Our esteemed judges have announced the following news upon completion of the d.school’s first hackathon, 48 hours of deep dives into design thinking with the purpose of bringing it to the wider world: Two pictured teams, d.canvas (Dianna Kane, Josh Schwartzman, Poyi Chen, and Katie Johnson) and Overlay.d (Brantley Beaird, Yuri de Souza, Michael Revell,…
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The 150 people who started this weekend as relative strangers as part of the d.school’s first hackathon are presenting their work live this afternoon to members of the public and a panel of expert judges and investors. We’re floored by the creativity and range of the professionals who participated, not to mention the huge potential…
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Over 36 hours into the weekend, there is still incredible energy across about a dozen diverse teams hacking away on a wide variety of projects to address this hackathon’s challenge to Bring Design Thinking to the World. After organizing together out of 125 unacquainted participants early on Friday night, the diversity in backgrounds and approaches…
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The weekend workshop HACK.d is underway with professional designers, developers, and other smart creators from as far away as Chile collaborating to bring design thinking to the world. We’re shocked and awed by the involvement of the 125 people who have come to take part in the d.school’s inaugural hackathon. First conceived of two weeks…
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THE HASSO PLATTNER INSTITUTE OF DESIGN @ STANFORD UNIVERSITY PRESENTS “HACK.d” The d.school is hosting its inaugural hackathon to build creative technical solutions to bring Design Thinking to the world. We’re bringing together a diverse network of developers, designers, makers, and the broader d.school community to prototype and explore new ways to make the d.school’s unparalleled library…
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“HACK.d” ON JANUARY 27-29, 2012 Exactly one week from TODAY we’ll be hosting the first-ever HACK.d weekend here at the d.school. It’ll be a 48-hour hackathon for a weekend of interdisciplinary collaboration and prototyping. CLICK HERE TO RSVP and GET ALL THE DETAILS. The kick-off will take place next Friday, 1/27 at 7pm in the Atrium. There…
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Calling all Stanford University Graduate Students! Come to the d.school at building 550 for an info expo and pitchfest about our Winter and Spring offerings on the evening of Thursday, November 4, from 5:30 – 7:30PM Preview classes of interest to you for 2011. We’ll have a succession of elevator pitches of all the upcoming classes (that…
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An icon from the earliest days at the d.school, the “z-rack” is a mindful hack that has literally transformed the way we work. Scott Doorley and George Kembel originally modified garment racks to create inexpensive (and plentiful) dry-erase surfaces to facilitate and capture the process of being visual with ideas. The z-racks unintentionally became excellent…
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The d.school Bootcamp teaching team has curated a loose collection of the methods, modes and mindsets that Bootcamp students found most useful this quarter. The Bootcamp Bootleg is intended for people who’ve already had an introduction to design thinking, but who need some refreshers as they head out to tackle real-world challenges. The teaching team…
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