The Stanford Life Design Lab applies design thinking to tackling the "wicked" problems of life and vocational wayfinding.
Life Design is a framework that fosters curiosity, collaboration and a proactive mindset, empowering individuals to navigate ambiguous and complex problems and make decisions with confidence. Our office leverages this framework to help graduate students and postdocs figure out how to make the most of their time at UT Austin, while simultaneously considering what they want to do next. Join us ...
What is Life Design? | Graduate School Office of Career and Life Design
Life Design is a career development process by which we learn to write our careers and lives as a story. Using life design strategies can allow us to discover our life narratives, create meaning, and identify actions to move toward our goals for work and life.
Life Design Studio Your Creative Launchpad for Designing a Life with Meaning and Momentum Your life doesn’t need a grand plan to begin—just a moment of pause, curiosity, and courage. Life Design Studio is your interactive space to reflect deeply, imagine boldly, and take practical steps toward a future that feels truly yours.
Life Design harnesses design thinking methods to tackle key questions and major decisions in a person's life (e.g., work, career, purpose).
I pivoted from making things to designing lives in 2007 and co-founded the Stanford Life Design Lab, then co-authored the worldwide bestseller, Designing Your Life. We lead a movement to help people get unstuck and design the meaningful lives they deserve. This isn’t just a book. It’s a movement. A way of living fully alive, by design.