High school students worked with my team at Staples and consulting partner Aruliden in conceiving, researching and presenting ideas for new marketable school supplies that better meet their needs.   This was the second year we taught students about the product design process so they could create marketable ideas through a design thinking workshop lasting 6-8 weeks.

Students learned about the work that we do to define a problem and deliver a prototype.  We guided each group of three through the process of conceiving, researching and presenting their ideas for new school supplies.  

My team at Staples transformed their practical, creative ideas into product design sketches, and 6 of these concepts are hitting shelves for BTS 2016.  Without prompting the students adapted the backpacks designed in 2016 to better meet the needs of the challenges they face.