Business Consulting
iRepair
Project Objective: iRepair is a smartphone repair shop based in Atlanta, Georgia. The owner, Justin Sparks, sought assistance through SCAD Serve, a program where students volunteer to apply their design skills to help small businesses in Atlanta's Sweet Auburn District.
The Team: Lina Chona, Kanchi Parekh, Tasmeena Maryam, Urvi Thakker, Nicolas Nikuradse
Project Duration: March-May 2022
Project Result: The team traveled to Atlanta twice during the 10-week project and conducted a co-creation workshop on each visit. These sessions helped us explore Justin's ideas, assess risks, and clarify approaches, which contributed to improved designs and more effective implementation. Additionally, we provided him with potential rebranding ideas.
Class/Instructor: Facilitating Creative Thinking with Prof. Tom Hardy
Rights Chocolate
Project Objective: Rights Chocolate is a Premium Chocolate Company from Ecuador. The Ecuadorian company is dedicated to advocating for people with disabilities through the fair market and responsible food products.
They have been producing chocolate for a couple of years and will enter the U.S. market this year. Rights reached out to me to help the company to structure discussions, brainstorming, and ideation Sessions. The co-creation workshops aim to help draw out ideas, risks, approaches, and clarity that can lead to better designs and outcomes during implementation.
The Team: Emilio Arellano, Nicolas Nikuradse
Project Duration: Oct. 2022
Project Result: We are currently developing an implementation plan together with rights. Shortly, we are going to help execute some of those steps.
