Future Making is a fast-paced, hands-on session for 9-12 year olds and their guardians that explores Human-Centred Design and Design Thinking.In an exciting...

Future Making for Kids

Location:

Level 6 Terrace Entrance
2000 NSW
Australia

Future Making for Kids

Featuring

Photo of Katja Forbes

Katja Forbes

Founder & Managing Director

Katja is the founder of syfte, specialist in research & experience design, educator in Design Thinking and Interaction Design at University of Sydney and co-founding member of the Interaction Design Association (IxDA) Sydney.

She holds a BA Communications (broadcast journalism), a Master of Multimedia Design and a Master of science (Human Centred Systems). Katja has been working in digital media since the mid 1990s back when everyone had blue hair and rode razor scooters around the office. Such a long tenure in the industry has afforded her with invaluable experience and perspective which she loves to share.

Last year she was named on the 100 Women of Influence 2016 by Australian Financial Review & Westpac. 

Specialties: User experience, human-computer interaction design, research, multimedia design, content strategy, programme management, accessibility and usability.

Access and Inclusion

  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.
  • Hearing Loop - A hearing loop (sometimes called an audio induction loop) is a special type of sound system for use by people with hearing aids. The hearing loop provides a magnetic, wireless signal that is picked up by the hearing aid when it is set to 'T' (Telecoil) setting. Many venues have an induction hearing loop system. Check if your venue has this system.

Event Details

Future Making is a fast-paced, hands-on session for 9-12 year olds and their guardians that explores Human-Centred Design and Design Thinking.

In an exciting and fun two-hour workshop, children uncover a problem and are guided through steps to invent a creative solution. This puts the full cycle of the Design Thinking process into action: interviewing, observing, reflecting on feedback, sketching and ultimately developing a prototype.

The workshop comprises a structured series of time-boxed activities where each step builds on a previous one. Children work in pairs and interact with their partner to complete each exercise, while being supported by professional creative problem solvers (human-centred designers) from Syfte.

At the conclusion of the workshop, children can take home a physical prototype of their invention. They will have learned valuable tools for creative problem solving in their everyday lives. They will also be given a design challenge to practice their newly acquired skills in their own time.

Please note: Tickets are sold in pairs: 1 child aged 9-12 years + 1 adult. It is expected that parents/guardians participate in the workshop along with their child/ren.

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Access and Inclusion

  • Wheelchair Accessible - Access to the venue is suitable for wheelchairs (toilets, ramps/lifts etc.) and designated wheelchair spaces are available.
  • Hearing Loop - A hearing loop (sometimes called an audio induction loop) is a special type of sound system for use by people with hearing aids. The hearing loop provides a magnetic, wireless signal that is picked up by the hearing aid when it is set to 'T' (Telecoil) setting. Many venues have an induction hearing loop system. Check if your venue has this system.