Columnists d.school class to be featured in PBS documentary
The class, which is in its 10th year, has allowed 325 students to work with global partners in 14 countries to create products that improve the lives of impoverished people. This year, the 40 graduate students in the course are collaborating with five global partners to manage the design of 10 new products.
Read This ArticleDesignathon seeks to increase engagement in public service
Student teams presented proposals to the Haas Center for Public Service’s Executive Director Thomas Schnaubelt and Director of Executive Partnerships Kelly Beck, who served as judges.
Read This ArticleDesign with public health in mind
Speakers from IDEO, the d.school and the Stanford School of Medicine discussed how to design for prevention at the Public Health Extravaganza Thursday evening. The Stanford Journal of Public Health sponsored the event.
Read This ArticleTalking tech & development with Krista Donaldson
Amid bright green rubber and metal mechanisms, a prosthetic leg leaning on a table and muffled noises from the back room, Krista Donaldson, CEO of D-Rev, a nonprofit that develops products to help the health and income of the impoverished on a global level, is busy at work.
Read This ArticleSparks of creativity
The students’ plan is straightforward: Buy a red truck, fill it with tools and drive it to schools. The team — Jason Chua ’11 M.S. ’12, Prat Ganapathy M.S. ’12, Kathayoon Khalil Ph.D. ’14, Eugene Korsunskiy M.F.A. ’12, Diane Lee ’12 and Aaron Peck ’12 — calls itself SparkLab and hopes to deliver hands-on learning to Bay Area students.
Read This ArticleEmbrace, Stanford enterprise, wins Index Award
The Embrace Infant Warmer, developed by Stanford students, won the 2011 People’s Choice Award in the Body Category, INDEX Award announced at the awards ceremony in Copenhagen.
Read This ArticleNot Just Guys in Spandex Anymore
As an English major, I’ve always been interested in different types of storytelling. I’m a fan of comics myself, as I’m sure a lot …
Read This ArticleIntelligent Design
Imagine walking into your classroom every morning not knowing what it is going to look like. his might sound uncharacteristic of an academic setting, but that sense of constant change is exactly what makes the new Design School (d.school) building so unique.
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