Design for the Heart World. Experiences, one year after IDDS Amazon 2016.


Looks like we need some time — in my case, one year, to understand when a really special experience it changes you. Kind of a turning point, own poetry and transitional moment for life.
During my first 4 days, sleeping in the middle of the forest, but with kind attention of the community and IDDS Organizers, my body felt pain — specially when you dont buy a fited tent. After that, every moment it was a learning. Seeing in the other persons, other limitation, other challenges, other enviroment, but the same “dassein”. What philosophy suggest “be” our “been”, and not just coinscidence, remember us the french spelling “dessin” or even “design”. All of us were designing ourselves, in a constant cocreation. I was completely there, understanding significative presence, missing my son, family and my bike rotine to work. So there i understood what could be a transition, Ego to Eco…increasing until now.
That’s what i keep with me and try to develop every day, spreading this strong and changing wish with my students, friends and local community where i live, in the south of Brazil, City of Curitiba, state of Paraná.
Well, after receive this IDDS Spirit inside my heart, this motivation brought me new social design experiences, understanding “social” as a common space of empaty, with the possibility to create real meaning, aligning purpose and hard work.
Well…i could keep writing, but i would like to express my feeling just using photos and title description about IDDS Inspiration, existed in all my small and local actions. You can check here:

ParaLympic Games Rio 2016

TEDxParis, France
(Graphic facilitation for the speechs)

TEDx — Blumenau, Brazil
(Graphic facilitation for the speechs)

Social Design Workshop

Catadores de Cultura Visual. Integrating design students and vulnerabile community of Vila Torres, Brazil. We had created art drawings for waste catchers around the university. (recycled material workers)

Thanks a lot, all the IDDS Family and IDIN Members. I am sure we have a lot of work to keep going, designing ourselves, cocreating with the earth.
Big Hug

Rafa Camargo

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