The Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford University (commonly known as d.school) is a

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institute based at

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. The school is named after

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co-founder Hasso Plattner and was founded by David M. Kelley and Bernard Roth in 2004.

History

The institute was founded by Stanford

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professor David M. Kelley, Bernard Roth,

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, and five other professors in 2004. The program integrates

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, and

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with more traditional

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and

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education. The institute is named after Hasso Plattner, co-founder of

, who contributed $35 million towards its inception. The institute cooperates closely with its sister institute the Hasso Plattner Institute in

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. According to ''

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'', the d.school has become one of the most highly sought academic programs at Stanford. To meet the demand, it is adding full courses and pop-up classes, which focus on more specific problems.

Products

The institute's products include Embrace, a low-cost alternative to neonatal incubators, and the d.light, an energy-efficient

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light now in use in some rural communities in Africa and Asia. The Pulse News Reader app was developed in a d.school class in 2010, and became the highest-selling

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in Apple's

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hasso Plattner Institute Of Design Stanford University Design schools in the United States

History

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