CuriosiTea

CURIOSITEA ENCOURAGES EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS TO SHARE A TEA-TIME FULL OF INSIGHTS AND EXPERIENCES WITH MOTIVATED PROFESSION-SEEKERS.

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Confucius speaking…

wise words for CuriosiTea

Logo Design

WorkShadows spreading to Germany…

How it works:

CuriosiTea will work as an online platform, connecting those seeking with those who have found a profession.

CuriosiTea Blog

Showcasing inspiring examples of CuriosiTeas with people from different professions.

PocketGuide

Downloadable and printable.

8-paged Pocket Guide

German and English.

Pocket Guide / Taschenplaner

Helps you organize CuriosiTeas and Work Shadows more easily.

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Feedback

— we are still looking for feedback and people to join the team!

Trying the CuriosiTea Concept

Testing the idea with UK/US-based Documentary Filmmaker Tristan Copley Smith.

CuriosiTea -time with Illustrator Harriet Russell

Asking London based Illustrator Harriet Russell about her work over a cup of tea and biscuits.

Online CuriosiTea

with Motion Graphics Designer Oliver Lynch

Lunchtime

with Open Source Designer and Architect Alastair Parvin.

ThankYou!

Sending personal "Thank You" cards to all the nice people who shared their time and insights with me.

Nomination for the Giebichenstein Design Award

Proud to see CuriosiTea nominated for the Giebichenstein Design Award for Most Ambitious Project.

Participate!

Share the idea!

The Initiators Patrick and Jenni working hard to make it happen

CuriosiTea – The Idea

During a CuriosiTea the person you are visiting can share their insights and experiences with you, answering all of your questions related to their profession over a cup of tea or coffee. Each tea-time offers the chance to ask for a referral, so that after the first CuriosiTea, you can follow a second one, or even a Work Shadow.

During a Work Shadow you accompany a person at work. That way, you gain direct insights into what fascinates you. In doing so, you act as an unobtrusive shadow. Work Shadows have been a common practice in the US and the UK for a while, but for some reason have not taken off in Germany and other European countries, yet.

Take a look and get inspired by Michael Warshsafsky's 60-Jobs-in-60-Days workshadow-experiences here:

www.sixtyinsixty.com

CuriosiTea – The Platform

CuriosiTea is also the name of the platform we are building. This platform shall connect those seeking CuriosiTeas and Work Shadows with those offering them. Our goal is to create a more personal extension to the digital information paths that exist so far.

How do we want to achieve that?

Through a website with an interactive map, on which you can easily find CuriosiTea- and Work Shadow hosts. Additionally, there will be information on the subject and a simple pocket guide, to help you get prepared. You can download and print the guide here:

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For folding instructions go here:

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V8-pager-folding instruction: Drawing

To help CuriosiTea-participants recognize one another, there will be a badge, that can be attached to the website or printed out and displayed on a store front window.

So Why?

For us, this is not about profit, no, it is simply about offering you the possibility to become a bit happier or at least more content in the choice of your professional life path.

Also, nobody shall be dependent on the platform in their actions, anyone can go out now and set up a CuriosiTea or Workshadow, if they want. You can find a guide here, how to:

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2013 – Bachelor-Thesis in collaboration with Patrick Vollrath @BURG Tutor: Sven Voelker