Design Forge Archives

The first annual Design Forge conference was held in 2018. Since then, we have gathered in-person and virtually to discuss how design thinking can be implemented in many settings and for many purposes. If you missed a session or want to re-experience your favorites, you can do so through the summaries, material links, and video recordings below. They can be filtered by year or theme, or searched by title or presenter.

Past Forge Themes

  • 2025 – Relational Design
  • 2024 – Design for Well-Being
  • 2023 – Intergenerational Communities
  • 2022 – Assessing Design Thinking Practices
  • 2021 – Participatory Placemaking Practices
  • 2020 – Student Wellness
  • 2019 – Service Design
  • 2018 – Project-Based Learning

Previous Events

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  • Community Wisdom 2024 Event

    A Power + Place gathering exploring the rich wisdom of our community

  • Design Process Mindsets

    Design Forge 2026 - Design Process Mindsets: Switching Neural Networks for Social Impact and Participatory Design storyteller Wayne Li

  • Designing the Worlds that We Need Right Now

    Design Forge 2026 - Designing the Worlds that We Need Right Now! Our Collective Responsibility to Create Social Change storyteller Lesley-Ann Noel

  • Everyday Emergence

    Design Forge 2026 - Everyday Emergence: Practicing Pluralism in Uncertain Times storyteller Haley Fitzpatrick

  • From Radical Hospitality to Radical Accountability

    An intercultural, intergenerational, interactive lunch workshop facilitated by Dr. Diya Abdo

  • Metacognition as a First-Responder

    Design Forge 2026 - Metacognition as a First-Responder: Design Thinking, Learning, & GenAI storyteller Rafe Steinhauer

  • Slippages to Portals

    Design Forge 2026 - Slippages to Portals: A Laboratory for Practicing and Implementing Relationally storyteller Michal Osterweil

  • Together By Design: Joy, Community, and Forging Better Worlds

    Design Forge 2025 - Relational Design
    Opening keynote by Eugene Korsunskiy