Events
D4SD is a civic design challenge that brings together young innovators, educators, mentors, domain experts, and decision makers to address complex challenges facing our region. This year, a series of engagements culminated at the D4SD 2020 Summit, a virtual event where hundreds shared ideas and discussed the future of San Diego.
Civic Design Speaker Series
As part of the “Civic Design” course offered at UC San Diego, D4SD hosted a series of expert panel discussions about current and future challenges related to mobility, housing and public health. Experts from around the region offered amazing insights and knowledge to help innovators understand where to focus.
• JAN 21
Lima Saft (Caltrans), Howard Blackson (AVRP Skyport), Don Murphy (IBI Group).
• JAN 23
Antoinette Meier (SANDAG), Colleen Emmenegger (UCSD Design Lab).
• JAN 23
Josh Kavanagh (UCSD Campus Planning), Dan Lenzen (LJCDS).
• JAN 30
Alyssa Muto (City of San Diego), Roger Lewis.
• FEB 4
Kevin Popovic, Laura Spencer (Elite Academic Academy), Bryan Rill.
• FEB 6
Brent Boyd (MTS), Dave Schumacher (WSP).
• FEB 11
Colin Santulli (City of San Diego), Dave Schumacher (WSP), Debbie Leung (IBI Group), Matt Cox (IBI Group).
• FEB 13
Coleen Clementson, Everett Hauser (City of San Diego), Catherine Thibault (Fehr & Peers), Amy Jackson (Fehr & Peers), Cecily Taylor (Fehr & Peers).
• FEB 18
Sean van Tyne (UCSD Rady School of Management).
• MAR 3
Greg Horowitt (T2 Venture Capital).
Design Jams
In light of COVID-19, D4SD hosted weekly online collaborative “design jams” aimed at exploring challenges and generating potential solutions using human-centered design. Each week, citizens practiced empathy building, research, problem framing, ideating, prototyping, and testing towards helping our community.
• APR 10
DISCOVER Exploring Challenge Topics and Doing Research
• APR 17
IDEATE Framing, Ideating, and Storyboarding
• APR 24
PROTOTYPE Making and Testing Prototypes
In light of COVID-19, D4SD hosted weekly online collaborative “design jams” aimed at exploring challenges and generating potential solutions using human-centered design. Each week, citizens practiced empathy building, research, problem framing, ideating, prototyping, and testing towards helping our community.
• APR 10
DISCOVER Exploring Challenge Topics and Doing Research
• APR 17
IDEATE Framing, Ideating, and Storyboarding
• APR 24
PROTOTYPE Making and Testing Prototypes
• MAY 1
CONNECT Creating Compelling Stories and Making Connections
2020 Summit
The May 15 2020 “Design for San Diego” Summit was an online, interactive showcase and discussion about how to make a more sustainable San Diego. Over 175 people attended as observers, facilitators, subject-matter experts, concerned citizens, and as civic innovators to address urgent public issues related to health, mobility, housing and the environment. A total of 33 teams proposed solutions and several were recognized for great storytelling, for potential impact, and for demonstrating human-centered design.
