Design Bloc professor speaks with students around a table after a workshop.

Design Bloc

Design Bloc

Georgia Tech's students, staff, faculty, and entrepreneurs excel at tackling technically complex problems. As part of that community, Design Bloc believes problem-solvers benefit from turning a critical eye to their problem statement. In any challenge, we look for the most benefit to all stakeholders.

Design Bloc teaches world-class problem solvers how to be thoughtful problem framers. These leaders reassess challenges, find alternate definitions to problems, and shift their perspective to identify diverse solutions inclusive of multiple user needs.

Take a workshop, join a class, or collaborate with us. We'll help you reframe your problem at Design Bloc. 

Who We Are What We Teach

Welcome to our Fall '26 Living Learning Community!

Welcome Fall 2026 Design Bloc Living Learning Community (DB LLC)! After a wonderful pilot program last year, we welcome our inaugural Design Bloc Living Learning Community to Georgia Tech! This wonderful group, 85 incoming first-year students, hailing from 7 different countries across 21 different majors, is united in an interest in the intersection of the arts, design, and technology. We had a wonderful Convocation, followed by an amazing Fall '26 Retreat (a tour of Trilith Studios)! The retreat left everyone inspired and excited for next steps, which will be working with artists, designers, architects, and creative professionals in the community and beyond this Fall semester.

Group photo in front of building entrance
Our Fall 2026 Living Learning Community Cohort
Interior of a Set Design a residential home interior built on a soundstage
Interior of a Set Design (a residential home interior) built on a soundstage
a wall mural of signatures of actors, staff, and crew for a Marvel movie
a wall mural of signatures of actors, staff, and crew celebrating a Marvel movie
a digital production studio, with wall to wall digital LEDs
Stage 22, the Lux studio at Trilith Studios, also known as the Prysm Virtual Production Studio (or Volume, where the Mandalorian was shot).
a model of Tony Stark and Iron Man suit as a concept art / moquette
A moquette model of Tony Stark and the Iron Man suit as a concept for visualization.
Student works off of two screens to turn a digital photo into a digital sketch in the Design Bloc space.

Join a Class

Dive outside the core curriculum with a project-based class from Design Bloc. These courses invite students from all backgrounds to collaborate through design in subjects ranging from bio-inspired art to sustainable entrepreneurship. 

Classes Offered
Hands surround a table full of post-it notes and sketches during a brainstorming session.

Take a Workshop

Gain hands-on experience with a set of tools and techniques that will help you solve your own open-ended problems. Find an upcoming event hosted on campus, or reach out to us to develop an on-site workshop series tailored to your team. 

Workshops Offered
Classroom Setting with Georgia tech university professors in a workshop

Recent Collaborations

Faculty in the Excel Certificate Program partnered with Design Bloc to improve students’ experience and outcomes by practicing key design behaviors like empathetic design.

Over a series of workshops, faculty learned and implemented design tools in the field of education. The outcome was a framework for identifying and fulfilling the needs of students with developmental disabilities. 

See How It Worked Collaborations

Reach Out to Us

Whether you're a student looking to join our team, or an organization seeking to introduce your workforce to design-thinking techniques, we want to hear from you. Connect with us!   

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