Celebration of the World Creativity and Innovation Day

On Thursday 21st April is the World Creativity and Innovation Day, which at Mindshake we celebrate since 2015.

This year will be an open door event in the Mindshake House in Porto, starting at 16h00. For who can’t join in place, we will open also a zoom meeting at 18h30 WEST time, where everybody can join for the oficial launch of our new collaborative book “Creativity and Innovation Affairs”, which was coordinated by Katja Tschimmel and designed by the designer double T*I*N*A.

Design of the book by T*I*N*A, Foto by Anatol Kowalewski

The book “Creativity and Innovation Affairs – Are they or are they not…?” is dedicated to clarify ambiguous concepts from the world of creativity and innovation. One of the initial triggers for the development of the book was the perceived ambiguity of the binomials Design vs. Design Thinking and Innovation vs. Invention. Frequently, designers and innovation consultants are questioned by their clients about the relationships between these kind of concepts. Has the second emerged through the first, or vice-verse? Is one part of the other? Where are the similarities and which are the differences? This conceptual incomprehension makes itself noticeable between many ambiguous concepts in the world of innovation and creativity. What is the difference between Radical and Disruptive Innovation? Or is Social Innovation the same as Social Intervention? And regarding Creativity, are Creativity and Creative Thinking the same? In this book the reader will find answers to these kinds of questions and doubts.
28 authors from 10 different countries and cultural backgrounds are questioning current definitions and perceptions, by comparing different sources and ideas, or simply by giving their personal opinions. Some of the authors have an academic background, others a practical one, being either entrepreneurs, working with innovation in companies, or being innovation/design consultants.

Welcome to the Creativity and Innovation Affairs 2022!

Perspectives on Design and Design Thinking – new publications


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Em 2020 participamos com duas apresentações no Encontro de Investigação em Música, Artes e Design  (EIMAD), organizado pela Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal.

Estão agora disponíveis dois artigos que surgiram neste contexto. Este é escrito em português.

Moreira, J., Alves dos Santos, J., Palma, G., & Tschimmel, K. (2020). Design Thinking para a Inovação Social, Desenvolvimento do modelo Social Evolution 6. Em Raposo, D., Neves, J., Silva, J., Castilho, L. C., & Dias. R.. Investigação e Ensino em Design e Música Vol. II. (169-176), Coleção Convergências Research Books, Castelo Branco: Edições IPCB.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355999084_Design_Thinking_para_a_Inovacao_Social_Desenvolvimento_do_modelo_Social_Evolution_6

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In 2020, we participated with two presentations in the Research Meeting in Music, Arts and Design (EIMAD), organised by the Higher School of Applied Arts of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal.

The above article is written in Portuguese, and the following in English:

Tschimmel K. (2022). Creativity, Design and Design Thinking—A Human-Centred ménage à trois for Innovation. In: Raposo D., Neves J., Silva J. (eds.). Perspectives on Design II. Springer Series in Design and Innovation, vol 16. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-79879-6_1

EIMAD – Encontro de Investigação em Música, Artes e Design 2020 | EIMAD – Meeting of Research in Music, Arts and Design 2020

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Durante os dias 14 e 15 de Maio a Mindshake teve a oportunidade de participar na conferência O EIMAD – Encontro de Investigação em Música, Artes e Design 2020, organizado pela Escola Superior de Artes Aplicadas do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Portugal.

No primeiro dia da conferência 

A Joana Moreira, no dia 14 de Maio apresentou o nosso artigo “Design Thinking para Inovação Social”, em representação dos 4 autores: Joana Alves dos Santos, Gabriel Palma e Katja Tschimmel. Neste artigo fala-se sobre o desenvolvimento do modelo mais recente da Mindshake PT o: Social Evolution 6.

Joana Moreira a apresentar o Modelo Social Evolution 6, novo modelo da Mindshake.

No dia 15 de Maio, a  Katja Tschimmel falou sobre a Criatividade e o Design, numa perspectiva sistémica, e desmistificar conceitos associados.

Katja Tschimmel durante a sua apresentação na EIMAD.

Deixamos aqui algumas imagens desta conferência que aconteceu de uma forma virtual, mas permitiu-nos conhecer o trabalho de diferentes pessoas em tópicos relacionados com o Design e a Música, como por exemplo do trabalho da Leyla Acaroglu

Em breve as apresentações estarão disponíveis no youtube!

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During the 14th and 15th of May Mindshake had the opportunity to participate in the conference The EIMAD – Research Meeting in Music, Arts and Design 2020, organized by the Higher School of Applied Arts of the Polytechnic Institute of Castelo Branco, Portugal.

On the first day of the conference

On May 14, Joana Moreira presented our article “Design Thinking for Social Innovation”, representing the 4 authors: Joana Alves dos Santos, Gabriel Palma and Katja Tschimmel. This article talks about the development of the most recent model of Mindshake PT o: Social Evolution 6.
 
On May 15th, Katja Tschimmel spoke about Creativity and Design, from a systemic perspective, and to demystify associated concepts.

We leave here some images of this conference that took place in a virtual way, but allowed us to know the work of different people on topics related to Design and Music, such as the work of Leyla Acaroglu.

Soon the presentations will be available on youtube!

Lançamento de um novo livro sobre Pensamento Criativo | Launching a new book about Creative Thinking

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Temos o prazer de anunciar que, mesmo sob a nuvem da pandemia, foi possível concluir o nosso novo projeto colaborativo, um livro sobre o Pensamento Criativo, escrito em 3 línguas: Português, Castelhano e Inglês.

Assim, hoje, no 568ª aniversário de Leonardo da Vinci, e o 1º dia da “World Creativity and Innovation Week 2019” (wciw), apresentamos o livro 

CriAtivaMente / The Creative Mind / CreA(c)tivaMente

O livro é a segunda edição Mindshake e foi desenhado por Atelier Nunes & Pã.

Assim, a 21 de Abril – Dia Mundial da Criatividade e Inovação – instituído pelas Nações Unidas, e que coincide com o final da Semana da Criatividade e Inovação – estão todos convidados a participar num webinar onde as autoras Angélica Sátiro e Katja Tschimmel, juntamente com alguns dos 36 artistas e designers que ilustraram os desafios deste livro, irão conversar, debater e desafiar todos os presentes a resolver algumas das provocações que este novo livro coloca às mentes criativas. 

Este evento online terá lugar na terça-feira, 21 de abril, às 18h, em Portugal e no Reino Unido. 

Celebre connosco e junte-se

Em breve, o livro estará disponível online ([email protected]) pelo preço de 30 € (+ custos de envio gratuitos para Portugal)

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We’re delighted to announce that even under the cloud of the pandemic, we’ve been able to complete our new collaborative project, a book about Creative Thinking, written in 3 languages: Portugues, Spanish and English.

Thus, today, at the 568th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci, and the 1st day of the “World Creativity and Innovation Week 2019” (wciw), we present 

CriAtivaMente / The Creative Mind / CreA(c)tivaMente

The book is Mindshake’s second Edition, and was designed by Atelier Nunes & Pã.

On April 21st, which was designated World Creativity Day by the UN and is the final day of the Creativity and Innovation week, we invite you to a ZOOM meeting, where the authors Angélica Sátiro and Katja Tschimmel, and some of the 36 artists and designers who illustrated the practical challenges of the book, will present and discuss the contents of the book and also offer some challenges to the public. 

This online event will take place on Tuesday April 21st at 18h in Portugal and the UK.

Celebrate with us, and join in

Soon, the Book will be available online ([email protected]) for ordering for the price of 30 € (+ shipping costs for orders within Portugal).

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The Creativity Virus – a bilingual book about Creative Thinking

booklaunchCreativity is curiosity in action.   Leonardo da Vinci

Creativity is one of our most precious human resources. To it, we owe our civilisation, our culture, and every benefit arts, science or technology offer. Fortunately, creativity is inexhaustible, and creativity creates creativity.
The Creativity Virus is a book about and for Creative Thinking. The purpose is to infect the reader through different kind of texts, images and exercises, to think and act in a more creative way.
In honour of the creative genius Leonardo da Vinci, this book was released on his 567th anniversary, the 15th of April 2019, and initiated with its presentation, the World Creativity and Innovation Week, which finishes on the 21st of April – the World Creativity and Innovation Day (as defined by the United Nations).
The authors of this book come from several cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and for this reason the book is bilingual, every author wrote in her/his own mother tongue and then every contribution was translated to English, being widely understood.
Let yourself be infected by our Creativity Virus!!! Enjoy.

The book can be ordered at [email protected].

The price is 35 €  and shipping costs.

In Portugal the postage on 1 book costs 3,28€, to the rest of Europe it is 9,52€, and to the rest of the world 18,78€.

| MINDSHAKE | BOOK LAUNCHING EVENT - THE CREATIVITY VIRUS| MINDSHAKE | BOOK LAUNCHING EVENT - THE CREATIVITY VIRUS| MINDSHAKE | BOOK LAUNCHING EVENT - THE CREATIVITY VIRUS| MINDSHAKE | BOOK LAUNCHING EVENT - THE CREATIVITY VIRUSThe Book Launch took place on the 15th of April 2019 in the Mindshake House, Porto, Portugal.