Design for Business Workshops

Design Thinking workshops

As the first such museum-led programme, we have brought world-leading design practitioners together with businesses from across Scotland to build an exciting programme for businesses, consisting of two distinct workshops, both offering different levels of Design Thinking understanding and experience.

No design experience is necessary. Our Rapid Design Challenge is a hands-on and light touch introduction to Design Thinking that will give your organisation a valuable team-building experience in V&A Dundee’s iconic building, and the Design Thinking Accelerator will immerse you in the design process, helping you overcome challenges and make the most of the opportunities facing your organisation.

Find out about our workshops below.

Rapid Design Challenge

Based on D.School’s dynamic workshops, watch us squeeze ten weeks of design training into an afternoon.

Through practical activities, you will gain first-hand experience of some of the design-led approaches and tools that can be applied to your business challenges. This light touch workshop is offered as an introduction to Design Thinking and serves not only as an educational experience but a great way to get your teams together.

For more information, contact: designforbusiness@vandadundee.org

Three Day Design Thinking Accelerator

Gain a deeper understanding of Design Thinking that you can begin to apply to your business.

Over three days and through practical activities, you will gain a deep understanding of the value of design as a process. Working on a live business challenge you’ll uncover how Design Thinking can unlock value and stimulate innovation within your business.

What to expect

This workshop offers hands-on experience in developing the practice of Design Thinking and its application to a current challenge within your organisation. An initial two-day workshop will help you define or redefine your challenge, understand who you are designing for and how to set up and undertake design research. On the third day, we review your research and new thinking and begin to create possible solutions.

Our approach is structured around proven Design Thinking techniques combining design process and design methods with organisational practice. Over the course of this workshop, participants will gain experience in the application of these techniques and will start to develop a key project. The practical approach will easily transfer into participants’ working practice.

Before you take part

In preparation for the workshop, you should agree with colleagues on a single product or service design challenge that you wish to explore in the workshop and be prepared to discuss this in the workshop forum. You should also be prepared to discuss who your products or services are for, who you compete against and state your organisation’s ambition. To ensure a confidential safe sharing environment all participants will complete our Non-Disclosure Agreement prior to the workshop.

For more information, contact designforbusiness@vandadundee.org