Dear Design Discovery Friends and Alumni,

Best wishes as we begin 2025!

After a successful Gund Hall renovation, we are excited to offer our full set of GSD Design Discovery programs. Summer 2025 Harvard GSD Design Discovery program applications are now open, with an application deadline of April 21, 2025.

Last summer, Design Discovery supported 37 design teaching roles for our current GSD faculty and students as the teaching team and included over 200 students from 20 different countries and 31 U.S. states, working together to produce some of the strongest design work we’ve seen in our summer programs yet! We hope to invite an equally engaged group to join us this year.

We have exciting plans already underway for Design Discovery 2025. This year, Design Discovery Virtual will be held June 9–27. It explores design’s address of a series of contemporary topics within the built environment and is cross-disciplinary in its approach. Design Discovery will be held July 7–25 on the Harvard GSD campus for students interested in gaining knowledge within a single design discipline. This program’s emphasis on hands-on physical modeling and fabrication complements the digital media emphasis of Design Discovery Virtual.

Please direct those in your network who may be interested in discovering design with us to our Harvard GSD Early Design Education website!

We invite you to help support our mission and impact by donating to Design Discovery at the GSD.

Feel free to reach out with any questions and stay connected on Instagram: @designdiscoveryharvardgsd.

Best wishes,
Megan Panzano
Sr. Director Early Design Education Programs and Lecturer in Architecture
Harvard University Graduate School of Designn