Design for Extreme Affordability

Design for Extreme Affordability Design for Extreme Affordability is a two-quarter, graduate-level project course at Stanford

⏰ 1 DAY LEFT TO APPLYJoin the next cohort of EXTREME 2026 🌍🗓️ Due: Nov 11 @ 9 AM PT🔗 extreme.stanford.edu/prospective-st...
11/10/2025

⏰ 1 DAY LEFT TO APPLY

Join the next cohort of EXTREME 2026 🌍

🗓️ Due: Nov 11 @ 9 AM PT
🔗 extreme.stanford.edu/prospective-students/

11/10/2025

⏰ Only 2 days left to apply to be part of Extreme 2026 — and this year, it’s more than a class. It’s a movement.

This is a pivotal year for Extreme.
After three years of deep partnership work in Costa Rica, we’re entering the culmination of a long-term arc — one grounded in trust, co-creation, and impact that lasts.

In 2025–26, student teams will help us meet this moment:

🌱 Deepen long-standing community partnerships
🌊 Tackle challenges in climate resilience for islands and ocean, q***r rights, place-based peace education, zero waste and circular economy, food security, and sustainable infrastructure
💡 Show what’s possible when world-class design meets community-rooted collaboration

This isn’t just a class — it’s a launching point for lasting implementation.
This is a special chance to synthesize learning, deepen our reach, and shape what community-driven innovation can look and feel like in Costa Rica, and beyond.

Be part of a team designing for lasting change — grounded in trust, community, and creativity.

If you’re ready to design with purpose and join a community shaping what’s next — this is your year.

🗓️ Apply by Nov 11 @ 9 AM PT
🔗 extreme.stanford.edu/event/extreme-2026-application-cycle-open/

🌊 Tonight's the night!Join us at the d.school for an evening with Jane Marie Chen, cofounder of Embrace Global, and Stan...
11/07/2025

🌊 Tonight's the night!

Join us at the d.school for an evening with Jane Marie Chen, cofounder of Embrace Global, and Stanford alum of Design for Extreme Affordability.

📖 Like a Wave We Break — Book Talk + Discussion, Moderated by Maggie Namaganda, current Loftee & Design Masters candidate

🕕 6:30–8:30 PM | 📍 Stanford d.school (Building 550)
🥂 Snacks, conversation, and reflection on leadership, burnout & healing in impact work.

“A great example of using design to help unlock our creative confidence. With an approach to human nature as intuitive and human-centered as Jane's, I'm certain this will help anyone feeling like they are standing in their own way, find their way forward, and accomplish what they set out to do. I’m excited to have more people learn of Jane’s incredible work & this book powerfully delivers her magic.”
~ David Kelley, Co-founder of the Stanford d.school and IDEO

✨ Open to all - students, alumni, friends — come hang out, listen, and be inspired.chen

⏰ One week left to apply!✨ Applications due Tuesday, Nov 11 @ 9 AM PT🌍 Ready to design for real impact?Join the Extreme ...
11/04/2025

⏰ One week left to apply!

✨ Applications due Tuesday, Nov 11 @ 9 AM PT

🌍 Ready to design for real impact?
Join the Extreme 2026 cohort and be part of a course where your ideas don’t just stay on paper — they change lives.

In Extreme 2026, students from across Stanford — engineers, business minds, designers, and dreamers — will come together to co-create solutions with communities across Costa Rica!

💡 Two quarters (Winter + Spring)
🤝 Real partners, real fieldwork, real impact
❤️ For students who care about purpose, equity, and sustainability

Pura vida!

Application link in comments. d.school

🌊 Less than one week away!Join us for a Fireside Chat with Jane Marie Chen — cofounder of Embrace and Design for Extreme...
10/31/2025

🌊 Less than one week away!

Join us for a Fireside Chat with Jane Marie Chen — cofounder of Embrace and Design for Extreme Affordability alum — for an evening of real conversation on burnout, purpose, and rediscovering joy in impact work.

📖 Like a Wave We Break — Book Talk + Discussion
🕖 Thursday, Nov 6 | 6:30–8:30 PM
📍 Stanford d.school
🎟️ Open to the public — RSVP link in comments.

Jane’s story began right here at the d.school — and her work has since saved over 1 million premature babies worldwide. In her new memoir, she opens up about the unseen side of impact work: exhaustion, loss, and the healing that made space for deeper connection and resilience.

Bring a friend or teammate who’s navigating their own wave of change 🌊
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🌊 What if the most powerful form of leadership starts with healing yourself?Join Jane Marie Chen — cofounder of Embrace ...
10/24/2025

🌊 What if the most powerful form of leadership starts with healing yourself?

Join Jane Marie Chen — cofounder of Embrace and alum of Design for Extreme Affordability — for an honest conversation on burnout, purpose, and rediscovering joy in impact work.

📖 Like a Wave We Break — Book Talk + Discussion
🕖 Thursday, Nov 6 | 6:30–8:30 PM
📍 Stanford d.school
✨ Open to the public — RSVP @ https://luma.com/jipi5092

Jane’s journey began at Stanford’s d.school in the Design for Extreme Affordability course over 15 years ago. Since then, her work has helped save the lives of more than 1 million premature babies around the world.

In her new memoir, Like a Wave We Break, Jane shares the hard-won lessons of building — and nearly losing — a mission-driven organization, and the healing that reshaped her approach to leadership.

Tag a friend or teammate who’s riding their own wave of change 🌊💫

🚨 Applications are NOW OPEN for the 2026 cohort of EXTREME: Design for Extreme Affordability at Stanford! 🚀We’re calling...
10/03/2025

🚨 Applications are NOW OPEN for the 2026 cohort of EXTREME: Design for Extreme Affordability at Stanford! 🚀

We’re calling on Stanford students ready to take on global challenges — through deep collaboration, human-centered design, and systems thinking with community partners.

📍 This is a pivotal year: We’re wrapping up a 3-year innovation arc in Costa Rica — and it’s your chance to be part of something transformative.

💥 What students gain:
✅ Hands-on fieldwork with local partners
✅ Design + prototyping for real-world impact
✅ Leadership in social innovation
✅ Cross-disciplinary collaboration
✅ Community-rooted learning in Costa Rica

🌎 Since its founding, Extreme projects have positively impacted over 180 million lives worldwide. This is more than a class — it's a launchpad for changemakers.

📅 Application Deadline: Monday, Nov 11 @ 9AM PT
🔗 Learn more + apply: extreme.stanford.edu
📧 Questions? Email us: [email protected]

📣 Help us spread the word! Tag students, share with your networks, and come to an info session: https://extreme.stanford.edu/events/

Let’s build boldly. Together. 💡🌍

06/06/2025

It’s almost time….join us at the Stanford d.school tonight at 7pm for Extreme Expo 2025!

💜🇨🇷🐢🪸 Extreme Expo 2025 - 2 Hours Until we Kick Off! Join us - https://lu.ma/muzxwfc2
06/05/2025

💜🇨🇷🐢🪸 Extreme Expo 2025 - 2 Hours Until we Kick Off!

Join us - https://lu.ma/muzxwfc2

🌍💜 2 WEEKS AWAY!EXTREME EXPO 2025🗓️ June 5 | 7–9 PM📍 Stanford d.school + 💻 Virtual OptionFor the past 6 months, student ...
05/23/2025

🌍💜 2 WEEKS AWAY!

EXTREME EXPO 2025
🗓️ June 5 | 7–9 PM
📍 Stanford d.school + 💻 Virtual Option

For the past 6 months, student teams in Design for Extreme Affordability journeyed across 7 communities in Costa Rica — co-creating with local partners to tackle real-world challenges:

🧭 Accessible tourism
🌀 Indigenous apprenticeship
🏡 Regenerative home-stay networks
🌿 Climate resilience + more

Now it’s time to share their journey with you.

🎤 Hear stories
🔧 See prototypes
🌱 Meet students & community partners
💬 Reflect on what it means to co-create with care

RSVP 👉 https://lu.ma/muzxwfc2
📲 Virtual option available


Join us for Extreme Expo 2025📍 Stanford d.school🗓️ June 5, Thursday | 7–9 PM🔗 RSVP: https://lu.ma/muzxwfc2Over the past ...
05/17/2025

Join us for Extreme Expo 2025

📍 Stanford d.school
🗓️ June 5, Thursday | 7–9 PM
🔗 RSVP: https://lu.ma/muzxwfc2

Over the past six months, student teams set out on a journey across Costa Rica address systemic challenges to community flourishing. They partnered with local communities to listen, learn, and co-design solutions to real-world challenges. Meet the students and community partners at the center of Extreme’s vision for impactful implementation 💕

11/03/2024

In Extreme, our students plan their journey with care and intention, seeking transformative moments of connection and community! We recognize the work of planning as an act of deep care for each other, and return to this value often, as the student projects move through the social innovation process. If you'd like to grow skills of project management, while uplifting values of care, connection and community, join us for Extreme 2025!

Extreme 2025 student applications are due on Nov 8th! Early submissions highly recommended.

https://extreme.stanford.edu/prospective-students/

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