"Truly inspiring!...[V]ividly illustrates the power of experiential learning and entrepreneurial spirit." Dr. Tina Seelig, Professor of the Practice, Stanford School of Engineering

It's all part of the Design for Extreme Affordability course inspired and launched by the Stanford d.school. The film begins on the first day of the course and ends eight months later as one group of students returns to Asia to test their device amid plans to launch a startup.

At a time of unprecedented global challenges EXTREME BY DESIGN shows the power of human-centered design in creating innovative, effective and sustainable solutions to the complex problems facing us.



Grade Level: 6 - 12, College, Adults
US Release Date: 2013     Copyright Date: 2013
DVD ISBN: 1-93777-253-5

Reviews "Truly inspiring! This film vividly illustrates the power of experiential learning and entrepreneurial spirit. It demonstrates the messy and unpredictable path to breakthrough ideas, and shows a powerful way to prepare young people to tackle real world problems." Dr. Tina Seelig, Professor of the Practice, Stanford School of Engineering, Author of inGenius: A Crash Course on Creativity "Design is always complex and challenging; it should be fun and rewarding. Extreme by Design shows most of the qualities that young designers, engineers and managers should learn. They need to be human-centered, goal-driven, creative, persistent and deliver something that works, and this film shows these requirements and provides concrete examples. Human-Centered Design is a matter of technology, organizations and people, and the film should be presented to students to encourage their creativity, motivation and enthusiasm. This kind of emerging competence is needed in the twenty-first century. I will certainly use Extreme By Design with my students." Dr. Guy André Boy, Director and Professor of Human-Centered Design Institute at Florida Institute of Technology, Fellow of the Air and Space Academy, Author of Orchestrating Human-Centered Design "The clock is ticking - 72 hours, 8 days, 10 weeks - and the problems seem overwhelming. Under extreme pressures, but with strong networks of support, Stanford graduate students from many different fields work on affordable solutions to the life and death problems of the world's poorest peoples. As they learn design, they readjust their values and their life goals. Riveting." James Rodger Fleming, Chair and Professor of Science, Technology, and Society Program, Colby College, Author, Fixing the Sky: The Checkered History of Weather and Climate Control