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- Durell Coleman
Durell Coleman has a diverse range of work experience in the fields of social impact strategy, design consultancy, and education. Durell is the Founder and CEO of DC Design LTD, a consultancy that uses Human-Centered Design to develop long-lasting solutions for social problems. Durell has also worked as a Lecturer in Management at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, focusing on social entrepreneurship and coaching business school students. Additionally, Durell has created and directed Design the Future, a program that teaches high school students to design products for people with disabilities. Durell has also worked as a facilitator of Design Thinking & Leadership at Stanford University and as a teacher of Design & Innovation at UWC ISAK Japan. Durell has experience as a fellow at StartX and as a design coach at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. Durell has conducted research and designed solutions for various countries, including Indonesia, Brazil, and Nicaragua.
Durell Coleman completed their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University from 2006 to 2010. Following this, they pursued further education and obtained a Master of Science (M.S.) in Sustainable Design from Stanford University during the academic year 2010-2011.
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DC Design
DC Design is a social impact design firm. We use Human Centered Design to help solve the world’s biggest problems. Our work includes redesigning aspects of the foster care system alongside nonprofits and business collaborators, partnering with governments to develop and implement strategies for reducing jail recidivism, consulting architects, physicians and nurses on designing optimal emergency departments, and developing award-winning educational programs to address challenges around physical disability. Our specialty is in multi-stakeholder design, which involves understanding the needs of diverse groups of people, finding key points of agreement, and identifying opportunities to create novel solutions to the challenges those stakeholders face. Our consulting services, educational design workshops, and products are aimed at creating a lasting positive impact on society and helping others do the same. At our core is the belief that those who experience a problem first hand should play a central role in solving it. We teach business and non-profit leaders, government officials, entrepreneurs, and students how to unlock the creativity they never knew they had by applying the same principles we use every day. Those we work with and train through our design process develop the insights needed to identify and solve the world’s most challenging problems.
