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.
This year’s TMW x Vivita Kids Festival took place for the third time at Vivistop Telliskivi, and the organizers were none other than Vivita’s children and young people themselves. The festival took place on a sunny Saturday in May which attracted many music lovers.
During the spring school break, the Estonian and Ukrainian children’s integration camp “Show your language!” was held in Vivistop Telliskivi. 20 bright young people participated in the camp — 10 Estonian children and 10 Ukrainian children. Throughout the camp, children were able to experience and understand how different activities and cultures can influence and relate to each other.
Just before Easter, the vivinauts had the opportunity to learn how to make Pysanka, under the guidance of Velida Kent, who has been learning and sharing this art for decades. At the beginning of the workshop, Velida introduced the history and cultural background of Pysanka to the children.
It has long been known, that cooking is a magical activity that brings people together. Through experiments, kids will learn scientific thinking techniques as well as get practical skills while creating something new with their own hands.
But why not, especially since urban beekeeping is becoming more and more popular and hives are buzzing on the roofs of art galleries, banks, and hotels. For beginner beekeepers, the question arises, why are bees angry or aggressive? Is the viciousness of bees due exclusively to bee breeding? Our young people got answers to these and many other questions as part of the Beekeeping ABC workshops.
Our life is full of electronics, even though we do not notice/see them. And for many Electronics is a scary word. It is a word full of misunderstandings and ignorance. And it shouldn’t. In the workshop, kids got to know a deeper understanding with software program Tinkercad and Arduino.
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.
Tech Lead
jsalsa@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
