Do Tank Design Thinking Classes
May and June 2018 in New York City
We have revamped our DO TANK this year with more flexibility with a few stand-alone half-day and full-day sessions catered to the busy schedule of everyone.
The Do Tank is an action-oriented design thinking course, tied to a challenge to translate learnings into local impact. The Do Tank cultivates a group of people with varied skillsets to work together on a real-world issue, from collaborative ideation to collaborative creation.
This half-day workshop or full-day bootcamp for professionals and graduate students is facilitated by design and innovation experts from Foossa, MILES, Parsons School of Design, and more. With their support, Do Tank participants are guided through a design process which goes through the phases of research and discovery, ideation and prototyping. There will also be optional sessions to practice with the public.
HALF-DAY WORKSHOP: MAY 19 or 20 (SAT or SUN) from 10am — 2pm
FULL-DAY BOOTCAMP: JUN 9 or 16 (SAT) from 10am — 5pm
For 2018, the theme of the Do Tank is “Designing a Storefront for the Commons”
About the theme
Bustling storefronts have long been a fixture of vibrant urban spaces. A storefront is often more than just a storefront. Neighborhood institutions like bodegas, barbershops, cafés and the like serve as places for social interaction and civic engagement. Coffeeshops and restaurants have become makeshift co-working spaces reflecting the present and the future of work. Shop windows serve to entice customers but also as canvases for artists to inspire and provoke. Even as online shopping gains more and more marketshare, online-first retailers are recognizing the importances of brick and mortar shops as showrooms and brand showcases.
- How might we use a design and futures-thinking perspective to (re)imagine these important “third-places”?
- How do we design the future of storefronts as more than just retailing but also places of socio-economic production?
- How to we use design-thinking to conceive of inclusive ways to design and sustain commercial real estate?
