KONSTANTIA KOULIDOU
Design Charette
The purpose of the project Bright Green Tourism has been to discover ways to increase public interest in visiting Sønderborg with a unique focus on connecting both tourism and sustainable energy. Collaborating with SET Sønderborg and Project Zero, the Design Charette expanded to include other stakeholders inviting input and feedback from many other local businesses such as: the Sønderborg Municipality, SDU Sønderborg and SDU Kolding, Universe, Servodan, Joltech, Shopping Hovedstaden and iFabrikken. As part of a the IT Product Design course at SDU Sønderborg, the intended outcome of this two week project, was to present possible directions for the stakeholders to develop and work with further.
“Sønderborg Welcome Experience” is a regular event that aims to provide a meaningful experience for newcomers in Sønderborg. It also intends to create an opportunity for locals and newcomers to meet.
The innovative approach we applied is people working together and co-designing a change or an idea which is built by the dynamic collaboration between all the stakeholders that are be involved (ordinary people, designers, companies, organizations, users). Every stakeholder brings knowledge and experience and together is part of the final solutions that impacts everybody.