People.
Places.
Food.
On a Mission.

Making new connections

Holis is a place-based learning program to tackle critical social and environmental challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration and collective intelligence. Every year we bring together professionals from a wide range of disciplines to work on real projects with the support of outstanding team facilitators.‍ This learning experience is helping local communities at the same time. No mental energy should be wasted.

Walk the talk

Holis is also a collective of professionals who has at least one thing in common. They all working on projects that brings us closer to a more just and sustainable world. We are working with clients who share our mission.

We are proud what we've done so far

The first Holis focused on the future scenarios of an old felt factory in Hungary, which at the time was suffering from a 90% loss of income due to the rise in popularity of synthetic felts. As a result of the solutions that Holis participants helped to identify and implement, the felt factory now has new owners, new products, and other thriving business activities. Since then we’ve been working on various challenges in different countries.

Past Holis Summer School

Early Childhood Development System in Visegrad Region

Early childhood experiences affect the development of brain architecture, which provides the foundation for all future learning, behavior, and health. How might we improve the system of early childhood development in the Visegrad Region?

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October-November 2021
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Revitalizing Economic and Social Fabrics

We partnered with CLARA - Center for Rural Future to revitalise the economic and social fabric of the Odemira Region in Portugal

Sabóia, Portugal
2019
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Rural social innovation

In 2018 we explored what are the challenges of rural Poland and what can we do about them.

Sobole, Poland
2018
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Community and business

We partnered up with Spomlek, a local cheese factory and asked ourselves: how a local business can serve the community around it?

Sobole, Poland
2017
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Future of a castle

Interdisciplinary teams developed future scenarios for the reconstruction of the ​Rákóczi-Bánffy castle which was built in the 15th century.

Gyalu, Romania
2016
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Ageing opportunities

We focused on the issues and opportunities inherent in ageing, with the support of international experts and team facilitators. The aim was to give long term solutions to keeping senior citizens economically and socially active with the help of design.

Ajka, Hungary
2015
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Future of a felt factory

The first HOLIS was organized in July 2014 in Kőszeg, Hungary. The participating university students and fresh graduates explored the possible future scenarios of an old felt factory which by the time lost the 90% of its market.

Kőszeg, Hungary
2014
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Few alumni

Hover me!
Architectural designer
Csaba Szalai
Budapest, Hungary
Architect at Paradigma Ariadné
Szabolcs Molnár
Budapest, Hungary
Strategic Designer
Sara Galan
Mexico City, Mexico
Social designer
Eliza Chojnacka
Vienna, Austria
Graphic design
Hermina Csala
Romania
Artist, Freelance Graphic Designer
Daniel Kozma
Budapest, Hungary
Co-founder at LAVOR
Sarolta Szonja Molnár
Budapest, Hungary
Ludmiła Lesisz
Warsaw, Poland
Architect
Erdenejargal Rinzaan
Budapest, Hungary
E-commerce entrepreneur
Aniko Brachmann
Budapest, Hungary
Graphic Designer
Panna Júlia Petró
Budapest, Hungary
Service Design
Amber Francis
Savannah, GA, USA
Product and Industrial Design
Tamara Olbrys
Warsaw, Poland
Customer Experience Designer at O.P. Holdings
Hitomi Tachikawa
Tokyo, Japan
Industrial Designer
Simon Izidor Rozman
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Bence Bán
Budapest, Hungary
Strategic Service Designer
Mani I
London, UK
Philosophy
Bence Makkai
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Integrated Design / Landscape Design
Shumin Luo
Cologne, Germany
PhD student
Zuzana Waszczuková
Bratislava, Slovakia
Consultant, project manager
Alvaro Valls Boix
Elche, Spain
Design student
Jarmila Martinková
Ede, Netherlands
Service Design
Marta Salas
Madrid, Spain
Pattern designer and illustrator
Lili Veszprémi
Budapest, Hungary
Communication & PR
Sarolta Lapohos
Romania
UI/UX Designer
Daniela Haas
Cologne, Germany
Graphic designer
Karolina Styczeń
Cracow, Poland
Vype Activation Manager at British American Tobacco
Dóra Németh
Budapest, Hungary
Event manager
Bettina Alscher
Budapest, Hungary
Service designer
Mishell Orta
Milan, Italy
Media design
Evelin Horváth
Budapest, Hungary
UX Designer
Karina Rachwał
Wrocław, Poland
Biology
Enikő Molnár
Romania
Visual communication
Adrienn Gréta Schönberg
Romania
Researcher
Áron Miszlivetz
Budapest, Hungary
Urbanism
Emese Burista
Louvain, Belgium
Product Designer
Michał Kociszewski
Łódź, Poland
Brand manager
Júlia Eszter Ürmösi
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Theology
Anna Diósy
Budapest, Hungary
Product Designer
Fanni Csöbi
Düsseldorf, Germany
Fashion and textile designer
Zsófia Papp
Budapest, Hungary
Product designer
Robert Raimann
Gdansk, Poland
Finance
Ágnes Marczinkó
Budapest, Hungary
Cultural anthropology
Lili Varga
Budapest, Hungary
Service Designer
Collyn Cooper
Düsseldorf, Germany
Industrial Design/ Speculative Design
Dominika Majewska
Kolding, Denmark
Project engineer
Melánia Gál-Joó
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Communication in Social and Economic Context
Vitalia Safronova
Berlin, Germany
Communication specialist
Mónika Simon
Budapest, Hungary
UX team lead at Emarsys
Zsuzsanna Polgár
Vienna, Austria
Design and Innovation consultant
Eliana Vargas
Quito, Ecuador
Innovation & Service design
Fei Feng
Beijing, China
Media & Communication / Urban Studies
Monika Domanska
Gdynia, Poland
Service Designer
Pieter Overgoor
Copenhagen, Denmark
Account manager at Mito
Anna Mészár
Budapest, Hungary
Engineering Project Manager at Hello Wood Group
Nóra Láng
Budapest, Hungary
Experience Designer at Mirum Agency
Larasati Larasati
London, UK
Art history
Beáta Bordás
Romania
Architect
Attila Ágoston
Romania
Innovation Consultant & Agile Coach
Jennifer Pauli
Leipzig, Germany
UX designer and researcher
Zsófia Czémán
Vienna, Austria
Industrial design
Tamara Lašič Jurković
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Furniture designer
Amira El Shawarby
Cairo, Egypt
Business Analyst
Katalin Zsuzsanna Nagy-Szabó
Budapest, Hungary
Designer
Jeremiasz Rzenno
Glasgow, UK
Product design
Bálint Eckhardt
London, UK
Digital Design
Miriam Loos
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Singer
Andrea Vâță-Diénes
Romania
Project manager
Zsófia Anna Rutkai
Budapest, Hungary
Geoinformatics
Karolina Sielicka
Warsaw, Poland
User experience researcher, design strategist & speaker
Archana Mani Srinivasan
Atlanta, USA
Industrial, Product Design
Dan Pikalo
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Innovation & service design
Meijin Li
London, UK
Social Design
Lesley-Ann Donnell
Copenhagen, Denmark
Digital Communications Manager at Legrand
Tamás Ádám Vedres
Budapest, Hungary
Luca Elek
Budapest, Hungary
Architect
Márk Kendernay
Bath, UK
PhD student
Monika Favara-Kurkowski
Warsaw, Poland
Architect at Paradigma Ariadné
Attila Róbert Csóka
Budapest, Hungary
Product designer at Studio Rygalik
Gabriela Szałańska
Warsaw, Poland
Design Engineer at Delft Hyperloop
Maciej Zawierucha
Delft, The Netherlands
Strategic Product Design
Gunjan Singh
The Hague, Netherlands
Service Management
Kitija Matisone
Copenhagen, Denmark
Service Designer
Zsófia Szatmári-Margitai
Innsbruck, Austria
Founder at Stilblog
Petra Hoffmann
Budapest, Hungary
Head of Global Marketing at OnRobot
Nóra Bereczki
Budapest, Hungary
Service Designer at Cocomore
Miriam Schmalen
Cologne, Germany
Business analyst
Andrea Szilágyi
Augsburg, Germany
Business Administration
Merle Niester
Vienna, Austria
Fine Arts
Sarah El-Haddad
Cairo, Egypt
Designer at ChemAxon
Gábor Lukács
Budapest, Hungary
UX Design
Gábor Suhajda
Budapest, Hungary
Designer
Maciej Budzisz
Lodz, Poland
Designer
Eszter Horváth
Budapest, Hungary
International studies
Zsófia Méhes
Berlin, Germany
Curatorial Practice
Kasia Zawada
Glasgow, UK
Project manager
Magdolna Györgyei Szabó
Hungary
Architect
Beáta Bartha
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Designer
Sadaf Uddin
London, UK
Product designer
Zsolt Sarkadi
Budapest, Hungary