Social Innovation

Shifton is an advanced design studio for social innovation.

We apply modern design methods to achieve innovative solutions in response to the challenges of contemporary life and the needs expressed by individuals and the community.

Starting from the needs of people, their experiences and behaviours, we co-design and collaborate with public and private organizations with the aim of generating change and positive impact.

Auto Indabox is a platform that establishes contact between anyone who wants to rent their private garage, even for just a few hours a day, and people in search of parking spaces.

Auto Indabox arose out of the need for a solution to urban transport that has a positive ecological and social impact on user communities.

Bank Station is a company specialized in the creation and divulgation of financial education materials in the forms of videos, written texts, podcasts, and seminars.

Bank Station’s social channels have a community of 200,000 followers who rely on our creators and influencers to improve their financial literacy day by day.

Seerene is an innovative project by Titanium Ideas and the first app dedicated to health mobility. A system of three 3 apps and innovative algorithms establishes a perfect interface between users who need social/healthcare transport, and organizations that offer these services.

An innovative, first of its kind digital ecosystem usable via mobile apps that enables quick intuitive booking of social/healthcare transport through an entirely online channel.

Zeprojects is an innovative female startup founded in Bologna in 2019 from the passion for innovation applied to architecture and design of the founders, Francesca di Giacomo and Silvia Motori. This is the only hub in Italy to offer an architectural design service integrating IoT technologies, AI, and highly innovative materials, all aimed at improving the quality of life of individuals, which is the primary goal of all our work.

The patented technology application called TRAILS transforms every street light into an IoT device that is intelligent and interconnected, thanks to the gathering of sound information combined with the use of artificial intelligence.

The TRAILS dispersed application helps reduce wastage of light and energy in street lighting by over 40%, supplying only the necessary quantity of light where and when needed.

Alma Virtual Lab was founded to bring the benefits of the new immersive technologies into sectors where development of knowledge and skills is central (education, instruction, professional training), and where artistic and technical culture (museums, theatres, events) can be divulgated in an innovative way.

ESO RECYCLING is rooted in a business idea of Nicolas Meletiou, who, during his extensive experience in the sector, has always believed that refuse could be exploited to become a resource.

Long before anyone was talking about the circular economy, Nicolas Meletiou was dreaming up and designing recycling and reassessment of office and sports waste.

Kiez is an agency involved in urban regeneration, promoting processes of transformation of space with high social sustainability.

Kiez is an agency of professionals capable of managing all aspects of regeneration, from strategic design to finance sourcing, from spatial planning to involvement of local communities, all the way to prototyping services and assessing social impact.

Develop-Players is an innovative startup with a social commitment and a spinoff enterprise with the participation of the University of Bologna. They develop serious games designed for enhanced learning by students with Specific Learning Disorders (SLDs).

SLDs are neurobiological in origin that generally emerge at school and have an enduring impact over the lives of individuals.