Join our Winter School to enhance your understanding of social design.
Social Design Winter School
December 11&12 2025 – January 15 & 22 2026, Delft
We are thrilled to announce our upcoming Social Design Winter School. This unique educational opportunity allows you to immerse yourself in social design methodologies and integrate them into your own (design) practices.
Throughout this four-day course, you will immerse yourself within social design methodologies. Join us to explore what makes an encounter meaningful, learn how to facilitate such interactions, and contribute to creating positive social change.
About this event
Creating positive social change
Social design is a powerful tool for creating positive social change. It addresses critical societal challenges, promotes inclusivity and sustainability, empowers communities, and drives solutions centered around the needs of the target audience. By integrating social design principles into various aspects of society, we can build a more equitable, resilient, and sustainable future. Because of this, we see social design becoming more important for all design disciplines.
Together we will work on a topic which is relevant in creating positive social change. As a result, this training is not only theoretical but also teaches you how to apply it directly to a real case, enabling you to do the same later for your own case.
What you will get and learn
Elevate your work
- Apply social design principles using various design methodologies (Contextmapping, Reseach Through Design, Roaring Reporter, Design Thinking)
- Learn how to have meaningful encounters with strangers in order to elevate your work
- Sensemaking (analysing) of meaningful conversations
- Create concepts and prototypes based on the needs of the people you’ve talked to
- Learn how to have meaningful encounters with your prototype
- Grow your network
- Earn a certificate after successfully completing the Winter School
Reserve your seat now by sending an email to Emmy academy(at)muzus.nl
Join our Winter School to elevate your career with a Social Design perspective, incorporating the voice of your target audience into your work. Collaborate with Muzus and other design disciplines to expand your network and work alongside Muzus’ designers for guidance. This inspiring week promises a concrete result, pushing you out of your comfort zone, engaging in meaningful conversations, and gaining fresh perspectives.
Why a Winter School?
Professional development
Our 4-day Winter School provides a focused and comprehensive learning journey, merging theoretical insights, practical applications, and professional growth. During the course, you’ll delve deeply into Social Design and its foundational theories. This high-intensity program, led by experts from Muzus, will motivate you with exemplary cases and encourage you to apply these concepts in your own professional career.
From day one, you’ll dive into designing a conversation starter. This hands-on Winter School will have you working on a relevant case, providing practical experience and real-world application.
Practical information
And the full program
The Winter School is open for anyone, designers and non-designers. We aspire to find a diverse set of people to work together. During the course, theory and practice will be intertwined closely. You will learn how we apply social design in our projects, and immediately learn how to apply it yourself. Muzus will train you to dive into the unique perception of people and learn how to translate that into concrete concepts that match the needs of your target audience.
Location: Muzus headquaters in Delft
When: December 11 and 12, January 15 and 22 from 9:30 – 17:00. Vegetarian lunch included.
Regular fee: €950 (incl. VAT)
Who: Designers and other professionals who want to elevate their career
Language: English (Dutch is welcome)
Download the full programme here
We have a limited amount of spots available. Please note that the event will only take place if a minimum of 5 people register.
Claim your spot by sending an email to Emmy academy(at)muzus.nl
Who is Muzus?
Creating experiences
Muzus is a Social Design agency specializing in complex social issues. We are well known for our creative research approach, the concepts and experiential products we create and the course we teach at TU Delft.
We immerse ourselves in the lives of our target audience, visualizing their stories into clear insights, and innovate with smart concepts and services for a positive impact on society. Is 2023, Muzus was an official beacon of the Dutch Design Week.
