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What’s New

We believe everyone has the capacity to be creative. The Stanford d.school is a place where people use design to develop their own creative potential and make positive change.

01 Stanford Students

Degree programs & electives

Find out about our Bachelor’s and Master’s programs in design, or take a for-credit class at the d.school.

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Our goal is to help you use design to make change where you are.

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02 Professional Learners

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.

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03 Publications

Things we’re making now

Our books (we’ve published 12!) share activities, stories and tools that our educators use at the d.school.

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04 Happening Now

Upcoming Events

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Feb.
3, 2025

Teach 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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Dec.
3, 2024

Teach 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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Nov.
4, 2024

Unleashing Creative Research Workshop

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Oct.
29, 2024

Social 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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Oct.
25, 2024

Design Literary Festival

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Oct.
15, 2024

Futures 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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Oct.
10, 2024

Introductory 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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Sep.
13, 2024

Putting 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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Jun.
18, 2024

Black 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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Jun.
16, 2024

2024 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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Jun.
16, 2024

Design 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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Mar.
29, 2024

Introductory 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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Nov.
9, 2023

Liu 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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Oct.
27, 2023

MS 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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Oct.
18, 2023

Solving 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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Jun.
18, 2023

Design 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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May.
19, 2023

Designing 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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Dec.
8, 2022

Rethinking Stress w/ Psychologist Modupe Akinola

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Dec.
1, 2022

Humor, Seriously w/ Author Naomi Bagdonas

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Sep.
26, 2022

Fireside Chat w/ X’s Captain of Moonshots Astro Teller

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Sep.
16, 2022

Introductory 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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Sep.
9, 2022

Masters of Creativity: Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters w/Kara Goldin

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May.
5, 2022

NIGHT 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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Mar.
3, 2022

Masters of Creativity: Overcoming Creative Blocks w/ Ahmed Best

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Feb.
17, 2022

Masters of Creativity: Radical Candor Author Kim Scott

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Feb.
8, 2022

(In)VISIBLE Designers: Episode Two w/ Akintunde Ahmad

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Jan.
27, 2022

(In)VISIBLE Designers: Episode One w/ Dr. Angela Davis

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Jan.
14, 2022

Liberation Through Creativity: Masters of Creativity Education Edition

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Jan.
13, 2022

To Make a Social Impact: Masters of Creativity

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Nov.
5, 2021

Collaborative Problem Solving : Masters of Creativity Education Edition

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Nov.
4, 2021

Founder of TRX Randy Hetrick : Masters of Creativity

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Oct.
7, 2021

Creative Acts

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Aug.
26, 2021

Stanford x Second City

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Jul.
13, 2021

K12 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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Jun.
24, 2021

Futures 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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May.
13, 2021

Minister 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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Apr.
20, 2021

Applying 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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Apr.
15, 2021

d.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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Mar.
4, 2021

d.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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Feb.
18, 2021

d.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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Dec.
9, 2020

Making with Mischief: Explorations on the future of design

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Nov.
19, 2020

Design Thinking Alumni Spotlight with Scott Sanchez

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Oct.
30, 2020

Creativity 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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Jul.
14, 2020

Bootcamp 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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Jun.
15, 2020

Scenario 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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May.
14, 2020

Coronavirus 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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Mar.
27, 2020

CANCELLED 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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Jan.
16, 2020

K12 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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Jan.
12, 2020

Introductory 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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Oct.
15, 2019

Introductory 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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Oct.
10, 2019

Launchpad 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

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04 Happening Now

Upcoming Events

Teach Like It’s 2040: AI-Powered Teaching

Teach Like It’s 2040: Navigating Ambiguity

Unleashing Creative Research Workshop

Social Sector Workshop: Designing Your Human-Centered AI Strategy

Design Literary Festival

Futures Thinking: Leading through Uncertainty Workshop

Introductory Design Thinking Workshop - October 2024

Putting Design Into Practice for Social Impact Workshop

Black Design Week

2024 Extreme Expo

Design Diploma Ceremony 2024

Introductory Design Thinking Workshop for Working Professionals

Liu Lecture: Leticia Britos Cavagnaro and Grace Hawthorne

MS Design Degree Program Info Session

Solving Complex Social Problems with Human-centered Integrative Design

Design Diploma Ceremony 2023

Designing Social Media for Youth Mental Health

Rethinking Stress w/ Psychologist Modupe Akinola

Humor, Seriously w/ Author Naomi Bagdonas

Fireside Chat w/ X’s Captain of Moonshots Astro Teller

Introductory Design Thinking Workshop

Masters of Creativity: Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters w/Kara Goldin

NIGHT LAUNCH

Masters of Creativity: Overcoming Creative Blocks w/ Ahmed Best

Masters of Creativity: Radical Candor Author Kim Scott

(In)VISIBLE Designers: Episode Two w/ Akintunde Ahmad

(In)VISIBLE Designers: Episode One w/ Dr. Angela Davis

Liberation Through Creativity: Masters of Creativity Education Edition

To Make a Social Impact: Masters of Creativity

Collaborative Problem Solving : Masters of Creativity Education Edition

Founder of TRX Randy Hetrick : Masters of Creativity

Creative Acts

Stanford x Second City

K12 Lab Summer Institute: Afro-Rithms in Classroom with the National Writing Project

Futures We Keep, Futures We Share

Minister Faust

Applying Design in Under-Loved Legacy Systems: A Case Study on Redesigning Substitute Teaching

d.school Futures Series: Reclaiming the Multiple Truths of Our Past to Open the Multiple Paths to Our Futures

d.school Futures Series: Building Brave New Worlds with Futurist Leah Zaidi

d.school Futures Series: Afro-Rithms From the Future

Making with Mischief: Explorations on the future of design

Design Thinking Alumni Spotlight with Scott Sanchez

Creativity in Research Scholars, Winter 2021 - apply by Nov 20th!

Bootcamp 2.0 - Launch a Work Project Using Design Methods

Scenario Planning for Uncertain Times

Coronavirus Career Crisis Workshop

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19 :: Introductory Design Thinking Workshop

K12 Futures Fest