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    Lucky catch

    ENG Since 2oo7 o3 o7 we develop “Street lucky catch” photo project: for us “lucky catch” is people on the streets of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda (Lithuania) mostly, but we are glad to include from other towns (and other countries) in it. We see citizens as experts of the city. Unlike most of street fashion…

  • Urbingo – urban game

    URBINGO is an urban orientation game and alternative guide to the changing neighbourhoods. It consists of: • illustrated map • visual cards with the neighbourhood’s elements • text cards with the historical facts and notes. This game was developed as a matrix for collecting and arranging neighbourhood stories and changing material culture, turning it into…

  • Explore Šnipiškės with Urbingo!

    Monotonectally pursue backward-compatible ideas without empowered imperatives. Interactively predominate low-risk high-yield ROI rather than adaptive e-tailers. Progressively morph standardized value vis-a-vis just in time portals. Quickly repurpose ethical vortals rather than technically sound systems. Intrinsicly formulate.

  • Co-design workshops: open code urban furniture (ECF)

    Title: Open code urban furniture, co-design workshop This initiative is part of a bigger networking project, “Public Space Makers”. Grantee of ECF Design & Research Grant: Jekaterina Lavrinec (Laimikis.lt). Associated partners: Noel Hatch (European Alternatives, UK), Paco Gonzalez (RadarQ, Spain). During the project, co-design workshops are run in London, Barcelona, and Vilnius in cooperation with the…

  • Arts-based research and placemaking in Šnipiškės (timeline)

    Our placemaking program for the historic Šnipiškės neighbourhood started in 2012. The arts-based approach is our main method, which means that during the research stage, we start involving local residents in cooperative actions that contribute to the local well-being. We foster networks of mutual help by providing and administrating local communication tools, platforms and formats.…

  • Citizen participation in urban governance (CBSS)

    Project title: Citizen Participation in Urban Governance Partners: Minsk Urban Platform (leader), Laboratory for Urban Games and Research “Laimikis.lt”. Audiences of the project: urban activists, practitioners, and experts working in participatory planning in Belarus and the Baltic Sea Region. Inhabitants of the districts of multistore houses in Minsk. Users of the public spaces in Vilnius.…

    Visual Identity Grid for Place Branding

    Visual Identity Grid is a format developed by the Laimikis.lt team for converting the materials and findings accumulated during the research of the identity of place (genius loci) to visual communication. We developed and tested it while exploring Visaginas’ visual identity in 2017. Our methodology for developing a visual identity set for the place includes lots…

  • Module urban furniture, creative playground and placemaking in Šnipiškės

    Placemaking toolbox for neighbourhoods

    A set of tools and methods for inclusive neighbourhood regeneration was developed for the historical Šnipiškės neighbourhood (Vilnius) and launched in cooperation with its residents in 2o12-2o15. It aims to develop and strengthen the local solidarity network through cooperative actions in public space. Laimikis main principle is to bring people together by activating public spaces…

  • InsideViews – Fieldwork Methods of Social Anthropology (Grundtvig)

    Title of the project:  InsideViews – Fieldwork Methods of Social Anthropology to Promote Civic, Cultural and Intercultural Education Funded by: Grundtvig; Years: 2o13-2o15 The project gathers professionals of non-formal education, social anthropologists, society museum curators, artists, social workers, and civic and intercultural professionals who are looking for new pedagogical tools aiming at valorising cultural diversity,…

  • Intercontexts – Civic and Cultural Education in disadvantaged local contexts (Grundtvig)

    Title of the project: InterContext – Contributions of Civic and Cultural Education in Disadvantaged Local Contexts; Partners: Zeitpfeil e.V. in cooperation with the experts of the regional Community Management Program (Germany, leader); Metropop! (France); ICE (Portugal), Intergracijas Centrs (Latvia); Urban games and research Lab “Laimikis.lt” (Lithuania). Funded by: Grundtvig; Duration: 2011-2013 About the project The…