ABSTRACT
This article aims to present a pedagogical practice carried out in an academic context at Lusófona University of Porto (ULP), with students from the Communication Design bachelor. Now You See Me Moria (NYSM) is a project aiming to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis at Moria Camp, in Lesbos, Greece. The project has collected 449 posters from graphic designers and students all over the world through a website and an Instagram profile that could be downloaded, printed and shared. This initiative was started and is coordinated by Noemí Pascual, a Spanish photo editor. After being in contact with Noemí, where she understood how interested the Portuguese students were in the project, she propositioned that they use a set of photographs of the children at the camp and their respective dreams, and design a series of posters to bring awareness to the movement. This was a complementary way of being part of this initiative with a new approach to the theme – dreams of refugee children at Moria Camp. NYSM has produced a book where all the posters can be seen. An excellent opportunity for students not only to see their work shared around the world, but also contribute to such an important cause. This pedagogical practice was extremely valuable in integrating students from a Portuguese Higher Education Institution (ULP) into real projects of social nature, in particular how co-creation can be a powerful strategy on design activism.
