ECLAT-OI PIM: Developing Projects with a Positive Impact Thanks to Design Thinking and its Collaborative Approach

In January 2024, as part of the ECLAT-OI joint interdisciplinary project (PIM), a group of Masters students from UBO, UBS and ENSTA Bretagne developed projects with a positive impact thanks to Design Thinking and its collaborative approach.

The students joined an intensive 5-day course on Design Thinking¹, an adventure that plunged them into the heart of collective intelligence, creativity and prototyping. The programme, based on the experience of the UBO Open Factory (the UBO’s multidisciplinary innovation laboratory), enabled them to explore innovative design methods while addressing a real business case. The participants worked on specific challenges proposed by the Skravik cooperative, a local association that has been campaigning since 2017 for the integration of sailboats as multi-purpose work tools for fishing, research, environmental expertise and so on.

During their course, they developed an innovative, collaborative approach to solving Skravik’s challenges, contributing to the company’s growth while developing their skills. Students learn to think creatively, come up with bold ideas and prototype practical solutions.

A look back at the ECLAT-OI PIM:

Feedback:

The supervisors invited two students who had taken part in the PIM to accompany them to the “Higher Education in the service for Society” conference organised by the SEA-EU network in Cadiz. Zoé Gibert, a Master 2 STPE, Ocean Geosciences student, shared her experience in Cadiz with us:

Supervisors:

• Sarah Noll – Disrupt Campus / UBO Open Factory
• Julia Fougère – UBO Open Factory

1. Design Thinking is a human-centred approach for solving complex problems by combining creativity, empathy and iterative design methods. ↩︎