From April 13-22, 2018, Stan was invited to Poland to work with Dr. Celso Scalesky from Unisinos, Brazil and Dr. Piotr Michura from the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków to deliver a workshop for graduate students on the use of prototypes to define research questions. A panel discussion on the topic of design research was held in the afternoon preceding the workshop; it included Stan, Celso, and Piotr along with Prof. Michael Renner from the Basel School of Design, Switzerland.

From Jan 20 – Feb 4, Stan participated at a summit in the Amazon jungle, organized by the International Development Innovation Network. The purpose of the summit was to pilot a co-design process that can help local communities and the communist guerrillas imagine a better future together. Stan helped to lead the ideation process, using a workshop developed around Dator’s model of the four futures: growth, discipline, collapse, and transformation. Juan de la Rosa and Natalie were also there, working as design consultants.