Her Spotlight is a public art initiative by Mural Fest Kosova that empowered women artists and promoted gender equality in the city of Ferizaj, Kosovo. Through murals, installations, graffiti against femicide, debates, and performances such as “Heve It,” women reclaimed public space through art. The project also included collaborative murals with incarcerated women, using creativity to express, include, and drive social change.
ID.EIGHT transforms food industry waste into contemporary sneakers through circular design and material innovation. By using bio-based and recycled materials derived from apple, grape, mycelium, cactus and corn by-products, the project turns waste into high-quality footwear. The goal is to demonstrate that responsible materials, innovative design and aesthetics can work together to create products people truly want to wear.
AIA (Accessible Intelligence Assessment) is the world’s first cognitive assessment platform designed with universal accessibility from the ground up. Through gamified and inclusive design, it enables people with and without disabilities to demonstrate their cognitive strengths on equal terms. By transforming how intelligence is assessed, AIA opens new pathways to education and employment while generating data that helps organizations build truly inclusive systems.
Alnarp's Agroecology Farm is a youth-led living laboratory in southern Sweden where food, community and ecological regeneration grow together. Founded by students in 2021, the farm produces 10 tons of organic vegetables annually, restores degraded soils and welcomes thousands of volunteers, students and local residents. It proves that sustainable, beautiful and inclusive food systems are not a distant ideal but that they are already growing.
The Bosco di Santo Pietro case study in Caltagirone, Sicily, reflects on the meaning of “Bosco” and “Colto”: a concept expressing the forest’s complexity as a link between culture and cultivation, and an emblem of multispecies coexistence. Here, crops and cultures intertwine, generating unexpected encounters and a distributed intelligence. Bosco Colto becomes an ecosystem of relations, suggesting new ways of inhabiting territories and cities.
Progress Academy & Salt Kingdom is a community hub in Stefan Voda, Moldova combining creative education, dance, language learning and halotherapy. The project provides children and families with access to art, wellbeing and personal development in a small municipality. By integrating culture, health and education, the initiative strengthens community bonds and creates an inspiring environment where children grow, learn and thrive
Mutur Beltz is an artistic and rural innovation project based in the Karrantza Valley (Basque Country, Spain). Through the endangered Carranzana sheep wool, the project connects art, agroecology and contemporary design. From shearing to design and cultural mediation, Mutur Beltz reactivates rural knowledge, supports biodiversity and generates social, cultural and economic value in the territory.
Following the 2018 fire that severely damaged Figeac station, the Occitanie Region launched an ambitious project to rebuild the historic building while transforming the site into a modern and sustainable mobility hub The project carefully balances the preservation of the existing heritage with high energy performance that goes beyond current regulations. Within the constraints of an active railway site, the reconstruction emphasizes the use of bio-based materials in a historic public building
Zandweerd's Gardens is a nature-friendly residential neighbourhood on the outskirts of Deventer, where people, plants, and animals coexist in harmony. The project serves as a testing ground for the neighbourhood of the future, with a focus on sustainability, community spirit, and participation. Set within a garden landscape, Zandweerd's Gardens creates a space for sustainable, relaxed, and healthy living.
