Design Club

Organisations are having to re-orientate in order to reach the people that matter to them. Design Club is no different.

Help children design and prototype an app using pen and paper. This simple project works through the basics of design thinking.

I want to help young people engage with design thinking and discover more creative career paths, and promote tech for girls.

Notes from a mini retro and planning meeting at RSA House on Tuesday. Thanks Mina Bach, Daniel Gost and Don Gazara :)

Using paper prototypes and laser-cut phone models to create a fun, collaborative and immersive learning experience.

Thanks IBM for hosting our October Meetup. Our recent Meetups have focused on after school clubs. But we’ve had other success stories too.

We made a newspaper. It’s a review of our first year and a bit since setting up as a Community Interest Company in April 2018.

Design lead at Synechron London. James loves training the design thinkers, app designers and creative forces of tomorrow.

We’re giving special credit to the mentors who’ve been quietly helping to build the Design Club community

UX design consultant Jess wanted to give something back and be more involved at her sons’ primary school.

UX designer Mina wishes she’d had Design Club when she was at school. She now runs a Saturday club at the Science Museum.

We celebrated our first birthday as a CIC on 20 April. Here’s a look back on what we’ve achieved and lessons learned in our first year.

Head of engagement at Design Club. Jemima likes to see children use design thinking to solve problems. And have fun while they do it.

What we learned and why we think other small charities and social enterprises should apply to TFN

Product designer at Lloyds Banking Group. Geri loves seeing her students get their wild feature ideas into an interface.

Three awesome mentors shared their experience and top tips at our March Meetup. Thanks Red Badger for hosting.

Designer and mentor. Rachel loves making things and encouraging creativity in others.

Can you help us launch 50 after school Design Clubs in 2019?

Our third quarterly update in super-duper note form!

Head of UX Research at Just Eat. Anne runs a Design Club for 9–11 year olds in Hertfordshire. She’s blown away by their ideas.

Founder of Design Club. Service designer at Apps for Good and CAST. Noam wants mentors to dive in and be brave :)

Month-by-month happenings and the plan for next year

A quick update about what we’ve been up to

Helping teenagers design apps to solve social problems