Design Thinking Workshop
Sat Jun 4, 10:00 - Sat Jun 4, 15:00
Museum of African Design
ABOUT
Join us for a Design Thinking Workshop open to anyone! For this weekend session, we are offering a discounted rate.
10:00AM - 11:00AM
Walking tour of the Maboneng Precinct with entrepreneurs from MainStreet Walks.
11:15AM - 12:15PM
Intro to "What Is?" Design Thinking with Firma.
12:15PM - 1:00PM
Lunch at Poolside Cafe (included).
1:00PM - 3:00PM
Iterative design projects with Firma.
Design is not only a hot topic in the latest retail concepts, urban strategies, and new buildings; but the way designers think is becoming increasingly sought after by the world's leading business consultants and entrepreneurs.
Design Thinking has been the focus of new Business School programs, like the "D School" at Stanford and the Media Lab at MIT. The Harvard Business Review has dedicated entire issues to the topic. At the Museum of African Design, we see design in its infinite forms across the continent. The tech scene in Nairobi is using design to rethink global financial systems. Furniture designers in Dakar are exporting works to Europe and North America made out of scraps from commodities that were imported from the same places. South African medical companies are changing the way hospitals and doctors work. Design Thinking is at the route of some of the world's best marketing, sales, and operational strategies.