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.
d-camp is an interactive, design thinking bootcamp that introduces you to the core mindsets, tools, and ways of working through a design thinking learning experience. In one focused day, you’ll learn by doing - working in teams to tackle real challenges and experience design thinking in action.
The Everyday Designer: Framing Meaningful Problems
26 March 2026
1 day
Cape Town
Face-to-Face
This 1-day programme equips participants with the confidence and capability to frame meaningful design challenges - for themselves and in partnership with organisations. In a world of urgent issues, complex systems, and collaborative projects, clear challenge definition is often what determines whether work creates real value or becomes misaligned. Participants learn structured ways to transform observations, research, and lived stories into focused, human-centred, and strategically aligned challenge statements.
If you’re a registered student under the age of 35 and a current undergraduate looking to enhance your skills to become more competitive in the job market, this is for you. This course will introduce you to the key mindsets and problem-solving methodologies of design thinking. You will also learn how to develop innovative human-centred solutions in agile, multidisciplinary teams.
Calling all registered UCT and other Higher Education Institution students. If you are under the age of 35, we invite you to join us for a fast and impactful 5-day immersion in Design Thinking which can enhance your ability to navigate an uncertain world and become more competitive in the job market. This course will introduce you to the key mindsets and problem-solving methodologies of design thinking. You will learn how to develop innovative human-centered solutions in agile, multidisciplinary teams.
An exciting, interactive, and unique online programme in Design Thinking. Participate in a competitive, trans-African challenge and gain exposure to real-world problems, advancing the critical thinking skills that are so desperately needed in solving the problems of our world today.
The Everyday Entrepreneur is a 3-day immersive programme designed for UCT students who want to approach life with creativity, adaptability, and purpose. It’s not about starting a business - it’s about learning to think and act like an entrepreneur in whatever you do.
This is a fast, fun, and concise introduction to Design Thinking. A team of experienced Design Thinkers will coach you through the design thinking process over a 2 hour period. Design Thinking Dash is a once-off teaser experience that will give you a practical understanding of how design thinking can be implemented.
