We’re fired up and building content for the The Future of Stuff. It is the design challenge we’re taking on for Breaker 2.0 in Detroit, New York and with global teams online. What do we mean The Future of Stuff?!?! It’s Maker Movement meets Manufacturing 2.0. In a fictional world it’s the moment when the shipping lines from(…)
My daughter came home from her after school tinkering workshop with the sweetest little firefly. The challenge was not elaborate. It was to make something that included: one cork, one item that was yellow, and some form of paper. But the minute I saw it I was taken back to last summer: It was an(…)
At the K12 Lab Network we live to prototype. Period. It is our primary mode of getting things done and learning what works and what doesn’t. At last month’s network event we did it with a twist. We had the great pleasure to screen a new documentary film by Ralph King and Michael Schwarz called Extreme by Design(…)
We at the d.K12 Lab Network are very much looking forward to partnering with Breaker to build the Breaker 2.0 experience this summer. The project takes us to New York City and Detroit. In each city some adventurous 18-24 year olds will try their hands at design thinking and social entrepreneurship in a 14-day intensive(…)
Collaboration is fundamental to design thinking and at the d.school we take partnering on projects and collaborating on experiments very seriously. (Meaning we try to do good work and have a lot of fun with a strong bias to action!)We’re excited to announce the d.K12 Lab Network’s first new project partners for 2013. They are(…)
Making something your own is a key marker of learning. It is true for both individuals as well as for organizations. As design thinking as a way of learning spreads in schools and programs across the globe we are watching to see how people vary the design thinking process and make it their own. We(…)
5 years ago, the d.school launched the K12 Lab initiative. We started with a project to help the Nueva School build their now thriving (and famous!) I-Lab program. That project was the perfect way to get our hands dirty with design in the K12 space. We learned so much and were deeply moved by working(…)
The d.school is thrilled to announce that Susie Wise will be rejoining us to lead the next chapter of our efforts in K12 education. Susie has been a creative force in the d.school since its earliest days. From helping to design & teach one of the earliest classes in advanced Empathy methods, to spearheading our(…)
