DFK Opens up a New Opportunity for Collaboration in Geneva

 

-International Design Factory Week (IDFW) 2016

 

 

From December 12 to December 16 of 2016, Yonsei Design Factory Korea (DFK) participated in the IDFW 2016 held in Geneva, Switzerland. IDFW is an annual workshop that is organized and participated by Design Factory Global Network (DFGN).

 

This year’s IDFW was hosted by CERN Ideasquare (European Organization for Nuclear Research). The IDFW 2016 was designed with various dynamic activities including Design Factory project workshop, problem solving workshop with NGOs in Geneva, CMS visit, and cultural bonding activities.

 

All participants and industrial visitors were fully motivated to share their ideas to come up with the best project collaboration efforts. An example of new collaboration outcome from various project proposals for the year 2017 was the Challenge Based Innovation (CBI) – a global multidisciplinary team project supported by CERN. DFK will jointly participate in this upcoming project and taking part in the CBI project will bring a new opportunity for global collaboration and broaden the horizon of innovative thinking process in the DFK.

 

The highlight of the event was the problem solving workshop with NGOs where all participants from DFGN jointly search for resolutions to existing social issues that NGOs in Geneva are facing today. Professionals from each Design Factory brought up ideas to the table and built strategic solutions all together with managers from NGOs. As an important note from IDFW 2016, many Design Factories considered social innovation as a keyword for the upcoming agenda. Consequently, it was highly recommended by DFGN to continue a workshop with the theme of social innovation for the IDFW 2017.

 

Next year, IDFW 2017 will take place on the week from October 30 to November 3 and will be hosted by DFK at Yonsei International Campus in Songdo, Incheon.