The way we work

How to work with us

The way we work

The Latin American Design Foundation (LADF) wants to contribute to Latin American Design by stimulating the quality, accessibility and diffusion of it. Together with our large network of Latin American Designers and producers, our Advisory Board and our Editors network, we organize activities to achieve these goals. These activities build up and spread the knowledge and experience that are gathered in them. They are action oriented and deliver clear results. To achieve those results, our projects are always set up according to a well-described working method using strict criteria to select projects for LADF. Among our criteria are:

• We strongly prefer projects that contribute to 'continuous learning and development' above single events. The results should be usable for next projects to leverage on experience and knowledge.
• Projects should create new (sources of) knowledge, jobs, process improvements and/or market demand (by publicity) for Latin American Design, Latin American designers or producers. Projects that combine more of these elements are preferred.
• Projects must create the highest level of independency to the participants. Next time, participants should be able to do it themselves.
• Each project should have a sustainable design focus. This means that the project contributes to the awareness of those involved about the scarceness of resources and to the improvement of the use of those resources in the design and production process. This includes respecting ethical and moral codes, respecting the local environment and awareness of the social implications of the use of resources.  

The way we measure and share our successes

We categorize our projects and set yearly goals in each category about what we want to achieve with the help of our sponsors and volunteers. Of course our ability to achieve these goals depend on the financial and organizational strength that we can assemble, but we make it a challenge to achieve a lot with limited resources: the Latin American way.
We try to share the results of our projects with as many people as possible. Therefore we publish articles about the results, have public interactive internet chat sessions with workshops and we give presentations about our experiences in seminars in Latin America and Europe.

How to work with us

....when you're a designer

If you're a designer or producer then you can contact us with any idea or proposal that fits the above criteria. We will jointly work out the best form to work together and we will explain you how the foundation can support your idea and how we expect you to use earlier collected experience to collect and spread new experiences.

....when you're a sponsor

If you're a sponsor then you provide us with money, facilities, contacts or opportunities. We offer you high quality publicity in a focused affluent audience. The association with design and innovation could be a valuable contribution to your corporate identity strategy. We also offer possibilities to contribute to the improvement of the responsible development of design and craft in Latin America and the preservation of valuable knowledge, which generates new possibilities for marketing programs aimed at your customers, relations or personnel. Regularly, we offer sponsors the unique opportunity to offer some of the products that are the results of our projects with a discount to relations and personnel. This is the way to make your sponsoring part of your relational marketing program. Mail us for more information and specific sponsor programs.

If sponsoring LADF doesn't fit your circumstances, we ask you to consider a one time donation; because our work needs your support: