Mentoring the future of digital design at IDarte

These past few months, we have had the privilege of being mentors at IDarte, the Basque Country's Public Higher School of Design, accompanying 3rd-year Graphic Design students in something much bigger than an academic project: creating solutions that truly matter.

The challenge that thrilled us from day one

We proposed that they design a technological solution to improve women's health. No restrictions. No closed briefings. Mobile, web, watch, sound, gadget... whatever they deemed necessary to generate a real impact.

And they surprised us. Extraordinary approaches emerged: apps for trans people who want to track their hormonal and menstrual health with complete autonomy, applications that accompany women experiencing menstrual pain through guided meditation exercises, and even an immersive room where your gynecologist helps you understand your process of amenorrhea.

The Aura pedagogical challenge is not just academic design. It is pure social transformation. For an entire semester, these future designers have researched, prototyped, and created real, user-centered solutions designed to have a positive impact on people's lives.

Their work connects three unstoppable forces: design with a purpose, humanized technology, and genuine social commitment. It aligns perfectly with SDG 3 (Good Health and Well-being) and SDG 5 (Gender Equality), but it goes beyond meeting goals: it creates the future.

As mentors from Chubby Apps, we contributed our experience in developing apps recognized by Apple and our work with giants like Pfizer. But the truth is, we received as much as we gave. These students have reminded us of something fundamental: the most powerful design emerges when technique meets the passion for improving real lives.

Working with the Challenge-Based Learning methodology has allowed us to see how the next generation of designers is not satisfied with just creating beautiful interfaces. They want to transform the world through knowledge.

Projects like this confirm something we have always believed at Chubby Apps: true innovation is born when technical excellence is put at the service of real human needs. These young designers have not only learned to create digital solutions. They have learned that design is a responsibility, that technology is a tool for social transformation, and that their work can leave a mark on the world.

Learning design at IDarte means transforming the world through knowledge: innovation that cares and leaves a mark. And we have had the honor of accompanying them on that journey.

Can you imagine what kind of world these designers will create when they combine their social vision with the technical excellence that characterizes the new digital generation?