Phase 3

Generate Solutions

We brainstorm about technological solutions on a human scale. In collaboration with everyone who cares about Ghent.

a) Generate solutions

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Jonge uitvinders in beweging

Children are the most creative thinkers. During Young Inventors in Motion, primary school classes in Ghent come up with crazy ideas, which they craft into life-size inventions. During a Co-creation session, students together with experts brainstorm about new, out-of-the box solutions.

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Maakmarathon

Teams of students from all kinds of disciplines continue to work on this during the Make-a-Ton. Under the watchful eye of experts, they delve into the world of design thinking, fast prototyping and pitching, to create testable prototypes of innovative solutions.

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Wenselijkheidsdebat

During a Desirability Debate we examine the solutions: will they really work, are they user-friendly, can everyone use them? At the end of the ride we put all solution ideas in the spotlight in a Solutions Expo in De Krook.

b) Select Solutions

We are setting up a mini testing ground around one of the solutions from the Maakmarathon. A diverse team of inventors will work to further shape, test and implement a prototype.

Comon's approach

Curious how phase 3 'Generate Solutions' fits within a complete Comon process? This timeline will get you started.

Phase 1
Collect Challenges
Phase 2
Explore Problems
Phase 3
Generate Solutions
Is active
Phase 4
Experiment
Phase 5
Evaluate and Learn