
19 Jul Launch: The Design Gym
How do you solve real world problems with a human-centered lens? How do create a product that is effective and beautiful? Where can you find a community of thinkers that have the skills and process to solve wicked problems? Where do you find an accessible avenue to learn design thinking that is pragmatic and affordable?
A few months ago, myself and a group of strategists and designers set out to solve this challenges and emerged with a really exciting concept:
The Design Gym, a community of skilled problem solvers through a workshop-driven design thinking curriculum. We partner with organizations to help them approach their problems in a new way by connecting their challenges with our community.
Our inaugural project is a weekend long intensive at the Brooklyn Brainery from July 27th — 29th, 2012. We’re kicking the weekend off on Friday night with beers, networking and an intro to design thinking. Saturday will be a deep dive into the design process, methods and best practices, and finishing off on Sunday with a hands on application of skills solving a real-world problem. Don’t worry if you don’t have a design or strategy background. We’re all here to learn, and see a problem from a different perspective. Sounds like you want to know more? Sign up here, spread the word (we’re on twitter too!) and bring a friend!
If you’re an organization/company/non-profit and are interested in partnering with us, please feel free to email. We would love to chat with you. If you have any questions, please email. If you would like to trade stories about the space or learn more about the project or even just to say hi, please email. Well…I think you get the picture! We will reply! Seriously.
Here’s to the start of something exciting!
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