GiANT - Global Desing for Social Innovation

Objectives

The main purpose of GiANT, is to develop, with the creative partipation of teachers and students from different
Engineering and Design Universities in the world, a project for the community of the municipalities of La Ceja and
El Retiro, Antioquia- Colombia, creating an entertainment and cultural space around recreation, art and fun the people.

In order to achieve this objective, participants are expected to achieve the following:

• Identify the needs and desires through the thoughts and sentiments of the communities.
• Develop a set of project specifications and for all the stakeholders: Humans, contexts and technologies.
• Explore and propose two and three dimensional solution ideas through creative questioning and experimentation, within the guidelines of the GiANT project.
• Develop a detailed study of the ergonomics and anthropometric conditions for materials and processes that take into account concepts of sustainability and originality from a creative point of view.
• Propose a monitoring plan for the community, to involve responsible members so that the proposal is sustainable in time.