Social Design Days

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Shap­ing a sense of belong­ing in a cos­mopoli­tan soci­ety and economy

We invite you to Social Design Days in Nurem­berg from Octo­ber 7 to 9—three days packed with insights, inspi­ra­tions, work­shops, and dis­cus­sions! Giv­en that almost one-third of peo­ple in Ger­many are of immi­grant descent, this year’s event will focus on the top­ic of grow­ing togeth­er in a diverse soci­ety and economy.

Our keynotes, pan­els, case stud­ies, and work­shops will show how design can mobi­lize and inspire, enabling the oppor­tu­ni­ties and poten­tial offered by that diver­si­ty to be har­nessed and put to effec­tive use with­in busi­ness­es, local gov­ern­ments, and society. 

Urban spaces that facil­i­tate encounter; cor­po­rate cul­tures that build iden­ti­fi­ca­tion; sport­ing activ­i­ties that bring peo­ple togeth­er: Good design con­nects peo­ple with dif­fer­ent lives and ori­gins, cre­ates a sense of belong­ing, and fos­ters active participation.

What to expect

The event will span Talks, the Jam, and Work­shops in an excit­ing pro­gram fea­tur­ing inter­na­tion­al speak­ers and experts with a focus on suc­cess sto­ries, poten­tial, and chal­lenges from busi­ness and society.

Work­shops: Octo­ber 7, 9am—1pm

Work­shop with Anders Gründen
From Idea to Impact – How Social Busi­ness Mod­els are Created
How can an idea be turned into a busi­ness mod­el that cre­ates social impact while also being eco­nom­i­cal­ly viable? In this inter­ac­tive work­shop, you’ll gain prac­ti­cal insight into the fun­da­men­tals of social busi­ness mod­els and learn how to use the Social Busi­ness Mod­el Can­vas to struc­ture and fur­ther devel­op your own ideas. 

The work­shop will be con­duct­ed pri­mar­i­ly in Ger­man. Accom­mo­da­tions will be made for Eng­lish-speak­ing par­tic­i­pants as needed.

Work­shop with the Social Entre­pre­neur­ship Akademie
Learn­ing and Work­ing with Proven Mod­els from Estab­lished Social Enterprises
In this Social Design Work­shop, project lead­ers and aspir­ing entre­pre­neurs will learn tips and tricks drawn from real-world imple­men­ta­tion expe­ri­ence and how to apply them to their own chal­lenges. Togeth­er, in a play­ful and col­lab­o­ra­tive way, par­tic­i­pants will devel­op ini­tial ideas for solu­tions to their own projects. The start­up advi­sors at the Social Entre­pre­neur­ship Acad­e­my have been suc­cess­ful­ly guid­ing social star­tups from the ear­ly stages through to scal­ing for many years. Come and be inspired!

Work­shop with the ReDI School of Dig­i­tal Integration
Belong­ing by Design—How can we design spaces where peo­ple tru­ly feel a sense of belonging?
The work­shop explores how a sense of belong­ing is cre­at­ed with­in organ­i­sa­tions, munic­i­pal­i­ties and pro­fes­sion­al envi­ron­ments and as well as iden­ti­fy­ing where design, lan­guage, process­es, and dig­i­tal ser­vices may unin­ten­tion­al­ly cre­ate barriers.

The work­shop com­bines lived expe­ri­ence, reflec­tion and social design. A ReDI com­mu­ni­ty mem­ber with an inter­na­tion­al back­ground will con­tribute a per­son­al per­spec­tive, which then serves as a start­ing point for par­tic­i­pants to iden­ti­fy bar­ri­ers and devel­op ideas for cre­at­ing more inclu­sive environments.

Venue: IHK Nürn­berg für Mit­tel­franken (CIC Nurem­berg), Mark­tvorste­hersaal, Haupt­markt 25/27, 90403 Nuremberg

Talks: Octo­ber 7

The Talks pro­gram will dis­cuss how design of spaces, brands, and process­es can cre­ate access, rein­force iden­ti­fi­ca­tion, and tack­le dis­crim­i­na­tion across busi­ness­es, local gov­ern­ments, and civ­il soci­ety. Keynotes and case stud­ies will come from inter­na­tion­al design­ers, researchers, and entre­pre­neurs, with top­ics rang­ing from design cred­i­bil­i­ty and open com­pa­ny cul­ture to inclu­sive sports­wear design.

Speak­ers will include Gabriel Fontana (Design­er, Paris / Rot­ter­dam), Simon Usi­fo (Mar­ket­ing Expert, for­mer CEO BBDO Ger­many), Anni­ka Storch (HfG Offen­bach), Zijad Doličanin (VAIR e.V., Offen­bach), Erol Yildiz (Pro­fes­sor for Migra­tion-Edu­ca­tion-Diver­si­ty, Uni­ver­si­ty of Inns­bruck), Katha­ri­na Fritsch (1. FC Nürn­berg – Com­mu­ni­ty & Mem­ber­ship, Sus­tain­abil­i­ty), Katrin Nis­sel (Zen­trum für Interkul­turelles Man­age­ment & Diver­si­ty, Hochschule Bre­men), Fab­rizio Uret­ti­ni (Talk­ing Hands, Tre­vi­so), and Huda Smit­shui­jzen Abi­Farès (Khatt Foun­da­tion, Amsterdam).

Venue: IHK Nürn­berg für Mit­tel­franken (CIC Nurem­berg), Haupt­markt 25/27, 90403 Nuremberg

Jam: Octo­ber 8/9

The Jam is the cen­ter­piece of the Social Design Days. The inter­ac­tive work­shop devel­ops solu­tions to make the world of tomor­row a bet­ter and fair­er place. This year we will work with the team from the Work and Stay Cen­ter Mit­tel­franken to address chal­lenges faced by peo­ple of immi­grant descent start­ing a new job in Ger­many. Sup­port­ed by experts from Urban Lab and bay­ern design, the Jam is open to all par­tic­i­pants irre­spec­tive of their career background.

Venue: Bay­erische Architek­tenkam­mer Auf AEG, Muggen­hofer Straße 135, 90429 Nürnberg

The event is aimed at com­pa­ny pro­fes­sion­als, local gov­ern­ment, the design and cre­ative sec­tor, and any­one with an inter­est in the top­ic and in get­ting involved.

About Social Design Days

In 2023, we launched a new fes­ti­val: Social Design Days in Nurem­berg, which is three days of work­shops, inter­ac­tive events, and a sym­po­sium of high-cal­iber speak­ers. The fes­ti­val wel­comes every­one because a tenet of social design is that skills and tal­ents should be shared to over­come chal­lenges with­in soci­ety effi­cient­ly and effec­tive­ly and make the world a bet­ter place. Social Design Days in Nurem­berg is host­ed by bay­ern design in coop­er­a­tion with the Nurem­berg Cham­ber of Com­merce and Indus­try for Cen­tral Fran­co­nia.

One part of Social Design Days is Design Jam. At this inter­ac­tive work­shop, the chal­lenges to be dis­cussed for cross-inno­va­tion are deter­mined from respons­es to our open call. The work­shop address­es design­ers, pro­fes­sion­als, and every­one eager to get involved. Social Design Days in Nurem­berg takes place in autumn. Details about open calls and more infor­ma­tion in Ger­man lan­guage are avail­able at www.socialdesigndays.de.