The workshop was useful for two reasons.

 

Firstly, because it shows how to eliminate the unnecessary in the assessment of a future job or a project and focus on the aspects that are the key.

 

And secondly, because it offers an easy tool to balance intuitive and analytical aspects of a business whereas in the practice there is often a conflict between these two.

 

+Irena Čebulj, Head of Marketing Communications, Gorenjska banka

This workshop led by Marko Savić has proven to be an effective training in fast and creative thinking, searching for holes in the idea of business model innovation while at the same time searching for new business opportunities.

 

His active coaching approach is encouraged throughout the activities, pace has not yielded. The organization was excellent in all respects.

 

I recommend it. +Simon Ručigaj, Business Consultant, Media Specialist

Workshop Design your new business models has shown the importance of co-working with different personnel profiles.

 

I recommend it to all organizations and individuals, especially to creative people who recognize the importance of creativity in their business development but realize that creativity itself is not enough. The future lies in co-working. There were individuals with different backgrounds in the groups and some of them were not able to get rid of their everyday roles to start creating.

 

Marko feels great in the role of a lecturer and leader. The atmosphere at the workshop was very relaxed. +Polonca Peterca, Freelance designer and illustrator

An interesting and useful workshop!

 

In only one day you learn about a transparent process you can use for your team and how they should always check their ideas before they commerce. It is a way of thinking in which a team is able to speed the promising business ideas and ground the uneconomic ones.

 

I would recommend the workshop to anyone who has a lot of idea and works in a team. +Mitja Jereb, M. Sc., Corporate Marketing Director, TSmedia

What did I like? A very structured and mature way to bring the business model canvas didactically over. The design of the presentation.

 

What could be better? More time to correct issues – a conversation instead of a lecture from the beginning. Especially for the first presentation of the business model canvas, a round of introductions at the beginning and a feedback session at the end. Facilitated reflection phases after each exercise. +Estuardo Calderón Scheel, PM soft skills Trainer

At work I solve communication challenges for a wide variety of companies and organizations. Lately, I have noticed that the vast majority of organizations are somehow lost as the market in Slovenia reacts mostly to price. It is difficult for the businesses to admit that, especially the ones that have been on the market for some time. Price sensitivity, we know, is not something on which to bet, as there always may be someone who is and will be cheaper. So how do we design strategic communication, which should follow company’s business strategy?

 

Workshop Design your new business models opened a new important aspect for me. Companies need to move away from business strategies / plans / visions / actions (or nothing!), into the reflection of the business model. The model that is presented is about the change of thinking and people working in design business can quickly adopt it and apply it. Since it is simple, understandable, and made for life it is something new and at the same time normal. At least for most businesses I know.

 

It is a concept that can make the foundations of each company. It offers tremendous options for change. The model goes from the idea to the adaptation of it. In short, it allows experimentation which is essential in the business environment.

 

Participation obligatory! Even for those who are just thinking or suspecting that they have a need for self-realization in one of their business sides. So — highly recommended for start-ups, co-working spaces, conceptual initiatives, local communities and for those looking for integration of social needs with an economic unit. For your own mad ideas and their development.

 

The workshop is about how to connect the idea in your business and create an environment in which we are all happy and creative. Utopia? Absolutely not. Utopia is to believe that this is not possible. It is about a concept which comes in handy in everyday life. Meet the Canvas!

 

About Marko — at the workshop, he is the motivator, the expert and business strategy consultant, the man to talk to, great debater at lunch, “time keeper”, investor, trainer, storyteller, facilitator, and lecturer. It is obvious that he enjoys the workshop and learns from it himself.

 

It’s fun. +Tadeja Bučar, freelance / co-founder at VE-ZA / president of PUNKTcc

From the moment we started working with Vizuarna in 2008, they listened very closely to what we wanted in terms of the design and format, before developing the unique interactive annual report design system – 365i.

 

Each year our brief was more demanding and Vizuarna responded with innovative solutions. The design and interactivity of the 2010 Ljubljanske mlekarne annual report meets our needs precisely and tells the story of our company, which grows into the future oriented company.

 

+Renata Lovrak, Director of Corporate Communications at Ljubljanske mlekarne

What do they produce

Jasna Andrić

designer

May Day will be hard-working for me, because in the beginning of May director Metod Pevec will launch the film Vaje v objemu where I designed the visual identity. It may be necessary to change some details of the film’s visual identity, to Metod as a director details are of great importance. The film is quite ‘winterish’, that’s why the hugs are strong .

Very interesting experience for me is the work with the National Institute of Biology and the Municipality of Ljubljana, which will soon publish a book Birds of Ljubljana and its surroundings. The book will present 268 species of birds observed in the last 300 years in the wider Slovenian capital, among them the 174 most common types described in detail and illustrated with a photograph. Most of the fieldwork was carried out by the DOPPS – BirdLife Slovenia. The book will be a combination of manual and monographs in two languages​​. It’s my pleasure that I am a member of this versatile bunch.

As is often design the wine labels and winemakers identities, on June 1st I’ll participate in the closing ceremony of the wine campaign for the magazine Nedeljski dnevnik in Bela Krajina with a mini exhibition and lecture about ‘when the grapes are still on the branch – think about the label’. I’ll talk about unusual experiences I’ve had with winemakers in the design of wine labels.

During the summer, I will focus on the design of my own brand of ready-made objects.

V. U. (translation Marko Savić/Vizuarna)
photo: Nada Žgank

Ljubljana, May 10th, 2013- Call for proposal for European design innovation platform acknowledges that design is a key discipline and activity to bring ideas to the market, transforming them into user-friendly and appealing products or services.

The published call recognises that design applied to services, systems and organisations and especially, user-centred design thinking drives business model innovation, organisational innovation and other forms of non-technological innovation. These methodologies may also be instrumental in strategic policy decision making processes, when addressing complex and systemic challenges.

Context

The Innovation Union Europe’s 2020 flagship initiative recognizes the importance of capitalising on Europe’s creative potential and in the particular the role of design as a key discipline to bring ideas to the market. In line with the commitment taken in the Innovation Union strategy, the European Design Innovation Initiative was launched in 2011 to exploit the full potential of design-driven innovation and to reinforce the link between design, innovation and competitiveness.

The policy recommendations of the European Design Leadership Board address six areas for strategic action:

• Differentiating European design on the global stage;
• Positioning design within the European innovation system;
• Design for innovative and competitive enterprises;
• Design for an innovative public sector
• Positioning design research for the 21st century;
• Design competencies for the 21st century.

Objective of the call

To accelerate the take-up of design in innovation policies at European, national and regional levels and to promote the increased use of design in European industry as well as in the public sector to promote value creation, competitiveness and efficient use of resources. A special emphasis is put on closing the divide between the advanced regions and those lagging behind in applying design-driven innovation.

Expected outputs

From increased awareness, better access to information, circulation of experiences, competencies, capacities for SMEs, interaction and co-laboration, increased use in public services and administration, spill over effects and continuous dialogue among stakeholders (incl. European Comission) of design driven innovation.

Co-financed activities

Proposed structure (respondents to this call are welcome to design a project structure that differs from the one below):

1. Work package on advocating design-driven innovation
2. Work package on information and web platform
3. Work package on supporting the improvement of design capabilities in enterprises
4. Work package on supporting the design capabilities in the public sector

The web-based platform mentioned in the second work package is considered crucial for the successful delivery of this project.

Key characteristics

Max. reimbursement rate of eligible costs: 75 %
Indicative number of projects: 1 project
Maximum duration: 36 months
Maximum EU financing amount per project: 2,850,000 €
Consortium members: must be based in at least 3 different states from the list of eligible applicants

Consortium Composition

• At least one consortium partner has a solid knowledge of and experience in the user-centred and non-technological innovation support policies and measures, in particular with a focus on design-driven innovation.
• At least one consortium partner has a solid knowledge of and experience in support services for businesses to apply design-driven innovation.
• At least one consortium partner has a solid knowledge of and experience in support services for public sector organisations to apply design-driven innovation.
• All participating bodies have the necessary expertise and resources to carry out the proposed activities.
• The project coordinator has a proven experience in animating and steering multi-national consortium of the relevant size.

The deadline for submission of proposals

02/07/2013 17:00:00 Brussels local time.

Ljubljanske mlekarne are the leading dairy in Slovenia, with more than fifty years of tradition. The company was established in 1956.

Their most important brands are: Alpsko mleko, Mu, Ego, Maxim Premium, Lučka, Planica, Piran, Jošt, Laščan and Kranjska gauda.

Vision of Ljubljanske mlekarne is to remain the best in Slovenia and to become a recognised producer of dairy and other products in Europe.

GSK was formed in 2000 when Glaxo Wellcome plc and SmithKline Beecham merged, but the combined histories of the two companies go back centuries.

Company headquarters is in Great Britain and they have production facilities across Europe and in the United States of America. They are present also in Slovenia.

GSK’s mission is to improve the quality of life for people to do more, feel better and live longer.