Weeks of creative workshops and projects were held in Kharkiv, Ukraine in autumn 2016 as part of Deutsche Week to boost local grassroots initiatives. Several organizations partnered to deliver projects promoting areas like design, technology, literature and culture. This included launching a public fabrication lab (Fablab) in a garage, promoting audiobook culture, and transforming a literary museum into an open innovation space. The goal was to integrate these projects with existing institutions and stimulate Ukraine-Germany relations through creative economy and culture.

1. WEEKS OF
CREATIVE
WORKSHOPS AND
PROJECTS
DEUTCHE WEEK
KHARKIV 2016
URBAN BOOST

2. TALKING ABOUT SOCIAL
MOVEMENTS AND CULTURAL
EVENTS IN THE KHARKIV
IN THE AUTUMN OF 2016,
WE WERE INVITED TO DRIVE
CREATIVE FESTIVALS
IN UKRAINIAN-GERMAN
WEEKS OF CREATIVE PANELS.

3. Deutch Week is a marketing
infrastructure, stimulation and
diplomacy wrapper of Ukraine-
Germany relations with help of
culture actions and creative
economy.
Drivers:
Gwara Media - Audiobok
Publishing and Distribution
Platform
Nasnaga Disrupt Point - R&D
and innovation dept of Gwara
Media
SHEREKH | Global Ukrainian
Hub

4. PROBLEMS WE SAW
‣ DESIGNERS DO NOT SEE MAKERS, NEED
FEEL PROCESS OF ADDITIONAL VALUE
FABLAB - UNKNOWN SOCIAL OCCURENCE
VERY INITIAL DESIGN THINKING OF
ENGINEERS (FABLABS)
LOW SOCIAL CAPITA, NO IDEAS
MUSEUM REQUIRES TRANSFORMATIONAL
IMPULSE
DESIGN FRUSTRATED WITH BUSINESS
MODEL
INFOFIELD OF CITY LOW-ENERGETIC
NO CULTURE OF AUDIOBOOK LISTENING
UKRAINE IS ONLY 56 IN GLOBAL INNOVATION
INDEX
LACK OF FINANCING

5. Being acknowledged with ecosystem we decided to
boost local grass root initiatives, integrate with existing
institutions and deliver several projects and workshops

6. Maker Motor
Garage Hub
garagehub.org
First public fablab (fabrication laboratory) that
started from simple garage and now is one of the
most equipped public spaces for makers.

7. Culture Motor
Gwara Media - progressive platform for the
digital distribution of audio books.
Promote audiobook culture in Ukraine, enable
the possibility for makers, activists and students
listen to audio books at any time and anywhere.

8. Emotional Vitamin
Feel The Culture
The exhibition introduces blind people and those
wishing to explore the architecture in an unusual
way to culture and ancient architectural
monuments of different countries.
http://feeltheculture.org.ua/index_en.html

9. Visual Vitamin
Unitree Agency
Creative Industries Platform
"Today design - is primarily the production of
meaning, not a way to design functions"

10. Kharkiv Literary Museum
Open Innovation Point
Museum employees called their mission to care
for seamless and inseparable link between the
world of literature and imagination and the real
world of contemporaries. That is why there are
always cultural and educational activities taking
place.
http://kharkiv.travel/en/leisure/museums/literary-
museum
"Week of Germany" will present projects that
show how close, varied and full of trust is the
cooperation of Ukraine and Germany.
With theme of 2016 as City Urbanism delivered
a lot of bright projects.
http://deutsche-wochen-
ukraine.com/category/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0
%BE%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D
0%B0-2016-uk/
Infrastructure Points
PR Agency you need to succeed!

11. BRILLIANTS
GARAGE HUB | Open Gate Day
JOHANSENN PERFORMANCE - AUDIOVISUAL ART Exhibition
Feel The Culture | Unique Multisensor Exchibition for blinded persons
Up to 20 mentions in the local media
Up to 5 mentions in the national media
Up to 400 visitors
Up to 50 000 impressions
A lot of beautiful people
Several post-projects