Living Summer School is a new LINA Member that was chosen amongst the applicants during the 2022 Call for Members. In this publication they covered the topics of their program which was realised in 2021 and the booklet was published in 2022. The educational program was created following closely the structure of a design sprint and with an explicit hands-on vocation, whilst focusing on a contemporary pressing issue.

The whole cohort was supported across the duration of the project by coaches helping them to develop their ideas and to present them. Moreover, throughout the week, the participants attended a series of inspirational presentations from local innovators and thinkers to broaden their horizons. All the participants had access to state of the art workshops and fablabs to complete their creations the Industrial Design Center [Howest], the Maaklab [VIVES Hogeschool] and the BUDA::Lab.

Each participant was assigned to a group following a theme. Each group worked closely with a network of partners who have expertise in the themes tackled and are looking for outside the box interventions. 

The participants worked together in teams to create three projects that analysed the complex and systematic challenges they were being confronted with. Their elaborations speculatively intervened on the territory, but you might see them soon realized in your surroundings… The ultimate goal of this experience, which was achieved successfully, waas to strengthen the links between different creative and entrepreneurial communities in the territory of Kortrijk and to initiate an international network of young practitioners that work on geography-specific issues through design thinking and different creative approaches.