Extensão universitária e inovação: o laboratório de design solidário

This paper presents the trajectory of Labsol – Laboratory for Solidarity Design, a Science Outreach Project at Unesp - Univ. Estadual Paulista, inside the Department of Design of the School of Architecture, Arts and Communication, campus of Bauru. The Labsol works in the area of Social Design relating a perspective that acts on the relationship between design and crafts through counseling activities, in a dialogic relationship, with craft communities, with the objective to generate jobs and income. The Labsol was organized in 2007 through the initiative of a coordinating professor and a group of volunteer students, and in the years following it adopted theoretical assumptions that include Ecodesign, Sustainability, Solidarity Economy and Dialogicity. Several years were dedicated to communities by developing products that sought to highlight the cultural identity of the groups served, valuing the local culture and different ways of manufacturing. In recent years we highlight three actions taken by Labsol through partnerships: Arte e Convivio Association of Botucatu, the “Cornelia Maria Elizabeth van Hylckama Vlieger” Association in Sousas, and the Samba School “Coroa Imperial da Cidade Grande” in Bauru, all in the Sao Paulo state.