The characteristic of SPACE in EXMOUTH is to work with young people of different ages. We were invited to participate in their creative jam at Exmouth on October 12th and 13th. The sequence is composed in several stages: presentation of the issues of the session and visit of the friendly city, meals taken together and prepared from local ingredients, sessions of technical workshops (KET) with breaks for informal discussions. The second part of the creative jam will then be dedicated to project development (Sunday). Students from the School of Design were invited to prepare the tools for Sunday's activity, as well as an introductory slide show on the issues of the city. The (underlying) question was: can we reinvent the world / the city without pouring into technological solutionism?

  The characteristic of the creative jam at Exmouth and Space is to confront very young audiences (average age 18). To meet this daunting challenge and far from project standards, the traditional tools of design thinking have been largely simplified and out of sync, in collaboration with the youth workers at the center.

  Matt is the animator of the sequence. He knows how to find the right tone, the motivation. His motto of the day: if we did things very well on Saturday, we would not have anyone on board. The key word: conviviality, communicative energy, but also a talent to divert the tools.

Based on the principle of playing bingo, it's about finding 10 people in the room for a limited time with the passions (watch Netflix, etc.). It's about getting to know each other and interacting. It is a particularly interesting tool that can detect young people in the room interact less, and come to discuss informally, to find real motivations.

The idea is, through a game of tracks, to sharpen the observation: elements are to be found in the city to be photographed. The educator then asks questions to find out what has been observed.

Young people were asked to facilitate contact, motivation. Aged 18, Faith is one of these ambassadors, essential links in the chain towards young people. They are also very naturally the best ambassadors of AYCH.

The most interesting element is that of the coexistence of two ambiances: the very informal Space * and the very “start up” to propeller, a “non for profit” organization that incubates several start-ups in the immediate vicinity of * space. During the workshops, young people are invited to spend an hour in this space and discover another atmosphere.

The students had a long discussion with the “youth worker” to work on adequate tools and largely simplified in the process. These are elements to frame the process, largely illustrated.

Their role during the first day was to participate in the workshops (as underwater testers) but also to link special relationships with young people to understand their motivations, their feedback, and the effectiveness of the devices. On the second day, the students played the role of tutors and project accelerators.

They also helped to synthesize and script ideas.

Their participation within the groups also allowed to divide a group in two to work on 2 separate projects.

How to motivate young people to exercise on weekends, on their free time? The question of the (rather limited) participation of young people in the event is raised. On the other hand, it is worth noting that the event started and ended with 15 young people. The creative jam was open enough to allow participants to come during the day.