A love note to the sketch
Oh, sketch.
I really want to love you. Really, I do. I have tried to make you my primary language, but my old paramour, word, keeps coming between us.
Read MoreOh, sketch.
I really want to love you. Really, I do. I have tried to make you my primary language, but my old paramour, word, keeps coming between us.
Read MoreVictor Saad is the founder of Experience Institute. In this piece, he describes how his personal journey to pursue a higher education degree led him to create the Experience Institute and The Leap Kit -- a tool people interested in pursuing self-directed learning experiences can use to jump from a secure position or path into the unknown.
Read MoreOn Friday, we celebrated the launch of d.school Academic Director Bernie Roth's latest book "The Achievement Habit". The party featured dinner, drinks, cupcakes, custom tote bags and, of course, copies of the book. Patrick Beaudouin was on hand to take photographs of the celebration planned by our Director of Community Charlotte Burgess-Auburn. Congratulations, Bernie!
Read MoreWe’re thrilled to announce ten new d.school fellows for 2015-16 and additions to our program leadership, as we deepen our ability to help people learn, teach and apply design thinking in the world.
Read MoreFour lessons stand out above the many we received about building and launching companies and products. These might be normal lessons to the seasoned entrepreneur, but I’m not a normal guy. I’m a scientist. So if, like me, you’re not a seasoned entrepreneur, these lessons may be useful to you too.
Read MoreHanna, a graduate of Berkeley High in California writes about her experience attending Protopalooza, an event hosted by d.school edu fellows David Clifford and Tim Shriver and the K12 Lab Network. In this first-hand account of her experience, Hanna takes readers along on her path from discovery to insight around the possible and essential work of redesigning the high school experience.
Read MoreWhat stands between us and the achievement we so often seek. In his latest book, which is part memoir part workbook, Stanford Professor Bernard Roth ("Bernie" to friends and family) outlines what stands in our way, why and how we can remove the obstacle. In this interview, he speaks with d.school editor in residence, Emi Kolawole, about his book, his life and his long-standing class "The Designer in Society".
Read MoreHow do stolen media spaces change human behavior? That's the question I'll be considering as part of my work exploring media design. Does stolen always mean illegally taken? No. Are media spaces all online? Of course not. So, where should I start? As always, I need to start with people. That means, I need your help.
Read MoreThere is a popular notion that a person must invest 10,000 hours of practice to become a master in a field or a practice. The original idea stems from psychological research by Anders Ericsson. It’s a call for years of dedication to one’s craft. But we should also consider how we become capable, how we add a new ability to our practice. I’ve discovered the mark to hit for this accomplishment: The 100-hour knack.
Read MoreIt’s a five-second dance party, and it’s important. I’ll explain.
Every day, when I let my dog back inside after his morning constitutional, we do a little dance together. We share a moment of dogjoy. Even if you’ve never heard the word before, I bet you know what I’m talking about. Nothing is happier than a happy dog. Just a drop of this particular type of joy contagious.
Read MoreApplications for the d.school fellowship program for the academic year 2015-16 closed on May 10. This year, we were looking for restless experts in the fields of K12 education and civic innovation.
Read MoreCan design thinking help people do better research and better science?
Enter the d.school pop-up class “Research as Design: Redesign Your Research Process“, which was taught this past winter. The class provides PhD candidates, post-doctoral researchers, master’s degree candidates, faculty and others engaged in professional research at Stanford an opportunity to learn how they may apply design thinking to their work.
Read MoreHave you ever attended a d.school class or workshop and wondered what goes into teaching the d.school way? Well, now's your chance to find out.
Applications for the d.school teaching fellowship are now open. The teaching fellowship (not to be confused with our professional fellowship program) runs for a full year and offers individuals an opportunity to learn, teach and grow their expertise in experiential teaching and design thinking.
Read MoreWe all need a break every once in a while. That includes the whiteboard newsletter.
Winter quarter has ended, and spring break is upon us. That means the campus is getting a little quieter. But the d.school is humming. There are changes to the space afoot, and the work of the media design team is beginning to ramp up.
Read MoreMedia design. It's a popular term now at the d.school as we embark on a two-year exploration. But what is it? It's pretty broad, when you think about it. There's media. Nearly everything, from a piece of paper to the food on your plate, can serve as media. There's design, and within design, there's organizational design, industrial design, product design and the list goes on.
Read MoreBatman is my favorite superhero.
Beneath the tragic life story, the brooding and the money -- the infinite gobs of Wayne Enterprises money -- is a human being. He can't fly, he doesn't have a magic ring, he can't breathe under water and webs don't shoot out his hands. He has a secret identity and buys and makes really cool tools.
Read MoreI have been trying to wrap my head around vulnerability recently. Yes, I finished reading Brené Brown's "Daring Greatly". No, I am not the first person to do so or to be taken with the concept of vulnerability as a powerful force in our everyday lives. I am now hunting for people with whom I can speak about the topic. I am also observing people as they write, share (or don't) and why. I am also keenly aware of what they write and why they choose to take the approaches that they do.
Read MoreIf you want to automate your home today, chances are you have to change something major about it. It may mean switching out a thermostat or replacing a light switch. There’s no getting around fumbling with wires, a screwdriver, and hoping not to get electrocuted. So, how are people supposed to try out home automation when it’s so hard just to get started? We created Switchmate to solve this problem, launching it as part of d.school’s fifth Launchpad class. Our device snaps right over a light switch and lets you control it from your phone in seconds without rewiring.
Read MoreThe moment is unmistakeable. You are in the garage, you've long since shut off the engine and you're just sitting there listening. Maybe you're in a dark theater and you've forgotten how much time has passed. Perhaps your sitting across the dinner table and all you can hear is that sound -- the sound of a great story being told.
Read MoreWhere do you retreat?
I visit the plants on my patio. There's an orange tree (named "Apple"), a struggling rosemary bush, a hydrangea on the mend and some succulents, among other plants. I visit these plants to get away from everything. More often than not, I even abandon my phone in the house.
It's quiet aside from the birds, a few active squirrels and the rush of water being driven from the spout into my water canteen. You can hear the occasional car rush by the house and the horn of a train in the distance. Both are nice reminders of my temporary absence from the world outside.
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