1. teaching design to kids in extreme environments

2. What are we going to talk about today
. What’s the big idea
. Research 1 . What do designers play with as kids
. Research 2 . Kids play in extreme environment
. Synthesis and Frameworks

3. The Big Idea

4. What’s the big idea
design thinking
for
kids in extreme
environments

5. What’s the big idea
design thinking
for
kids in extreme
environments

6. Our Scope
Open framework
for kids 4 to 12
1.8 billion kids

7. kid’s in Oakland

8. Kid’s in Pakistan

9. Kid’s in Thailand

10. What do
designer’s play
with as kids!
Research

11. What do designers do as kids
For our research
6 cities
9 countries
25 designers

12. "I drew pictures on the
side walk with chalk"
~ Ankuhou
“When I was around the
age of 4-5 my
grandmother set out a
HUGE sheet of butcher
paper and threw down
a pile of pens and
markers in front of me”
~ Justin Boyce

13. LEGOs, legos, legos! They
were my all time favorite
toy. Between legos and
my sandbox I built entire
worlds.
~ Michael McDaniel!
Taking every toy apart I
had and not being able to
put them back together.
~ Andrew Nairn

14. "I would look at the
jungle and forest and
create stories."
~ Deven
"Art is alive; you get to
express and explore
new things..."
~ Mario

15. Kids in extreme
environments
play with what!
Research

16. Explore

17. Draw

18. Build

19. Play

20. Build Draw
Play
Story Team
Explore

21. Puzzles Sketch
Make Aesthetic
Build Draw
Paint
Blocks
Past
Present
Play Organize
Future
Story Team
Dance Capture
& Song the Flag
Explore
Drama Kickball
Ride
Journey
Push

22. Play

23. Play
People

24. Play
People
Environment

25. Next Steps

26. Where do we go from here!
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