Join us on Wednesday, May 18th at 1230 PST in person at the d.school, Studio C for a panel discussion with the authors of three new d.school guides, Navigating Ambiguity by Andrea Small and Kelly Schmutte, Design for Belonging by Susie Wise, and The Secret Language of Maps by Carissa Carter, hosted by the d.school's Scott Doorley.

Bios

Dr. Susie Wise is a designer and teacher with experience in the education, tech, and social sectors. She coaches leaders in innovation practices, equity design, and storytelling for inclusion; is the founder and former director of the K12 Lab Network at the Stanford d.school; and is a co-creator of Liberatory Design.

Andrea Small is a design leader, strategist, and educator. As a former d.school teaching fellow, she and her cohort created award-winning education experiences, including the d.school’s first “Navigating Ambiguity” curricula. Currently she teaches “Innovations in Inclusive Design” at the d.school, and leads storytelling and design strategy for Samsung Research America’s R&D Innovation team. Andrea has worked with some of the world's most iconic brands, including the Nike Foundation, Nivea, Facebook, iRobot, Starbucks, and Herman Miller.

Kelly Schmutte is a designer, educator, and entrepreneur. At the d.school she designs learning experiences with lasting impact, reimagining the future of higher education (Stanford 2025), creating purpose-driven life tools for high schoolers, and building out the d.school's Navigating Ambiguity curriculum, including the design and launch of the "Library of Ambiguity" and a large-scale public Ambiguity Experience at SF Design Week. Kelly teaches core d.school and Stanford Product Design classes alongside d.school founder David M. Kelley. She and her ballet shoe start-up, PerfectFit Pointe, have been featured in the New York Times.

Carissa Carter is a designer, geoscientist, and Academic Director at the Stanford d.school. Carissa drives the d.school's pedagogy and teaches courses on the intersection of data and design, design for climate change, maps, and the visual sorting of information. She helped lead the d.school's seminal Stanford 2025 project on the future of higher education and pursues projects at the crossover between design, science, and emerging technology.

Scott Doorley is the creative director at the d.school. He co-wrote the book, make space: How to Set the Stage for Creative Collaboration, and was a co-lead on the Stanford 2025 project imagining the future of on-campus education. With a background and degree in filmmaking from UCLA, Scott also teaches classes in design & communication and his art & design works have been exhibited at the Design Museum in London, the San Jose Museum of Art, and others.

d.school guides authors event: In Person at the d.school