Instructor Adam Royalty coaches a team through the tricky process of analyzing their user research to discover insights that will help generate concepts for new devices. (Courtesy of the d.school)

Stanford's Institute of Design: School for world changers

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Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley, create 'empathy driven' curricula, which push design that improves lives.

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