VIVITA is an international creativity accelerator network for kids and youths.
VIVITA has no teachers and no formal curriculum. The activities are driven by children themselves, and adults play a supportive and inspiring role in this journey. We believe this will increase their confidence and help them grow into talented, smart and responsible world-changers. Check out our global team and activities at VIVITA International website.
VIVISTOPs are child-friendly, open-plan workshops and innovation studios where kids can discover, experiment, and create by themselves.
Our activities are supported by hardware and software tools for prototyping, robotics and other creative tasks developed by VIVITA team. For more information about joining us click here.
VIVISTOP Telliskivi is located in Telliskivi Creative City, the hippest area and heart of creativity in Tallinn.
VIVISTOP is equipped with different various tools, materials and devices, such as a laser cutter, 3D printer, sewing machines, different electronics equipment, child-friendly programming and prototyping tools and much more.
VIVISTOP Telliskivi collaborates with the local community, involving start-up initiatives, inspiring innovators and professionals of various backgrounds.
Bridging diverse cultures can pose a significant challenge, particularly when the spoken and written languages differ substantially. However, when done right, it can be hugely rewarding. In the end of July, our studio in Tallinn welcomed 12 Japanese youngsters from Uda city in Nara prefecture in Japan to join local vivinauts for a day of workshops to spark entrepreneurial mindset and creativity.
Last Friday we got together with the vivinauts to think about what we could do with the scraps of leather that we received from our good partner Stella Soomlais. At Vivita, we value the systematic integration of sustainable philosophy into the learning process, and in many activities we use production residues from various companies.
Last week, our colleague Masepon from Vivistop Kanazawa visited us, and thanks to her we were able to immerse ourselves in Japanese art in one of the Japanese-themed workshops, try different art techniques in Japanese calligraphy Shodõ art style and rice paper coloring technique in Sumi-Nagasi=Marbling style.
Have you thought that you would want to earn some pocket money in the summer, but you don’t know how exactly to make it happen? Or have you prepared something nice yourself, but don’t know where to sell it? Would you like to start a business and be an Awesome Business Ace?
How does a child learn best? Through free play! This year, together with children, we embarked on a major project in collaboration with the City of Tallinn, the Tulevik on Täna/v festival, Tallinn Harbor, the School of Architecture, the Haabersti district, and the Kadriorg Park Foundation to create a magnificent play area that will continue to stimulate the minds of city residents.
What is sound art? What is sound in the first place? How can sound be perceived with other senses? Over the course of a month, a group of young sound enthusiasts embarked on a quest to find answers to these questions, culminating in the creation of an interactive sound installation called “Sound Journey” or “Helirännak.”
First step – visit our studio and team with your parents.
You can register for the Open Doors Day event, which you can find on the website or here. VIVITA membership is for children between the ages of 9 and 15. As long as you are turning 9 years old this school year and have passed the 1st grade at school, you are eligible to become a member. Visiting VIVISTOP is free for children; we just presume that the child is motivated to act independently.
Second step – we are waiting for you for your journey to start where you will have a variety of missions to complete.
We will give you a VIVISTOP Telliskivi discovery map with exciting missions to solve. Once you have completed your journey and you feel that VIVITA is the place where you want to pursue your impossible and potential project ideas and dreams, you are ready to become a member.
Third step – we formalize the membership agreement and select one of the mentors from our team to assist you.
It would be especially nice if, during the journey, you already have got some ideas what your first project would be like that you would wish to do in our studio. It could be a world-changing idea, any machine you want to build, or some exciting experiment you want to do.
Fourth step – all new members can also attend the VIVITA Design Sprint course.
During the course, we will introduce you to different creative problem-solving techniques. VIVITA Design Sprint will later help you generate your own project ideas.
In the future – being a member of VIVITA gives you many more exciting opportunities.
If you want to support us with equipment or materials, you have an awsome idea you want to carry out together with children in our studio or if you wish to collaborate on any other cool project, contact us!
VIVITA engages children in different real-life projects and is very happy to collaborate with companies who wish to contribute in the children’s success. If there is no precise idea we can come up to a solution together.
VIVITA future founders are inspired and supported by:
VIVISTOP Telliskivi’s team consists of professional producers, passionate designers and experienced engineers and technologists.
Photography, patterns, literature, science, math make Sigrid happy.
Tallinn Team Lead and Partnerships
sigrid@vivita.ee
Flying drones, 3D modelling, electronics and engineering make Heikko happy.
Drones and Tinkering
heikko@vivita.ee
Visual arts, photography, drawing, graphic design and biking make Vera happy.
Social Designer
vera@vivita.ee
Jean-Marc likes discovering anything new, learning, photography, drones, robotics and everything between 0 and 1.
Resident Artist
eleny@vivita.ee
View available roles.
Send us an e-mail, if you see yourself fit for the challenge
careers@vivita.ee
If you too are passionate about our mission and would like to help develop children’s creativity and skills for the 21st century, reach out to us!
Volunteers community at VIVISTOP Telliskivi is international and diverse. People here have different specialities and various skills. If you are still unsure to join, then take a look at our possibilities.
Telliskivi 60A/5 10412, Tallinn
Telliskivi Loomelinnak, B Building, I Floor
