We are a non-profit cooperative that constitutes an open space for professionals with a shared vision and a desire to contribute to projects with a clear mission. A sort of commons for purpose driven design professionals looking to make an impact. As a network organization we are willing to engage at a european level both with individuals and organizations willing to accelerate very much needed transitions such as in housing, food, energy or consumption. We expect to contribute to the New European Bauhaus by sharing knowledge and experiences and engaging in new european projects that crosspolinate design, mission driven innovation and transition management.
HOLON.
Mission:
Holon emerges in 2014 as a proposal from the design community to what we see is a humanity in transition. From non-profit cooperatives, associations and foundations transforming sectors such as housing or energy, to local SMEs exploring the circular economy, to programs of the United Nations working on eco-innovation or international corporations defining how sustainability fits companies of their size. We exist to help these organizations become the new normal through design. We work to align their organisational goals with the needs of people they serve and its social and environmental context. From experience to the ecosystem, we shape the everyday life of transitions.
Key activities:
Focus areas:
- Cooperative housing.
- Circular economy and new plastics economy.
- Design education.
- Future of organizations and organizing.
- Future of work.
- Fiction, culture and futures.
Services:
- Product and service design.
- Strategic design.
- Design research and UX.
- Multi-stakeholder facilitation.
- Transition management and midwifing.
