The Hasso Plattner School of Design Thinking at the University of Cape Town (d-school) is a place where creative intelligence is unlocked, and where future-ready leadership is developed.

Design thinking is a methodology and ultimately a mindset that enables innovation and new outcomes. Training in design thinking provides tools, a process, and ultimately a mindset, that equips practitioners to collaboratively develop human-centred solutions to challenges in contemporary contexts that are dynamic and complex.


Founded in Cape Town in August 2015, with funding, IP and academic support from Prof. Dr. Hasso Plattner, the d-school is the only academic institution in the region which offers academic training and capacitation in design thinking to university scholars and professionals in the public and private sectors.