
2nd Interregional workshop of the extra activities of Design4Innovation project in Valletta (Malta)
The subsequent waves of the global pandemic have had a massive impact on almost all aspects of our lives – from re-thinking our core values, to how we go about our daily activities.
During the second workshop of the extra activities of Design4Innovation project, partners discussed what new and emerging support needs they have observed among small businesses and how their regions reacted to those needs.
Design plays a central role in both – becoming more sustainable, digital and collaborative; as well as developing new schemes and programmes that will best respond to SMEs’ support needs.
The meeting in Malta also provided a long-awaited opportunity for all partners to visit the site of the award-winning Valletta Design Cluster which has become one of Design’s impact stories.
To celebrate the project meeting, VDC organized a ‘Design Talk’ where professor Anna Whicher from PDR discussed with Joe Tanti (CEO of the Malta Business Bureau) what is service design and how it can help small businesses to reinvent their offer and business models.