Documentation

HELIX Studio from London combines design expertise with
the health sector. With the help of a mobile pop-up studio,
designers and hospital staff are brought together to jointly
look for solutions to the complex problems of the sector,
such as in palliative medicine.
In Place of War from Manchester supports artists and
creative enterprises in areas of war and crisis. To this end,
they developed a special coaching method to help people
build up their own businesses and networks to create social
change through their creativity.
2015: Bisera Savoska representing the
project Smarter Than You Think.
Presenting an award always means to select a winner –
but due to the high quality of the submissions, we also
wanted to honour the following projects, which made it
on the shortlist:
1D Touch from Lyon is a new streaming platform for independent
creative professionals, who have difficulties in establishing
themselves next to popular big players. 1D Touch
is a new, fair business model, which does not focus on mass
markets, but on the independent scene. 1D Touch thus
makes an important contribution to maintaining creative
diversity in the cultural scene.
Climate for Culture from Brussels aims to assess the risks
climate change poses on historical buildings. To this end,
the project developed a risk assessment tool to take preventive
action against the consequences of climate change.
This does not only lead to economic savings, but it also
helps to preserve our cultural heritage.
Data Ethical Culture Observatory from Paris is an important
initiative to develop digital human rights and ethics. In
times of digital change, we reveal more and more personal
data, and the risk of manipulation and identity theft
is increasing. The project gives an important stimulus to
finding an answer to one of the most important questions
of today’s digital world – the question of ethics in the digital
age.
Deaf Magazine from Dusseldorf was put on the shortlist as
a “Special Guest” due to its combination of digital and analogue
media and its contribution to social inclusion. Deaf
Magazine is a lifestyle magazine about the German deaf
culture. It combines printed content with augmented reality
segments, making it easier for hearing-impaired readers to
understand written texts and content, as they communicate
in a completely different sign system.
Smart Citizen from Barcelona aims at empowering citizens
by providing open source kits to enable them to measure
the conditions of their urban environment, such as noise
pollution, for example. In this way, citizens learn to strengthen
their influence, leading to a new philosophy: cities are
no longer planned top-down but with the involvement of
their citizens.
Smarter Than You Think from Brussels is a project of very
high social value. It raises awareness for dyslexia by having
people read a text designed to make them feel dyslexic,
showing them that a reading and writing disability has
nothing to do with a lack of intelligence. A truly successful
contribution to social inclusion.
ROOM IN A BOX from Berlin is a start-up company that
produces fully recyclable furniture made of cardboard. Due
to the uncertain situation on the labour market, frequent
job changes and moving to different cities has become the
norm. ROOM IN A BOX is the modern nomad’s companion,
saves high transport costs and offers a sustainable lifestyle
to an increasingly mobile generation worldwide.
Waves of Energy/Ardora from Donostia/San Sebastián is an
approach to increase the acceptance of cultural projects
among citizens. With the innovative idea of an installation,
where citizens become part of a jury deciding on the local
distribution of financial subsidies, the project allows for
more citizen participation and more transparency during
decision-making processes. Cultural programmes are
therefore not only made for but also by citizens.
2015: Jury meeting
Fontus and Airo from Vienna developed two bottles capable
of filling themselves with drinking water by capturing and
condensing moisture from the air. Water is one of the most
important resources of life on our planet, and it is already a
scarce commodity leading to war and conflict. The project
offers a very innovative solution as it can be used worldwide
thanks to its do-it-yourself approach – especially in poor
areas of conflict.
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