We are a global design studio
and design school redesigning
the future of work and education
How our program works
We built a design studio tailored towards helping people reach their full potential. We hire and build local teams where we pursue projects. Our core mission is to support people in reskilling and upskilling while we solve global challenges, together.
The Challenge
Partner provides a challenge sponsoring and funding a cohort of learners + design experts to solve real-world problems.
Learners
We interview learners interested in learning design and solving the challenge at hand through hands-on experience.
Experts
We assemble a team of industry experts + instructors to teach students while solving the challenge at hand.
Pods
We assemble multiple teams of learners and experts in pods to learn and work together on focused solutions.
The Program
Pods leverage the design thinking process to research and develop ideas in weekly sprints with structured learning.
Results
Partners receive professional grade products, solutions, and research while learners upskill via project-based learning.
Our design program has been recognized and awarded by the Stanford Accelerator for Learning.
Recent work
Rahi
Carpooling for Women by Women
Sentient
AI-Based Emotional Intelligence
Social Learning
Collaborative Education Platform
The world is our design team
Learners and experts from 25 countries
Join us
Human-Centered Design Research Lab
We believe design is the most powerful tool we have to better understand one another, interject where there is need, and solve the most pressing challenges our world is facing. Learners and experts in our lab are researching how might we improve the human experience.
Design x AI
Upcoming design programPatriarchy
Loneliness and isolation
Future of work and education
Human-AI collaboration
Partner with us → hello@dfsgdesign.com
We are working with startups, governments, universities, and companies as their global creative innovation partners. We believe the best way to care for our world is to design products and services that help move it forward — together. Interested in working together? Let's chat.
Our team
Saad Riaz
Founder, DFSG
Irum Afzal
Design Lead
Anusha Khalid
Visual Design Lead
Daniel Ramirez
Software Engineering Lead