Palma Creativa
Palma Creativa, a transformative initiative incorporated new branding, digital innovation, and amplifying connections within the creative ecosystem. Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain 2017 - 2020.
An Emotional Land
A space has no meaning until it is experienced and shared. And Palma is a modern, cosmopolitan city, overlooking the sea and the whole world, a land ripe with all kinds of experiences and emotions, an easy-to-reach port and a point of confluence for all the cultures of the Mediterranean.
Palma is a thousand-year-old city, where the imprint of its immense legacy is evident to all, on every corner of the streets and squares of the historic centre. A narrow, winding network extends around the town hall building known as Cort, La Seu Cathedral and La Llotja, inviting you to enjoy them with all your senses.
Interestingly, the stretch which centuries back was the Riera course – from La Rambla to El Born – now constitutes an avenue of heritage and culture, lined by spaces that allow residents to have one of the most valuable experiences.
Routes through the main municipal creative venues and events in Palma
With this series of routes organized by theme, location and cultural events in the city, Palma Creativa wants to publicize the city of Palma’s creative wealth, from both a historical and contemporary perspective, and to showcase Palma’s potential in the creative sector.
Palma Creativa reinforces the perception of the city as a place of gathering, confluence and creation; an emotional land that promotes exchange and the discovery of cultural pleasure throughout the year, at municipal venues and in streets and squares.
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Objectives
- Obtaining the UNESCO Creative Cities Network status.
- Facilitating the access of the citizens to the culture and to promote quality cultural tourism.
- Making possible the cooperation between institutions, foundations and creative agents at the local, national and international levels.
- Promoting and demonstrating the benefits of the collaboration and connectivity of the creative sector as a source of innovation, value creation and collaborative practice between the creative fabric and the Administration.
- Ensuring the presence and co-management of the City Council of Palma in all events related to the creative fabric of Palma.
Actions
- Conceive and develop the brand and visual identity of Palma as a City of Culture, Creation and Heritage.
- Organize, update and unify current cultural communication channels.
- Carry out a thorough and detailed study and mapping of the creative economy of Palma: sectors, spaces and services, public and private.
- Design and build palmacreativa in order to offer a better infrastructure and interconnectivity.
- Establish palmacreativa as the main source of content for the development of the creative economy of Palma for all audiences.
Directions
Brand. Visual ID.
ID elements
Concept and philosophy, naming, graphic ID, logotype, slogan, colour pallete, typography, patterns, grids and their systems, 3D motion graphics, animations,
Applications
Online communications:. Graphic templates for social networking design. UI design and brand adaptation for the digital platform palmacreativa, Design for video content for social networks, mail campaigns and press dossiers.
Public brand brochures and publications.
Posters, routes and signs of historic buildings.
Promotional items: Stationery, postcards, invitations, business cards, event bracelets, paper cups, stickers, textile bags, t-shirts, hats, banners, umbrellas, flags.
It is essential to carry out all the production with local companies, cooperate with local creatives, and use ecological materials.
Online platform
For mapping, networking and consolidation.
- Portfolios / joint circuits of agents and creative spaces.
- Map of the spaces for creation, production, exhibition, education and residences.
- Cultural and creative industries statistics.
- Heritage routes.
- Sectors, services and spaces (public and private).
- Tools and research in education.
- Social Networks.
- Events calendar.
- Calendar of festivals.
- News and articles.
- Directory of members and their profiles.
- Internal news.
- Resources, grants, funding and investors.
- Collaborations and co-productions.
- Matchmaking.
- Production of knowledge.
- Hub.
- Discounts.
- Partners.
Sectors
Architecture, design, fashion, cinema, music, sculpture, technology, videogames, visual arts, performing arts.
Spaces and activities
Workshops, bar / cafe / restaurant, cinema, coworking spaces, venues for events, exhibition spaces, concert halls, theaters, festivals, galleries, recording studios, Heritage spaces, meeting spaces, online directory, spaces ofproduction, stores, producers
Services and resources
Coworking, commerce, community and social services, communication, exhibition and curators, manufacturing, incubation and startups, international opportunities, investments, mentoring and advice, training and professional development, research, residences, sales.
Unified interface
Information channel for all members of the platform, creative agents of Palma and the general public.
Joint portfolio
Of all creative agents and partners to facilitate the interaction between them. Point of resources for financing, advice, sales and investment.
Intermediary
Local, insular, national and international network.
UNESCO The Creative Cities Network.
The Network of Creative Cities is currently made up of 180 members from 72 countries, covering 7 creative areas: crafts and popular arts, design, film, gastronomy, literature, music and digital arts.
International scale:
European Creative Hubs, Creative Tracks, Ciudades Creativas.
Culture Action Europe (CAE), Ecflabs.org.
Design for Europe: Design and The Public Sector.
EUROCITIES: Culture for Cities and Regions.
COIN Cultural and Creative Cities Monitor, Europa Creativa Cultura.
Trans Europe Halles (TEH), ENCC – European Network of Cultural Centres.
City scale:
Baltic Тriangle
Creative City Berlin
Imagina Madrid
Make Liverpool
Kultursistema proposes a categorization matrix (or set of matrices) for the interpretation and mapping of cultural and creative ecosystems. It aims to reflect its diversity as regards sectors and subsectors, links of the value chain, typology of agents that intervene in this field, as well as the characteristics of the impacts and fundamental outputs.
Practical guide to map the Creative Industries
Creative economy and culture series of the British Council.
Creative Skills
NESTA UK
Integrated agency
Space for meetings, projects assessments, training, consulting and legal services.
Office for matchmaking. One-stop window for the comprehensive advice in the creative economy: creators-projects-public-organisations.
Complete communication service for creator: naming, branding, web, video, design, events, press.
Continuous research of support programs, grants, scholarships, funding and financing at the local, national and international levels.
Design of scenarios to promote shared visions and toolkits to stimulate the implementation of new initiatives that bring greater social, cultural and environmental impact.
Creation and organisation of the initial working team for design, strategy and functionalities plan for the former Presó de Palma (Jail of Palma).
La Volta is a framework for artists, artisans and creators in the district of Sant Narcís de Girona whose dual objective is economic and commercial dynamization of the territory through culture and art, and the professionalisation of the emerging sector of the Creative industries of Girona, conceived and coordinated by the FANG agency, with the initial support of the Bòlit, Contemporary Art Center and the European Social Fund.
MyCityLab beta is an online space designed and developed by Maxim Surin that shows artistic projects, educational resources, technological developments and participatory processes that are based on a direct relationship with a particular local context. Brussels.
Activities
Project team
Core team
Active participation
FANG Agency
Gal·la Miserachs
Joana Abrines
Quim Marin
Joanot Cortès
Maxim Surin
It is the soul of the project.
They establish the project plan and ensure that it is kept up and running.
The team responds to the results of the project.
Owners of the design and production process.
Extended team
Committed
Tres Cultura
Quim Marin Design
Idensitat
Intermediae Matadero
La Harinera Zaragoza
Group of experts
They bring their experience.
They provide specific knowledge.
They can also act as reviewers for the work of the core team.
Board of Advisors
Informed
Grup Motor CAC Palma
Som Sa Presó
Es Baluard
Casa Planas
Ramon Llull 2030
Think Up Culture Palma
Advisory Board, including the City Government, different councils and departments, and the representatives of the different clusters, and groups of artists and creators.
They must be kept informed during the development of the project and be able to contribute with their knowledge and experience.
They are committed to the result and support the work of the team through the organization.
Decision making, advice and coverage for the core team.
Partners
Play Video
Palma Creativa ID presentation,
Ajuntament de Palma de Mallorca, Dec 2018.