Design Thinking during Consumer Day 2022
Take the opportunity to help develop consumer protection! The Consumer Dialogue Day is the ideal moment for all people living in Luxembourg to get directly involved in the development of consumer protection policy. If you are interested in co-creation workshop with the Ministry of Consumer Protection, sign in for the 27th of April (9.00-17.00) at […]
La résilience dans le secteur jeunesse- Plan B Project
Comment pourrions-nous développer l’adaptabilité et la capacité à faire face à une nouvelle crise ? Comment pourrions-nous encourager le bien-être des professionnels du secteur jeunesse? La Conférence avec sessions de co création sur la résilience dans le secteur jeunesse a réuni 25 participants le mardi 29 mars dernier. Le projet “Plan B : Comment développer […]
Second hand as a first choice?
The “Imaginarium- Youth for Sustainable Futures” project prototypes developed by the participants are present at the Pop-Up Store in Esch sur Alzette this week! Stephen and Olya, two of the youth project members, have been working hard on setting up the space and talking with locals and youth alike who have come into the space. […]
Thinking-Talking- Building Scenarios for the Future
Imaginarium- Creative youth for Sustainable Futures project aims into design of tool-kit for educators on various scenarios of the future. But how to talk to young people about the future? what kind of “futures” young people imagine? How far we can assist them with nurturing their imagination so that they can use it as a […]
Plan B: Conférence avec des sessions de co-création le 29 Mars
Le projet “Plan B : Comment développer la résilience et une approche agile en tant que professionnel du secteur jeunesse” développé par Art Square Lab, avec le soutien de l’Oeuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, entre dans une phase plus opérationnelle ! Après avoir mené une phase d’analyse des pratiques existantes (entretiens importants avec les […]
Resilience in Youth Work: Plan B Report is ready!
How might we shape education and youth work in our changing world? The project “Plan B: How to develop resilience and an agile approach as a youth sector professional” developed by Art Square Lab, with the support of Oeuvre Nationale de Secours Grande-Duchesse Charlotte, is entering a more operational phase! We are happy to present […]
Design Thinking Courses for Teachers (IFEN)
In 2022, Art Square Lab provides online Design Thinking Fundamentals training for teachers in Luxembourgish and English. The basic course will give you an overview of the methodology, offer some examples from educational sector in Europe and will answer your questions about further materials and resources. More details in IFEN’s catalogue of courses or please […]
Consumer Protection: Focus Groups in March 2022
In the frame of preparation for the Consumer Dialogue day in April, we kindly invite the citizens to take part in the 3 Focus Groups (in ENG, LU, FR) organised in March in 3 different locations (Luxembourg City, Ettelbruck and Esch-sur-Alzette). The purpose of the Focus Groups (and the survey that is still open here) […]
Co-creation session with ILA: design Thinking in action
The creation of new ideas for solutions rarely happens when we are sitting at our desks, between meetings and the urgent need to answer emails. That is why a co-creation session in a creative lab (Art Square Lab:) gives you the opportunity to step out of your real and mental box, change your perspective, turn […]
We wish you the best future!
At the end of the year, let’s think about the new: how will it look like? Dreaming about the future is one thing but as designers we have the responsibility and motivation to co-create it. Together with young people, experts and the researchers from Luxembourg we have imagined the possible future scenarios addressing the climate […]
It’s time to take a rest…
Thank you for your time with us in 2021! we are charging our batteries for the future, to offer best service to our partners and our clients!
Creativity Training in Ireland
We are lucky to meet our partners for IMAGINARIUM project, in person Zoom is good but nothing can replace #creative process offline, with real people, emotions and ideas. After 9 months of the project activities run online we are glad to discuss the first intellectual outputs and plan next steps: Creativity Tool Kit designed for […]
We facilitated peace education seminar for Service National de la Jeunesse
Last week enriching experience for Service National de la Jeunesse: facilitating again face-to face (and sometimes mask to mask) in a real room, with real people, peace educators from all over Europe. We have learned again that it is worth to engage our energy into creating best learning conditions where professional who are strangers build […]
Building resilient education? Possible with Plan B project.
Last year, we got used to talks about the future of work and the set of competences needed to turn fragile businesses into resilient structures that will face the new challenges. And what about education? How has work with young people been impacted during the pandemic? How did youth organisations adapt to the change? What […]
And what if … Imaginarium Project connecting science and youth for sustainable futures
It was not a hackathon, it was a think-athon! A 2-day Design Thinking workshop where young people put their heads together with selected researchers to re-think and build ideas towards sustainable futures in Luxembourg. The workshop, organised by Art Square Lab, was hosted by the city of Esch-sur-Alzette between the 22nd and 23rd of October. […]
We did it again! our visit to the Dutch Design Week 2021!
We are happy to manage to travel to Eindhoven for our annual “pilgrimage” to see the Dutch Design Week 2021! Best place to be to observe how the world is changing so we come back full of inspirations! “Together, we explore how design can foster our future cities, where collective ownership, fluid identities and nature will thrive.”(DDW) […]
We facilitated Assises des SIS – gathering of Social Entrepreneurs in Luxembourg
Last week, we were happy to to support ULESS (Union luxembourgeoise de l’économie sociale et solidaire) in organisation of the ASSISES des SIS: building together social economy where #impact on #society and #environment is as important as monetary value. No utopia, not philanthropy but simply smart business with futures thinking. Looking forward to our next […]
Imaginarium: Youth for Sustainable Futures 22nd-23rd October
We are looking forward to our Design Workshop next weekend! Together with young people from all over Luxembourg, we are going to spend 24h on inventing new ideas to develop sustainable communities. Join us! We will speak English, French and Luxembourgish! If you are young person concerned with the topic of climate change and you […]
Design Jam on Social Entrepreneurship was ON!
Last weekend was a special one: after long break we could get back to our signature events: Design Thinking Jams! And this edition was special because we ideated on Social Entrepreneurship and its understanding by the future generations. How might we encourage young people to social entrepreneurship? how might we act together for betterment of […]
We create tools for creativity!
Many social challenges that we are facing, such as climate change, inequality or poverty, have been further developed in a short space of time by the COVID-19 pandemic. Many dark narratives are being created, with environmental, social and economical crisis in the first line. But, uncertainties should not frighten or paralyze us; they should help […]
We are part of MESIS now !
Since July 2021 you can find us in MESIS in Luxembourg City (Maison de l”economie sociale et de l’innovation sociale), next to other social enterprises active in Luxembourg as well as ULESS – the federation of social impact organisations. It is great to grow together in this environment and serve our expertise to others. Our […]
Press release ART SQUARE LAB BECOMES A SOCIAL IMPACT COMPANY (SIS)
Press release 19/07/2021 (French version below) ART SQUARE LAB BECOMES A SOCIAL IMPACT COMPANY (SIS) Art Square Lab, the first Service Design agency in Luxembourg, obtained on May 31st, 2021 the approval as a societal impact company, reinforcing the social purpose of the company. Unlike traditional companies, our primary reason for being is to create […]
Webinar “Service Design in Youth Work” on 7th July
Designing services for young people vs with young people, power of co-creation and engagement of young citizens – these are the topics that we are going to talk about during “Service Design in Youth Work” webinar organised by ANIJ (Agence National pour l’Information des Jeunes). We will present two cases from our work where service […]
The European Citizen’s Initiative: focus on Luxembourg!
On Friday 18th of June we will facilitate an online event focused on the very interesting tool for democratic participation of citizens: European Citizen’s Initiative. The European Citizens‘ Initiative is a unique way for you to help shape the EU by calling on the European Commission to propose new laws. Once an initiative has reached 1 million signatures, the Commission will decide on what […]
Service Design in Youth Information
How can Service Design change the way Youth Information Services are organised? Great discussions during yesterday’s webinar organised by ERYICA (European Youth Information and Counselling Agency) and Council of Europe. We were honoured to offer our input and discuss the value of user-research, co-creation and testing ideas for new services for young people and educators. […]
Improve your digital skills
Have you been on chômage partiel? Develop your employability by following a training course in the digital field. The Government offers you a voucher of 500 euros to train in one of the 34 accredited centres, including Art Square Lab, the leading Service Design agency in Luxembourg. We offer you our expertise to develop your […]
Future of work and skills & the role of human-centered design (meet up)
During our next meet up in Design Thinking Luxembourg group we would like to discuss and share with you trends impacting the future of work, jobs, tasks and skills (with a particular focus on AI). What kind of employees are we looking for today and what kind of employees are we looking for tomorrow? What […]
Gamification of educational content for MOOC
Yesterday we had our 2nd workshop to continue the integration of the content into the MOOC course. We learned from our partner Succubus Interactive different forms to integrate content in a more engaging way.The different modules were also defined thanks to our experts in #creativeproblemsolvingPeppino Franco and #designthinking from… Art Square Lab !!!Now we will […]
New Art Square Lab training catalogue for companies
If you would like to upskill your employees, have a look at our new training catalogue with special offers for development of facilitation and creative skills of your team members. We adapt the offer to your needs and language preferences (EN, FR, LU, DE). Download the catalogue here Contact Magdalena for more details: magdalena@artsquarelab.net
We welcome Ursula to our team!
It is important for us to collaborate with young entrepreneurs especially with social entrepreneurs! This is why we are very happy to host Ursula as an intern for next months and hope we will learn from each other! This is what she says:” I’m a second-year student of a BTS Gestionnaire en Commerce et marketing […]