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FACULTY PROFILE:
Lee-Sean Huang
Lee-Sean Huang is a designer and futurist. When not teaching at Parsons, he works as the creative director of Foossa, a consultancy that helps organizations build more inclusive and resilient futures through storytelling, service design, and community engagement. He is interested in the intersection of design and democracy and exploring the role of participation and play in the future of work, education, health, and civic engagement. He has worked with organizations ranging from Fortune 500 companies to the United Nations and has appeared in the New York Times, Fast Company, TIME, and Entrepreneur. Learn more about Lee-Sean at opencampus.newschool.edu/why-open-campus.
Futures and Foresight Instructor to be announced X1 | 6 weeks | Apr. 22–May 14 Design is about imagining and proposing alternative future possibilities. If we cannot imagine it, we cannot design and build it. This class equips design leaders with the futures thinking and forecasting skills necessary to simulate and strategically plan for a volatile and uncertain future. Students learn storytelling and immersive scenario design techniques that will propel them into the realm of science fiction to better equip them to make choices in reality. $525 Counts toward the certificate in Design Leadership for Business.
Design Thinking for Better Business Design Leadership and Management
Instructor to be announced
for Business.
A | 2 sessions | beg. Apr. 21 | Sat, Sun 4–5:50 pm It seems as if design thinking is all the rage these days. Eager to learn more about what exactly design thinking is and how you can apply design-led methodology to develop effective solutions to your business challenges? In this hands-on, intensive two-day workshop, learn how design thinking tools can be applied to any industry, challenge, or opportunity to change outmoded dynamics and find new approaches. You’ll be ready to walk into the office on Monday with actionable insights, best practices, and tools that can be readily applied to optimize your approach to the new economy. $525
Design and Innovation for Sustainable Business
Fundamentals of Data Visualization
Gokce Gizer
Instructor to be announced
X1 | 6 weeks | Feb. 26–Apr. 16 The discipline of design has great power to shape our reality, and with that power comes great responsibility. This course equips design leaders with the tools necessary to examine the social and environmental implications of design. Students address issues of ethics and sustainability through case studies and debates and develop their own approaches to ethical and sustainable design leadership. $525
X1 | 5 weeks | Apr. 2–May 7 The presentation of data plays a critical role in the shaping of opinion, policy, and decision making in the boardroom and beyond. In this course, we start with the fundamentals—how is data created and archived, and how can we use it? Then, through a series of basic exercises using readily available software, we bring to life data sets to design insights in your own specific fields of interest. The knowledge gained from this course can be applied to decision making and support, rapid knowledge assessment, and general storytelling. $525
Edward Cardimona X1 | 6 weeks | Feb. 26–Apr. 16 Designing for business is by definition a team effort that requires flexibility, adaptability, and vision. This course explores the theory, methods, and actions necessary to make ideas a reality. Students master techniques in facilitation, project management, and the creation of viable business models applicable to both entrepreneurial and intrapreneurial ventures. $525 Counts toward the certificate in Design Leadership
Counts toward the certificate in Design Leadership for Business.