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d.school guides Fall 2023 event

October 27, 2023April 4, 2024
by Eli Woolery

Thu, Nov 9, 2023, 4:30 PM PT

Join us on Thursday November 9th at 4:30 PST on Zoom or in-person for a panel discussion with the authors of two new d.school guides: Experiments in Reflection by Leticia Britos Cavagnaro and Make Possibilities Happen by Grace Hawthorne, moderated by Scott Doorley of the d.school.

RSVP here to join on Zoom.

We also have a limited number of tickets for those who would like to attend the event in person, you can RSVP here for the event at the d.school (Studio 03).

Bios

Experiments in Reflection

Leticia Britos Cavagnaro, Ph.D., is a scientist turned designer who has created and facilitated a wide range of learning experiences in design, creativity, and innovation at the Stanford d.school and beyond. She co-directs the University Innovation Fellows Program and is an adjunct professor at the Stanford d.school. Learn more and pre-order the book.

Make Possibilities Happen

Grace Hawthorne is the Founder/CEO of Paper Punk and Foldmade, and an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University’s d.school. Previously, she founded ReadyMade, the culturally groundbreaking design magazine and co-authored the critically acclaimed book on reuse design, ReadyMade: How to Make Almost Everything (Random House/Potter). Learn more and pre-order the book

Scott Doorley is the creative director at the d.school. He co-wrote the book, make space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration, and was a co-lead on the Stanford 2025 project imagining the future of on-campus education. With a background and degree in filmmaking from UCLA, Scott also teaches classes in design & communication and his art & design works have been exhibited at the Design Museum in London, the San Jose Museum of Art, and others.

Speakers

Greg Hoffman

May 10, 2023May 10, 2023
by Eli Woolery

Former Chief Marketing Officer at Nike, author of Emotion by Design

Tuesday, May 23rd (Hybrid Event): RSVP for in-Person | RSVP for Zoom

Emotion by Design

In this talk, Greg Hoffman shares lessons and stories on the power of creativity drawn from almost three decades of experience at the Nike brand, where he went from design intern to Chief Marketing Officer. Greg brings to life the essential characteristics to cultivate within your brand, your team, and yourself, to create powerful emotional attachments between your products and the people you serve.

Emotion by Design is a guide to building empowering brands that resonate deeply with people by unlocking the creativity within your organization and unleashing it out into the world.

We have a limited number of in-person tickets for this event at the d.school available here.

Bio

Greg Hoffman is a global brand leader, former NIKE Chief Marketing Officer, and founder and principal of the brand advisory group Modern Arena.

For over 27 years, Greg held marketing, design, and innovation leadership roles at NIKE, including time as the brand’s CMO. In his most recent role as NIKE’s Vice President of Global Brand Innovation, he led teams tasked with envisioning the future of storytelling and consumer experiences for the brand.

Greg oversaw NIKE’s brand communications and experiences as NIKE was solidifying its position as one of the preeminent brand storytellers of the modern era and the leading innovator in digital and physical brand experiences. His role in the rise of marketing and design through that period was recognized in 2015 when Fast Company named him one of the Most Creative People in Business. He’s also been recognized for his transformative leadership in the industry through the Business Insider’s 50 Most Innovative CMO’s and AdAge’s Power Players annual lists.

Learn more about Greg at Emotion by Design.

An interview with Greg on Nice Kicks

Greg interviewed on the Design Better Podcast

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Steve Johnson

February 16, 2023April 4, 2024
by Eli Woolery

Vice President of Design at Netflix

Thursday, March 9th at 4:30p PT: RSVP

Join us for a fireside chat with Steve Johnson, VP of Design at Netflix, followed by a Q&A with the audience.

We also have a limited number of tickets for those who would like to attend the event in person, you can RSVP here for the event at the d.school.

Bio

Steve is Vice President of Design with Netflix and a Board member with Zendesk. His industry background includes; entertainment, gaming, social networking, and productivity software, and he specializes in designing globally inclusive, diverse, and innovative products and organizations.

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d.school guides Fall 2022 event

October 7, 2022November 9, 2022
by Eli Woolery

Fri, Oct 21, 2022, 1:00 PM PT: Access a recording of the event

Join us on Friday October 21st at 100pm PST on Zoom for a panel discussion with the authors of three new d.school guides: This Is a Prototype by Scott Witthoft, You Need a Manifesto by Charlotte Burgess-Auburn, and Creative Hustle by Olatunde Sobomehin and Sam Seidel, moderated by Scott Doorley of the d.school.

We also have a limited number of tickets for those who would like to attend the event in person, you can RSVP here for the event at the d.school.

Bios

This is a Prototype?

Scott Witthoft is an educator, designer, and author. With a background in forensic structural engineering, he incorporates that expertise with current pursuits in space, furniture, and product design—teaching and speaking widely. Learn more and buy the book.

You Need a Manifesto

Charlotte Burgess Auburn is a designer, artist, and educator. With a background in production for fine arts and theater and experience at the MIT Media Laboratory, she has been the director of community at the Stanford d.school since 2005, where she also teaches classes on the role of self-awareness in creativity and design. Learn more and buy the book

Creative Hustle

Olatunde Sobomehin is CEO/co-founder of StreetCode Academy, an organization that offers free tech classes to communities of color. He has taught classes at the Stanford Haas Center and the d.school.

sam seidel is the K12 Lab director of strategy and research at the Stanford d.school and the author of Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education.

Learn more and buy the book.

Audio recording of the event

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d.school guides Spring 2022 event

May 9, 2022October 7, 2022
by Eli Woolery

Wednesday, May 18th 2022 12:30p.m. PT: RSVP here

Join us on Wednesday, May 18th at 1230 PST on Zoom for a panel discussion with the authors of three new d.school guides, Navigating Ambiguity by Andrea Small and Kelly Schmutte, Design for Belonging by Susie Wise, and The Secret Language of Maps by Carissa Carter, hosted by the d.school’s Scott Doorley.

Bios

Dr. Susie Wise is a designer and teacher with experience in the education, tech, and social sectors. She coaches leaders in innovation practices, equity design, and storytelling for inclusion; is the founder and former director of the K12 Lab Network at the Stanford d.school; and is a co-creator of Liberatory Design.

Andrea Small is a design leader, strategist, and educator. As a former d.school teaching fellow, she and her cohort created award-winning education experiences, including the d.school’s first “Navigating Ambiguity” curricula. Currently she teaches “Innovations in Inclusive Design” at the d.school, and leads storytelling and design strategy for Samsung Research America’s R&D Innovation team. Andrea has worked with some of the world’s most iconic brands, including the Nike Foundation, Nivea, Facebook, iRobot, Starbucks, and Herman Miller.

Kelly Schmutte is a designer, educator, and entrepreneur. At the d.school she designs learning experiences with lasting impact, reimagining the future of higher education (Stanford 2025), creating purpose-driven life tools for high schoolers, and building out the d.school’s Navigating Ambiguity curriculum, including the design and launch of the “Library of Ambiguity” and a large-scale public Ambiguity Experience at SF Design Week. Kelly teaches core d.school and Stanford Product Design classes alongside d.school founder David M. Kelley. She and her ballet shoe start-up, PerfectFit Pointe, have been featured in the New York Times.

Carissa Carter is a designer, geoscientist, and Academic Director at the Stanford d.school. Carissa drives the d.school’s pedagogy and teaches courses on the intersection of data and design, design for climate change, maps, and the visual sorting of information. She helped lead the d.school’s seminal Stanford 2025 project on the future of higher education and pursues projects at the crossover between design, science, and emerging technology.

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“We Are As Gods” Filmscreening

February 17, 2022March 30, 2022
by Eli Woolery

We’ll be screening We Are As Gods, a documentary about Stewart Brand, creator of the Whole Earth Catalog, followed by a panel discussion

Wednesday, March 9th at 4pm PST: RSVP

If you missed the event, check out this write up from our event moderator, Lisa Kay Solomon.

Join us for a film screening of We Are As Gods, which offers a deep dive into the many sides of Stewart Brand—creator of The Whole Earth Catalog, an influential member of Ken Kesey’s “The Merry Pranksters,” and founder of the modern environmental movement.

The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with film director Jason Sussberg, John Markoff and Megan Palmer.

Bio

Stewart Brand has been at the center of some of the most influential movements of the last century: including the creation of The Whole Earth Catalog, which Steve Jobs famously called “Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google existed.” Brand’s approach to his work and life influenced many who have gone on to shape our modern world. Today in his 80’s, he’s working on one of his most ambitious projects yet: wildlife conservation through de-extinction.

Jason Sussberg is a documentary filmmaker that focuses on AH !(Arts & Humanity) in STEM. He holds an MA in Film from Stanford and is using crypto channels to distribute his film We Are As Gods .

John Markoff is a Pulitzer prize-winning, best-selling author who has been one of the leading reporters on technology for the New York times for several decades. He is currently an HIA affiliate and CASBS Fellow studying artificial intelligence and the future of work.

Megan J. Palmer is the Executive Director Bio Policy & Leadership Initiatives and an Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford. She is also a board member of Revive & Restore, which was founded by Stewart Brand and Ryan Phelan to enhance biodiversity through the genetic rescue of endangered and extinct species.

Speakers

Guy Kawasaki

January 20, 2022March 28, 2022
by Eli Woolery

Chief Evangelist for the Macintosh computer, Author, Speaker, and Creator of the Remarkable People podcast

Wednesday, February 2nd at 12pm PST: RSVP

Join us for a lecture and Q&A with Guy Kawasaki, legendary chief evangelist for the Macintosh computer, and host of the Remarkable People podcast.

Bio

Guy Kawasaki is the chief evangelist of Canva and the creator of Guy Kawasaki’s Remarkable People podcast. He is an executive fellow of the Haas School of Business (UC Berkeley), and adjunct professor of the University of New South Wales. He was the chief evangelist of Apple and a trustee of the Wikimedia Foundation. He has written Wise Guy, The Art of the Start 2.0, The Art of Social Media, Enchantment, and eleven other books. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University, an MBA from UCLA, and an honorary doctorate from Babson College.

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Debbie Millman

October 7, 2021March 28, 2022
by Eli Woolery

Designer, Author, Illustrator, Educator, and Host of the award-winning podcast ‘Design Matters’

Wednesday, November 3rd at 12pm PST: RSVP

Join us for a lecture and Q&A with Debbie Millman, host of the longest-running podcast on design and creativity, Design Matters, and President Emeritus of AIGA and chair and co-founder of the Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

Bio

Named “one of the most creative people in business by Fast Company” and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is an author, educator, strategist and host of the podcast Design Matters. Design Matters is the first and longest running podcast about design and Debbie has interviewed 300 design luminaries and cultural commentators. The show has over 5 million downloads per year, a Cooper Hewitt National Design Award and iTunes designated it one of the best podcasts of 2015.

Debbie’s visual essays have appeared in The New York Times, New York Magazine, Print and Fast Company. Her artwork has been exhibited in the Boston Biennale, Chicago Design Museum, Anderson University, SVA, LIU, Wolfsonion Museum and Czong Institute for Contemporary Art. She has been artist-in-residence at Cranbrook University, Old Dominion University and Notre Dame University. She has designed wrapping paper and beach towels for One Kings Lane, greeting cards for Mohawk, MOO and Card-To-Art, playing cards for DeckStarter, notebooks for Shutterstock and Baron Fig and T-shirts for Within The Fold.

Debbie was President, Design and Chief Marketing Officer at Sterling Brands for over 20 years where she worked with over 200 of the world’s largest brands, including the redesign of Burger King, merchandising for Star Wars, and positioning and branding the No More movement. She is a frequent speaker and has moderated Design Yatra in India, presented keynote lectures at Rotman School of Management, Princeton University, Hong Kong Design Association, TypoBerlin, Melbourne Writers Festival, Festival of Art + Design in Barcelona and more.

Debbie is the Editorial/Creative Director of Print and a board member of the Joyful Heart Foundation, Performance Space 122 and the Type Directors Club. She is President Emeritus of AIGA, author of six books and co-founder of the world’s first graduate program in branding at the School of Visual Arts in NYC.

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Sandy Fershee

May 26, 2021March 28, 2022
by Eli Woolery

Lab Director, D-Ford Detroit

Wednesday, May 26th at 12p PST: RSVP

Innovating Beyond America’s Best Selling Vehicle

Innovation is not just new ideas, products and services, it starts with creating the foundation and capacity for ideas to become real and successful. Sandy Fershee, a global design and innovation executive at Ford, will share what it takes to build a human-centered design organization in a legacy company, cultivate a culture of creativity and excellence in a highly complex landscape, and what you have to put in place in order to scale and thrive.

Bio

Sandy leads a human-centered design team at At D-Ford Detroit, pushing the edge of Ford’s future strategies. They design new products, services, and ventures that customers love and drive business profitability.

Prior to this role, Sandy was the global leader of Experience Design at Ford, transforming Ford’s ways of working through human-centered design and creating new possibilities for future customer and business value.

Sandy was also Managing Director at the agency Punchcut, and Design Manager at Motorola.

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Sara Seager

April 28, 2021May 22, 2021
by Eli Woolery

Professor of Planetary Science, Professor of Physics, and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT

Wednesday, April 28th at 12p PT: RSVP

For thousands of years, people have wondered, “Are there planets like Earth?” “Are such planets common?” “Do any have signs of life?”

Today astronomers are poised to answer these ancient questions, having recently found thousands of planets that orbit nearby Sun-like stars, called “exoplanets”.

Professor Sara Seager, one of the world’s leading experts on this search for Earth-like planets, will share the latest advances in this revolutionary field.

Bio

Sara Seager is the Class of 1941 Professor of Planetary Science, Professor of Physics, and Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her past research is credited with laying the foundation for the field of exoplanet atmospheres, while her current research focuses on exoplanet atmospheres and the future search for signs of life by way of atmospheric biosignature gases. Professor Seager is involved with a number of space-based exoplanet searches including as the Deputy Science Director for the MIT-led NASA mission TESS, as the PI for the on-orbit JPL/MIT CubeSat ASTERIA, and as a lead for Starshade Rendezvous Mission (a space-based mission concept under technology development for direct imaging discovery and characterization of Earth analogs).

Before joining MIT in 2007, Professor Seager spent four years on the senior research staff at the Carnegie Institution of Washington preceded by three years at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ. Her PhD is from Harvard University, and her BSc from the University of Toronto. Among other accolades, Professor Seager is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a 2013 MacArthur Fellow.