Software Design Courses

Project Innovation through Design Thinking

Accelerate innovation using design thinking: learn key challenges, opportunities, and practical techniques for project managers to lead teams in creating new products and services.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Design Thinking - A Strategic Tool

Discover how design thinking can foster strategic innovation and transform organizational culture with insights from Stanford's Design Group.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Pivot Thinking - The Neuroscience of Design

Explore cognitive science and neuroscience findings behind design thinking, including "pivot thinking" - the ability to reframe problems and shift directions in problem-solving.

• YouTube
• 55 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Inspiration, Design, and the Human Element

Explore product quality, user-centric design, and innovation with Stanford experts. Learn to develop exceptional products by understanding user needs and incorporating non-measurable elements into the design process.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Global Product Design

Explore models and challenges in designing products for a global landscape, focusing on cultural considerations and strategies for international success.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Design Thinking and Peak Performance - Stanford Innovation Masters Series

Discover strategies to bridge generational gaps and leverage millennial insights for innovation, enhancing product development and service offerings across industries.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Soma Design: Intertwining Aesthetics, Movement and Emotion in Design Work

Explore how Soma Design connects sensation, emotion, and technology through bodily awareness, creating more meaningful human-centered design experiences and ethical technological interactions.

• YouTube
• 1 hour
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Integrative Design for Extreme Energy Efficiency - Lecture

Explore integrative design methodology and whole systems thinking to achieve extreme energy efficiency, with insights on economic growth, natural systems, and the transition from fuel commodities to energy technologies.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Buildings Part 1: Integrative Design for Superefficient Buildings - Extreme Energy Efficiency

Discover integrative design principles for creating superefficient buildings through whole-systems approaches that maximize energy savings while reducing costs. Learn from real examples, retrofitting strategies, and innovative business models for extreme…

• YouTube
• 1 hour 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Energy Efficiency - Introduction to Applications, Design Approaches, and Decarbonization Role

Discover energy efficiency fundamentals, applications, integrative design approaches, and its crucial role in decarbonization efforts in this concise Stanford overview.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Energy Efficiency - Integrative Design, Barriers, and Policy Solutions for Decarbonization

Explore energy efficiency fundamentals, integrative design approaches, policy barriers, and decarbonization strategies with Stanford's comprehensive lecture series.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Integrative Design for Superefficient Buildings - Part 1

Discover integrative design principles for creating superefficient buildings that achieve extreme energy savings through whole-systems optimization rather than isolated improvements.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Stories About Interaction Techniques - The Design and Evolution of User Interface Building Blocks

Explore the evolution and design of interaction techniques from buttons to VR with Brad Myers, covering fundamental UI building blocks and their impact on human-computer interaction.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Genome Modeling and Design Across All Domains of Life

Discover Evo 2, an open-source biological foundation model trained on 9.3 trillion DNA base pairs to predict genetic variation impacts and generate coherent genome-scale sequences.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 7 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AI Quests - When Learning Sciences Meet Product Design toward AI Literacy

Explore how Google Research and Stanford bridge AI innovation with public understanding through immersive experiences, turning complex research into age-appropriate lessons on AI ethics.

• YouTube
• 33 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video