Hasso Plattner Institute of Design - Design Degrees & Professional Workshops | Stanford d.school

Getting Unstuck

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

Design for Belonging

Reflecting with AI

Tools

An Other Point of View

Use AI to sharpen your observation skills and see differently.

David Kelley's Creative Essentials

Design Project Scoping Guide

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

Human-Centered AI for Social Impact

2026 Dates Coming Soon 2-day Workshop Workshop On Campus

K12 Futures Library

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

Reimagining School Safety

Stanford’s Two New/Old Design Degrees

Building Future Foundations

Portrait of a Descendant: Futures Thinking for K12

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

Connect

Deck of Design Values: 32 Unexpected Ways to Explore Design

Let's Stop Talking about THE Design Process

Undergraduate Degree

University-Wide Electives

Ethnography Field Guide

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

Stoke Deck

Boost energy, foster collaboration or ignite creativity.

How To Give Feedback

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

I Love Algorithms: A Machineless Machine Learning Creation Kit

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

Liberatory Design

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

A Deck of Design Values • Sparking curiosity, empathy, and courage in those new to design mindsets

Make Space

Educator Guides: Activities from d.school Books

Graduate Degree

Embedding Ethics in Design Education: Helping students apply ethical reasoning to real-world design…

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

EdTech Remix

Design Project Guide

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

Shop

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

Brigid White: MS Design Student Spotlight

Saad Riaz: Design Master's Degree Spotlight

Future's Happening: Democracy Edition

How to Start a d.school

Secret Handshake

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

Make Possibilities Happen

Creative Hustle

Design Thinking Bootleg

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

Chat About Chat

Better understand your relationships and conversations through perspective-shifting sessions with…

Rep| magazine, Issue 1: Build a Bot

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…

Creative Acts for Curious People

Laura Schütz: Developing Sound-Guided Surgery Tools

Professional Education

About

Design for Democracy: Investigating Election Administration

Integrative Design: A Practice to Tackle Complex Challenges

A New Community of Designers

Transforming City Services Through Human-Centered Design

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

Assembling Tomorrow

Designing (Ourselves) for Racial Justice

Events

The Deeper Learning Escape Room

Experiment Expedition

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

Affiliate Memberships

Ethnography Expedition

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

d.school Book Club

Jan 1-Dec 9, 2025 12 Monthly Sessions Guest Lecture Virtual

Design Social Change

Critical Lens Protocol

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

Stories