We’ve curated a collection of resources from our classes and workshops for you to explore. Use these activities, tools, and how-tos as a starting point — we hope you’ll hack them for whatever challenge you’re working on.
Who CAN benefit from these resources?
Anyone who wants to become more familiar with design thinking can use these activities, tools, and how-tos. Whether you're a college student, business owner, freelance artist, or corporate executive, or simply a curious person, this collection of resources will help you unlock creative thinking in whatever challenge you're tackling.
HOW DO I USE THESE RESOURCES?
That depends on the resource itself. Some are full-fledged workshops that you can guide others through. Other resources are short worksheet-based activities. In many, you'll arm yourself with sticky notes and markers to help the ideas flow!
CAN I SHARE THESE WITH OTHERS?
Yes, and we hope you will! Everything here is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial_ShareAlike 4.0 International.
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Educator Guides: Activities from d.school Books
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d.school Yearbook 2021-22
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Integrative Design for Systems Change
Learn MoreHuman-centered design offers useful and powerful tools, and it is not enough. A design practice ...
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Critical Lens Group Protocol
Learn MorePart of Sound Practice, our series of sound-based anti-oppressive resources.
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The (In)equity Catcher
Learn MorePart of Sound Practice, our series of sound-based anti-oppressive resources.
Our educators’ guides help teachers in higher ed and K-12 facilitate activities from our d.school books.
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