IDEO is a global design firm committed to making positive impact through design.

Join us for a 4 day Design Camp where we explore how to use design to create a positive impact in the world.

Together, you and your fellow campers will spend time working with product designers, data scientists, design researchers, writers, graphic designers (and a bunch of other designers) to tackle a challenge from the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

You are…

About to enter Years 9/10/11/12

Curious about the world

Hungry to make things better

Looking to make your ideas real

You’ll learn how to…

Understand other’s problems

Collaborate in a team to create ideas

Prototype and test your ideas with people

Tell stories to get others to join your cause

So what?

In a world full of problems we need problem solvers. Designers are problem solvers. once you learn and master the skills of design, you will have the power to find and solve problems in any situation.

If you’re interested in…

Building Stuff | Imagining New Things | Filmmaking | Leadership | Real World Problem Solving | Art | Presenting | Strategy | Starting A Business | Designing your future

Then Design Camp is for you.

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BUILD COOL STUFF

See and learn how IDEO goes from idea to real product.

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SOLVE REAL PROBLEMS

Learn to solve problems in a relaxed and fun way with support from the pros.

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LEARN MAD SKILLS

Learn skills like empathy, brainstorming, prototyping, and storytelling.

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THINK DIFFERENTLY

Learn how to approach today’s big challenges with an innovative mindset.

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MEET CREATIVE PEOPLE

Meet a variety of IDEOers and hear about their unique career paths.

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MAKE NEW FRIENDS

Meet other teens interested in design, and join a community of young designers.

Together, with an IDEO Design Guide, you’ll team up to solve a design challenge based on the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Along the way, the IDEO team will lead you through workshops, activities and games to help you build the skills necessary to solve your design challenge. On the last day you will get the chance to present your solutions to both your peers and the wider IDEO community.

You’ll leave Design Camp with a new way of looking at the world and a new set of skills, which you can apply to almost any situation. (Also, this looks great on a CV).

In Real Life!!

This years Design Camp will take place in IDEO’s London Studio in Clerkenwell.

August 23–26

The camp will start the fourth
week of August 2022.

It’s Free

We supply you with everything you need, including meals and transportation costs.

 

Applications must be submitted before Saturday July 30th, 2022

You must be a student aged 15–18 years

Have a question?