Imagine a former industrial site now abandoned, that local residents want to convert into a community school! Imagine a park that is used on a daily basis by local young people, local organic farmers and by a collective of elderly people. Imagine that these residents could participate in taking decisions about the future of the area! Imagine a neighborhood once derelict and now upcoming, at risk of aggressive gentrification but with the presence of a strong grassroots... Read more

Can institutions, community members and culture go hand in hand to improve connections in society? Are public bodies capable of merging with civil organisations and cultural institutions to develop well-directed projects? How can communities, especially those at risk of exclusion, benefit from the interaction with and use of cultural heritage (and contribute to it)? What role can cultural heritage have in the inclusion programs of community organizations and authorities?   These are some of the... Read more

Platoniq and the Europeana Foundation, with support from ICUB (Barcelona City Council), have prepared a workshop for the co-creation of new cultural prototypes at the Design Museum of Barcelona, to be held on 30 June and 1 July. And we’ll be working with well-known pieces from the Museum of Design, including Rafael Marquina’s Setrilleres (cruet or condiment vessels), silicone steam roasters (bowls or vessels) by Compeixalaigua Designstudio and the legendary BKF chair by Grupo Austral We will apply Platoniq’s methodologies, with different principles, methods and... Read more

Have you ever pronounced ‘Rijkmuseum’ correctly? Take the opportunity and try, because we’re on our way! On April 20th, Platoniq, in collaboration with the Europeana Fashion Association and Europeana, is offering a co-creation workshop in this fabulous Dutch arts museum in Amsterdam, in the framework of the Europeana DSI project. We’ll collectively search for different uses and re-uses of digital heritage in the field of fashion and cultural heritage. Together, we'll create prototypes during the workshop, focusing on... Read more

On April 20th, in the fantastic venue of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, Europeana Fashion is organising a co-creation workshop in collaboration with the Europeana Foundation, Platoniq and Rijksmuseum. This will take place right before the two-day international fashion conference "Fashion in museums: past, present & future”, that will also take place in Amsterdam. We’re looking for innovative and adventurous designers, coders, cultural managers, artists, creatives, IT and marketing experts to take up the challenge of engaging with fashion institutions both GLAMs -... Read more