What's a Jam?

One weekend in November, creative, passionate people will meet, form teams & get to work in an energetic, global, face-to-face event. They'll have fun creating brand-new real-world designs, projects and initiatives which might make a difference... join us!

Find out what happens at the Jam.

Join a Jam

Are you ready for a challenge? Want to develop and implement creative ideas? Chase a crazy deadline at the same time? Meet cool new people? Design a service, device, or project that could become reality? Make a difference? Have a great time?

Find our more about participating.

Host a Jam

Want to promote a design-based approach in your region or country? Extend your global network? Pick up new ideas and work practices? Meet cool people? Enjoy freedom to organise and shape your local jam? Make a difference? Have a great time?

Join us! Click to learn more.

Updates

Join the Global Jam - wherever you are

Submitted by adamstjohn
on Sun, 09/11/2011 - 00:23

With seven weeks to go, the Jam is a truly global event with Jams in preparation on six continents. And it's not to late to start new Jams - all you need is a few friends (or strangers) and a room... join us!

First organiser's Q&A this week...

Submitted by adamstjohn
on Tue, 09/06/2011 - 14:58

Are you involved in organising a Jam?  Then join us at the live organiser's Q&A this week. It's your opportunity to ask anything you like about the Jam, and share ideas live with other Jam Hosts.

We'll be chatting at several times on the 8th of September (7th and 9th too, in some time zones). Check out the Basecamp to get all the details!

(If you're a Host, and don't have Basecamp access, you're missing out. Contact us today!)

A world of worlds...

Submitted by adamstjohn
on Tue, 08/23/2011 - 14:30

As more and more Jams join up, several are developing thier own takes on Noemia Guarda's logo. Check out some of the latest!

Want to join us for an active, productive weekend? Click on "join a jam" above!

The winning logo...

Submitted by adamstjohn
on Tue, 08/09/2011 - 00:16

Congratulations to Noémia Guarda from the Oporto Jam who designed our winning logo! Noémia was one of our youngest competitors, and is a student of Graphic Design at Esad, the School of Arts and Design.

It was a tough competition, and our judges had several favourites, but in the end Noémia's design convinced the majority.  Our gratitude goes to Jase Cooper (the designer of our GSJ11 jam jars) as well as Marc Stickdorn of TiSDT, and Lauren Currie, Sarah Drummond and Kirsty Sinclair of Snook for their brilliant input.

Logo competition - you had 48 hours.

Submitted by adamstjohn
on Fri, 07/22/2011 - 16:44

The winning logo will be announced this week!

Last Spring, at the Global Service Jam , UK designer Jase Cooper kindly designed and donated the brilliant jam jar logo which was adopted and adapted by each location into a beautiful variety of different local logos.  For the Global Sustainability Jam, we want to repeat this success -  but with a different starting idea.

We need a logo which can do two jobs:

i. it can serve at the official logo for the Global Sustainability Jam, on pages like this and worldwide.
ii.

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