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Public crash course on July 12th!

Public crash course on July 12th!

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, July 12th from about 3:00 – 6:00 pm (exact timing will be sent in a confirmation email) This workshop is open to anybody who has not yet…
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Product Design Class Challenges Students to Make Real Products

Product Design Class Challenges Students to Make Real Products

The Product Design capstone class ME216 is challenging students to get their concepts out of the classroom and into their user’s hands. Small teams of Product Design seniors use the design process that they have mastered to find an authentic user need, craft a product that meets that need, and then make that product real…
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Spring Break in Sierra Leone

Spring Break in Sierra Leone

Human-centered design begins with need-finding, as a clear understanding of the user’s needs is central to the design process. As our first design project focused on foreign concessions in Sierra Leone,  I accompanied eight students from Rebooting Government on a week-long trip to Sierra Leone over spring break. Hosted by Simeon Koroma, the executive director…
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Rebooting Gov DP1: Foreign Concessions in Sierra Leone

Rebooting Gov DP1: Foreign Concessions in Sierra Leone

As outlined in a previous post, this quarter we are focused on Stanford based prototypes, including a spring course at the d.school.  The course is split between two design projects (henceforth referred to as DP1 and DP2), the first working with a civil society leader in Sierra Leone and the second working with the city…
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There Goes Pig Farmer Pete Langley!

There Goes Pig Farmer Pete Langley!

In the d.school this quarter we are using the principles of design thinking to explore what makes superfans so passionate about their heroes. Our field of study includes the fans of the Dale Earnhardt Sr, Michael Jordan and Stephen Colbert, with those learnings culminating in design principles and prototypes that will help a young athlete…
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Framing a Design Challenge for a Systemic Issue

Framing a Design Challenge for a Systemic Issue

One of the big questions we have been asking since starting our work is, “Which questions are amenable to design thinking and which are not, and why?”  We wondered if certain types of governance problems are best addressed with alternative methods of problem solving, or how we should use the tools of design thinking differently…
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  • "When it comes to culture, little things are big." -@metacool on what cultural artifacts can tell us: http://t.co/ZOxlX5BHTW 10:36:57 AM June 03, 2013
  • RT @jeremyutley: Question when considering a collaborator: is this person into alley-oops or walk-off home runs? 09:39:57 AM May 30, 2013
  • RT @k12lab: Join #makerbreaker 14-day #designthinking challenge @ prototype online platform. Committed? SIGN UP NOW http://t.co/2Wzprd24Ng … 11:00:44 AM May 28, 2013
  • RT @jeremyutley: The future is what populates your logic with data. And as you collect more data, you can make bigger bets. - @RogerLMartin… 12:33:11 PM May 16, 2013
  • RT @jeremyutley: To get to a breakthrough, it is important to let go of the initial framing of the challenge as quickly as possible. #insig… 12:32:54 PM May 16, 2013
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