On May 1st, 2014, David Kelley invited students, staff, faculty and friends of the Stanford community to an evening of exploration at the d.school titled "Stanford 2025, an experiential taste of Stanford's futures."
A gallery had been curated for the audience to explore the year long design process of what living and learning could be like at Stanford in the year 2025
Guests enjoyed the exploring the provocative questions and curious conversations over food and drinks...
But David and the team wanted to truly embrace one of the design thinking mindsets...
Show, Don't Tell.
Creative Director Scott Doorley informed the crowd that they had in fact discovered time travel and briefed them on the proper ear and eye protection necessary for immediate departure.
It was time to see the future.
Time Travel
Time Travel
Seamus Harte launches time machine.
Ashish Goel remains calm during technical difficulties.
Experience the Time Machine.
2100
2100
"The ideas here, even though they seem really far out when you first present them, they are actually all quite probable. The future could be anything."
"The evening was filled with disruption."
"I saw the type of school I want my kids to go to."
"I walked away thinking 'why didn't I think of that?'"