment.
- Develop project specifications and all the actors: Human, contexts and technologies.
- Explore and propose two-and three-dimensional, solution ideas through inquiry and creative experimentation within the
guidelines of the Global Design For Kids.
- Develop a detailed study of the ergonomics and anthropometrics, materials and processes that incorporate concepts
of sustainability, and originality from a creative standpoint.
