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OpenMaji @ “Social Business – Make the difference” Workshop
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Author The OpenMaji Project Team has participated in “Social Business – Make the difference” workshop, organized by Yunus Social Business Centre of the University of Florence and held on 28 of June 2011 at Officina Giovani in Prato.
A social business is a non-loss, non-dividend company designed to address a social objective within the highly regulated marketplace of today. Profits are used in a manner in which they may expand the company’s reach and improve the product or service to a greater extent than a traditional for-profit corporation, which is the reason why the investors receive no dividends or extra payments apart from their initial investment.
Here’s a slideshow of the event.
Enjoy!
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OpenMaji Project on La Nazione (22 May 2011)
A wonderful article by Elettra Gullè on the OpenMaji Project entitled “The crisis to put yourself at stake” has been published on Italian newspaper La Nazione. The newspaper has national circulation and has more than 2.440.000 readers all around Italy.
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OpenMaji @ “Mediterranean Design2″ Exhibition – Barcelona (Spain), 7-26 April 2011
The OpenMaji project will be exhibited at DesigMediterraneo2 exposition, that will take place in Barcelona (Spain) from 7th to 26th of April 2011.
The exhibition, organized by Palermo Design and ADP Association, will take place at Design Hub DHUB in Barcelona, Carrer Montcada 12, Barri del Raval:
ADP, constitutes in 1978 in Barcelona, is the Catalan association of designers operating in visual communication, product, environment, theory and pedagogy and also design management, with the aim of disseminating the culture of design from a broad perspective of the sector’s interests. ADP promotes the value of cultural and professional design, and works as an encouragement for the use of design in
the corporate sector.After Istanbul, the city of Barcelona and the Association of Barcelona’s designers have considered strategic host this year’s prize PAD banned from participating in a cultural activity that enhances the design as an element of identity and economic development in the Mediterranean.
The Award Ceremony will take place in the same day of the exhibition opening (7th April) and it will be followed by “The Design in the development of the Mediterranean countries” Conference, that will take place at Sala d’actes Design Hub on 8 of April. The debate will focus on the possible role/utility of the design in the development process of the Mediterranean countries, considering the ways in relation to the diversity between the countries and areas of this region.
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The event is sponsored by ICUB Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Ajuntament de Barcelona, Fundació Banc de Sabadell, Disseny HUB Barcelona, BCD Barcelona Centre de disseny, IEMED Institut d’Estudis de la Mediterrània and ADI Siclia Associazione italiana per il Disegno Industriale.
If you’ll be around Barcelona during the month of April, we warmly invite you to visit the exposition and attend to the conference!
Link to DesignMediterraneo2 Competion Press Release.
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OpenMaji @ Less is next 2010
The OpenMaji Team has been present at Less is Next conference, held at EX3 Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea in Florence and organized by ISIA Florence:
Less is Next is a project borned in 2008 (…) aiming at encourage (…) an heterogeneous debate on (…) environmental and economic crisis, which each of us should begin to face starting from the renewing of his thought. Designers, through the project of environments and services, have at their disposal a big power and a big responsibility: orienting lifestyles and creating new values.
The conference … of professionals from different fields: engineering, infographic, illustration, art, design and sailing discussing about the theme of water, its availability and conflicts growing around the use of this important resource.
The OpenMaji Team introduced the project’s progress and had the possibility to exchange interesting opinions on the theme of water and on new possible ways for design and cooperation subjects.
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OpenMaji @Terra Futura 2010!
OpenMaji will be present at Terra Futura 2010 that will take place at Fortezza da Basso in Florence from the 28th till the 30th of May 2010:
Terra Futura is a fair-meeting organized in a exhibition area, getting bigger and more articulate every year, and in a very high level program of cultural initiatives, meetings, seminars, workshop; and also laboratories and shows. Inaugurated for the common goal to guarantee a future for our planet – and to achieve it together –, Terra Futura’s cornerstones are the tasks and the “good practices” of social, economic and environmental sustainability, carried out in all fields, from daily life to social relations, from the economic system to the public administration.
The OpenMaji design team will introduce the latest developments of the OpenMaji Project.
Here’s the map:
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Come and join us!
OpenMaji @Pecha Kucha Night Florence 06!
OpenMaji will be present at Pecha Kucha Night (PKN) Florence Vol.06 that will take place at Palagio di Parte Guelfa in Florence (Italy) on 30th of april 2010:
PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public.
It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of “chit chat”, it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It’s a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace.
The Palagio di Parte Guelfa is located inside the historical center of Florence, you can see the map below:
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Here you can find more informations about Pecha Kucha.
If you’ll be around Florence during that date, you’re kindly invited to come and join us!
