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Design Club update: A shift in strategy and focus
Design Club update: A shift in strategy and focus
We’re moving away from volunteer-led design clubs and towards a curated directory of design thinking tools for kids
Noam
Jul 13, 2022
Marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day at Design Club
Marking Global Accessibility Awareness Day at Design Club
Students at West London Free School have been coming up with ideas to help users with a disability or barrier make new friends
Jemima Gibbons
May 19, 2022
Meet the Mentor — Chris
Meet the Mentor — Chris
Chris runs a digital consultancy in Coventry. He’s now facilitating his third cohort of Design Club at a local primary school.
Chris Brain
Feb 22, 2022
Design Club: a hybrid model for teaching design thinking to children
Design Club: a hybrid model for teaching design thinking to children
For our Reboot project, funded by Grant for the Web, we worked on creating best-in-class design education and expanding our global reach.
Jemima Gibbons
Jan 19, 2022
Meet the Mentors — Multiverse
Meet the Mentors — Multiverse
Uma and Ken from Multiverse ran an online design thinking course for apprentices, built with Design Club resources.
Jemima Gibbons
Nov 19, 2021
Paper prototypes with children
Paper prototypes with children
Last week, I published a photo in Twitter, and it seems like I caused a storm in the UX world. It was not my intention.
Monica Ferraro
Nov 15, 2021
Introducing Coil: A new way to support Design Club
Introducing Coil: A new way to support Design Club
Who fancies trying Coil? We have some free codes to give away — just email hello@designclub.org.uk :)
Noam
Nov 1, 2021
Design Club update autumn 2021: back to school and other news
Design Club update autumn 2021: back to school and other news
It’s been a frustrating year. But we’ve made progress. Here’s what we’ve been working on — and plans for the rest of 2021.
Jemima Gibbons
Oct 29, 2021
Thinking about ethics and how apps make money at a Design Club for 11–13 year olds
Thinking about ethics and how apps make money at a Design Club for 11–13 year olds
The children have been prototyping social apps. We looked at how these apps make money and the implications for users.
Jemima Gibbons
Oct 21, 2021
Rebooting Design Club, rethinking plans and experimenting with Coil
Rebooting Design Club, rethinking plans and experimenting with Coil
We’re nearing the end of “Design Club: Reboot”, our project funded by Grant for the Web. Here’s a progress report.
Jemima Gibbons
Oct 8, 2021
What working with kids has taught me about being a designer…
What working with kids has taught me about being a designer…
I’m mentoring at a weekend Design Club for 8–12 year olds in Dagenham. Here are six things I’ve learnt.
Ritika Periwal
Sep 2, 2021
How to make remote learning fun
How to make remote learning fun
From mood jars to scavenger hunts, here are 14 things we did to keep children engaged during our remote Design Club.
Kate King
Jul 21, 2021
5 insights from running a Design Club remotely using printouts and Zoom
5 insights from running a Design Club remotely using printouts and Zoom
Learnings after our remote Design Club earlier this year at West London Free School
Kate King
Jun 18, 2021
Design Club: Become a Reboot Supporter for 2021
Design Club: Become a Reboot Supporter for 2021
Our plan to make Design Club fit for the future and more impactful — and how you can help!
Noam
Mar 20, 2021
Weeknotes on running an after school Design Club remotely
Weeknotes on running an after school Design Club remotely
The club started on 9 February and runs for 6 weeks over Zoom. I’m going to try to keep a diary. [FINAL UPDATE: 23 March]
Jemima Gibbons
Feb 15, 2021
Meet the Mentors — Elsewhen
Meet the Mentors — Elsewhen
Matt and Bailey from Elsewhen ran a Design Club project at School 21, delivered remotely via Google Meet.
Jemima Gibbons
Jan 18, 2021
Reboot: latest Meetup, idea definition and experimenting with teacher-led
Reboot: latest Meetup, idea definition and experimenting with teacher-led
Notes from our recent virtual Meetup and developments in our thinking on how we might deliver Design Club remotely.
Jemima Gibbons
Nov 13, 2020
Design Club wins $15,000 funding from Grant for the Web
Design Club wins $15,000 funding from Grant for the Web
We’re thrilled to announce we’ve been selected as a “Spark” grantee by this new fund. We’ll be experimenting with video content and more!
Jemima Gibbons
Sep 30, 2020
How to run a Design Club online (3): User testing and next steps
How to run a Design Club online (3): User testing and next steps
Design Club mentor Bianca Hollis reflects on her key takeaways from running a series of Design Club workshops over Zoom
Bianca Hollis
Jul 17, 2020
10 tips for safeguarding children during online workshops
10 tips for safeguarding children during online workshops
Running a club remotely (via video) is different from face to face for many reasons. Here the key things you need to consider
Jemima Gibbons
Jul 14, 2020
How to run a Design Club online (2): Delivering the workshops
How to run a Design Club online (2): Delivering the workshops
Take children through a design project in a few short video workshops. Bianca Hollis shares her tips on running a successful session on…
Bianca Hollis
Jul 13, 2020
How to run a Design Club online (1): Planning your project
How to run a Design Club online (1): Planning your project
The first of three posts where our fab mentor Bianca Hollis shares practical tips to run Design Club activities remotely
Bianca Hollis
Jul 9, 2020
Design Club update summer 2020: We’re hitting the pause button
Design Club update summer 2020: We’re hitting the pause button
Preparing for a reboot in January 2021
Noam
Jun 6, 2020
Exploring how to help kids do Design Club projects at home
Exploring how to help kids do Design Club projects at home
We hosted our first virtual Meetup on 9 April. Thanks to all mentors who joined. We discussed creative ideas, support and safeguarding.
Jemima Gibbons
Apr 29, 2020
Changes to Design Club (and how we’re adapting) due to Covid-19
Changes to Design Club (and how we’re adapting) due to Covid-19
Organisations are having to re-orientate in order to reach the people who matter to them. Design Club is no different.
Noam
Mar 25, 2020
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