The Portugal 24hr Inclusive Design Challenge took place in Lisbon on 21, 22 and 23 June 2012.

In the Challenge, each of the five multidisciplinary teams were given a challenge that they had to solve within the 24 hours of the project.

Each team had a designer partner who had a physical or visual disability and who acted, regardless their education or training, both as a driver to identify the problem as well as a consultant in the validation of each project's solution.

The event was organised by "Design Includes YOU", the British Council Portugal and the Câmara Municipal de Lisboa (Departamento de Planeamento de Mobilidade e Transportes). The workshop was led by Julia Cassim, Visiting Senior Research Fellow of the Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design, which is part of the Royal College of Art.

The aim of the 24hr Inclusive Design project, which is part of the British Council’s Design programme, and also part of the Design includes YOU portofolio, was to disseminate inclusive and communication design at a professional and academic level.

Workshop participantso: Product Designers, Equipment Designers, Communication Designers, Arquitects, Occupational Therapists, Ergonomists, graduate and master students in these areas.

Workshop participants paid a fee of EUR 80.00, which included self-service lunches, coffee breaks and materials/stationery.

Events were held at:
21 June at 2100
Launch, Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa
22 and 23 June
Workshops at the British Council premises in Lisbon.

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Read the report of the 2011 edition.