CREATIVE ACTIVISM
Creative Activism [CA] pillar focuses extensively on providing youth with a practical toolkit to design, implement, and manage solution-driven initiatives that are environmentally inclusive and feasible.
Through analyzing and providing practical recommendations on identified problems, the capacities of youth are enhanced to establish creative solutions aimed at improving the well-being of local communities, encouraging innovation, supporting the circular economy, and increasing civic activism.
DYVÓ’s CA pillar prioritizes capacity-building by emphasizing the importance of a socially and environmentally sustainable future. The CA pillar specifically aims to promote design-driven innovation to tackle major local environmental challenges.
UPCYCLING WORKSHOPS
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UPCYCLING WORKSHOPS 2: WALLETS
Following the success of last year’s wallet-making session, DYVÓLAB reintroduced one of its most requested workshops in 2026—bringing participants together once again to explore the creative potential of everyday plastic bags.
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UPCYCLING WORKSHOPS 1: FLOWERS
To mark the beginning of a new year of creativity and collaboration, DYVÓLAB launched its first Upcycling Workshop of 2026 with a session inspired by the arrival of spring. Centered around the theme of renewal and growth, this workshop invited participants to transform discarded plastic materials into vibrant, handmade flowers.
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UPCYCLING WORKSHOPS 6: ORNAMENTS
In December 2025, DYVÓLAB concluded its Upcycling Workshop series with a festive and forward-looking session centered on the creative use of laser cutting technology. This final workshop of the year introduced participants to new ways of transforming materials into decorative and functional objects, with a special focus on designing and producing holiday ornaments.
DESIGN MARATHONS
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DESIGN MARATHON 01 - Problem solving with Ilir Murseli
Watch the lecture by Ilir Murseli on the problem of design, its meanings and methodologies. -
DESIGN MARATHON 01 - Killing the Design with Ajhan Bajmaku
Watch the lecture of Ajhan Bajmaku examining Design methods, concepts, scenarios and transformations.
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DESIGN MARATHON 01 - Circular Economy with Annea Hapçiu
Watch the lecture by Annea Hapçiu on product design in the context of Circular Economy. -
DESIGN MARATHON 01
While landscapes of our cities are being made up of gray skies with saturated gases and dust, the degraded images of nature seem to be hidden away...
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Surviving off of garbage / DESIGN MARATHON 02
The project "Surviving off of Garbage" was developed by Violeta Sejdiu and Lira Gjikolli during the Design Marathon 02 workshop held in September 2... -
Creative Poles / DESIGN MARATHON 02
Vesa Stavileci and Albina Krasniqi developed the "Creative Poles" project during the Design Marathon 02 workshop in Prishtina in September 2022. T... -
Re-Creative/ DESIGN MARATHON 02
During the Design Marathon 02 workshop held in Prishtina in September 2022, Arnisa Muja and Art Morina developed "Re-Creative", a project that aims...
