Navigating Ambiguity by Andrea Small - ISBN: 9781984857965
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Embrace the unknown. Turn creative chaos into intentional design.

Navigating Ambiguity

Creating Opportunity in a World of Unknowns

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  • Paperback

    144 pages

  • Release Date

    19 April 2022

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Summary

A thought-provoking guide to help you lean in to the discomfort of the unknown to turn creative opportunities into intentional design, from Stanford University’s world-renowned d.school.

“Navigating Ambiguity reminds us not to run from uncertainty but rather see it as a defining moment of opportunity.” - Yves Behar, Founder and CEO, fuseproject

A design process presents a series of steps, but in real life, it rarely plays out this neatly. Navigating Ambiguity underscores how t…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781984857965
ISBN-10:1984857967
Author:Andrea Small, Kelly Schmutte
Publisher:Potter/Ten Speed/Harmony/Rodale
Imprint:Ten Speed Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:19 April 2022
Weight:369g
Dimensions:184mm x 139mm
Series:Stanford d.school Library
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Navigating Ambiguity reminds us not to run from uncertainty but rather see it as a defining moment of opportunity.”—Yves Béhar, founder and CEO of fuseproject

About The Author

Andrea Small

Andrea Small is a design leader, strategist, and educator. As a former d.school teaching fellow, she and her cohort created award-winning education experiences. Currently she teaches at the d.school and leads storytelling and design strategy for Samsung Research America’s R&D Innovation team. Andrea has worked with some of the world’s most iconic brands, including Nike, Nivea, Facebook, iRobot, Starbucks, and Herman Miller.

Kelly Schmutte is a designer, educator, and entrepreneur. At the d.school she designs learning experiences with lasting impact, reimagining the future of higher education (Stanford 2025), creating life tools for high schoolers, and building out the Navigating Ambiguity curriculum. Kelly teaches core d.school classes alongside d.school founder David Kelley. She and her ballet shoe start-up, PerfectFit Pointe, were featured in the New York Times.

The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design, known as the d.school, was founded at Stanford in 2005. Each year, more than a thousand students from all disciplines attend classes, workshops, and programs to learn how the thinking behind design can enrich their own work and unlock their creative potential.

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