Over the course of 8 months, participating students, coached by their teacher sponsor, will discover and work on finding solutions based on a four-step design process: analysis, ideation, prototype creation, and then presentation and pitching.

The final steps of the process are the boot camp and final event, where the selected teams will pitch their prototyped solutions to a jury of clients, other professionals, DIDI professors, and experts.

To date, students have completed design challenges for international and regional organizations such as adidas, Alserkal Avenue, Dettol, Dubai Holding, Emirates Marine Environmental Group, Emirates Nature-WWF, LEGO, Nike, Splash, and more.

Schools around the world are incorporating design thinking into their curricula. Watch the videos below and notice the research, ideation, and prototyping modes, as well as all the skills the teams use. In an integrated design process, creative modes are blended together seamlessly in the same space. Analysis flows into ideation and prototyping.

• Students Use Design Thinking to Redesign Penn Station
• Students Use Design Thinking to Design a Water Filter
• Students Use Design Thinking to Design a New Sport
• IDEO Nightline video‍