Stories

• As a community that’s always making new things, we love to share experiments, new learnings, and interesting iterations of time-tested tools. Here’s a look inside: works-in-progress, projects of impact, and our reflections on all of it.

The Student Experience

Works in Progress

(Some of) The d.school's (Many) Approach(es) to Design

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

A cross-campus partnership between the d.school and the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society.

From Overwhelm to Impact: How Project Scoping Unlocks Better Social Change–and How Our AI Tool…

Designing Human-Centered AI for Social Impact: Using AI to Serve the Public Good, Part One

Let’s Not Make AI the “Easy Button”: Creativity in the Age of AI, Part One

Harrison Lin: Design Master's Degree Spotlight

Kalina Yang: A 2025 Personal Statement Highlight

Koh Terai: A 2025 Personal Statement Highlight

Izma Shabbir: A 2025 Personal Statement Highlight

Natalia Chen: A 2025 Personal Statement Highlight

Mario Garcia Causapié: A 2025 Personal Statement Highlight

Why AI Makes Design Skills More Valuable Than Ever: Creativity in the Age of AI, Part Two

How Our Creativity Is Evolving Alongside AI: Creativity in the Age of AI, Part Three

Brigid White: MS Design Student Spotlight

A New Home for the University Innovation Fellows

Educators 03/27/25

Transforming City Services Through Human-Centered Design

A New Community of Designers

SXSW 2025: The d.school Public House for the Future

Reflecting with AI

Design for Democracy: Investigating Election Administration

Building Future Foundations

Future's Happening: Democracy Edition

Stanford’s Two New/Old Design Degrees

(in)Visible Designers

Reimagining Higher Ed: The Stanford 2025 Project

Work Toward Equity: Sound Practice Podcast

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

Saad Riaz: Design Master's Degree Spotlight

Positive Deviance for Educators

d.school Yearbook 2023-24

Laura Schütz: Developing Sound-Guided Surgery Tools

Let's Stop Talking about THE Design Process

Educator Guides: Activities from d.school Books

d.school Yearbook 2022-23

Designing (Ourselves) for Racial Justice

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

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

Burt Herman: Hacks/Hackers

d.school Yearbook 2021-22

Fast Company: Stanford Revamps Design School

Ben Knelman: Engineering Financial Literacy

How to Start a d.school

Presenting the d.school Class of 2024

Founding Principles

Equity Practice in Design

Exploring Emerging Tech x Design

The Next Phase: The d.school's New Elective Program

EdTech Remix

Designing Bridges: Building Belonging and Community at the d.school

d.school Futures Series

The Deeper Learning Escape Room

Rep| Magazine: Emerging Tech for K12 Students and Educators

Reimagining School Safety

Designing Social Media for Youth Mental Health

SXSW 2024

Presenting the d.school Class of 2023

Tackling the Opioid Crisis at the Human and Systems Levels: A Case Study

Integrative Design: A Practice to Tackle Complex Challenges

Shadow a Student Challenge: School Leaders Take a Crash Course in Empathy

Hactivation Nation: Experimenting Toward Building a Network of Deeper Learning Hackers

2018 Is the Year of the Intangibles

Building Your Design Muscles

Bias and Creativity: Designing for Worldview

Using Design to Navigate the Pandemic Uncertainty: A Case Study