Welcome Sonia!
Welcome Sonia in Art Square Lab SIS! Sonia joined us for her 6 weeks internship. We are happy to have you in our team and support us- we are happy, when we can collaborate with young people! Such a great new energy:) Why Art Square? “Hello, I am Sonia, a student in graphic design at […]
Événement WËLLKOMM à Sanem
L’événement de bienvenue pour les nouveaux arrivants dans les municipalités est une excellente occasion d’échanger des informations, mais aussi d’entamer un #dialogue avec d’autres citoyens, de faire connaissance avec les voisins et de planifier un #engagement futur dans des activités locales. Le week-end dernier, notre projet WËLLKOMM a collaboré avec Pakt vum Zesummeliewen du Ministère de la Famille, de l’Intégration […]
Thinkathon in ECG!
L’Ecole de Commerce et de Gestion (ECG – Luxembourg) a acueilli un thinkaton organisé par Art Square Lab SIS dans le cadre du projet européen Erasmus+ “Imaginarium – Creative Youth for Sustainable Future”. 200 étudiants répartis en 20 groupes ont imaginé des solutions créatives en réponse au 5 Objectifs de Développement Durables (ODD) suivants : […]
Fit4Service avec l’Atelier Kräizbierg
En tant que consultant pour le programme Fit4Service de Luxinnovation GIE, nous aidons les entreprises à développer les meilleures expériences clients possibles. Ces dernières semaines, nous avons eu la chance de collaborer avec une équipe de l’Atelier Kräizbierg pour identifier les points qui posent problème et les points positifs soulignés par les clients qui achètent […]
Comment mesurer la créativité ?
La créativité est évoquée comme l’une des compétences futures (et difficilement reproductible par les ordinateurs !) mais comment la mesurer ? est-il facile de s’auto-évaluer comme créatif ? Si vous êtes éducateur et que cette question vous dérange, nous avons une bonne nouvelle ! Dans le cadre d’Imaginarium – Creative Youth for Sustainable Futures, nous avons développé […]
Personal Assistance with LISER
Personal Assistance is an important project piloted by the Ministère de la Famille, de l’Intégration et à la Grande Région and Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER). We were glad to assist both actors in preparation of the participatory workshops and the conference to facilitate constructive #exchange between all the important actors. Next steps of the project coming very soon!
Welcome Margot!
In January we are lucky to collaborate with Margot, our new Intern! “I am Margot, a student from the University College Maastricht. This month, I am doing an internship at Art Square Lab as I wish to learn more about design thinking and sustainability. I am excited about this enriching opportunity and happy to be […]
WËLLKOMM project: co-creation workshop
„How Might We allow better orientation in people, places and local resources?” or “How might we present Luxembourgish culture (visible and non visible aspects)?” were some of the questions we asked to the 15 participants of the co-creation workshop that took place last Saturday. Representatives of the commune and newcomers came to Ettelbruck to share their ideas and […]
Designing Open Badges with VOLEM
Dans le cadre de notre projet européen Erasmus+ VOLEM (VOLontariat pour l’EMployabilité), Art Square Lab SIS a organisé un événement de dissémination le 29 novembre 2022 auprès des travailleurs jeunesse. L’approche innovante des Open Badges numériques permet aux jeunes de certifier leurs compétences de manière digitale afin de les mettre en avant sur les réseaux […]
VOLEM: la conference final!
Les expériences de volontariat sont un atout pour les jeunes tant au niveau de leur évolution personnelle et que de leur chance d’insertion professionnelle. C’est le constat partagé par de nombreux professionnels et notamment les recruteurs à la recherche de profils sachant faire preuve de capacité d’adaptation, d’aisance relationnelle, de créativité et de leadership entre […]
WËLLKOMM Project in Echternach
(la version française ci-dessous) On tour with Wëllkomm Project! Last Saturday we participated in a Welcome Event organised by the commune of Echternach for the new citizens of the town. It gave us a chance to connect to the stories of the newcomers and understand their on-arrival experience. What do they expect from the welcome […]
Multiplier Event: VOLEM Project
Art Square Lab SIS a proposé un événement de dissémination le 10 novembre 2022 dans le cadre du projet européen Erasmus+ VOLEM (VOLontariat pour l’EMployabilité). Nous avons pu présenter les Open Badges numériques aux étudiants de l’Ecole de la 2e chance au Luxembourg dans le cadre du programme de formation d’Académie Digitale dispensé par Art […]
Luxembourg Gov Jam – done!
45 participants, 12 facilitators, 10 testers… 7 prototypes of public services connecting them with services… This is why we Jam! Luxembourg Gov Jam is a part of the global events bringing together citizens and public sector to co-design ideas for public services that would make our life easier! For us it is a celebration of […]
About Design Thinking in Youth Mag
In fresh Youth Mag(azine) you can read about Design Thinking methodology applied by Art Square Lab and UpFoundation in educational projects. And ! if you want to check out more about practicing design thinking in a concrete project, you can also find there an article about PLAN B, Resilience in Youth Sector Project. Have a […]
Luxembourg Gov Jam next week!
Last days to register to Luxembourg Gov Jam- the best event in the world for people who want to try out a design-based approach to innovation on services. In a spirit of experimentation, co-operation and friendly competition, teams will have less than 48 hours to develop and prototype new public sector services inspired by a […]
Resilience Academy – Projet Plan B : Ateliers thématiques pour développer vos capacités de résilience – 16 novembre
L’année dernière, nous nous sommes habitués à entendre parler de l’avenir du travail et de l’ensemble des compétences nécessaires pour transformer des organisations fragiles en structures résilisantes capables de relever les nouveaux défis. Et qu’en est-il de l’éducation ?Comment le travail avec les jeunes a-t-il été affecté par la pandémie ? Comment les organisations de […]
Re-design your career with Design Thinking workshop is back!
After a short break but high demand, we bring this boutique workshop back to our agenda. We have seen so many ideas being implemented by our former participants who decided to finally visualise what they only kept in their journals or drawers. Bring your idea to life, to validate it and decide on next steps. […]
Focus on future competences: #imagination
“I have an impression that people do not have imagination to invent new ideas, connect the dots” said one of our clients last week. It is truth: imagination is a more and more frequent key word in our work, especially when it comes to development of future sustainable scenarios, bring new solutions, re-thinking solution that […]
We are part of the Social Business Incubator (SBI)
Since some weeks we are happy to join Social Business Incubator initiated by the Ministry of Labour in Neudorf. Together with other social enterprises and ULESS (UNION LUXEMBOURGEOISE DE L’ECONOMIE SOCIALE & SOLIDAIRE ASBL) we build a vibrant ecosystem of alternative economies in Luxembourg. On 27th September the SBI was opened by Minister Georges Engel. […]
Creating Future Scenarios training
Imagine you wake up in a sustainable world. Where are you? What does your neighbourhood look like? Your house? What do you do for a living? What messages do you get? Was it difficult for you to imagine? Together with 20 youth workers, educators and trainers, we spent the last week exploring the potential of futures thinking and imagination in education for sustainable development. Do […]
Service Design for public services – join our meet up!
We are starting a new season of our meet-ups! places to learn, share, exchange and get new ideas! This time we are going to talk about #servicedesign in the creation and improvement of #publicservices . We are pleased to share a case study of the Luxembourg ‘Zesumme-Vereinfachen’ platform, which will be presented by Martine Kerschen […]
5 years of Art Square Lab- Happy Birthday to us!
5 employees 15 collaborators: facilitators, moderators, trainers, thinkers & doers 55 projects … and more to come! Many thanks to our supporters, partners and clients for your trust.
Resilience Academy 16th November- let’s get future proof :)
Hello youth work!In Art Square Lab we can’t stop thinking how might we get ready for the future and especially how to engage young people into this reflection. There are 3 “must-do’s” we have spotted: – imagination is essential, can we practice?– creativity and generating ideas will not happen in the vacuum, we need to […]
Activity Report 2021 is here!
We have a pleasure to present you the Social Impact Activity report from 2021 of Art Square Lab (SIS). It was an interesting year full of educational initiatives! ! we see ourself as an important actor of the social economy in Luxembourg but also an influencer of the educational trends !! at the same time […]
When design follows thinking in sustainable way!
#DiscoverEU is a fantastic initiative where young people of 18 years old can win a free train ticket to travel in EU, valid for 1 month (interail). Sustainable adventure! In addition, they can stop over several places and take part in a #meetup together with other participants of the program. Last week in Luxembourg, Anefore […]
Creativity tool box is there!
We are proud to announce that the Imaginarium tool box online is up and running! Our great partnership of 4 organisations involved in creativity, design thinking, innovation and future studies from France, Finland, Ireland and Luxembourg combined forces to share the Toolbox with methods, games, ideas for youth leaders and educators. Using the tools makes […]
“Le travail social dans les communes” – Journée d’échange
Nous sommes heureux de soutenir l’organisation de cette importante #journée de #réflexion pour l’Entente des Offices Sociaux et le Syvicol, avec plus de 140 participants apprenant et échangeant de bonnes pratiques et #cocréant des #idées pour l’amélioration des services sociaux. Echanges importants sur les bonnes pratiques de collaboration entre les services sociaux et les municipalités : le rapport avec les résultats des ateliers […]
VOLEM project in Luxembourg
The partners of the European Erasmus + project Volem (VOLunteering for EMployability) organised a transnational meeting with about twenty young French and Italian people in Luxembourg from 10 to 15 June 2022. The objective of this meeting was to propose to the young volunteers to reflect on the skills acquired during their volunteering and the […]
Design Thinking for 90 students of Ecole de Commerce (ECG)
What is a Thinkathon? it is a co-creative workshop where young people imagine sustainable futures for their communities using Design Thinking and Futures Thinking tools! We were happy to work with 90 young people at ECG Luxembourg and our European Partners on Imaginarium- Creative Youth for Sustainable Future. We finished the day with 10 prototypes […]
Join our team!
We are currently looking for a new Team member in Art Square Lab: Project Manager (version FR ci-dessous) Do you want to join a boutique consulting firm to grow with us, our clients and partners? If you are looking for diverse projects and a team that likes to learn and is always looking for new […]