Namahn Design Thinking Camp

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Learn the principles of design thinking during our online camp.

We've crafted a 7-week online full-immersion course using our design techniques and processes. With one online session per week, we'll challenge you to apply design thinking methods in group activities and provide materials for independent exploration between each meeting.

Price
€ 1.400 (excl. VAT)
20% early-bird discount for the first 10 sign-ups
Team enrolment available (min 6 people)
Schedule
7-week online course with 1 three-hour session per week
+ social events and guest speakers
Language
English
Online platforms
Zoom, Miro and Slack
Who
Professionals with an interest in design thinking. No previous experience with design methods is required.
Possibility to enroll as a team (min 6)
Next session
To be announced
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What to expect

  • A virtual immersive and hands-on online introduction to design thinking, taught by Namahn designers 
  • Live teaching and theory in our virtual design studio once a week to explore and practice design thinking tools  
  • Self-paced activities to follow between online sessions 
  • A social pre-camp event to get to know other attendees 
  • Three guest speaker events on inspiring and relevant design thinking topics 
  • Specially designed posters, templates and exercises for use during camp, and after! 
  • Namahn design thinking camp completion certificate 
  • The opportunity to work with a small group of like-minded people from different industries and sectors 
  • Dedicated slack channel for #namahndesignthinkingcamp 

Design thinking camp is for you if

  • You are interested in design thinking, human-centred design or user experience and want to know how to apply it in your day-to-day
  • You want to or currently work on improving digital products or services within your organisation and would like to understand how design thinking can help you
  • You often work in a team context and want to inject some creativity into your way of working

No prior design knowledge is needed in order to participate, but you are welcome to join if you have. We ensure that all maturity levels have an interesting learning experience, no matter your design skill level.

Format

  • Pre-event activities: 
    • Introductory material to read on design thinking basics 
    • Introduction to online tools (Zoom, Miro) that will be used during camp 
    • Meet-and-greet event with all camp attendees and Namahn coaches 
  • 7-week online camp: 
    • A three-hour session once per week with Namahn coaches with live theory and activities 
    • Two hours per week of self-paced activities to follow between online sessions 
    • Three guest speaker events (1 hour each) with a final farewell social event 
  • Post-event activities 
    • Namahn design thinking camp certificate and all other materials shared during the course for you to keep 
    • Follow-up survey to share your experience and opinions 
    • The invitation to use a 10% discount on any future Namahn training course (online or in person) 

Schedule

All times listed are CET (Brussels) 

  • Meet-and-greet 
    • Thursday 4 February 16:00 – 17:00 
  • Week 1: Welcome to design thinking
    • Friday 5 February 14:00 – 17:00  
  • Week 2: Listen to users
    • Friday 12 February 14:00 – 17:00 
  • 1st guest speaker 
    • Thursday 25 February 16:00 – 17:00 
  • Week 3: Identify user insights
    • Friday 26 February 14:00 – 17:00 
  • Week 4 – Reframe the challenge
    • Friday 5 March 14:00 – 17:00 
  • 2nd guest speaker 
    • Thursday 11 March 16:00 – 17:00 
  • Week 5: Generate ideas
    • Friday 12 March 14:00 – 17:00 
  • Week 6: Materialise experiences
    • Friday 19 March 14:00 – 17:00 
  • Final guest speaker and farewell event 
    • Thursday 25 March 16:00 – 18:00 
  • Week 7: Evaluate concepts
    • Friday 26 March 14:00 – 17:00 

+ 2 hrs per week of self-paced activities  

Testimonials

Summer Camp participant
“It was a great experience in three days where you learn new ways to solve problems. Very good people, very good place.”
Pedro da Silva Vaz
RIPE
Summer Camp participant
“One of the baselines was learning by doing. I experienced myself that learning by doing is the only way that you really can learn. The dynamics in the group were very nice, we had good feedback and good cooperation amongst each other.” 
Inge Hellemans 
Integratiepact 

Summer Camp participant
“It was a really great experience. If you’re looking for a way to learn about service design and get a lot of practical and very good insights from professionals, you should definitely do this course.” 
Els Gillisjans 
IValue 
Summer Camp participant
“The Namahn summer camp was a very insightful, intensive and rewarding experience. I’ve learned a lot of different ways of thinking that I can apply to the design process back at my current workplace.” 
Isabelle Bamber 
Movify 

Meet your coaches

Our coaches will be your guides during the online design camp. They are not just design thinking experts, but also have individual specialities and passions to share, from data visualisation and user research to business design.

Alessandra

Klara
Marie

Questions? Contact us at designcamp@namahn.com

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Registration and invoicing policy – Registration is only finalised after receipt of this fully completed document. Payment should be done upon receipt of the invoice, within 10 working days. When your registration is finalised, you will receive confirmation, as well as a reminder with practical details at least two working days before the course.

All tickets are subject to availability: places are limited to a maximum of 20 participants.

Non-Belgian EC members: please note an additional 21% VAT is charged on your participation fee (rule of VAT exemption does not apply on fees for attending trainings in Belgium). Namahn’s account information can be found under administrative info.

General principles – Registrations are done on a first-come, first-serve basis. If a training is fully booked, people wanting to register will be put on a waiting list. They will be given a sequence number in both the Contacts and Participants file. Registrations become final after receipt of payment. To ensure diversity, we accept at most two participants from the same organisation.

Cancellation policy – Cancellation without charges is possible until 30 days prior to the design camp. No refund is issued for cancellations within 30 days of the start of the design camp. Note, however, that a registration may be transferred to another participant of the same company.

Namahn reserves the right to cancel a course due to insufficient enrolment. Such decisions will be made at least 14 days before the scheduled dates. Registrants will be notified via email.

Namahn reserves the right to replace the facilitators based on availability. The replacement facilitators will have an equivalent level of expertise in the field and participants will be notified ahead of time to the extent possible.

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