Lead Partner(s):
Les Créatives De Demain
Crea-Up Guide
An instruction guide in e-book format about 40 pages and available in 4 languages (English, French, German and Portuguese. This e-book will guide the members of the community on how they can do business on the platform, sharing catalogs, creating a profile, taking orders and customer relations.
Strategic Plan for Crea-UP Business Model
A strategic document in digital format about 20 pages and available in English. It is the two-year strategic plan of the business model to be carried out through the Crea-Up platform. The Strategic Plan covers key issues such as how the creative community will conduct their economic activities through the Platform, customer relations, account management, community expansion, promotional and advertising activities, skills and capacity building, and training services. At the same time, this strategic plan provides a roadmap for the sustainability of the Crea-Up business model and the expansion of the community.
Activities
The main activities of our project will be carried out in Germany. In general, the following activities will be carried out in these countries.
Project Management meetings
Organizing Creative Upcycling Conference Series
Organizing Local Crea-Up Exhibition Series
Selection of Creative Upcycling Community Members
Organizing 10-day Crea Up Working Lab
Co-creation Activity with Workshop Series
Each partner will assign 7 members for the creative community amongst local designers, artists and craftspeople.
After the selection of creative community members, Green Muse will organize a 10-day working lab in Rheine- Germany with participation of 7 people selected from the target group in each partner country. Here, the skills and capacities of the creative community will be developed in the areas of sustainable design and art, upcycling practices, creative reuse and repurpose, selection of usable materials from nature, waste utilization.
Also, Each partner institution will organize this 1-day event locally. With the local conference series, it is aimed to inform and raise awareness of the public about recycling and creative reuse. Also the conference series will contribute to expansion of the creative community and increase of the platform users.
On the other hand, co-creation activity with Workshop Series will be held with two steps. At first step, each partner will organize a 2-day workshop with participation of 25 designers, artists and craftspeople. The 28 founder members that completed the Crea-Up Working Lab will guide the newcomers during the workshops. At the second step, founding members and newcomers of Creative Community will work together in a 2-month co- creation activity. This co-creation activity will be held locally as well. The products, outcomes of the co-creation activity will be introduced during the Crea-Up Exhibition Series.
As a final activity, each partner institution will organize a 5-day exhibition in order to introduce and promote the works and designs of the creative community which directly participates in activities such as working labs and workshops.