We are all full! Check back in coming months for future experiences! Are you curious about design thinking? Hungry to experience it for yourself? Don’t just watch from the sidelines – come give it a try. We’re holding a public workshop: Friday, September 18 from 2:00 – 5:15pm This workshop is open to anybody who has not…
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We’re now accepting applications for the d.school fellowship program for the academic year 2015-16. This year, we are looking for restless experts in the fields of K12 education and civic innovation. Ideal candidates will be mid-career professionals and entrepreneurs with the potential to drive systems-level change. If you’re dedicated to improving either of these areas,…
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Sarah Stein Greenberg, executive director of the d.school, spoke at Wired by Design. The topic: how we might redesign higher education. You can watch her talk and share your ideas over on the whiteboard.
The d.school’s Pitch Night will be November 6th, 5:30-7:30p in Building 550. Are you a student thinking about taking a class at the d.school? Or curious what the d.school is? Come for a night of fun and inspiration! Teaching teams for Winter and Spring courses will give 1-minute pitches for their classes and set up…
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The d.school fellowship program helps restless experts grow creative and resilient organizations, to accelerate systems-level impact in their areas of expertise. We’re thrilled to announce the upcoming arrival of eight fellows for the 2014-15 academic year. The early- to mid-career leaders come from sectors including education, health care and product design. This year’s d.school fellows are: David Clifford, Yael Cohen,…
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Maps. What is a map to you? Is it an old paper atlas used in grade school? Is it part of an application on your phone that loves telling you to make U-turns? Maps are much more than either of those representations. One of the oldest visual tools created by humans to make sense of…
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In the d.school’s early days, a group of us were sitting around debating our scaling philosophies. The conversation heated up after Michael Dearing, a faculty member and venture capitalist, asked a brilliant question. It went something like: “What is our goal? Is it more like Catholicism, where the aim is to replicate preordained design beliefs…
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Stanford Biz School Professor Huggy Rao and I spent seven years working on Scaling Up Excellence, which will (finally) be published in early February. The history of the d.school and the book are deeply intertwined – it never would have been written without the healthy discomfort the d.school creates for both students and teachers. The…
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THE WHITEBOARD | IDEO founder, Stanford professor and d.school lead creator David Kelley joined us for #dchat on Dec. 10. It was an hour-long discussion that covered his latest book “Creative Confidence” as well as questions we fielded from Twitter, our host d.school Teaching Fellow Adam Selzer and from d.school fellows Anne Gibbon, Caitria O’Neill, andMargaret Hagan…