Design Thinking and Communication (DTC), is a required two-quarter course for all first-year students at Northwestern Engineering. DTC is a cross-school course jointly taught by faculty throughout the ...

Design thinking is a problem-solving process that encourages us to rethink the world and how people connect through products, systems or institutions. Leading brands globally use design thinking to ...

In recent years, more and more technology teams have opted to leverage design-thinking principles when building new software and tools. With a heavy emphasis on empathy and creativity, the multistep ...

When you get your B.F.A. in visual communication design (VCD) at UW you are gaining the tools to achieve a successful career in design. Learn our human-centered approach to crafting solutions and ...

Love it or hate it, many teachers have seen just how much technology has changed the landscape of education. Within this rapidly changing landscape, teachers have taken on a role much different from ...

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Ajeet Singh Design is all ...

The award, donated by the family of emeritus faculty member Masahiro “Mike” Meshii, honors excellence in design education.

If you’ve been in business or innovation circles in the past ten years, chances are you have experimented with design thinking. You have gone through the brainstorming sessions, you have done the ...

Design thinking is a lifelong skill that children may use to tackle complex problems throughout their lives and is a valuable skill to learn early in life In early childhood education, most parents ...

In our classrooms, students put the knowledge and skills they develop into practice through experiential learning opportunities that engage real-world clients. They build community with their peers ...

An approach that promised to democratize design may have done the opposite. When Kyle Cornforth first walked into IDEO’s San Francisco offices in 2011, she felt she had entered a whole new world. At ...

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Communication Design (VCD) is the only professionally oriented BFA degree within the Visual Arts program. The program bridges the space between fine art and applied ...