GARAGE STORIES

Garage Stories is an innovation lab that designs experiential branding: think tanks, pop-up labs, hackathons and events that bring solutions to real use-case challenges.

In such ecosystems, we invite interdisciplinary groups to research and work together to apply technology to generate measurable improvements in human experiences. Experts and researchers from various disciplines mentor the participants.

Outcomes: creative, technology-driven, and user-experience-centered solutions, with a strong emphasis on storytelling and engagement.

Methodology: Design Thinking, Design Futures

Clients:
(A-Z)
Boston Children’s Hospital
DKV
Embajada de España
Generalitat de Catalunya
GOSH Children’s Hospital
Mobile World Capital Barcelona
Nasa JPL
New Images Festival
Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital
TVIBIT 

Hack The Hospital 1 & 2 (online hackathons)
Roles: Head of Communications, Creative Producer & Outreach

Hack The Hospital (1, 2 editions)

Online and in-person hackathon edition to improve hospitalised paediatric patients’ lives.
🏆 Winner projects presented at @Mobile World Congress + implemented in partner hospitals.

In collaboration with:
@Sant Joan de Déu Children’s Hospital
@Boston’s Children’s Hospital
@Great Ormond Street (GOSH)
 @SickKids Children’s Hospitals
@Mobile World Capital Barcelona

With the guidance of:
Ex-paediatric patients and families from the hospitals + hospital caregivers (doctors, nurses)

Board of Experts:
Disney, GSMA, IBM, MIT Media Lab, MWC Barcelona, CISCO, Barcelona Health Hub, Magic Leap (…)

Numbers:
+250 participants (cross-disciplinary teams located in 2 different cities of the world)
+50 community partners engaged in the outreach campaign

Edition 1: solutions to improve the hospital stay of paediatric patients
(themes: mental health, family experience, social, education)

Winner: @BoostBoard

Edition 2: re-design the hospital room of the future.

Winner: @Room2Explore spaceship adventure simulation room – Press Release

Robots__AI__Creativity (online sprint design programme + prototype week)
Roles: Head of Communications, Creative Producer & Outreach, Film

Robots, AI & Creativity

Sprint design weekend programme to incubate projects that leverage AI to enhance creativity and the arts.

🏆 Winner project realised a 1-week prototype residency in Tromsø, supported by the Kreativ & Tech team at @TVIBIT and presented at the @Forum des Images Festival.

In collaboration with:
@Forum des Images
@Tvibit
@Hanson Robotics
@Mobile World Capital

Masterclasses:
Sophia the Robot, MIT Media Lab, Google

Numbers:
20 selected ideas

Winner: @Please Touch This Art

«Please, Touch This Art» is an experience that makes art accessible for visually impaired people and other challenged groups through 3D-printed art-piece models of artworks and an AI voice assistant.

Space Stories
Roles: Head of Communications, Creative Producer & Outreach, Facilitator

Space Stories

Think Tank to make the Earth research results from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) more understandable and engaging for a diverse audience. 

🏆 Winner ideas presented at @NASA JPL Headquarters

Challenge:
Sea Level Rise

In collaboration with:
@NASA JPL

Numbers:
15 participants

Hack The Planet (And Human's Health)
Roles: Head of Communications, Creative Producer & Outreach

Hack The Planet (and Human’s Health)

Online and in-person hackathon to find solutions to switch to sustainable behavioural change. 

🏆 Winner projects presented at @Mobile World Congress + 3K€ for project development

In collaboration with:
@DKV
@Mobile World Capital Barcelona

Board of Experts:
World Health Organization, DKV, IBM, MIT Media Lab, MWC Barcelona, Barcelona Health Hub (…)

Numbers:
200 participants
+50 community partners engaged in the outreach campaign

Winner: @Viridis – a blockchain-powered Digital Product Passport that rewards consumers with tokens for sustainable choices, while helping eco-friendly brands grow.

Girona 2030 (Design Futures weekend workshop)
Roles: Head of Communications, Creative Producer & Outreach, Facilitator

Girona 2030

Design Futures workshop (XR game) to reflect on the desires of the youth of the city of Girona, Spain.

Methodology: Design Futures + AR

Outcome: Youth residents reimagined the city of Girona through AR, artistically intervening in 6 key locations showing their visions in 2030. Their visions, layered onto the urban landscape like Instagram filters, were showcased in a public mobile app launched during @Girona Mobile Week 2021 and published in a magazine with their reflections.

In collaboration with:
@Girona City Hall
@Mobile Week
@Onirix

Discussed Topics:
Mobility, Healthcare, Sustainability, Co-existence, Culture