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STUDIO: SOLUTION DEVELOPMENT AND LAUNCH
Turn Your Design Vision into a Real-World Solution
This course guides you through the final stages of the design process, from refining concepts to launching a high-fidelity prototype. Through rapid iteration, experimentation, and stakeholder engagement, you’ll validate your ideas, refine business and design strategies, and develop a polished, compelling final presentation.
Course Summary
Gain hands-on experience in refining and testing a design solution, learning to prototype, experiment, and synthesize feedback to create a compelling final concept. You’ll develop skills in business modeling, stakeholder engagement, and storytelling, equipping you with the tools to present and launch your work with confidence.
Key Details
- Format: Live instruction from AC4D faculty, including office hours 
- Schedule: Sundays 6-9 PM & Thursdays 5-6 PM CST 
- Duration: 20 weeks 
- Tuition: $4,000 $2,550 
- Location: Remote 
Upcoming Courses
- 📌 Enrollments close approximately two weeks before each course begins. 
This course will enable you to:
- Develop and refine a cohesive design solution for a real-world social or business challenge. 
- Prototype and test solutions at varying levels of fidelity, from sketches to high-fidelity models. 
- Conduct rapid experimentation to validate concepts and iterate based on real-world feedback. 
- Build a business model and value proposition that supports your design. 
- Engage stakeholders and incorporate insights to improve your project. 
- Create an effective pitch and storytelling strategy to present your work. 
- Design within time, budget, and resource constraints to execute a viable product or service. 
- Develop a roadmap for future implementation and growth beyond the course. 
- Work within a design team, leveraging collaborative critique and iteration. 
- Deliver a high-impact final presentation demonstrating your solution, process, and insights. 
Curriculum
Proof of Concept:
- Frame to Spark 
- Rapid Ideation 
- Multi-track Concepts 
- Get to Top Concept 
- Prototype + Midway Presentations 
- Iterate Prototype 
- Final Presentation 
Concept to Launch:
- Focus 
- Problem and Audience Reframing 
- Rapid Experimentation 
- Experiment Planning 
- Measuring and Synthesizing Experiment Results 
- Experiment Execution 
- Cross-functional Stakeholder Studio 
- Learning-based Solution Iteration 
- Vision Evolution 
- Advocacy 
- Narrative Refinement 
- Final Presentation 
 
                         
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
               
            
              
            
            
          
              