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01 Stanford Students
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02 Professional Learners
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Make impact with design
People in business, higher education, the public sector and K12 education are using design to create change. We offer learning experiences for professionals, educators, and students from beyond Stanford.
03 Publications
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04 Happening Now
Upcoming Events
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3, 2025Teach Like It’s 2040: AI-Powered Teaching
Teach Like It’s 2040: AI-Powered TeachingEquipping students with the skills of tomorrowThis virtual workshop series focuses on emergent skills ... -
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3, 2024Teach Like It’s 2040: Navigating Ambiguity
Teach Like It’s 2040: Navigating AmbiguityEquipping students with the skills of tomorrowThis virtual workshop series focuses on emergent skills ... -
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4, 2024Unleashing Creative Research Workshop
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29, 2024Social Sector Workshop: Designing Your Human-Centered AI Strategy
In an era of rapid AI proliferation, the social sector has a critical role to play in shaping the future of AI. Leaders in the social sector can ... -
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25, 2024Design Literary Festival
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15, 2024Futures Thinking: Leading through Uncertainty Workshop
In today's volatile world of AI advancements, climate change, geopolitical shifts, and economic turbulence, traditional leadership approaches ... -
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10, 2024Introductory Design Thinking Workshop - October 2024
Are you curious about design thinking? Hungry to experience it for yourself? Don’t just watch from the sidelines – come give it a try at the ... -
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13, 2024Putting Design Into Practice for Social Impact Workshop
ACHIEVE GREATER IMPACT WITH INTEGRATIVE DESIGNYour work is making change in people’s lives and the world. Often this requires that you navigate ... -
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18, 2024Black Design Week
Calling all educators at HBCUs for Black Design Week!Professional development at its best: engaging, interactive, and transformative. Join us at ... -
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16, 20242024 Extreme Expo
Please join us for the 2024 Extreme Expo!This public event takes place on Thursday, June 6th from 7-9 pm at the d.school.Extreme Expo 2024 is a ... -
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16, 2024Design Diploma Ceremony 2024
THE MAIN EVENTThe Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University (d.school) is thrilled to host the Design Diploma Ceremony and ... -
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29, 2024Introductory Design Thinking Workshop for Working Professionals
Are you a working professional? Curious about design thinking and how it might apply to your work? Take a little time to be a student again. ... -
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9, 2023Liu Lecture: Leticia Britos Cavagnaro and Grace Hawthorne
Join d.school authors and educators Leticia Britos Cavagnaro and Grace Hawthorne for a hybrid in-person and virtual panel discussion on November ... -
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27, 2023MS Design Degree Program Info Session
Are you interested in our MS design degree program? We’re holding a virtual info session on October 27, 9:00-10:30am PT. ... -
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18, 2023Solving Complex Social Problems with Human-centered Integrative Design
How do social sector leaders create change in people’s lives without getting lost in ambiguity, tangled up in complex systems, and disempowered ... -
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18, 2023Design Diploma Ceremony 2023
THE MAIN EVENTThe Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (d.school) is thrilled to host its first annual Design Diploma Ceremony and ... -
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19, 2023Designing Social Media for Youth Mental Health
Calling all youth, Stanford students and policymakers! Join us for a youth-led event to collectively address the moral panic around social ... -
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8, 2022Rethinking Stress w/ Psychologist Modupe Akinola
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1, 2022Humor, Seriously w/ Author Naomi Bagdonas
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26, 2022Fireside Chat w/ X’s Captain of Moonshots Astro Teller
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16, 2022Introductory Design Thinking Workshop
Are you a working professional? Curious about design thinking and how it might apply to your work? Take a little time to be a student again. ... -
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9, 2022Masters of Creativity: Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters w/Kara Goldin
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5, 2022NIGHT LAUNCH
Launchpad, the d.school's celebrated accelerator, presents:NIGHT LAUNCHAn evening where you can see and experience the stellar products and ... -
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3, 2022Masters of Creativity: Overcoming Creative Blocks w/ Ahmed Best
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17, 2022Masters of Creativity: Radical Candor Author Kim Scott
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8, 2022(In)VISIBLE Designers: Episode Two w/ Akintunde Ahmad
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27, 2022(In)VISIBLE Designers: Episode One w/ Dr. Angela Davis
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14, 2022Liberation Through Creativity: Masters of Creativity Education Edition
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13, 2022To Make a Social Impact: Masters of Creativity
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5, 2021Collaborative Problem Solving : Masters of Creativity Education Edition
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4, 2021Founder of TRX Randy Hetrick : Masters of Creativity
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7, 2021Creative Acts
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26, 2021Stanford x Second City
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13, 2021K12 Lab Summer Institute: Afro-Rithms in Classroom with the National Writing Project
Join us for a three-day series of virtual sessions with Michelle King, co-director of the Western Pennsylvania Writing Project, in playful ... -
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24, 2021Futures We Keep, Futures We Share
"Futures Literacy is a universally accessible skill that builds on the innate human capacity to imagine the future, and offers a clear, field ... -
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13, 2021Minister Faust
In our next d.school futures series, join award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and novelist Minister Faust for an interactive exploration of ... -
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20, 2021Applying Design in Under-Loved Legacy Systems: A Case Study on Redesigning Substitute Teaching
As we collectively emerge from an intense year, there is both urgency and opportunity to innovate legacy systems. Come learn from the team ... -
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15, 2021d.school Futures Series: Reclaiming the Multiple Truths of Our Past to Open the Multiple Paths to Our Futures
Time travel is one of our greatest tools in dismantling oppressive structures to create anew. Join us for our next d.school futures series with ... -
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4, 2021d.school Futures Series: Building Brave New Worlds with Futurist Leah Zaidi
“Have you dreamt of other worlds? Another time, another place perhaps...universes of the mind so unlike our own. Is it ... -
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18, 2021d.school Futures Series: Afro-Rithms From the Future
“Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism, Black Quantum Futures and other indigenous future visions widen the plurality for democratizing the future ... -
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9, 2020Making with Mischief: Explorations on the future of design
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19, 2020Design Thinking Alumni Spotlight with Scott Sanchez
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30, 2020Creativity in Research Scholars, Winter 2021 - apply by Nov 20th!
Overviewd.school Creativity in Research Scholars (CIRS) are a diverse set of Stanford PhD students across all disciplines. In addition to their ... -
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14, 2020Bootcamp 2.0 - Launch a Work Project Using Design Methods
Many new initiatives are launching in response to COVID-19, and launching new projects in a customer-centered way can be challenging. To help ... -
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15, 2020Scenario Planning for Uncertain Times
Navigating the complexity of school closures, remote learning, and reopening structures is challenging work. Amid the cloud of uncertainty ... -
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14, 2020Coronavirus Career Crisis Workshop
The d.school is transitioning several of the design thinking tools taught to global leaders to help empower individuals during these uncertain ... -
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27, 2020CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 :: Introductory Design Thinking Workshop
NOTE :: Due to COVID-19 and Stanford’s recent decision to cancel in-person courses, we have cancelled this workshop. You will see another ... -
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16, 2020K12 Futures Fest
How will you shape the future of education? How will you cultivate creative confidence with your students? How will you design learning ... -
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12, 2020Introductory Design Thinking Workshop
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 ... -
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15, 2019Introductory Design Thinking Workshop for Working Professionals
Are you a working professional? Curious about design thinking and how it might apply to your work? Take a little time to be a student again. ... -
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10, 2019Launchpad Venture Hub
Join Stanford University's adjunct professors Perry Klebahn and Jeremy Utley for Launchpad Venture Hub—a unique opportunity for the broader ...
05 Resources
Tools for Creative Action
Explore activities and resources we use in our classes and programs and adapt them for your own projects.
06 Contact
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2025 d.school Book Club
You'll get our 12 books along with invitations to live, virtual monthly gatherings with each author. Learn more and sign up