The women's cooperative COLIMAR was formed in 2003 in Governador Celso Ramos, Santa Catarina, Brazil to add value to local fishery products, generate employment and income for fishermen's families. Through the cooperative, fishermen's wives began producing foods like pastries and dumplings from fish and seafood to sell to restaurants and supermarkets. The NASDesign group provided training to the cooperative in design management, and developed their visual identity, packaging, signage, and ergonomic workstations.

1. more on: www .nasdesign.ufsc.br COLIMAR - Women's cooperative for mariculture products NASDesign - Núcleo de Abordagem Sistêmica do Design (UFSC) Key words : Regions, families, development of local resources. Governador Celso Ramos - SC

2. Context : The fishermen's wives were grouped in a cooperative to add value to products from the fisheries and generate employment and income families. Thus, in 2003, emerged the COLIMAR..

3. Project: From the fish and seafood, the fishermen's wives began to produce products such as pastels, dumplings and other frozen foods to sell to restaurants and supermarkets.

4. Design role : Training the cooperated in Design Management for the cooperative. Development of visual identity, packaging, signage and Ergonomics of Workstation