Stevens, John, 2016, Conference or Workshop, Goldfinger Factory: a Case study in for-profit Social Enterprise at Towards collaborative practice 2016. Forum on social innovation and entrepreneurship, Lecce, Italy, 2016-11-28 - 2016-12-02.
Abstract or Description: | Goldfinger Factory is an award-winning design, build and teaching platform centred around upcycling to create bespoke furniture and interiors, whilst helping artisans and artisans-in-the-making become self-sustaining through craft and in turn saving materials from landfill. Located in North Kensington, one of London’s most deprived - yet wealthiest - areas, Goldfinger Factory combines a furniture showroom and a café space on one floor and a woodworking workshop and teaching academy underneath, where training is provided to local young adults (including unemployed, disaffected or at-risk). Based on interviews with the founders and several site visits, Stevens presented the Goldfinger Factory as a case study of for-profit social innovation, through this poster and a short presentation, to an audience of around 60 academics and practitioners of social innovation from all over Europe. Several attendees reported they would explore this novel model of social innovation. |
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Subjects: | Other > Social studies > L900 Others in Social studies > L990 Social studies not elsewhere classified Creative Arts and Design > W200 Design studies > W290 Design studies not elsewhere classified |
School or Centre: | Other School of Design |
Funders: | Erasmus + |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jan 2018 11:58 |
Last Modified: | 01 Jun 2025 23:24 |
URI: | https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/2673 |
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