UAL Creative Hack 2022
Winners
Monday 21-Tuesday 22 March 2022
Group 7 | Environment & Sustainability
︎︎︎Creative Hack: UAL cross-college collaboration for social and environmental good.
How the Creative Hack works
UAL Creative Hack is a 2-day creative hackathon, offering students and recent graduates the opportunity to come together to learn, innovate, create and present their ideas to address the Capital’s challenges and make London a better place to live, work and visit. 200 students and recent graduates applied to take part. Over 50 students attended online and in-person, forming 8 mixed college teams.
£2,500 worth of prize money awarded to the most innovative ideas and team work.
Themes
- Technology and Digital
- Environment and Sustainability
- Social Justice and Equality
Process
Over the 2 days, teams work quickly to create an innovative idea on their chosen theme before pitching to a panel of industry and entrepreneurial expert judges on the final afternoon.
Workshops, mentoring, access to industry experts, and amazing key note speakers were all offered for inspiration and help in developing our business solutions.
Pitches
Group 7 | Environment & Sustainability | Eat My Junk
What? A community based app that encourages individuals to come to the table and share their excess food
Why? Making meaningful connections while cooking, eating, sharing stories, and reducing food waste
How? On the Eat My Junk app, you enter your leftover ingredients and match with others in your locality to come together to share recipes, skills, and cultures
Where? Hackney Town Hall, London (Pilot)
Who? Likeminded indidivuals who wish to embrace a waste-free lifestyle and be a part of a dynamic community
Partners? Collaborate with councils, restaurants, community kitchens, and chefs – offer space / expertise / funding
Why? Making meaningful connections while cooking, eating, sharing stories, and reducing food waste
How? On the Eat My Junk app, you enter your leftover ingredients and match with others in your locality to come together to share recipes, skills, and cultures
Where? Hackney Town Hall, London (Pilot)
Who? Likeminded indidivuals who wish to embrace a waste-free lifestyle and be a part of a dynamic community
Partners? Collaborate with councils, restaurants, community kitchens, and chefs – offer space / expertise / funding
Winners: Teamwork
Judges: Jacqui J. Free Sze, Rudo Nondo, Kaela Katz and Steve Taylor
Creative Hack 2022"The Creative Hack really gave us the opportunity to utilize all of our skillsets working together in a challenging environment. With only two days to brainstorm, research and complete our social enterprise business model with people we had only just met really challenged us to realize a potential business model and something that might hold value in the future. We’re excited to take the project further and are still working on the idea as a team." – Creative Hack participant
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