WELCOME, LIFE DESIGNERS! 

We are excited to welcome a dynamic, innovative, and committed group of educators this June!

PAYMENT AND CONFIRMATION More information coming soon pending event updates. Payment and confirmation will be due by May 15th if the event is a go for June.

PRE-WORK The Studio involves a small amount of pre-work to have in hand on Day 1. This includes each team member authoring their individual Workview, Worldview (called "Lifeview” in the Designing Your Life book), and three visions of how life design could impact your Institution. Click on the bold pre-work above to be taken to the assignments.

FOOD We will provide breakfast, lunch, and snacks every day. On the first night, we will also have a welcome dinner, and on the final day, a lunch celebration. There will be a space to share your dietary needs in the registration form, which we will accommodate to the best of our ability.

LODGING Lodging is not included with your admission.

AGENDA We will be together for 3.5 days from 8:30am - 5pm, except for the first evening when we will stay until 7pm for a welcome reception and the final day when we will finish at 1:30pm. Breakfast will be available each day starting at 8:30 and instruction will start promptly at 9:00. We expect you to be present for the full 3.5 days, arriving by 8:30am on the first day and staying until 1:30pm on the 4th, final day. Leaving early is not encouraged, though we understand certain travel plans require flexibility. Below is a high level overview of our time together, but know we are designers and we might iterate on this agenda.

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WHAT DO I NEED?! Comfy clothes and an open mind. Come prepared for an active 4 days that involve sitting, standing, moving around and many collaborative activities. Know that to make the most of our short time together, this is a fast-paced, energetic, and sometimes even noisy workshop as we share space together.

ADDITIONAL ACCOMMODATIONS Please contact Brittany at cofferb@stanford.edu if you have any special needs not captured in the confirmation form above.

BOOKS Do I need to bring one with me? Nope! Do I need to have read this? It can be helpful, but definitely not required. Can I buy them for my students or staff? Yes! Through amazon is best. We sadly do not have any bulk deals.

From Tresidder Visitor Parking to Bldg 550

GETTING HERE

Thomas F. Peterson Engineering Laboratory | Room 200 | 416 Escondido Mall, Building 550, Stanford, CA 94305

We will meet each morning in Room 200 of Building 550 (home of the ME Design Group and the d.school.) To get to Room 200, enter the building, come to the big, open center area where the red stairs are. Go up the red stairs and use the last two doors all the way to your right.

If you find yourself lost, you can use this searchable campus map. Use any of the following search terms: Bldg. 550, Peterson Laboratory, Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, or d.school. You can get to campus by via public transit (The Stanford Marguerite Shuttle | Caltrain | Bay Area Transit). From San Francisco or San Jose, Caltrain is your most convenient option. Driving also works. Find out where visitor parking is located

MAPS Stanford Parking Map | Stanford Searchable Map | Stanford Self-Guided Tour Map

FAQ ON GETTING AROUND STANFORD

  • How does parking work? Is there a special conference rate?

    Visitors may park in lots or spaces designated with a green "P" or an "E" sign. Parking in these spaces costs $2.00 per hour between 8:00am and 4:00pm, Monday through Friday (so parking will be free for everyone on Saturday and Sunday). Visitor parking can be found at Tressider Student Union, Via Ortega garage, or Roble Field garage. You can pay via permit or by downloading the ParkMobile App (all info here). (I know they have a $5.25 conference parking rate listed on their website, but that is for specific kinds of conferences and does not apply to the Life Design Studio).

  • Where can I pick up an uber/lyft?

    Best place to pick up an uber/lyft is at Tressider Student Union or in front of Stanford Faculty Club.

  • Where can I get a starbucks/advil/toothbrush/etc?

    All can be found at the Tressider Student Union (they have Tressider Marketplace, Starbucks, and a bunch of other food options).

  • Where should we go for dinner?

    We recommend Orens (Israeli), Zareens (Pakistani/Indian), Pizzeria Del Fina (pizza/Italian), Dan Gordon’s (American), and Nola’s (New Orleans).

MINDSETS The first two days, plan to immerse as a learner. You will experience life design curriculum first hand as a student in any of our classes would. We ask that for these first two days you come with a beginner's mindset and a generative curiosity. On days three and four, we will switch to design mode. On these days you will use the mindsets of bias towards action and building to think in order to envision, prototype, and tell the story of what life design at your University could look and feel like. 

TAKEAWAYS In additional to all the activities and artifacts you will use and create during the Studio, you will leave with access to all the modules that we teach, their learning objectives, and supporting materials. With that will come links to slides and example lesson plans of our content. This will be for reference as you digest your experience here and continue to build your version of life design when you return home. 

COMMUNITY You are and will be one another's best resources, co-conspirators and collaborators. We will be doing a lot of what we call radical collaboration at the Studio. Be prepared to share with one another your pre-work assignments and other reflections. To support this community after the Studio, we will also be inviting you to a closed LinkedIn Group and other forms of virtual communication to fuel one another’s life design practices.

Have an emergency? Are totally lost? Call Brittany, our logistics wizard, at cofferb@stanford.edu.