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A one-day, hands-on design thinking experience.

The Everyday Designer: Turning Ideas into Action

This 1-day programme strengthens participants’ ideation skills - equipping you with structured tools and techniques to generate diverse, creative possibilities, and move from early sparks of thought toward actionable next steps.
Ideation that moves you from thinking to exploring multiple possibilities.
Duration: 1 Day
Location: Face-to-Face
Cost: 

At no cost

Spaces: Limited

Everyone can generate ideas

Idea generation is a skill—not a fixed talent. Learn structured practices that help you generate more diverse possibilities, more consistently.

From thought to action

Move beyond “one good idea” by exploring, expanding, and critiquing multiple directions - so ideas are clearer and ready to test.

Curiosity in motion

Practise experimenting with options, working with uncertainty, and building creative confidence through doing - rather than waiting for certainty.

What is The Everyday Designer: Turning Ideas into Action?

Turning Ideas into Action is an intentionally exploratory, practice-oriented experience focused on strengthening how participants generate and develop ideas. Using structured ideation methods and experimentation, you’ll practise moving from initial concepts toward actionable directions - without needing “perfect outcomes” on the day.

What you’ll experience

  • Structured ideation processes to generate, expand, and refine ideas
  • Frequent micro-learning moments that build creative confidence through practice
  • Experimentation with multiple options, and learning through iteration
  • Collaborative, hands-on work (rather than lecture-style learning)

What you’ll experience

This programme is designed for participants who are open to experimentation and curious about practising new ways of thinking over time. It is well suited to:

  • Youth (18–35)
  • Critical thinkers and innovation-minded individuals
  • People who want help moving from “thinking” to “doing” when they feel stuck

No prior design thinking experience is required.

Why attend?

  • Develop ideas that are clearer, more focused, and easier to test
  • Build confidence to experiment, iterate, and learn through action
  • Strengthen collaboration and alignment by generating stronger options together
  • Practise ideation that stays connected to real user needs and value

The Everyday Designer Format

Duration: 1 Day
Location: Face-to-Face
Cost: 

At no cost

Spaces: Limited

Upcoming Course Dates

30 April 2026

Application deadline:

24 April 2026

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