Shifting from HCD to LCD course

Price: 1100 euro excl. VAT
Course type: Online & in the wild
Language: English
Nr.of pax: Max 24 participants

Duration: 8 weeks, 2,5 hours per session
Homework: Immersive work in nature & local communities

Course description

This immersive and interactive training will provide you with the knowledge, mindset, skills and abilities to kick-start your life-centered journey. We combine virtual sessions in our online classroom with immersive work in nature and local communities while tackling a life-centered design challenge. Your facilitator and LCD specialist Jeroen Spoelstra will guide you during the course. You will learn by executing both individual & group assignments.

What you will learn

Learn about the Life-Centered Design philosophy, mindset and methodologies. You will master how to apply Life-Centered Design in your daily work and look at things from different perspectives.

Know how to include biological ecosystems and non-user communities in the design process. Learn how LCD adds value to your work & organization.

Understand the importance of creating an inclusive design process: with other species, cultures, and resources. Acknowledge the place of Life-Centered Design among other emergent design practices such as regenerative and circular design.

Experience how nature can be a partner in the design process through immersive and experimental design methods.

Meet your coach : Jeroen Spoelstra - founder of the Life-Centered Design School

Jeroen is one of the pioneers in Life-centered design. He uses his experience of living in nature in the Spanish Pyrenees with over 15 years of experience in design and education in an international context.