Author: segibadm

Prototyping: Creativity and experimentation in the lab

SERIES: Towards #LABICCO nº2 Why are civic innovation laboratories referred to as “laboratories”? Primarily because a laboratory is a space for experimentation. Experimentation, as we understand it at LABIC (Spanish acronym for Civic Innovation Lab), is about “learning-by-doing”, trial and error, getting feedback, backtracking, redesigning, and learning from the creative process. Unlike mass production, creation is never [...]

Civic innovation laboratories: What are they and what purpose do they serve?

SERIES: Towards #LABICCO nº1 Many existing institutions will operate differently in 20 years. Indeed, many of them do not exist yet. The days are numbered for institutions with closed processes, designs that are not human centered and protocols without place for experimentation. There are already new institutional models that are more interactive and innovative. Civic innovation laboratories [...]