Emer
Emer
Jul 21, 2017 · 1 min read

My work is now all at Designathon Works, and previously at Butterfly Works and Nairobits Kenya.

Emer is a social designer, educator and currently the creative director of Designathon Works. Designathon’s teach children to design better futures with new technologies. In 2014 she led the Global Children’s Designathon in Dublin, Amsterdam, Berlin, Rio de Janeiro and Nairobi. Now the thrid Global Children’s Designathon is planned for Nov 2017, with 20 countries taking part.
Emer previously co-founded Butterfly Works in 2004, co-creation studio in the Netherlands and Nairobits in Kenya, in 2000, a design school for young people from informal settlements, still going strong after 17 years, Nairobits now has offshoots in 5 African countries.
She is based at Spring House in Amsterdam.

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Designer & Educator | Founder @Designathons Where Children Design Better Futures with Technology. | #Sustainability #Humanrights #Learningmatters