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This Is a Prototype

Make Possibilities Happen

Design Social Change

Experiments in Reflection

Assembling Tomorrow

Stoke Deck

Boost energy, foster collaboration or ignite creativity.

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The Design Abilities Workshop

An introduction to 8 abilities, including a 2.5 hour design challenge workshop paired with some fun…

Portrait of a Descendant: Futures Thinking for K12

Imagine a descendant many generations ahead and cultivate empathy for the future.

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Strategy+Design: An Integrative Design Exploration

From describing the problem and change you want to create to listing potential interventions, this…

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Systems+Design: An Integrative Design Exploration

Articulate your objectives and consider where you may have leverage to make the change you seek.

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Map the Problem Space

Identify all the opportunities for design interventions across data, tech, product, experience,…

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Liberatory Design

Mindsets and modes to support your practice of designing for equity.

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Idea Expedition

Explore how-might-we questions, brainstorm, identify ideas with potential, and flesh out your…

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Human Centered Design: An Integrative Design Exploration

Consider how you already exhibit behaviors, and where you might employ them more.

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Getting Unstuck

A self-paced, two-hour sojourn that will have you humming again.

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Experiment Expedition

This guided journey will help you storyboard, build your prototype, capture data, and make sense…

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Ethnography Expedition

Outline the specific steps for your project: field research, unpack learnings, develop insights,…

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Equity+Design: An Integrative Design Exploration

Dig into your project, and work through considerations to better prepare and plan equitable design…

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Ethnography Field Guide

Make observations and hold conversations to further your understanding of who you are designing for…

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The Inspiration Walk

In just 15 minutes, you will have collected inspiration for something you care about and discovered…

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How To Give Feedback

No one is naturally good at giving and getting feedback, but you can become great at both through…

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What Went Down

Put together a good story about a creative project—or any situation in which you learned something…

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The Layers of Design

Practice seeing beyond physical objects to understand movements, interactions, and the…

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The No-Build Hack

See how making and question-asking can be key tools in learning, and how prototypes can be used to…

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What Are Your Attitudes toward Ambiguity?

Difficult challenges require creativity to tackle, and ambiguity is a natural part of creative work.

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The Ladder of Meaning

Explore multiple levels of abstraction to help you discover what really matters and better ways to…

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Know Your Positionality and Develop Critical Awareness

Reflect on who you are: your identities, your social position, and how these affect your work.

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Write an Internal Op-Ed

Know your values and be brave enough to express them.

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Your Love Is Like a Red Red Rose

Use metaphors and similes to better understand what motivates you.

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The Gifts to Goals Canvas

Bridge the gifts you have to the goals you hope to achieve.

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Secret Handshake

Introduce new collaborators to each other for the first time or reignite an old group with a new…

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Emotional Journey Map

Chart your feelings, both positive and negative, over time as a way to help identify when and where…

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Ambiguity Journey Map

Map your personal experience on a project that reflects how you felt when you moved in and out of…

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Do a Duchamp

Practice letting go of what you know so that you can see new possibilities.

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Desktop Data Shuffle

Use different frameworks to sort data and find new relationships and possibilities.

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Design Project Scoping Guide

Discover what challenges are best suited for human-centered design, and how to scope and frame…

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Design Project Guide

Discover new opportunities, better understand those for whom you are designing, and develop new…

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Design Engaging Meetings

Make your next meeting clear, productive, and engaging.

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Critical Lens Protocol

Review prototypes to make sure they promote fairness and equity for everyone.

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The Haircut Challenge: An Introduction to a Design Process

For those familiar with the tools of design, this practice project walks you through creating a…

K12 Futures Library

These immersive experiences aim to help educators imagine and design futures of learning with their…

Design Questions Library

We explore the answer through nine questions we think a lot about.

Library of Ambiguity

We believe navigating ambiguity is an essential ability in creative work. This resource focuses…

Design Thinking Bootleg

Play with a design process to practice different modes and mindsets of creative problem solving.

d.school Starter Kit

A complete facilitated guide to running an introduction to design workshop.

I Love Algorithms: A Machineless Machine Learning Creation Kit

This kit enables anyone, technical or not, to prototype with machine learning.

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Mixtape Manifesto

In here, music drives design by unlocking futurism and energizing perspective.

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Work Toward Equity: Sound Practice Podcast

How To Write: Rituals and Reminders from the Stanford d.school

Saad Riaz: Design Master's Degree Spotlight

Positive Deviance for Educators

Educator Guides: Activities from d.school Books

d.school Yearbook 2023-24

d.school Yearbook 2022-23

d.school Yearbook 2021-22

Future's Happening: Democracy Edition

Designing (Ourselves) for Racial Justice

Laura Schütz: Developing Sound-Guided Surgery Tools

Designing a Sex Ed Program for Students with Developmental Disabilities: A Case Study

Burt Herman: Hacks/Hackers

Ben Knelman: Engineering Financial Literacy

Practicing Radical Collaboration: Q&A with Domain Co-Lead Emily Callaghan

How to Start a d.school

Founding Principles

Equity Practice in Design

Exploring Emerging Tech x Design

EdTech Remix

Designing Bridges: Building Belonging and Community at the d.school

d.school Futures Series

The Deeper Learning Escape Room

Rep| Magazine: Emerging Tech for K12 Students and Educators

Reimagining School Safety

Designing Social Media for Youth Mental Health

Design for Democracy: Investigating Election Administration

d.school Book Club

01/14/25 Series 12/09/25 Virtual

Teaching and Learning Studio: 2025

07/14/25 07/18/25 On Campus

Teaching and Learning Studio: 2025

07/28/25 08/01/25 On Campus

Design Thinking Bootcamp

07/08/25 07/11/25 On Campus

Design for Local Government 2025

Design for Local Government

03/20/25 03/27/25 Virtual

Design for Social Impact

04/28/25 Series 05/26/25 Virtual

Introductory Design Thinking Workshop

03/28/25 On Campus

Pher Ellis

Emma Duncan

Interdisciplinary Ethics Fellow

Justin Hino

Financial Analyst

David Janka

Health Domain Co-Lead

Kristen Domingo

Associate Director of Finance

Jenn Brown

Ali Nishiyama-Young

Director of Finance and Operations

Jill Kasser

Isabel Huff

Project Lead, EdTech Remix

Lupe Makasyuk

Finance and Operations Manager

Courtlandt Butts

Sam Seidel

Director of Products + Publications; K12 Lab Co-Director

Justin Ferrell

Strategic Partnerships

Stacey Gray

Nadia Roumani

Experience Designer

Renée Chao

Student Experience Lead

Jia Natalia Chen

Kavya Udupa

Veronica Chen

Ryan Baum

Lauren Pittock

Konner Brewer

Jennifer Langer Osuna

Ciera Okere

James Young

Adjunct Lecturer

Sebastian Muehl

Abhijit Thosar

Adjunct Lecturer - Advance Design Projects

Christine (CJ) Jun

Robert Joseph

CA for DESIGN101

Owen Hipwell

Environments Manager

John Alderman

Alison Wong

Silvio Sangineto

Adjunct Lecturer

Tim Brown

Hillary Lodzanyama

Yousef Al-Riyami

Kiran Malladi

Grace Hwang

Josh Jacobson

Adjunct Lecturer, Advanced Product Design

Elizabeth (Liz) Mager

David Bordow

Takuo Fukuda

Amyel Oliveros

Kelly Kodama

Adjunct Lecturer/Coach

Lee Sanders

Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics), of Health Policy and, by courtesy, of Epidemiology and Population Health

Lisa Kay Solomon

Futurist in Residence and Lecturer

Saara Khan

Sara Singer

Stuart Coulson

Adjunct Professor, d.school & Lecturer, Graduate School of Business

Jon Feiber

Elysa Fenenbock

Aleta Hayes

Perry Klebahn

Adjunct Professor Mechanical Engineering

Kursat Ozenc

Kathryn Velcich

Adjunct Faculty; Head of Strategy and Revenue for Professional Developement

Debbie Senesky

Carissa Carter

Academic Director

Ariam Mogos

Emerging Tech Design Lead; Lecturer

Louie Montoya

Lecturer / Lead Experience Designer

Miki Sode

Manasa Yeturu

Head of Learning Experience Design

Sarah Stein Greenberg

Executive Director of the Stanford d.school

Meenu Singh

Lead Learning Experience Designer and Lecturer

Seamus Harte

Head of Learning Experiences Design | Electives | Academic Collective

Nancy Cuan

John Mitchell

Faculty Director

Julie Stanford

Char McCurdy

Yicheng Sun

Emma Ruohoniemi

Saad Riaz

Arianne Spaulding

MS Design Student

Isabelle Hau

Naita Saechao

Associate Director, Design for Extreme Affordability

Payam Tabrizian

Angela Amarillas

Program Director, Stanford Financial Wellness Program

Manuel Rivas

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science

Alex Ioannidis

David Johnson

Morgan Vien

Jane Wong

Niyatt Mengis

Operations Associate

Jeremy Sabol

David Kelley

Faculty Director, Professor

Martin Gonzalez

Gordon Bloom

Bill Scott

Zio Ziegler

Omar Siddiqui

John Edmark

Elijah Woolery

Indya McGuffin

Irene Alisjahbana

Lars Neustock

Manish Patel

Brett Newman

Koh Terai