This project was a collaboration of two universities, Brunel University London and Tongji University, with support from various partners, e.g., The Glass-House Community Led Design.
The aim was to develop a novel combination of 1) design interventions, 2) public makerspaces and 3) online design resources as a means of fostering creative citizens in China in an inclusive and bottom-up manner.
The rationale was that human capital increasingly became the most important asset of a country and experts argued that the key to sustainable economic growth of a city/country was an ability to attract, nurture and retain a creative workforce. One effective way of promoting and fostering creativity is to actively engage people in creative activities, such as co-design and hands-on making activities. The project was spread across three years (October 2018 – September…
