Taylor offers multiple programming opportunities for Tulane students, faculty and staff, and community members to learn the mindsets and methods of design thinking (human-centered design).
A design thinking mindset puts people at the heart of understanding, experimenting and acting when addressing challenges.
Human-centered designers notice opportunities, ask better questions, identify various stakeholders, try new ideas, and dare to imagine a different world.
What is Design Thinking?
Design thinking is used by organizations around the world to generate new ideas for schools, offices, organizations, and communities—creating better experiences, systems, and services.
In Taylor design thinking workshops and trainings, you will learn to:
- Visualize and share issues and ideas with others
- Work collaboratively, inspiring others and engaging communities
- Be more creative
- Define and re-frame problems
- Use rapid prototyping to counteract “analysis paralysis”
- Practice a “bias to action”
- Consider distinct end-users and different points of view
Human centered design brought us:
- the computer mouse
- touch screens and graphical user interfaces (GUI)
- better micro-solar energy products and services
- mobile-phone based financial services
Design Thinking Programming
Design Thinking Consultation
Beyond public programming, we offer visioning sessions facilitated by our Design Thinking Team. Our consulting services are adapted to meet your organization’s needs and help you build greater capacity. These sessions are best for organizations working on social issues, and are by request only. Each sessions last approx. 2 hours and there is potential for follow-up. For more information please contact us at taylor@tulane.edu
Recent organizations include: NOPL ALE, 826 NOLA, Liberty’s Kitchen, NTC
Design Justice Happy Hour
Habana Outpost 1040 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70116, New Orleans, LAJoin us for a fun and informal gathering to discuss the importance of design justice and its impact, happening on September 28Come join us for a fun-filled evening of discussion at the Design Justice Happy Hour! This event is the…
Design Thinking 101
Propeller 4035 Washington Ave, New Orleans, LA 70125, New Orleans, LAJoin for a hands-on introduction to design thinking: a creative, people-first approach to solving complex problems. With breakfast!This hands-session will introduce you to the tools and mindsets of design thinking (DT), a problem-solving approach anyone can use to make change…
Design Thinking Breakfast with Rae Stevenson!
Liberty's Kitchen 300 N. Broad St. Suite #101, New Orleans, LA 70119, New Orleans, LACasual breakfast series to meet new folks, practice using design, design thinking, and other designerly approaches to advance social impact.This is an in-person event. The location of the event is Liberty's Kitchen (300 N Broad St. Suite 101)!About Our Facilitator…
Design Justice Happy Hour
Habana Outpost 1040 Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70116, New Orleans, LAJoin us for a fun and informal gathering to discuss the importance of design justice and its impact, happening on November 30Come join us for a fun-filled evening of discussion at the Design Justice Happy Hour! This event is the…
Design Thinking Badges
- Did you know you can earn badges when you do our workshops?
- The Taylor Design Thinking team sends an Introduction to Design Thinking Credly badge on Linkedin to people who attend our workshops. You can share this badge on your LinkedIn profile or via social media.
- Interested in learning more about attending a Taylor design thinking workshop? Contact us at Taylor@tulane.edu.
Design Thinking Team
Design Thinking News
Taylor Welcomes Rae Stevenson & Asia-Vinae Palmer
In August The Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking welcomed Rae Stevenson and Asia-Vinae Palmer to the Team. Rae Stevenson, Ph.D., joins the Taylor Center as a Visiting Assistant Professor, bringing her distinctive blend of social science research…
Taylor Impact 2022-2023
Throughout the year the Taylor Team has been working collectively to foster greater social impact and empower changemakers on campus and in the New Orleans community. Check out our annual report. Taylor Impact Report by Tulane Taylor Center
April Design Thinking Breakfast
Join us for our next Design Thinking Breakfast Click here for the link to register. The April DT Breakfast will feature facilitator Ricardo Millhouse of The Design School at Arizona State University! Ricardo (he, they), teaches urban design and interior architecture in The Design School at…
Get Involved
Tulane students, faculty, staff, and community members can learn design thinking with us.
To get involved, email Associate Director of Design Thinking Marguerite Sheffer at msheffer1@tulane.edu.