'Applied Dreams' are innovation workshops in which Interaction-Ivrea faculty and students collaborate with an industry partner. The aim of these workshops is to develop a range of future concepts for products and services.

The design brief, on a topic of interest to both parties, is developed jointly, to be useful to the company and fit the educational requirements of the Institute. As a result, the partner obtains new concepts and approaches from the participating second-year students, who in turn have the opportunity to gain experience in the rapid iteration of design solutions.

The Applied Dreams workshops are led by an Interaction-Ivrea faculty member and/or visiting faculty. Industry partners are encouraged to send full-time participants to the workshop, also, to foster the fullest possible exchange of interaction design knowledge.

 
What do we mean by innovation?

At Interaction-Ivrea we believe that innovation comes in several forms; the invention of something new; creating a better version of an existing product or service; or tailoring them to better serve an audience. Unlike the traditional idea of innovation as purely technological or business innovation, at Interaction-Ivrea we innovate by gaining a better understanding of users and their relationship to technology. We use that understanding to develop concepts for future products and services. These, in turn, can stimulate a partner company's own innovation strategies.