The Hasso Plattner d-school Afrika at UCT is the home of Design Thinking and is a first for Africa and its people. Much like its predecessors in the USA (d.school) and Germany (HPI School of Design Thinking), d-school Afrika at UCT offers training and capacitation in design-led innovation. Their aim is to spread the ideals of Design Thinking across the continent, creating design-led innovators and creative problem solvers.
A practical, immersive learning experience designed to introduce and activate design-led mindsets through intentional learning moments that participants can apply immediately in their everyday contexts. The programme creates entry points for participants to begin thinking and acting differently, planting the seeds for longer-term growth and change.
Participants don’t just learn about design-led mindsets, they experience and practise them in diverse teams and leave with behaviours they can apply immediately in real life.
Benefits of The Everyday Designer Programme
- Experience collaboration, creative confidence, and human-centredness through hands-on activities designed to gently shift how you think and act.
- Develop design-led mindsets that are transferable across disciplines, careers, and different spheres of life.
- Gain practical ways to apply new ways of thinking in everyday tasks, projects, and decisions.
- Build creative confidence to experiment, reflect, and learn through action rather than waiting for certainty.
Requirements
No prior design thinking experience is required.
What matters most is in participants is curiosity, openness to experimentation, and a willingness to try new ways of thinking and acting.
How does it work?
This is a 1-day in-person The Everyday Designer programme that exposes participants to design-led mindsets through intentional learning moments.
Course Details:
Dates: 26 February 2026
Time: 09:00 - 15:00
