The Designers of Tomorrow Project

Our journey in India wasn't just about acquiring new skills, but about building novel perspectives on change.

We've compiled a few of those perspectives into an [incomplete] list of lessons from the last year. The big challenges of today are different, and so is the way we think about and address them.

These perspectives are evolving, and this list is ever growing. We'd love to hear yours.

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Five things we learned about change from a year of design fieldwork in India Co-authored with Anmol Kaur.

Listen to the small voices.

This is Parveena, a woman who isn't normally asked for her opinion.

We think the voices and perspectives of people like Parveena are the most important to capture. And if working with her taught us any one thing, it is that if we want to affect change, we have to keep listening.

As we look ahead to future projects, we have confidence that an inclusive design process is not only possible, but absolutely critical to unlocking the infinite potential that exists in all of us.

The last three months have been incredible. Thank you to the 52 amazing people who shared their stories with us for this project. Your experiences helped us make sense of higher education in India and inspired a ton of fresh thinking about the challenges facing the sector. With your help, our partners at will continue the work to build smart solutions that create greater access to education for more people across the country.

Hello from Delhi! It's been a while. Our latest project has kept us super busy—we've spent the last three months partnering with to explore how design can be used to spur more innovation in the Indian start-up sector. To do this, we're working with a superstar team to build a new start-up from the ground up. We'll be posting more updates from this project and more. Stay tuned.

After two months of research, we're excited to spend the next few days testing our best ideas with local women in Naddi. We're using a few prototypes like this storyboard, which simplifies a complex design concept into an easy to understand story.

Getting our hands (and fingernails) dirty during some fireside design research. 🔥📝

Refreshing our post-holiday understanding with some problem trees to map causes and effects.

so, we're having a party...

We're in Ahmedabad! The next two days will be jam-packed with visits to the National Institute of Design for chats with students, researchers, and professors. Stay tuned for deeper look into the incredible innovation and creativity coming out of this place.

SYNTHESIS. It's Day 3 of and teams are making sense of their field research and finding real opportunities for design. this is the hardest part of the process!

The importance of investing in the training and learning of social impact leaders, not just the solutions.

Tackling Heropreneurship (SSIR) Why we need to move from “the social entrepreneur” to social impact.