Stanford Designathon

d.esign the future

May

Sat 2PM-Sun 4PM

@ d.school

10 & 11

Stanford’s First-Ever Designathon.

2 days, 100+ designers, no limits.

what is the stanford dk designathon?

OUR VISION

Stanford’s first-ever Design Hackathon (Designathon) is your opportunity to finally dive into fast-paced design challenges, work alongside other creative thinkers, and bring your boldest ideas to life.

Whether you're into UX, storytelling, product design, or just love solving problems in new ways — this is where it all comes together. No matter your background or experience level, if you’ve got curiosity, creativity, and a hunger to build, you belong here.

Meet Our Judges and Mentors!

  • Annie Gao

    CREATIVE LEAD @ CORNER

    Hi! My name is Annie Gao and I am a digital designer based in Chicago and NYC with a passion for 3D, brand and graphic design :) Having worked as a publicist in NYC with renowned brands in the art, design and fashion spaces, I combine my love for storytelling and strategic communications with traditional design skills. I offer a holistic narrative-driven approach to branding and design.

  • Anthony Fernandez

    GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS @ PIKA

  • Luis Ocampo

    HEAD OF COMMUNITY @ PARTIFUL

    Luis Ocampo is the Head of Community at Partiful, where he oversees communications, brand, market expansion, and partnerships. Prior to Partiful, Luis was on the founding team at Nova, a consumer social startup acquired by Handshake. Luis is originally from St. Louis and currently resides in NYC.

Event Schedule

DAY 1—SATURDAY, MAY 10

  • You are required to check-in on Saturday in order to participate in the Designathon. You will receive a lanyard and badge which you will use throughout the weekend to receive catered food, and participate in workshops and activities. Additionally, more free goodies will be waiting for you after check-in.

    For those visiting from outside the Stanford campus, we will have a luggage drop off for your convenience as well.

  • Welcome! We will introduce the event, run through the weekend’s schedule and logistics, then officially announce the prompts our partners have posed! You and your team are then off to the races, and must submit a form by midnight confirming which prompt you have selected.

  • Check-in with your badge to receive complimentary catered food and beverages! Teams will be invited up by team number.

  • Continue working but not in the d.school… :(

DAY 2—SUNDAY, MAY 11

  • You are required to check-in on Sunday as well in order to participate in the Designathon. After check-in, you can grab a catered breakfast and even more free goodies await you.

    For those visiting from outside the Stanford campus, we will have a luggage drop off for your convenience as well.

  • A Google Form in the Slack will be released. Once the clock strikes 11am it will close—no exceptions. To avoid missing the deadline, we highly recommend submitting early.

  • Based on the prompt you and your team chose, you will be assigned an area where you can set up at a table. Judges will then start to circulate, ask questions, take notes, and get to know you guys. You can choose to present your product in a physical manner (trifold, prototype) or digitally (presentation, prototype on your laptop).

  • Check-in with your badge to receive complimentary catered food and beverages! Teams will be invited up by team number.

    Judges will take this time to deliberate the top 3 teams they believe answered their prompt most creatively.

  • All teams should be prepared to pitch. In the atrium, prompt by prompt, teams who have been selected will come up and present the slides they submitted at 11am. You guys will have 3 minutes to pitch your product to the judge(s). Judges will briefly take time to deliberate and decide 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places by 3pm.

  • Prizes will be awarded to winning teams.

  • Congrats on finishing off strong! Thanks so much for joining us and we hope to see you again next year! :)

A BIG THANK YOU TO…

Adobe

Adobe

Pika

Pika

Corner

Corner

our partners!




Partiful

Partiful



and our sponsors!

  • Poppi

  • Wacom

  • TBA

    Check back in soon!